Comments on: Another Weekend in Film

By: Anthony Paul Smith

Anthony Paul Smith — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:17:19 +0000

When Brick came out in the theatres they handed out little glossarys. I found it helpful and really enjoyed the movie. I thought V was fun, but not particularly interesting and in fact left feeling kind like “That’s not quite right…”

But anyhow – how about that Battlestar finale?! It really just is a civil war. Look who was leading the resistance!

By: barret

barret — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:19:10 +0000

like I said its “pseudo-anarchism”. Your description of the rich mocking the rich seems to fit the profile… sorry to all the anarchists that don’t fit the profile of the ones i know.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:40:14 +0000

Was it really anarchism? Seems to fall directly in the British tradition of the rich and powerful (but dispossessed) mocking the rich and powerful – Robin Hood, for instance. On the whole I thought the movie was a bit heavy-handed (but then it did come from the guys who assigned Baudrillard and Hume to Keanu “Hawaiian Breeze” Reeves).

Now that I think about it, I think Natalie Portman’s “Digital Short” on SNL was her best role in the two-thousands. “We love you Natalie.” “I want to fuck you too!”

By: barret

barret — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:25:17 +0000

wow Craig that was the most negative review of movies I have seen in a while. Very funny stuff!! I agree with most of it, except V. V was not quite as horrible as you suggest here. It had some interesting but admittedly slightly ridiculous scenerios that I found kept my interest at least in part. Don’t you like the whole quasi-anarchism theme to it? V really makes a mockery of anarchist manipulation and authoritarianism. Actually the more I think about it, the more I fear you are right. It sucked.