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Party Time!!!
Nov. 20th, 2006 04:06 am
Sorry this is a bit late. I went home yesterday and promptly passed out from tired for 11 hours. Hope your birthday was fun!
Nov. 20th, 2006
Sorry this is a bit late. I went home yesterday and promptly passed out from tired for 11 hours. Hope your birthday was fun!
I wathced The Last King of Scotland yesterday. I hesitate to say it was a good film -- it was very excellent, spectacular, brilliant... but "good" just seems to desecrate the value of the film. It was painful to watch because many scenes were so real and from the beginning you know it's heading toward a train wreck.
But I was wide-awake throughout the film (a huge feat considering I had only slept three hours the night before and had just gotten out of work). My mind and heart were challenged by the themes of the movie, which I could closely identify with despite the foreign setting and time period: corruption of power, sexual conduct, truth and lies, cultural imperialism/cultural self-empowerment, decisions and consequences... at times when the themes hit close to home, it was literally painful to watch the film.
But I'd just say this: I'm very glad I watched it, and would highly recommend it to people who enjoyed films like Hotel Rwanda from a couple of years ago. Definitely two thumbs up from me.
On a personal (and much happier) note:
I have a three-day "weekend" coming up for Thanksgiving! I never get more than one day off in a row anymore. This is rare!
*is excited*
But I was wide-awake throughout the film (a huge feat considering I had only slept three hours the night before and had just gotten out of work). My mind and heart were challenged by the themes of the movie, which I could closely identify with despite the foreign setting and time period: corruption of power, sexual conduct, truth and lies, cultural imperialism/cultural self-empowerment, decisions and consequences... at times when the themes hit close to home, it was literally painful to watch the film.
But I'd just say this: I'm very glad I watched it, and would highly recommend it to people who enjoyed films like Hotel Rwanda from a couple of years ago. Definitely two thumbs up from me.
On a personal (and much happier) note:
I have a three-day "weekend" coming up for Thanksgiving! I never get more than one day off in a row anymore. This is rare!
*is excited*