movie night!

[ellen_datlow]

Last night I caught up with all my netflix movies at home, which means I was up till 2:30am!!!

First up, Time, is a Korean movie by Ki-duk Kim recommended by Lucius. Initially, I was worried it would be gory and horrific because of the opening scene of plastic surgery, shown in gory detail. But it's not. It's about an obsessively jealous young woman who is sure her boyfriend of two years is tired of her looks. She decides to have plastic surgery so that she can present a new face (and presumably new body, but that's not clear) to him. It's similar to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind but here the memories are not erased --and therein lies the problem. The boyfriend truly loves her and when she disappears for six months is devastated....I won't say more about it but it's very interesting and also reminds me (which it did when Lucius told me the basic plot) of Garry Kilworth's wonderful story "Songbirds of Pain."

Then I watched Michael Clayton which I loved. It's a very entertaining thriller with wonderful acting (Tom Wilkinson and Tilda Swinton were indeed excellent)--I adore George Clooney and I'd watch him in anything but I think that because he's such a movie star his "acting" is best appreciated when he's doing something different and small. I'd like to watch and re-watch a bunch of his movies in a row to figure out what I actually DO think of his acting.

I've now seen three of the five nominees. Will get to Juno and Atonement when they're available on netflix.

And what kept me up really late was watching the first four shows of Dexter. Because I knew the basics--sociopathic serial killer channeling his murderous tendencies to kill those who deserve it-- I was not very surprised by the first episode and didn't start really liking the show until the third or fourth episodes. More next week. I'll watch the rest of the first season and see if I want to continue.

Comments

[pm-again.livejournal.com]

In some ways, I have difficulty suspending my disbelief that Hall is actually capable of being a serial killer.

But the show is head and shoulders above so much of its ilk currently playing on American tv.

For Lucius though it's still dandruff...

I sort of waffle on it a bit. The writing is dramatically enjoyable for the most part but unrealistic...ex. Dexter's sister falling for the serial killer.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

There are a few too many coincidences..you just gave away a spoiler, you know... Luckily I already watched the show that introduced that :-)

[pm-again.livejournal.com]

Well I guess for those who don't already know...I should come with a spoiler warning attached ,-}