Awake
The past 2 days I have been unable to update the blog or eat dinner because I would simple crash into deep sleep as soon as I returned from school. Day before - I had a sore throat and had a mild fever and simply could not get myself to get out of bed and yesterday evening I guess it was pure exhaustion over another week of paperwork and planning. I had planned on seeing 'Crash' yesterday evening but couldn't get myself to get out of bed again.I uploaded the photos from the Mt. Ruapehu trip and you can view them HERE.
The trailer for 'The World's Fastest Indian' has been released and I can't wait to see the movie. It looks like it is going to be a really unusual and touching movie. You can view the trailer by clicking on the photograph below.
The other movie I am looking forward to is 'Good Night, and Good Luck'. The details and trailer you can see by clicking on the poster.
I just got back from watching 'Crash' and it was a nice movie. Incredibly well acted and well written. A real look at life and does not flinch away from the issue of racial discrimination and stereotypes. It makes you look inside of yourself because no character is right or wrong - it is the situation that the society has put us in. The surprising thing was that the entire movie theatre was empty and there were only 3 other people besides me. It is a nice sunny day and NZ'ers love their outdoors - so it is not hard to put things together on why there is no audience. And the movie has only been in the theatres for a week now and the number of shows it is screening has gone down drastically. It makes me wonder if there is any use in making movies which touch reality because people are afraid to watch it. NZ as a country has always had a under-current of racism but people don't want to acknowledge it or turn a blind eye to it because it can't be happening in their country -it is too perfect for shit like that. And it certainly figures why 'Crash' isn't performing well in the theatres. Paul Haggis, the writer/director of the movie, has been roped in to script 'Casino Royale' - the next Bond movie and it should be interesting to see how that shapes up. The thing which crossed my mind while sitting in the theatre was - since the petrol prices are increasing so steeply with predictions of another 5c/litre increase next week, NZ'ers might not go outdoors that much and that could possibly mean an increase in audience attendance in the theatres, afterall people always need entertainment - but that's too wishful and too lateral thinking.
The graphic novels I just finished reading are 'Daredevil: Born Again' and 'Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown' - the Daredevil comic was rivetting and after reading it I wished that they had made a movie out of that book while the Havok/Wolverine comic had some fantastic artwork but somehow it never really took me in it's grip. Got another 3 mini series lying by the bed.
Anyway bye for now,
Amit
posted by Amit @ 8:46 AM
1 Comments:
Crash is a definite must see. It's disappointing that it hasn't done well in the theatres. The DVD release is in a couple of days, and hopefully it gets more viewing there. More people need to see the movie, and think.
As well -- I read Meltdown years and years ago. If I remember correctly, the art is by Bill S. (can't spell his last name). I loved that book!
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