Sunday, January 17, 2016
Steve Jobs
I’m a big, big fan of Danny Boyle. He has a true signature
style. So it’s interesting to see his strong, bold style get trumped by someone
with even MORE signature style: Sorkin. So this is really Sorkin-ish. Very
Sorkiny. Fassbender and Winslet are both fantastic here and the rhythm of the
dialogue and the scenes is like great jazz, it’s never anything but utterly
gripping. But, I wonder what’s the PURPOSE of this movie? What does it teach
us? Does it intend only to entertain and engage, like music? What should we
take away? It makes you think a LOT about Apple and computers, and how much
innovation happened in the span of 14 years. It also seems to be intent on
branding Jobs as a big asshole with a lot of really nice people around him. A
lot of questions about Jobs get asked, but a lot of answers are not provided.
Worth watching for the cadence of it all, but as a drama, the final act seems
like it’s missing.
Friday, January 08, 2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Second viewing.
More relaxing and enjoyable the second time around, and it’s more clear to me that this is obviously Rey’s story. Which makes it all the more infuriating that the filmmakers intentionally mislead about who she is and where she’s from. It’s not an episode of Lost, JJ. The only way that the filmmakers can reveal her origins is by introducing a series of flashbacks. So suddenly it’s an Alias episode. Most of the series hasn’t used the flashback as a narrative device, but then again I suppose you could argue that episodes 1, 2, and 3 are flashbacks after seeing 4, 5, and 6 first. Also, Rogue One will be taking place between 3 and 4, as does the TV show Rebels. So I guess we’re signed up for flashbacks and time jumps now, which means they never have to finish anything and they never have to explain anything. I’m sure the corporate big-wigs aren’t too worried about knowing who Rey is or selling the Rey toys. She is, after all, just a girl. Why would she be important? They even left her character out of the Star Wars monopoly game. One only hopes it’s just a mind game, and we all underestimate how important she’ll become in the galaxy.
More relaxing and enjoyable the second time around, and it’s more clear to me that this is obviously Rey’s story. Which makes it all the more infuriating that the filmmakers intentionally mislead about who she is and where she’s from. It’s not an episode of Lost, JJ. The only way that the filmmakers can reveal her origins is by introducing a series of flashbacks. So suddenly it’s an Alias episode. Most of the series hasn’t used the flashback as a narrative device, but then again I suppose you could argue that episodes 1, 2, and 3 are flashbacks after seeing 4, 5, and 6 first. Also, Rogue One will be taking place between 3 and 4, as does the TV show Rebels. So I guess we’re signed up for flashbacks and time jumps now, which means they never have to finish anything and they never have to explain anything. I’m sure the corporate big-wigs aren’t too worried about knowing who Rey is or selling the Rey toys. She is, after all, just a girl. Why would she be important? They even left her character out of the Star Wars monopoly game. One only hopes it’s just a mind game, and we all underestimate how important she’ll become in the galaxy.
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