Current schedules are making it difficult for me to get out and see movies, I haven't gotten any new music since my last music post, and we canceled our satellite service so I'm not watching that much tv, all of which makes for a less-than stellar pop-oriented blog. I know there are some people out there who like reading my posts, and I sincerely apologize for the lack of activity here. It might all get back up to speed post-holidays.
In the meantime, here are a couple things I have seen and have quick opinions about:
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant-- This is not a very good movie. We gave the kid the option of seeing this or Zombieland (still unseen) for his birthday, and he chose this, so whatcha gonna do? It has some interesting ideas, and an intriguing though not fully-formed performance by John C. Reilly, but every time it threatens to get good, it's hamstrung by bafflingly impatient editing and the central performances of two preternaturally uncharismatic teenaged weiners. In the end, it's not a film so much as a rehearsal for a film, a brainstorming session that somebody turned the lens on so that we could all watch things getting thrown at the wall. It doesn't even have a real conclusion, just a segue to set up part two, which it's unlikely we'll see (I wish folks would learn to make complete movies rather than mini-series installments when they tackle these projects).
The Sons of Anarchy Finale-- One of my favorite tv shows betrayed me with one of the most rushed and cobbled-together feeling season finales in a long time. Nothing seems earned, little feels organically developed, and the whole thing just reeked of late-night flop-sweat and too much coffee in the writers' room. It was grossly unsatisfying. Once again we have this problem: each season needs to be a complete whole, not just a springboard for the next one. Themes and events can carry over, certainly, but when you watch all season long waiting for some closure and are not only denied that but fed a bunch of last-minute, cheated cliffhangers, it makes you feel like a sucker for investing hours of your life in this show.
Aaaaaand...that's about it.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
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Not to judge a movie by it's cover art, but The Vampire's Apprentice didn't look like it could be good. However, I do hear that Cirque du Freak is a great YA fiction series. I'm thinking they decided if they put a kid who strangely resembled Robert Patterson and threw in John C. Reilly, that they couldn't go wrong.
Maybe you should have a new category for bad book to film adaptations... :)
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