Movie Madness and Missing in Action
Jan. 22nd, 2018 02:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
doniagoOpted to skip furry pool and karaoke, because I had no strong interest in either one. I ended up feeling quite lethargic on Saturday...horribly so, in fact...so maybe this was for the best. I ended up feeling like I wouldn't have been the best company in any case.
Prior to the meet, Jess and Thrall asked if I was planning to attend. I'm a little disappointed that upon hearing that I wasn't, neither of them particularly made an effort to get me to go, but oh well. After the meet, Ivan and Batt both checked in with me though. It was nice to hear from folks and feel a little missed, even as I wish they'd made more of an effort to motivate me rather than somewhat just commenting on the situation.
Friday night I watched "Kong: Skull Island" for the first time. I think Jackson's version is the superior film, but then, this was trying to tell a different story, set during an entirely different time period, and I think it did a decent job of it. During the director's commentary he made -a lot- of references to anime and computer games, something I'm not sure I've come across in a commentary before (maybe Scott Pilgrim?). In any event, this movie goes for the gut while the original goes for the heart. At least neither one is bad.
Saturday night I watched "Into the Wild", and while I'd read the book before, it was pretty impressive to see it brought to life, and moreso that they tried to film on location as much as reasonably possible. While my feelings about McCandless boil down to admiring his ideals while thinking his execution (poor choice of words) was more than a bit half-assed, the movie still managed to make me feel bad for him at the end, without seeming heavy-handed or god forbid whitewashing his poor choices. Sadly no commentary track, but the special features, while few in number, were still decent.
Sunday night I got all cultural and watched "The Wages of Fear", a French film that's set in Mexico(?) I think and has actors speaking a variety of languages. It was pretty grim, and as I suspected when I heard about the film, I wonder whether it somewhat inspired a GI Joe episode of all things. Notably, if nothing else the ending of the film would have convinced me that it was a French film. Heh. It happily doesn't feel as long as it is, which probably has something to do with the fact that you're watching two trucks navigate suboptimal roads while carrying nitoglycerine.
I tracked down Silfur on Telegram, and he's almost certainly the fur I've known the longest excluding, say, Brandon and Gary and Finn and other people from college who don't even really count these days. It's been fun chatting with him and getting caught up!
Should be having Holly over tonight for the last FMA movie. I'm not really looking forward to it, at least in part because it's set during the series, rather than being a sequel or even prequel. Unfortunate, IMO. The good news is that after this we're going to be watching Buffy and (eventually) Angel, and that I'm looking forward to.
Prior to the meet, Jess and Thrall asked if I was planning to attend. I'm a little disappointed that upon hearing that I wasn't, neither of them particularly made an effort to get me to go, but oh well. After the meet, Ivan and Batt both checked in with me though. It was nice to hear from folks and feel a little missed, even as I wish they'd made more of an effort to motivate me rather than somewhat just commenting on the situation.
Friday night I watched "Kong: Skull Island" for the first time. I think Jackson's version is the superior film, but then, this was trying to tell a different story, set during an entirely different time period, and I think it did a decent job of it. During the director's commentary he made -a lot- of references to anime and computer games, something I'm not sure I've come across in a commentary before (maybe Scott Pilgrim?). In any event, this movie goes for the gut while the original goes for the heart. At least neither one is bad.
Saturday night I watched "Into the Wild", and while I'd read the book before, it was pretty impressive to see it brought to life, and moreso that they tried to film on location as much as reasonably possible. While my feelings about McCandless boil down to admiring his ideals while thinking his execution (poor choice of words) was more than a bit half-assed, the movie still managed to make me feel bad for him at the end, without seeming heavy-handed or god forbid whitewashing his poor choices. Sadly no commentary track, but the special features, while few in number, were still decent.
Sunday night I got all cultural and watched "The Wages of Fear", a French film that's set in Mexico(?) I think and has actors speaking a variety of languages. It was pretty grim, and as I suspected when I heard about the film, I wonder whether it somewhat inspired a GI Joe episode of all things. Notably, if nothing else the ending of the film would have convinced me that it was a French film. Heh. It happily doesn't feel as long as it is, which probably has something to do with the fact that you're watching two trucks navigate suboptimal roads while carrying nitoglycerine.
I tracked down Silfur on Telegram, and he's almost certainly the fur I've known the longest excluding, say, Brandon and Gary and Finn and other people from college who don't even really count these days. It's been fun chatting with him and getting caught up!
Should be having Holly over tonight for the last FMA movie. I'm not really looking forward to it, at least in part because it's set during the series, rather than being a sequel or even prequel. Unfortunate, IMO. The good news is that after this we're going to be watching Buffy and (eventually) Angel, and that I'm looking forward to.
