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drew at 03:06am on 11/03/2007 under the flickering screen
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Happy (?) Daylight Savings Time, everybody. That's why the timestamp on this makes it look like I'm up way the hell too late. Which... okay, I am. But I blame the government!
Actually, I blame Zodiac. That movie had some freaking *creepy* moments. I'd talk more about it, but I'm not film-student-y enough to know how to articulate why it was amazing and simultaneously unsatisfying. The best I can come up with is: I've been conditioned to expect a certain category of endings from movies like this, and this one... doesn't have one of those. Ultimately, it feels like the last 45 minutes are missing. So I can appreciate the artistry of the movie (and man, is it well-made, on all fronts), but as *entertainment*, it doesn't win. It doesn't lose, because the ~160 minute runtime doesn't feel like any time at all, but it just ain't there for me. Would I see it again? Maybe. Probably not. But it's an amazing film.
Got 80% of my to-do list for the weekend done. This is progress! Of course, tomorrow's the time-consuming 20%: writing and responding to email, grocery shopping, vacuuming. And then maybe making something awesome for dinner, which I haven't done in quite some time.
Actually, I blame Zodiac. That movie had some freaking *creepy* moments. I'd talk more about it, but I'm not film-student-y enough to know how to articulate why it was amazing and simultaneously unsatisfying. The best I can come up with is: I've been conditioned to expect a certain category of endings from movies like this, and this one... doesn't have one of those. Ultimately, it feels like the last 45 minutes are missing. So I can appreciate the artistry of the movie (and man, is it well-made, on all fronts), but as *entertainment*, it doesn't win. It doesn't lose, because the ~160 minute runtime doesn't feel like any time at all, but it just ain't there for me. Would I see it again? Maybe. Probably not. But it's an amazing film.
Got 80% of my to-do list for the weekend done. This is progress! Of course, tomorrow's the time-consuming 20%: writing and responding to email, grocery shopping, vacuuming. And then maybe making something awesome for dinner, which I haven't done in quite some time.
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