took the day off
Nov. 26th, 2007 03:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chronovoreThe cold caught up with me. I'm cracking my neck every five minutes; I should just go to sleep. I'm brain dead and tired, and all my joints ache. I had a fever of 38.4 last night, and have had smaller fevers occur and break today.
Want to play games or read, but don't have the brainpower. I watched "300" last night; it was more repetitive and preachy than I'd expected. I kept hearing how it could have benefited from being "more ambiguous" or "less direct" and now I understand what the reviews meant. Beautiful, gorgeous film with only a few shots that looked as though the group were being awkwardly greenscreened against a virtual set. I watched "Children of Men" today, and it redeemed my faith in cinema. Good grief, what an amazing film. It's ugly and beautiful, horrifying and inspiring all at once. I actually had to get up and walk away from it for awhile, to get my mental bearings back.
So, yes: sleep. Now.
Want to play games or read, but don't have the brainpower. I watched "300" last night; it was more repetitive and preachy than I'd expected. I kept hearing how it could have benefited from being "more ambiguous" or "less direct" and now I understand what the reviews meant. Beautiful, gorgeous film with only a few shots that looked as though the group were being awkwardly greenscreened against a virtual set. I watched "Children of Men" today, and it redeemed my faith in cinema. Good grief, what an amazing film. It's ugly and beautiful, horrifying and inspiring all at once. I actually had to get up and walk away from it for awhile, to get my mental bearings back.
So, yes: sleep. Now.
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Date: 2007-11-26 04:02 pm (UTC)...and Children of Men made me cry like a child. It takes all of our base human emotions and examines them with an unflinching horror and awe.
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Date: 2007-11-26 11:28 pm (UTC)I'll have to see that as well. I've got a copy of "Layer Cake" which some consider to be the reason Daniel Craig landed the Bond role. I'm really happy Clive Owen didn't get the Bond role, though maybe "Closer" will change my mind, there.
Was it my imagination, or did Theo never once pick up a gun in "Children of Men"? I think he killed that one guy with a car battery, but I don't recall him firing a shot.