So ... this is the kind of movie that I will never, ever see. (Well, not unless CIA interrogators strap me into a chair, tape open my eyes and force me to watch it. Oh! What a giveaway!) Yet I so thoroughly enjoy reading Tuthill's essay about it. I gain so much in background knowledge -- I didn't know Boyle directed all those movies! What a grab bag. I glean a sense of the film without having to endure the gore. But above all, I enjoy Tuthill's dry, ironic wit. From this bit: "Honestly, I’m all in. I think my ideal existence is an island structured around an anarcho-communalist guild economy - especially one where everyone wears Stone Roses parkas and has a marginal understanding of electricity." to the end, I couldn't stop laughing. My laptop was bouncing so hard it became hard to keep reading. But I'm glad I did.
So ... this is the kind of movie that I will never, ever see. (Well, not unless CIA interrogators strap me into a chair, tape open my eyes and force me to watch it. Oh! What a giveaway!) Yet I so thoroughly enjoy reading Tuthill's essay about it. I gain so much in background knowledge -- I didn't know Boyle directed all those movies! What a grab bag. I glean a sense of the film without having to endure the gore. But above all, I enjoy Tuthill's dry, ironic wit. From this bit: "Honestly, I’m all in. I think my ideal existence is an island structured around an anarcho-communalist guild economy - especially one where everyone wears Stone Roses parkas and has a marginal understanding of electricity." to the end, I couldn't stop laughing. My laptop was bouncing so hard it became hard to keep reading. But I'm glad I did.