The Love Witch was so good.
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
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Tom Scola - Nov 20, 2016 2:03:37 pm PST #373 of 3455
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
megan walker - Nov 20, 2016 5:53:02 pm PST #374 of 3455
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The Love Witch was so good.
Right? It's such a Buffista movie.
Jesse - Nov 21, 2016 4:35:38 am PST #375 of 3455
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Saw Arrival over the weekend, and the thing that pulled me out of the story is the idea that there is good enough internet in Sierra Leone to do video streaming! We can barely do audio streaming with my coworkers there.
I did enjoy (politically) the fact that Jeremy Renner's character had no purpose other than being a love interest for Amy Adams.
Jessica - Nov 21, 2016 5:44:13 am PST #376 of 3455
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I did enjoy (politically) the fact that Jeremy Renner's character had no purpose other than being a love interest for Amy Adams.
Ha! I assumed that secret government agencies have ways of making the internet happen.
Jesse - Nov 21, 2016 6:02:37 am PST #377 of 3455
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Fair enough! (also you copied the wrong sentence from my post)
megan walker - Nov 21, 2016 6:54:17 am PST #378 of 3455
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
also you copied the wrong sentence from my post
Or did she?
Jesse - Nov 21, 2016 7:40:26 am PST #379 of 3455
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hee.
Jessica - Nov 22, 2016 3:32:26 am PST #380 of 3455
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO THINK.
Kate P. - Nov 25, 2016 12:35:17 pm PST #381 of 3455
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Just saw Arrival. Clearly I need to get in the habit of coming here before I see a movie to ask if it involves a child dying. Because it was a really beautiful movie and very well done, but Jesus H. Christ, I was not really prepared for that, and it was a little embarrassing to be (as far as I could tell) the only one sobbing at the end. And the beginning. And I was holding it in as much as I could.
Now back to read what everyone else said about it.
Kate P. - Nov 25, 2016 12:56:41 pm PST #382 of 3455
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
More Arrival:
Vonnie said, "I also feel like they didn't spend near enough time shedding light on the analysis of Heptapod B (the written language) and how not only deciphering it but the ACT of writing it and immersing oneself in it, is essential in understanding their worldview. Tl;dr I wanted the movie to be nerdier but understand why they short-charged that element from the story, etc."
I actually felt like that worked pretty well (not having read the story yet). I'm interested to dig deeper into that idea, but I thought that came through well enough in the movie that I got what I think you're getting at, in particular with the scene where she writes the language herself with her hands. It was clear, at least, that writing it opened up a whole new level of understanding to her.
Totally agree with y'all that Amy Adams was fabulous, and Jeremy Renner gave good eye-candy.
I was somewhat surprised to read that the whole international conflict/cooperation part of the story was added for the movie, not part of the story. I can see how the story would work without it, though I'd think it would significantly change one of the themes of the movie, i.e. the importance of communication (with other humans, not just with the aliens).
A couple of you have said that the movie is really addressing the question of how you make choices when you already know the future, or about predestination vs. free will, but that element of the story seemed a little anemic to me. I would have liked to dig deeper into that question, although I also figure it would have wrecked me even more than I already was. I had a lot of questions about whether Louise's choice to have Hannah was really a choice at all, and if so, how she could have done it. It's a huge burden for her to carry that choice, and that knowledge of what's going to happen; I would have liked to know a little more about how she made that decision, if indeed she had any choice in the matter.
I think what I'm getting is that I should read the story. Which I wanted to do before seeing the movie, although when I came out of the movie I thought, "Jesus, I can never read that story." But maybe it would help me process some of what I'm feeling.