Thursday, November 09, 2023

AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE, Spalding Gray

 

Spalding Gray committed suicide. There isn't anything to add, really. 


THE JUNGLE BOOK

My history with this movie: I first saw The Jungle Book during Film Night when my mother's family gathered at Madge Lake, Saskatchewan. The Jungle Book is kinda offensive but hey, I once wore yellow-face during a performance of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado. Hey, I'm an offensive guy. 

PARANORMAN

The best review I read of ParaNorman is this one. 

Sunday, November 05, 2023

SLY

I'm a fan. I actually saw Driven in the theatre. 

SPECTRAL vs. PREDATOR vs. ALIEN vs. FRANKENSTEIN

The makers of Spectral really love technology, especially military technology. 

The maker of Alien famously said the movie was just like Frankenstein. I guess the Xenomorph was heavy, so it got parked in the shadows until the very end of the movie. 

Mary Shelley's novel was against technology. As for the Boris Karloff movie, well... 

No, give me Predator every time. No technology whatsoever, just a bunch of mud and fire.  
The toybox ain't what it used to be!