Jun. 17th, 2008

bonny_kate: (rose)
I was going to write a post about The Happening, in which I said it was the weakest of Shyamalan's films, and that it lacked his characteristic depth, but I find myself in the strange position of having to retract my statement that I have not yet made. To put it more simply, I have changed my mind about the film. Josh Sikora's brilliant post defending The Happening quite changed my mind, through his arguments about the sublety of the movie, and the subtext, which I must confess that I dismissed. The movie is not to my taste, that is to say, I do not particularly like it, even though I admit that it is a good film, perhaps a great film. I may not like a work of art or wish to hang a copy of a painting on my wall while still recognizing that it is a great work of art. So, if you like thrillers, or if you are a fan of Shyamalan's films (Sixth Sense, Signs, Unbreakable, The Village, Lady in the Water), I would encourage you to think about seeing the movie because it is quite worth seeing, and without going into details that would give anything away, it is not as simple a movie as it might seem.

Twilight

Jun. 17th, 2008 09:17 pm
bonny_kate: (castle)
The short (and free of spoilers) version is that I found Twilight to be a quick, light read that I didn't particularly like, but neither did I particularly hate or find huge problems with. As a fast read, it is decent, but as to anything more, I think it has too many issues to be considered a great work of literature, or even reread very often.

The long version

Here There Be Spoilers )

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