OK, so it’s a Monday night (my free night) and I’m supposed to be watching a movie, but since I already saw True Grit in the morning (whose epic disappointment I will come to shortly) and watched like 7 episodes of In Treatment back to back and read a few pages of The Recognitions, I no longer feel motivated to indulge in the life of fictional characters. I’m bored. So please bear with my ramblings for a bit.
Coming back to True Grit. Colossal failure. Even that’s just putting it mildly. There are so many things wrong with this film, I can only begin to describe how much it has let me down as an anticipated film, much less an anticipated Coen brothers film. The trailer really had me going: I thought this is it, we have the cinematic event of the year right here. The tone, the magical cinematography of Roger Deakins, the utterly awesome Jeff Bridges being directed by the uttttterly awesome Coen brothers – there was no way this could have been anything but pure gold blended with purer gold. But as it turns out, the entire film, set in 19th century America, which in itself can be annoying to watch given all the local colloquialisms that we cannot follow, wallows in cheesy, corny sentimentality layered over used-to-death, cheesier, cornier background score. Half way down, I was just hoping it was the end of the film. It was that friggin’ boring! (I wonder what IMDb users found in it that they've given an 8.5 rating. Maybe they just went with the whole hype that if it's a Coen brothers film, it will be awesome, so expect awesome and pretend to see only awesome, even if it's non-existent.) After three hat-trick awesome films in 2007, 2008 and 2009, the Coen brothers finally have jinxed their momentum with this shite. Thank you for ruining the first movie of 2011 for me, Ethan and Joel Coen!
Now, about In Treatment. Nah, I think I’ll cover it in greater depth in another post, because there’s so much to say about its unparalleled, engaging drama I just can't cover it in a few minutes, in a few words, and in this suicidally-bored state of mind. That’s enough ramblings for now.
2010 was a bad year for me. But I’m glad it’s over. Happy new year!
A joke to begin 2011 with:
An atheist and a Christian Jesus freak are having an exchange.
Jesus Freak: Do you believe in Virgin Birth?
Atheist: No, but I believe in Virgin Death - which you will encounter soon if you keep asking questions like that.
:)
I like the first season of 'In Treatment'. Sophie's sessions are my favorite. I saw the first season back when it aired, and was really blown away by Mia Wasikowska's performance. Mia surely is really talented, and I hope she doesn't slip too deep into the mainstream business, as I'd rather see her act in more challenging independent films.
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