I saw this movie last weekend called Broken Flowers. It stars Bill Murray, and the Blockbuster guy said it was decent (and the guy is normally pretty good with this stuff), so I figured it would be similare to Lost in Translation. And its directed by Jim Jarmusch - who's supposed to be this great director, and is so good that he had an SBS documentary about his movies.The movie is about an eternal bachelor, who randomly gets an anonymous letter that hes got a 19 year old son whos out looking for him... and he spends the whole movie visiting a few women he used to date in an attempt to find out which one is the mother.
You know how some movies are completely random, but in the end it all seems to work out, and you think back that it was an awesome movie? (Adaptation is one of those movies - if you actually think about what happened)
Well - for about 2 hours I was hoping that Broken Flowers would turn into one of those movies.
It got to a stage that I knew this wasnt going to happen - but I still held on to hope and kept watching the movie (more because it was late at night and we couldnt be bothered stopping it), and then as the movie ended I realised that this had been an absolute waste of 2 and a half hours (including the time to rent it).
Why do some film makers make rubbish, and then try to pass it off as art?
I know art is often about opinions - but im usually quite open-minded. (Like, normally when I think a movie is crap, I will still say that I can see why it appeals to some people). If broken flowers appeals to anyone - then they should check themselves into a psych ward. (Im doing my Psych term of Uni at Royal Perth for the next 8 weeks - I'll be sure to drop in and visit).
I know that "ART" is a very broad term, and can be created for a whole number of reasons - but im pretty sure that wasting peoples time is not one of those reasons.
I should sue Jim Jarmusch for 2 hours lost from my life (and then I could do the same to Blogspot.com)... and I just realised that this guy also directed Ghost Dog - one of the only movies that has ever actually made me WANT to sleep.
(4 posts in my first day - I think im getting the hang of this blogspot thing, or... its getting a hang of me)
4 comments:
hey newly acquanted blogger,
you got to put heyday as a link and Bahai.org
thats the spirit of true blogger!!
love the little tips from mazza, she's a useful one! meanwhile i mustn't have been paying attn recently coz i only just saw your blog- and i'm a regular reyhani visitor! ...how did your name slip by me?
take it easy caz, i think you found out about the blog like ... ooooooo 3 hours after us, i think it will be ok. and we found it quickly coz shirin receives her comments in her hotmail and also we saw koorush online.. wow we're always online, thats a bit of a worry,
dear koorush,
i disliked Broken Flowers too. I've decided that pretty much anything that gets a positive review in the SMH is going to be bad news for me.
A lot of contemporary movies lately have made me splutter with disbelief that in this age of equality and justice they are made, seen and raved about at all. so many of them seem to elevate sexism and violence to the level of principle.
i understand that movies want to be sexy and exhilirating, but when the actual moral of the story is that Men Need To See Naked Women Or Alright At Least Their Breasts, or Violence Will Rectify Your Misdeeds and Flaws In The Eyes Of Society Especially Your Unhappy Children, i get quite utterly cross with the (western) movie critics, whose opinions i rely on utterly and in whom i am now inevitably disappointed.
yada yada yada.
good luck with the blogging.
lvoe from leila
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