I can understand why a lot of people find this film tedious, boring, and/or completely don’t get it. But it’s kind of subtly brilliant. It’s more like looking at a painting for a long time than watching a film. I know that does nothing to make this movie sound more intriguing, but if you are into film in general, or gender studies, give this one a chance.

To start of the year, I watched 1 film and read 1 book.

I also started and finished the first season of Justified, a new-to-me series. And finished a season each of 3 other series.

Unique take on horror as a formula for storytelling. Some of the explanations were interesting.

I think the moral might have been, “Curiosity is our downfall.” Also, the unicorn scene was awesome.

A comment from Whedon: “On another level it’s a serious critique of what we love and what we don’t about horror movies. I love being scared. I love that mixture of thrill, of horror, that objectification/identification thing of wanting definitely for the people to be alright but at the same time hoping they’ll go somewhere dark and face something awful. The things that I don’t like are kids acting like idiots, the devolution of the horror movie into torture porn and into a long series of sadistic comeuppances. Drew and I both felt that the pendulum had swung a little too far in that direction.”

This month I watched 1 movie, listened to 1 album, and finished 3 TV seasons.

This month I watched 8 movies, listened to 1 album, and finished 2 TV seasons.

Movies

Saw more movies this month than most of the rest of the year. Trying to catch up on Criterion movies. (Schizopolis was probably the most memorable). Also saw a double feature at a drive-in. And was able to squeeze in one Buster Keaton film.

This month I watched 8 movies, listened to 1 album, and finished 2 TV seasons.

Movies

Saw more movies this month than most of the rest of the year. Trying to catch up on Criterion movies. (Schizopolis was probably the most memorable). Also saw a double feature at a drive-in. And was able to squeeze in one Buster Keaton film.

Started an interesting new TV series, Dexter. Breaking Bad’s 3rd season was better than the 2nd. Both pretty intriguing shows about the nature of good and evil.

This month I watched 2 movies and finished 1 TV season.

This month I watched 2 movies and finished 1 TV season.

This month I watched 1 movie, read 1 books, and finished 2 TV seasons.

This month I watched 3 movies, read 1 book, and listened to 4 albums.

Music

Enjoyed Birdy, Of Monsters and Men, and Making Mirrors. A good month for music finds.

Movies

New favorite for horror and zombies in 28 Days Later. Rum Diary was interesting. Dictator was OK.

I finished 4 TV seasons. Suburgatory is hands down my favorite new show. Enjoying Boardwalk Empire as well.

Books

Finally finished the Virginia Woolf short stories. A wonderful collection!