Nah, this isn't about the latest ones out. I have been catching up on a lot of flicks that I missed over the past couple years. I really only like going to the big theatre for "big" films like the "Dark Knight" (I-Max next week - I hope).
One film that I saw a couple years ago was the highly acclaimed "Syriana". I watched it on the plane to France back in 2006. Few movies come my way that frustrate me. This was one of them. After seeing it the first time I had really no idea what the film was really about (ever had that?). Sure there was stuff about oil companies, middle east affairs, terrorism, etc. but I never really got the movie. I figured maybe it is hard to watch a film like that on the plane and thought I will have to see it again. I finally did yesterday. I watched the whole thing. I still didn't really follow it well. I think that sometimes a film-maker can just get way over the head of its audience - they get too smart for their own good. The scenes continually were jumping around and everyone was talking fast. I couldn't really follow it well. It was hard most of the time to really engage with what the characters were involved with. Nonetheless, the film was highly acclaimed and had some Oscars to boot. I read somewhere that this is a movie that you have to see a couple times to really appreciate it (believe it or not, I had to see "Napoleon Dynamite" a second time to get it. But, man, the second time, it was one the funniest movies ever!). Maybe I will have to see Syriana again to see if that statement makes sense. Maybe in a couple more years...
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