Life Is A Highway.
Not been feeling too well today, ate something that violently disagreed with me last night, and I've been paying for it since.Slept most of the morning, and then ended up helping Ronnie sew her skirt! In fact, we spent the whole afternoon on it, and that was just doing the hems! I swear, I must be the best boyfriend EVER! Sewing indeed...
We watched Pixars Cars last night, and I thought it was pretty good. I mean, it LOOKED great, but I don't know, it just seemed to lack the instant appeal of Toy Story or Monsters Inc (let alone The Incredibles, which I think is their best movie). Maybe it's because it's all about cars and living cars aren't as easily accesible as talking toys... I don't know. It just seems to lack the instant hook, but once you get past that I don't think the characters really stand up all that much; Lightning McQueen is our hero only because we're told he is, I thought he was a selfish and dislikable character for pretty much the entire movie, so I didn't warm to him (although I did consider the idea that he was a racing car, built specifically to race and would therefore have no interest in things outside of racing, but that just opens up a whole can of worms about how cars are born/made, do they have childhoods and grow up... but that kinda thought wasn't really helping any), and as for the supporting cast... well what about them? Having created all the great incidental characters in Toy Story I expected John Lasseter to be able to do more here; none of them really have a moment to shine, none of them have anything beyond what appear to be a few quirky characteristics to tell us who they are, none of them are anything more than cliches. Maybe I'm expecting a lot, but dammit the Pixar crew aren't just the best animators around, they are some of the greatest movie making craftsmen about, so I don't think I'm out of order. That's not to say I didn't enjoy it, 'cos I did. It just seemed to takes it's sweet time getting somewhere pretty damned obvious, y'know? Maybe that's the point of course, but if Pixar want us to appreciate it's not how quickly you get there but what you see on the journey then they should've given us something interesting to look at!
Ka-chow!
posted by BadMonkey @ 5:52 PM
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Wow, you're back. Not sure how I missed that. I thought I had been keeping better track. Anyhow, not much to report. Sorry you're still sick. Glad your birthday was fun! Sorry I didn't do...anything. 37 isn't so bad. It's better than 36!! Remember? 36 is the most evil number. It's cool to be in your 30s, though. We should chat sometime. I can tell you about my latest insecurities and you can explain labrynthitis.
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