Saturday had a late afternoon haircut. My stylist JB and I had a great chat whilst she sheared away my mop. I made the comment that though most Koreans go to church, I’m not like those Koreans. Her response: “You know what they call someone like you, who doesn’t fit in, in Korea? a North Korean spy.”
We had a good laugh about that.
Afterwards, I went to the Four Star for a double feature.
It’s not clear to me what the hitchhiker fans are moaning about. I mean, what did they expect a hhgttg movie to be? I think the big crime that the fans hold against it is that the movie is not what they thought it should be. Forget the fact that they don’t know what it should be. (I can hear M. retorting right now: “Funny.”)
It is not a great movie, but I enjoyed all the same because even a dim echo of Adams’ humor makes me chuckle. I liked the song of the dolphins, I liked the animations of the guide, and I liked the stop-motion animations of Ford, Arthur and Trill as they come out of Improbability Drive mode.
If you have never read the books, or heard the radio shows, go do that first before seeing the movie. 2/4 stars.
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The Interpreter was a solid thriller, that had the hollywood polish on it. I don’t think it is going to stick with me though. There is something about that level of polish and constructed realism (of African geopolitics) that automatically makes me distrust it. The voice of the movie, too, is very even, with a minimum of flashy story telling devices. Appropriate for the movie, but it automatically makes me skeptical.
Still, I enjoyed it. Even though I anticipated some of the ending, the story had enough emotional punch to make the ending showdowns satisfying.
2.5/4