Books & Film

The Town--A Stupid, Overrated, Crappy Movie:

Hey, folks, I'm in the mood to post this, so here I am.  I recognize the fact that most people really like Ben Affleck's most recent movie,  The Town, and I would've wanted to like it, too, but imho, there's too much wrong with The Town for me not to look at  this film with  much harsher judgement and a much more critical eye than many, if not most people.  


The Town--A Stupid, Overrated, Crappy Movie:

Hey, folks, I'm in the mood to post this, so here I am.  I recognize the fact that most people really like Ben Affleck's most recent movie,  <i>The Town</i>, and I would've wanted to like it, too, but imho, there's too much wrong with <i>The Town</i> for me not to look at  this film with  much harsher judgement and a much more critical eye than many, if not most people.  


My Commentary on "The Town":

I’m pretty much a lone voice in the wilderness here, as I feel differently about The Town than many, if not most people do. Moreover, I read Chuck Hogan’s novel, Prince of Thieves, on which The Town was based, and I liked the book far better than the movie, which seemed like an extended made-for-TV feature and a very cartoon-like film. The Town had the potential for being a very good film, or one of the all-time greats regarding movies, but fell woefully short of that potential for the following reasons:

 

West Side Story; NOT just a teen movie:

Hey there, folks!   Much discussion has been taking place about the late "Liberal Lion" Senator Edward M. (Ted or Teddy) Kennedy in the wake of his recent passing due to brain cancer that, after a long, tough fight against, eventually took the Senator's life.

Commie extortionist fishes

So we went to Barnes and Noble the other day, and I'm sitting on the ground in the children's section with my 8-month old baby looking for a book to read to him. I take my eye off him for a minute or two and when I look back he's reached into one of the lower shelves, pulled off a Spongebob paperback, and is chewing on it. It's one of those cheapo books, with the pages only slightly thicker than newspaper, so by the time I notice we're the proud soon-to-be owners of this $3.99 treasure.

Books: The Black Swan; The Impact of the Highly Improbable

The Black Swan , by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is an engaging book about an important topic. However, if a reader who is familiar with the topic(s) will not find any new ideas.

Movies:

Movies:

Today, I’ve decided to take a break from the rough-and-tumble world of domestic and international politics and write different kind of essay; on movies.

Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy

I went to see “Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy” at the Woods Hole Film Festival this weekend. It is billed as a mockumentary/reality/documentary hybrid, and is basically a film about making a documentary about Global Warming.

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