So Bitter's wife just went out of town for three days, which means that Bitter spent lots and lots of time stuck at home while the kids were asleep.
Of course, to pass the time, there is no better way than watching a series of movies, which is exactly what Bitter did.
The first movie on my list was Finding Forrester. I liked the premise of the movie, but I have a couple of observations about this sub-genre. There are lots of movies celebrating talent in odd places, and the production of art under trying circumstances (the two basic premises of Finding Forrester). Hollywood has a tendency to do two things with talent in odd places: 1. Make it seem incredibly pretentious and inaccessible, understandable only to a select few who are eccentric and have sacrificed their lives to attain it. and 2. Fill entire movies with this kind of person.
So in Finding Forrester, we all understand that the protagonists talent is once-in-a-lifetime, understandable only to connisseurs of fine literature, but we find that he's in a school populated with hundreds of students who have similar but not quite equal talent. Just like Good Will Hunting, and countless other movies about people with musical talent.

The next movie I watched was The Fountain, starring Rachel Weisz and that werewolf guy. It's apparently "visually stunning" "a masterpiece" and "breaks new ground in the sci-fi genre". (What the credits don't mention is that it's miserable).
The movie is set in three different time periods, but has the same protagonists. This is an excellent idea for taking a one part story and making it last 90 minutes. Here's what happens: She dies. He gets over it, after a million years.
If you watched it though, I'd appreciate some insight. Is the guy in the bubble the same guy as the doctor? If it is, what's the significance of his planting a seed on the grave, if all he's gonna do is live another million years before writing the story? If it isn't, what's the tree the guy is eating, and what are the marks on his arms?
Who is the spaniard,and how does he relate to our story?

Next was Six Degrees of Separation. It has the rep of being a borderline classic, but I didn't see any ending. The lead couple, Flan and Ouisa, were great, especially together. I saw a little thematic action in the contrast between Paul (would die to be their child) and their children (ridiculously ungrateful). Ouisa's monologue about "not letting it become just an anecdote" was an interesting sentiment. But there is no ending.

Suburban Girl was better than expected in a useless non-commital sort of way.
Santa Clause 3 I promise I didn't watch. No really, it was for my adopted christian child. Okay, if I did watch it, so what? Do I have to only watch Citizen Kane all the time?

Discuss.

I only go for silly comedies, so I'm no expert.

I found that movie (more like "film", sorry) very confusing. I think it was intended to be an extraordinarily deep, symbolic picture, with portayals and interpretations of creation, the birth of man, the original sin, the "tragedy of man's existence", and other such concepts. That said, I did find it confusing and thoroughly unenjoyable to watch. It was, if nothing else, thought-provoking. The thoughts, however, were for the most part incoherent and those of confusion.

רבש"ע - Next time you make a 'list', please consult me.

mosheshmeal
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relax. this list I made later, of the movies I had just watched.


surely someone has an explanation about six degrees of separation?!

bump
Will I have to do this again?

Sorry, never watched it.

But while we're asking movie question, I still don't know how the mask ended up on Tom Cruise's bed.

mosheshmeal
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