![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
missroseroseBest penis-enlargement spam ever.
And just for the record - I haven't touched Oblivion all weekend. Not one bit. Not for a minute. See, I'm not addicted. I really can stop whenever I want. And none of this has anything to do with the fact that the bulb on our DLP television blew and the new one won't get here until Tuesday or Wednesday, even with Express shipping argh argh argh.
Given that a rather necessary part of our Altar to Entertainment is currently defunct, we decided to take advantage of the movie tickets our landlady gave us for Christmas and went to see Black Snake Moan. Enjoyable movie - it actually reminded me of nothing so much as Secretary in that it was about broken people finding a way to deal with their brokenness and enjoy life in spite of it. Samuel Jackson and Christina Ricci give a hell of a performance, and (even though some critics were hard on him) I thought Justin Timberlake actually did pretty well.
The moviegoing "experience", however, was awful. The movie was supposed to have an absolutely kicking blues soundtrack, but the speakers in the theater were so badly overdriven that you could barely hear the music over the buzz in some scenes. In addition, the picture was just slightly out of focus - not enough to have people booing but enough to be frustrating to someone used to a crisp upscaled 1080i picture. Kind of frustrating, to say the least. If I'd actually paid money to go see the show I probably would've had some words with the manager.
I think we might have to rent the movie once it's released on DVD - at the very least, the soundtrack deserves better treatment. And since the picture and everything will likely look ten times better, I think it'll be well worth watching again.
And just for the record - I haven't touched Oblivion all weekend. Not one bit. Not for a minute. See, I'm not addicted. I really can stop whenever I want. And none of this has anything to do with the fact that the bulb on our DLP television blew and the new one won't get here until Tuesday or Wednesday, even with Express shipping argh argh argh.
Given that a rather necessary part of our Altar to Entertainment is currently defunct, we decided to take advantage of the movie tickets our landlady gave us for Christmas and went to see Black Snake Moan. Enjoyable movie - it actually reminded me of nothing so much as Secretary in that it was about broken people finding a way to deal with their brokenness and enjoy life in spite of it. Samuel Jackson and Christina Ricci give a hell of a performance, and (even though some critics were hard on him) I thought Justin Timberlake actually did pretty well.
The moviegoing "experience", however, was awful. The movie was supposed to have an absolutely kicking blues soundtrack, but the speakers in the theater were so badly overdriven that you could barely hear the music over the buzz in some scenes. In addition, the picture was just slightly out of focus - not enough to have people booing but enough to be frustrating to someone used to a crisp upscaled 1080i picture. Kind of frustrating, to say the least. If I'd actually paid money to go see the show I probably would've had some words with the manager.
I think we might have to rent the movie once it's released on DVD - at the very least, the soundtrack deserves better treatment. And since the picture and everything will likely look ten times better, I think it'll be well worth watching again.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2007-03-29 03:45 am (UTC)What I'm concerned about is that it'll be one of those "strong man 'cures' wayward girl by showing her her place" movies. Somehow I can't see Ricci doing one of those, but...please tell me I'm wrong.
no subject
Date: 2007-03-29 05:07 am (UTC)To be fair, I could see someone interpreting it that way, but it takes something of a stretch of the imagination. To wit: At the beginning of the movie, Lazarus (Samuel Jackson's character) has just had his wife leave him and is rather a mess emotionally - hardly what you'd call the "strong man" archetype. Something else that runs counter to the cliché is that one of the themes of the movie is that sex and sexual energy isn't a bad thing, and is in fact a good and necessary part of life - it's only when it's misused and destructive that it becomes a problem.
While the premise of the movie is definitely a bit pulp-novel-esque (the posters are both amusing and fairly accurate), it actually has a lot to recommend it. For one thing, you have a scantily-clad Ricci for much of it - I think she's one of the only girls I've seen who can pull off the skinny waifish look and still be sexy. For another, the acting is excellent, which does a lot for the material. (Word is that Jackson considers this his best performance yet, and while I'm less familiar than he with his reportoire, he does a damn fine job.) Also, the soundtrack (or what I could hear of it) is pretty cool. The story's definitely a character-driven piece, though, so if you go in expecting something fast-paced you'll be disappointed.