It has not been a good fortnight for movie going.
Dear White People: my dislike of this movie makes me uneasy, but I just didn't care for it. It made me think of Bonfire of the Vanities: each character was ego driven and blind, not to mention stereotypical to the point of blank and boring. I found it really difficult to admire, identify with or even like any of them, white or black.
Joe: So ... a young kid from the wrong side of town with a propensity for violence, with a violent alcoholic no-good father, takes for his mentor and role model ... another violent alcoholic with a slightly softer heart. Grim and dark.
The Pregnancy Project: a young woman decides to fake a teen pregnancy as a school project in order to catalog people's responses. Said responses are negative. Surprise. People get angry about the fact that their hearts and lives are turned upside down to process and deal with a pregnant ______ (friend, sister, son's girlfriend), and then it turns out to be a big lie. Also a big surprise. I have no idea why we watched this.
Fury: This was background noise, I wasn't specifically watching although all the shrieking and crying was hard to tune out. I've long since decided I never need to see another movie about the heartbreak / nobility of war. Ever. Just because mankind apparently can't grow up doesn't mean I have to watch this obscene practice. So. That said, I guess it was as good and sad and stirring as people find most war movies. Camraderie, deep bonding, lots of fancy guns and explosions, mental anguish, senseless gruesome death. yay.
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Originally Posted by CathyA
