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Jan. 13th, 2014 10:16 pm1. Enjoyed last night's The Good Wife even if I got a bit lost on the case of the week, which was once again used metaphorically to underline the gender politics and legal politics. It was amusing.
( spoilers )
2. Am embroiled in new novel What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarity. ( Read more... )
3. When doing the list of Favorite Movies yesterday, it occurred to me that there are a bunch of movies that I'm told are brilliant and I'm supposed to love - because film scholarly or high lit, etc. This happens with books too by the way. And I try, but seriously wonder what the frak folks were thinking when they declared THIS the best thing ever? Were they smoking crack?
A brief list?
Literary Canon: Citizen Kane, Lost in Translation, Great Expectations, Atonement, The Departed, A Sun Also Rises, The Searchers, Dracula by Bram Stoker,
I honestly think taste is a personal thing that cannot be quantified or examined or explained. You just like what you like and don't like what you don't like. But being social creatures - we desperately want to share our interests with people who feel the same or if they are our friends or close to us, we want they to share our same tastes. It's impossible of course - best you can do is 5 out of 10, but doesn't change the desire for 10 out 10, now does it?
( spoilers )
2. Am embroiled in new novel What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarity. ( Read more... )
3. When doing the list of Favorite Movies yesterday, it occurred to me that there are a bunch of movies that I'm told are brilliant and I'm supposed to love - because film scholarly or high lit, etc. This happens with books too by the way. And I try, but seriously wonder what the frak folks were thinking when they declared THIS the best thing ever? Were they smoking crack?
A brief list?
Literary Canon: Citizen Kane, Lost in Translation, Great Expectations, Atonement, The Departed, A Sun Also Rises, The Searchers, Dracula by Bram Stoker,
I honestly think taste is a personal thing that cannot be quantified or examined or explained. You just like what you like and don't like what you don't like. But being social creatures - we desperately want to share our interests with people who feel the same or if they are our friends or close to us, we want they to share our same tastes. It's impossible of course - best you can do is 5 out of 10, but doesn't change the desire for 10 out 10, now does it?