Just got back from apt hunting in the damp, dreary day - although not raining. Also once again engaged in debate with agent who liked a place that I really didn't and struggling to explain why. Although didn't have bad lunch at Thai place...

I've been in a meh mood for a while now - due in part to work, and part to bitter disappointment with certain things.


WD was overhyped. I don't know why the critics are so in love with it. (Alright mostly male critics). I'm guessing the cinematography. The direction and cinematopgraphy are quite brilliant - but then Frank Darbaont won or was nominated for an OSCAR for direction. The writer - I think - is the guy who
did the graphic novels (and comic book writers basically write male romance novels). That scene where Lincoln rides into Atlanta on a horse is quite marvelous. But unfortunately, you are correct, the characters and their inter-relationships are bordering on cliche survival/disaster movie set-ups. Let's see - we have the love triangle, the people who lost siblings (and why did it have to be the woman's sister who died and not the guy's brother, if they'd switched the genders that would have been more interesting), and the stereotypical gender and occupational roles. It plays a bit too closely to the pre-established tropes.

Ugh. Entertainment is disappointing me right now. Off to watch Horton Hears a Who and Meet Me in St. Louis...and maybe Alice by Tim Burton or Nikita.