When did I get too old for sleepovers? After the movie last night, we had every intention of trying to have an overnighter with games and movies and all that jazz, but I just couldn’t stay awake, falling asleep to Rue and Jei battling it out on Unreal Tournament. But during our discussion in the living room, I didn’t feel the least bit worried about expressing how I’ve been feeling this past week- and with a lot of help I’ve reached a conclusion. My heart is on the internet, so that anyone can point, click, and climb inside me. And I like it that way; I don’t want to change it. I hope everyone has a spectacular holiday with family and friends.
Darren Aronofsky has gone and done it again. (Requiem for a Dream, Pi) This movie was absolutely breathtaking, and it’s one of the finest movies to come out of Hollywood in a really, really long time. Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz made an exceptional career move when they snagged up their roles in this movie, despite the studio dropping it once before with no guarantee of continuing to the end. Running a mere 96 min, the movie flew by, and I wish there had been more to it- but the story was told well, and there was plenty of time in which to do so. I would also like to note that regardless of the beautiful graphics, only one scene was CG, the rest was done using micro-photography of chemical reactions on tiny petri dishes. Aronofsky wanted it to “stand the test of time”- and it will do just that. I would recommed this movie to anyone who enjoyed, “Everything is Illuminated”, “Requiem for a Dream”, and “Timeline”.
