Before I sign off tonight, I just wanted to point you to two fantastic postings - one hilarious, one passionate about film.
First, go watch the new trailer for Halle Berry's Perfect Stranger. If you are still breathing and remotely conscious after completing that task, I can't recommend visiting Burbanked strongly enough, where you'll get to "Choose Your Spoiler"! Absolutely amazing stuff. Plus, he uses the term "non-sucky." Always a plus.
On a more serious note, I've been saving this link for a while because I'm just not talented enough as a writer to illustrate how I feel about this piece. Basically, David Poland calls out several recent flawed films, albeit by extremely talented directors, to set up his review of Children of Men.
I think what struck me most about the article is less of how he uses this trend of great directors misfiring to set up his story, but moreso for his overall optimism. He fully acknowledges these films have problems, but he still can't wait to see what these directors do next.
In this world where everything is more and more binary, where you can't be right unless I'm wrong, where opinions are formed and broadcast without having all (or these days) any of the information needed to make an informed decision, I thought David's article was... (what's the word?) necessary.
Sofia Coppola's latest outing wasn't perfect... so what? I still want to see what she does next. And Alfonso Cuaron, and Steven Soderbergh, and Marc Forster, and Chris Nolan, and Darren Aronofsky, etc., etc. Frankly, it's a miracle that almost any of these films got made in the first place.
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