it's sunday. i like sundays apart from the obvious reasons of having the day off and going to church. sundays always seem longer than the rest of the days, and i think there is a reason for that. i think we're meant to enjoy them more. i know, sunday isn't really the traditional "sabbath day" but there is the sense that god has given us each what seems to be a little more time to enjoy the day. i don't know, maybe it's just a trade-off. maybe god is saying, "look, i know that you didn't want to get out of bed today and go to church and sing all those hymns, but since you did, here's some extra time to enjoy." maybe it's nothing like that at all.
anyway, today i say down and spent some of that extra time watching no country for old men. i'd been meaning to watch it for a while, but never really got around to it. it was certainly thought provoking. the movie, which i've heard closely follows the cormac mccarthy book, barrows a lot on the themes of chance, destiny, and fate. the main antagonist, anton chigur, often calls upon one of his likely victims to call a coin toss, with the implications that thier lives hang in the balance. the movie is also brilliantly acted and directed, and the cinematography really does steal some of the scenes. dialogue is another thing that was well done in this movie. the
characters don't talk too much, and they don't need to. but when they
do speak, you want to listen. one interesting thing that i noticed about the film is it's use of silence. where most movies would have a stirring piece of music playing in the background, this movie has moments where i wondered if my speakers had crapped out. the silence really draws you into the action and the dialogue between characters.
that lack of background music seems to be a theme this week, as a rented hard candy this week as well. i didn't know it at the time, but that movie also uses silence as a means of heightening the suspense. i haven't gotten a chance to watch hardy candy yet, but i'll probably write something about it soon.
after watching no country for old men i was flipping around and landed on a star wars marathon on. it was interesting to juxtapose star wars with no country for old men. i'd always really loved the star wars movies and the music in particular. yeah, i was one of those guys who got the soundtrack and listened to it quite a bit. but it was interesting to contrast how one movie uses music to enhance the action on screen while the other uses the noticeable lack thereof to do the same thing.
and to think, all this because of a long, lazy sunday...
anyway, today i say down and spent some of that extra time watching no country for old men. i'd been meaning to watch it for a while, but never really got around to it. it was certainly thought provoking. the movie, which i've heard closely follows the cormac mccarthy book, barrows a lot on the themes of chance, destiny, and fate. the main antagonist, anton chigur, often calls upon one of his likely victims to call a coin toss, with the implications that thier lives hang in the balance. the movie is also brilliantly acted and directed, and the cinematography really does steal some of the scenes. dialogue is another thing that was well done in this movie. the
characters don't talk too much, and they don't need to. but when they
do speak, you want to listen. one interesting thing that i noticed about the film is it's use of silence. where most movies would have a stirring piece of music playing in the background, this movie has moments where i wondered if my speakers had crapped out. the silence really draws you into the action and the dialogue between characters.
that lack of background music seems to be a theme this week, as a rented hard candy this week as well. i didn't know it at the time, but that movie also uses silence as a means of heightening the suspense. i haven't gotten a chance to watch hardy candy yet, but i'll probably write something about it soon.
after watching no country for old men i was flipping around and landed on a star wars marathon on. it was interesting to juxtapose star wars with no country for old men. i'd always really loved the star wars movies and the music in particular. yeah, i was one of those guys who got the soundtrack and listened to it quite a bit. but it was interesting to contrast how one movie uses music to enhance the action on screen while the other uses the noticeable lack thereof to do the same thing.
and to think, all this because of a long, lazy sunday...
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