for everyone tired of the same ol’ cliches of alien invasions, i urge you to see this: ATTACK THE BLOCK
i enjoyed it very much. don’t expect some big budget box office stuff, but it is a cool movie and just to make a point, here’s some other good stuff i really enjoyed made by the same team
HOT FUZZ
and SHAUN OF THE DEAD
all of these are partly parodies and partly serious with a lot of references to make every movie maniac adore them.
enjoy !
i found a very cool blog: http://www.coffeewithanarchitect.com/
(the similarity in the name should raise questions about architect’s caffeine addiction? )
source: http://www.coffeewithanarchitect.com/2011/08/28/ctrlangstdel/
Computers are everywhere – Who asked for this ?
Anytime-anyplace! – Equals nowhere
Objects will be smart – And they will force us to do something stupid
Anything can be on the internet – Do you need e-mail in a toaster ?
Anything can get an interface – Will they all flash 12:00, like VCRs ?
We can invent the future – But don’t damage what already exists
Microchips are cheap – Dealing with them is expensive
Buildings get nervous systems – Inhabitants get nervous
You can monitor your family – Does that build trust ?
Stuff becomes programmable – I don’t have time
Stuff becomes programmable – I don’t like the way someone else does it
Systems anticipate needs – And they assume we need entertainment
Tags can carry intructions – Mind the step; eat your vegetables
System respond to you – Hi! You appear to be writing a letter !!
Smart conveniences – What, the curtains ?
People won’t tolerate this – Look how they took up mobile phones
Who could love a computer – Did the farmer love his plow ?
Big brother is watching – Through terabytes of data smog
It’s all about surveillance – And cars are all about emissions ? bad side effects
Computers crash – So do cars, but we still use them
The net boom is over – Computers are not going away; quite the contrary
I’m against technology – Except my dishwasher
Common objections to pervasive computing - Digital ground, Malcom McCullough
much like in the expandables, i got bored watching this. this is a much better film than the expandables, because i did not fall asleep. it has some nice action scenes, but that’s about it. i could almost say that it has a plot; for the first half of the movie it has one … and then something goes ka-boom and it becomes just another action flick.
it’s nothing more than a sunday afternoon, easy going movie. it’s not memorable in any way.
rating: lovely
it didn’t make me cry, but it touched something inside, enough to make me keep it in mind to see it again on a rainy day. it gave me a warm feeling and it also made me smile a few good times.
good acting, and above all i liked Helena Bohnam Carter who showed that she can also play a normal person, and quite an elegant one.
i recommend this movie for a very enjoyable evening
Fame is to an architect or an artist what brand value is to soap. You can charge more for it
it’s so easy to quote, to speak with other people’s lines… to copy/paste the display of feelings and … hmmm… how can one cut the bullshit and see the real ? or is there any real to be seen ? or have one just becomed a jigsaw of what others show/express ?
in a hunt to be original (special, out of the crowd or just surprisingly “fresh”, to draw attention etc), every single last drop of personality is overcomed with what others say better – a line from a movie, a stand-up comedy, lyrics from a song or even just a headline.
why ? are we so ashamed with what we are so we seek refuge in what somebody else is saying ? or is just … lack of truth ? i am not really feeling that so how about i quote it so i look like i mean it ? or … how about u tell me ?
cu nesimtire voi da direct copy/paste, fiindca mi se pare atat de crunt de adevarat si atat de … “pus degetul direct pe rana” incat alte comentarii mi se par derizorii
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de ceva vreme am devenit fan-ul blogului unuia din fostii mei profesori – unul dintre oamenii pe care i-am intalnit la facultate si care mi-au facut o imensa placere sa ii ascult (si implicit sa ii citesc) desi era foarte rara vizita dansului la bucuresti.
sursa : Ciprian Mihali blog
is it me or the story brings nothing new ? just a pretext for groundbreaking special effects… i thought movies are about something more. after seeing it and shaking off the huge effect of the images all i was left with was a story for kids. beautifully rendered, but still a story for kids.
after watching the golden globe awards i started feel even more frustrated because (even though i am no film critic) i don’t think that this movie deserved best movie award – a lot of cliches dumped, a lot of good actors with bad lines (the ones that really stand out for me were the “bad general”‘s lines so poorly developed) and a very simplistic and easy to anticipate plot.
but then i calmed down and realised that the award is nothing else than a marketing tool. another movie for the masses. don’t get me wrong, i watched it, i will watch it again probably and enjoy it… but i see it as a beautifully depicted simple story for children. i would even encourage people to see it just as i do with some cartoons… but even in that circumstance i think it’s lower than some disney’s.
once again i have been proven that an extraordinary packaging gives value to its poor content and some flaws that would have never passed the tests are overlooked because of that packaging. it is not rubbish, but time will tell the difference. it was the first of it’s kind, congrats to the team that made it.
but i can’t stop to wonder how it will be seen by those enthusiastics charmed by it’s looks when all this will be casual technique in the movie industry. i can’t blame them, it’s my job to look behind appearances and in the same time to create “envelopes” and maybe that’s why i am not fooled by all this and try to see what’s behind it, the content it’s what matters for me. i guess it’s hard to look at what’s inside in a world based so much on visual language.
coffee with noaa 