Movies I have seen since school ended

In spite of the many community service hours I’m required to do (which is still pissing me off), I have been able to do so many things since school ended. One of them is something I’ve missed sorely: watching movies. I haven’t gotten around to buying new DVDs so I ended up watching my dad’s. And after watching his collection of action films, I’d kill to see a good old fashioned chick flick.

Robots
Okay, this is hardly an action movie but I thought I’d include this here since it’s the last movie I saw in a cinema. What really impressed me about this movie was the whole concept of the robot world. I particularly liked how they showed how a robot is “born” and its development from adolescence to adulthood. The robot city was one huge rollercoaster ride–literally. Watching the rather unusual mode of public transportation actually got my adrenaline going; if Disneyland comes up with a ride like that, I am definitely trying it out. Story-wise, however, Robots was a huge disappointment. It’s very cliched; young, idealistic teenager goes to the city thinking that he can make something out of himself there in spite of the fact that he doesn’t know anyone there. Then it gets horribly contrived and unrealistic, especially towards the end. It’s actually something I wouldn’t let my kids watch (if I had any) because the real world just doesn’t work that way. Great animation means little with a crap story, so I am giving Robots 2/5.

Six-String Samurai
I didn’t know what to expect when I popped this DVD into my computer but I was pleasantly surprised after the first five minutes. I’m quite partial to movies with very bizzare plots such as Elvis being King in post-apocalyptic America and Six-String Samurai’s unusual plot twists didn’t fail to disappoint. In spite of its oddness, however, the story and the conflict is very consistent. It doesn’t try to be smart or clever–the movie simply shows you what could happen under these strange circumstances. The movie is one long music video of folk music (I think that’s what it’s called) with endearing characters and subtle spoofs of kung-fu movies. Although Six-String Samurai might not be the kind of film the general public would appreciate, I highly recommend this movie to anyone who is dying to see something original. 4/5

Les Rivières pourpres (The Crimson Rivers)
This is the first European film I’ve seen made like a Hollywood movie. I actually didn’t mind because I’m currently not in the mood for deep, artsy films. And since The Crimson Rivers is a thriller, it just don’t see it working if it were slow paced and peppered with long-winded dialogues. Like a lot of Hollywood thriller flicks, it was a very entertaining movie. There is no shortage of grisly, butchered corpses and puzzling clues to a seemingly unsolvable mystery. Unfortunately, like a lot of Hollywood thriller flicks, it’s not worth watching once you know how it ends. 3/5

Summer? What’s that?

The administration of my school is out for my blood. My friend only got two hours worth of community service for violating the ID-wearing rules at school. But I guess the rules needed a lot of therapy after I violated them because I got sentenced to twelve hours of community service for the same crime. I’ve already gotten over how fucking unfair that is, but it still pisses me off that I have half a day’s worth of filing to do. I’ve only done four hours so far. So although my sophomore year of college ended with my last exam on Thursday, it won’t be summer for me until I finish my cruel, cruel sentence. Such is the life I live.

A Conversation Among Dead Sociologists

Radcliffe-Brown: Our daily life is made up of dyads, and each has a role and obligations that must be fulfilled.

Malinowski: No, you’ve got it all wrong. The individual is a biological being who has needs. The purpose of society is to fulfill those needs.

Turgot: But social institutions do not derive from divine laws or human nature; it comes from society itself.

Marx: The point is, capitalism will collapse because of the selfishness of the borgeoisie. Down with capitalism!!

Lenin: Long live the Communist Party!

Weber: None of that matters now. Even with socialism, we’re going to end up being trapped in an iron cage of bureaucracy and dehumanization and we’re all going to DIE.

Lauren Dado: Shut up!!!! SHUT THE FUCK UP ALL OF YOU!!!!!!! *headexplodes*