I know it's been a looong time between posts, but I'm a dog - and I get no treats for posting...
(actually, there's a lot going on in this dog's life:
- long weekend for the adults at SXSW in Austin - what a great town
- the idiot executor of the Twain estate editing classics - original reason for blogstrike
- squirrels
hope to share in more posts this week)
What I've mostly been doing for the last couple of months is reading through Atlas Shrugged. The adults were talking about the book, and a new movie adaptation of Part I that got released last week...
they saw the movie on opening night Friday. Apparently, it was very true to the book, which is good, but the book is 1000+ pages of exposition, which doesn’t necessarily lend well to the screen. This is neither a Michael Bay explosion-fest nor a Spielberg, when he's his most interesting, shallow dive (necessary for a mass audience) into deeper societal issues. This is a movie largely, and somewhat lovingly, created for the converted. If the book is important to you, you’ll overlook the production’s shortcomings – if not, you’ll likely wonder what the fuss is about the book.
They both enjoyed the movie, and would see sequels if they’re made. The longest-term benefit the movie will have is prompting the dad into another rereading of the source.
My rating:
Hovering dog (that's 4 paws up) for the idea of this movie.
2.5 paws for the actual execution, but that's actually ok.
0.0 paws for the unfortunately low KKR*
No dogs were harmed (or even visible, apparently) in this movie.
- Arf
(*KKR is a reference to a wonderful mainframe game/coding example called CATWARS from a million years ago. If you must know, it stands for Kitty Kill Ratio - you were rewarded in this game not only for removing the neighborhood of cats, but for doing it efficiently, keeping your KKR-per-turn high.
sigh - they just don't make games like this anymore)
More posts later this week. I promise.
Unless I forget.
- ReArf
