Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Zombie

This weekend I saw both War of the Worlds and Land of the Dead. In some ways, I preferred Land: it has a chilly blue tint that's wonderfully atmospheric and some of the ideas about the evolution of the zombies are neat. As for War, I enjoyed it a lot: it has some of the best special effects ever seen, cunningly staged. The tripods lumbering about on the horizons are startlingly real, holographic almost. And there a half-dozen brilliant set pieces effortlessly realized by Spielberg, but I can't escape the feeling the movie's insistence on keeping its focus personal deflates the movie somewhat rather than elevating it. The devastation is epic, but not quite epic enough.

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I'll be posting some pics of me later today, I think.

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Everything healing up nicely here. My arm is still sore but getting better; it's going to be the slowest recovery. My face is better, though I catch people staring, which is funny. A lady in Eckerd's asked if I got in a fight. "With the ground," I said.

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4th was nice enough here, with evening rain. Firecrackers popping through the night.

1 comment:

Glenn Ingersoll said...

It's a classic plot -- man against nature!

Quick healing!