Surrogates
starring Bruce Willis
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- midnight again
- memorial day tribute: a video link
- dorothy fannin
- writer's retreat
- surrogates
- working towards a writing weekend
- speaking of horror films
- revisiting the mothman prophecies
- black rain refrain
- total running time
- looking for the pause button
- photo by joy loveday
- doll convention 2010? decision pending
- tomorrow becomes today, and so much to do
- an island villa awaits
- grand prix de monaco
- car trouble and dreams of monaco
- a serious film
- that eighties film
- an overdue overview
- private magic world in a shoe-box
- why your humble correspondent doesn't have a tatto...
- early morning in an imaginary airstream
- in praise of digital photography
- the screenplay returns
- standing by - posts coming soon when guest leaves
- dreams about grade school
- the imaginarium of doctor parnassus
- undercover viewmaster
- silent movie
- standing by
- on dreams: what to believe and not, part two
- vintage books: the last angry man
- on dreams: what to believe and not, part one
- a pirate's life for me, for now
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4 comments:
Avatar...
Ha! You're right, of course. Brain freeze! I haven't seen Avatar, probably because I find its director so annoying.
My plan is to write an actual review of Surrogates, which I actually did enjoy, all things considered. I gather you saw it?
Yes, I did see it just a couple of nights before I read your post. I was impressed with the CG in Avatar but was frustrated by the amount of social commentary. However, Surrogates was just one BIG social commentary. I prefer movies that are JUST entertainment. I get tired of the Hollywood style of preaching. My son tells me I should just ignore the social commentary and focus on the entertainment value. I can't. I worry about how it is brain-washing the majority of viewers and they are totally unaware of what is happening. Oops, sorry about getting on my soap box a little bit there.
Yes, I understand completely and concur.(If you can believe it, I was even annoyed with ET because it was so blatantly anti-science,if not anti-civilization and anti-human!)
So far, I haven't seen 'Av'.
There were some intriguing elements of Surrogates, such as the idea of being able to stand and view your physical self from an outside vantage point, but it was definitely heavy-handed in its commentary.
And yes, there is definite power in the film medium, and the imbalance is not without social consequences.
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