Wednesday, March 16, 2011

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150 years down the drain? Film

Ieri guardavo il tg e vedevo i funzionari giapponesi inchinarsi di fronte alla bandiera prima di parlare al pubblico.
Poi vedevo funzionari italiani disertare l'aula appena iniziava l'inno di Mameli e andare al bar a prendersi il cappuccino.

Sono perplessa.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Strong Antiadipose Tea

not have a place

Penso che inizierò una nuova rubrica con questo titolo. La palma d'oro dell'inutilità, per quanto mi concerne, andrebbe assegnata senza dubbi a Van Helsing , ma il mio incontro con quell'accozzaglia di mostri, urla e momenti sdolcinati totalmente random risale a molti anni fa ormai, quindi sarebbe anacronistico parlarne oggi.

Today, however, I would like to talk about Rank .
Rango is an animated film westerns, advertised focusing on the fact that, in the original, the voice of the protagonist is Johnny Depp. All beautiful, pity that in Italy is quite pointless because obviously the film is dubbed in our language.
Putting aside the (I guess) amazing performance by Johnny, what are we left then?
Nothing. Let's say there's a vague plot, with a number of situations that sometimes seem a bit 'disconnected with each other, developing a limp and a hasty end. The characters are all animals, so we're already in the realm of the surreal, yet the writers riescono a inserire, verso la fine del film, un momento di surrealismo nel surrealismo, che ti fa storcere il naso e dire "ma non è credibile!" (Dirò soltanto: cactus? Davèro?)
Essendo un film di animazione ci si aspetterebbe quantomeno di ridere, e invece ci sono appena tre o quattro situazioni buffe, che al massimo strappano un accenno di sorriso. Ovviamente, siccome i film di questo tipo non possono affidarsi solo al brillante umorismo (ah ah) ma devono anche avere una morale stile Disney (ma poi PERCHE'?), ci dobbiamo anche sorbire il momento serioso in cui si fa filosofia spicciola su "chi siamo, dove andiamo, cosa ci stiamo a fare al mondo". FINE.
Otto euri per 'sta roba? Macchèscherziamo? And I've also seen in the second row, as the hall was full, with all its attachments and the related case (stiff neck, anyone?).

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LOST!

damn JJAbrams Lost and damned. Even after months of the end (inglorious) of that show could have been a masterpiece, but it was not because JJ is not able to stop when they should still not be able to explain it. Last night a friend of mine who had never seen asked me, 'but what about Lost? ", And my response was something like:" Well, a plane crashed on a desert island, then it is not entirely deserted because there were people who were there on an expedition science, and the survivors are having to deal with strange things including polar bears and smoke monsters. And then there are other survivors, and then there's a French chick who was there for years ... and the island can be moved in time and space, turning a big crank. In the first two seasons there are flashbacks, then start the flash forward, and last there is a flash-lateral and then a sort of limbo because they are all dead. "
do not know if it will look.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Pros And Cons Of Having A Human Organ Market

update, update!


This blog is going to drift, I'm not devoting the time and care they would need. Yet I have intelligent thoughts a lot lately. I should just have the desire to write.

During this time I'm reading a lot. The damn social-fantasy saga that has captured and captivated me for almost a year is coming to an end. Of the 11 books of the Sword of Truth series of I've already finished ninth, and are well on the 10 ( Phantom ). I must say that, contrary to what I expected, the saga has held up very well length. Usually in such long series of books (Considering that each book has about 700-800 pages) sooner or later the story begins to waver and falter, but in this case, if we exclude a few rounds to empty about half of the saga, the story is always compelling and believable, without internal contradictions (which is the most difficult). Of course, I must admit that in recent volumes, there was a bit 'of capitalist ideology ammerigana to become the main protagonist, but not too annoying (oh my God, sometimes yes. But there are more pro and con, so I flew) . I also did some research on the internet, and I discovered that Mr. Goodkind (the author, of which we facilitate a disturbing image of Quach years ago) is apparently a strong supporter of ' objectivism of Ayn Rand. And this explains a lot.

Hi, this is the disturbing Image of Terry Goodkind. I'm pretty Viking warrior?

Coomunque, the ninth and tenth book (the final part of a trilogy) are leaving me in an emotional state of total anxiety and despair. Everything is going to hell in the world maggico the two main characters (this is not news), and even the main character, Kahlan Amnell, has vanished into thin air, and no one remembers her existence. But I want to remember her as the best of times, when armies slaughtered because they had turned over the boxes, or did people die with only the imposition of the hand, and the indignant order "die".

Kahlan Amnell This is the unfortunate television series about the novels, but I imagined so.
Note the laying on of hands.

That said, it seems that I am lucky. After years of the end of the saga (which I'm enjoying these days), Mr. Goodkind decided to write another trilogy with the same characters, due out this summer. So I will avoid all the years of waiting for the other fans of the series, and I can read it immediately after you finish these books. If I am still alive. I have other
two books on the bedside table that I long for the desire to read, but I can not devote to them until I know how it ends this beautiful, long and desperate affair. I think after I read any book seem too short.