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The daughter today, film and dinner at NoTables. Dinner, good, surprisingly she's not so familiar with finer dining. The boy's been privileged in having a far better education, so far, she's enjoying catching up...
The film, well, I thought a good pick for a teen-age girl. Don't Breathe. Don't all teenage girls like horror flicks? Maybe she did and just wasn't telling me...it would be like her...
The film, good. A bit long, for a while there it began to feel like I was trapped in that god-damned house as well. Horror done well, without the invocation of dark supernatural forces, well written, possibly (but not likely) low budget (no reason to spend a lot of money on this), well timed, thought out, and while I didn't find it "enjoyable" - it was a horror film, after all, it was a good film and had a few completely fucked up moments where it both adhered to and defied conventions...
Good, I'd say. I like film, not necessarily Horror, but this was well done.
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The Calgary International Film Festival - September 21 - October 2. Various venues, a lot of promising films. Check it out and make your plan...
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This was a recommendation from the boy, something to watch while we were away in Utah. Shame that didn't work out, but if it had (and I'd a brought a PC or tablet) it would have been good camping fare. There are abundant reviews of it online, good, kinda-reminded me a bit of "Super-8", only serialized, and it got me to thinking - of the last 5 or 6 TV shows I've watched - Breaking Bad, etc - easily half of them have been sponsored/created by Netflix. "Better Call Saul", the third (??) season of "Arrested Development", then this. Clearly Netflix is winning the Cable Quality Awards...and they're not even cable...
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Found a referral to this in a couple of neural hacking videos I was watching, so I downloaded.
To sum up the plot, young struggling writer is presented with magic pill that improves his thinking by a couple of orders of magnitude. Silliness ensues. Not a bad movie, not one I'd recommend, it has a few moments, but an observation before I leave it:
- The embedded narrative that the drug must be addictive and have unpleasant side effects
Now this seems to be a part of our cultural narrative - perhaps largely generated by big-pharma, with their rush to release new placebos of suspect value and frequently real harmful side effects. Or it's the innate belief that all good things must involve a trade-off, there's an inherent belief that all coins have two sides...
...but, aside from the film (these effects are needed to create or further the plot) - think, in the real world, that most things don't have that trade off. A carrot is good for you. Period. So is an Apple. So is breathing. Just noting, the attitude regarding drugs is always one of a "mixed blessing" or "necessary evil" whereas real world experience doesn't always substantiate this. Just found it curious is all...
...now back to the neural hacking videos, some interesting points of view - contrasting, one presenter in favor of every new touted enhancer, TDCS, drug, supplement, vitamin, etc, the other, a doctor, empirically demonstrating the benefits of breathing, exercise and meditation...two very contrasting views on how increase performance...
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Saw this with the boy last night. It was good, well done, the reviews reflect that. With the grey moral tone of "No Country for Old Men" it tells the twilight tale of lawmen and outlaws in Texas. You might enjoy...