All Consuming : Perlle

A story about "Project Grizzly"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:51:34 GMT

by Peter Lynch

A weird, weird documentary. Interesting to see that rural Canadian men are so similar to rural U.S. men, but beyond that I just ended up feeling sorry for this guy. If the point of the film was to laugh at him then I think that is in bad taste. If it wasn’t to laugh at him…I can’t possibly come up with a reason for making this film. Either way, the film left me unsettled.

Consumed "Project Grizzly"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:51:34 GMT

Project Grizzly

by Peter Lynch

Consumed "Once"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:47:24 GMT

Once

A story about "Once"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:46:48 GMT

Once

I liked the ending, but found most of the film tedious.

Consumed "Wanted"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:40:23 GMT

Wanted

by Timur Bekmambetov

Consumed "The Happening [Theatrical Release]"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:46:26 GMT

The Happening [Theatrical Release]

A story about "You Don't Mess With the Zohan [Theatrical Release]"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:09:11 GMT

You Don't Mess With the Zohan [Theatrical Release]

Another one of those movies I saw because of my husband…Could have been much, much shorter.

Consumed "You Don't Mess With the Zohan [Theatrical Release]"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:09:11 GMT

You Don't Mess With the Zohan [Theatrical Release]

Consumed "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:07:00 GMT

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel

by Dai Sijie

WORTH IT!

A story about "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:07:00 GMT

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel

by Dai Sijie

Much of this story was boring and superfluous but the ending was a great commentary on education and the time period’s “re-education.”

Consumed "Madame Bovary (Oxford World's Classics)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:28:06 GMT

Madame Bovary (Oxford World's Classics)

by Gustave Flaubert

WORTH IT!

Consumed "The Band's Visit [Theatrical Release]"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:42:52 GMT

The Band's Visit [Theatrical Release]

WORTH IT!

Consumed "No Place Like Home"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:23:07 GMT

No Place Like Home

by Allison Dennis

A story about "Magnolia (New Line Platinum Series)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:53:57 GMT

Magnolia (New Line Platinum Series)

I felt a little bit used by this film realizing how the “coincidence” scene at the beginning was used to set up the weird occurrence at the end. I’m not sure the filmmaker actually understood the difference between coincidence (an occurrence of two or more events at one time apparently by mere chance) and just a bizarre, unlikely occurrence.
I’m also not sure the film really needed to be three hours long. And Tom Cruise creeped me out big time.
In spite of all that, I still think the film was worth it. Good music, some good tension, some interesting characters, and it left me thinking about monogamy, family, and love.

Consuming "Juno"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:11:43 GMT

Juno

by Original Soundtrack

Consumed "Taste of Cherry - Criterion Collection"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:55:07 GMT

Taste of Cherry - Criterion Collection

by Abbas Kiarostami

WORTH IT!

A story about "Jill Sobule"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:13:17 GMT

Jill Sobule

by Jill Sobule

One thing I found impressive about this artist was the absolute clarity of her words.

Consumed "Sawdust"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:08:50 GMT

Sawdust

by The Killers

WORTH IT!

Consuming "Lost In Place: Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:51:47 GMT

Lost In Place: Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia

by Mark Salzman

A story about "The Road (Oprah's Book Club)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:49:18 GMT

The Road (Oprah's Book Club)

by Cormac McCarthy

Haunting and bleak, as others have mentioned.

It seemed liked McCarthy wrote this (my speculation only) because he was readjusting to life after having a child (as I’m told all parents do because life means something completely different to them) and trying to figure out how he would be a parent if the worst happens one day.

Overall, a great piece with a somewhat unsatisfying ending.

I liked how he never told us how the world got destroyed. Like it really didn’t matter because it couldn’t be fixed now anyway.

Made me think about metaphysical cannibals.

Made me look at birds differently.

Consuming "Exploration"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Perlle) — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:26:13 GMT

Exploration