Luke’s Film Propaganda

I have a bone to pick with both the guys today. First Andrew and his movie chatter. He admits to not having seen most of the films nominated, yet complains they are probably boring because they’re based on true stories. Have we seen so many films about John DuPont or the handsome sniper fella that we’re pre-bored with their portrayals and tired stories about crazy obsessions with Olympic wrestlers or shooting Persian children in the head?

Cullen and I saw Foxcatcher on Wednesday night. Good film with brilliant performances, particularly by Mark Ruffalo. The director is Bennett Miller, who also did Capote and Moneyball. Also movies based on real people who probably bore Andrew to death. I may never see one of Miller’s films in the theater again because while I love them, he employs very minimal soundtracks. These are quiet movies. It took me two hours to eat a small bag of popcorn because I had to wait and wait and quickly wolf down as much as I could during a helicopter ride or wrestling match scene. I may have to go to some louder, mouthbreathing fare such as The Wedding Ringer. Or as I call it, Dorf On Hitch.

Finally, I’m angry at Luke over his MmmBop video. He could have just sent it over to Linh Pham and that would have been the end of it. Instead, he slaps it up on the sTens page, Emily sees it and is more determined than ever for us to move to Port Townsend. The video is very obviously staged. It’s not raining, there’s a dog asking to play, some carefully arranged cows, a racoon doing his best Bill Radke deadpan at the camera… I’m quite sure that if Luke panned down a little at the end we would have seen a bluebird on his shoulder. Knock it off!

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