James’ Blog

I've decided to change teams. To turn the coat. After about 20 years of PC use, I'm moving to the macintosh. I'm tired of all the bullshit and crap that goes into having a windows laptop.

The other relevant thing about this, is that this blog is gonna end. I'm gonna have a .mac web presence (with this same address), where I can have a much easier time writing my opinions and my goings on. It'll take a few weeks tho.

Till then, I remain,
a pc.

This is not a movie for a guy or gal who wants to go to the movies and be entertained. If you wanna go and have a good time at the cinema, pick something else. Go see Rambo. I haven't seen it yet, be I'm hoping it's good entertainment.

Blood isn't a brilliant drama for the masses like The Godfather, and it isn't a brilliant drama for the few like No Country for Old Men.

There Will Be Blood sounds like a warning or a threat, and the title is very appropriate to the feel of the movie. But this is a beautiful movie. The camera angles are amazing, claustrophibically centering on the main character. The work between sound and camera, what's offscreen and what's onscreen is masterful, and begs studying. Daniel Day Lewis is superb, and his performance is the best I've seen anywhere in a long time. This is worth seeing for him alone.
But it's a difficult movie to watch. There's no conflict that needs solving. No building towards a resolution. It's a pure character study. What's amazing about it is that the character doesn't change in the traditional way, going from bad to good, or finding repentance or being punished. The changes are all below the surface. They are the evolution, the changes that happens to a changeless man over time.

So that's it, really. I don't recomend this movie to the regular guy. And by regular I don't mean average. I just mean, it's not your sunday afternoon entertainment. Certainly don't take a 1st date to watch this. Unless you don't wanna get laid.

I don't know what to do in here anymore…

esse site meio que perdeu o sentido.

Do I write in portuguese?

ou deixo em ingles?

in any way, it's become a pain to manage

cheio de regrinhas e coisinhas…. tou afim de recomeçar

but still,

ainda nao sei o que fazer com esse espaço….

What I'll probably do is,

vou dividir em 2:

One part in english, geared towards my American readers (none so far)

e uma parte em portugues, pra ficar no lugar do email que tenho mandado c as novidades…

sei la…

for now, I'm still thinking about it.

de resto.. nada…

I'm at a friend's house, having just watched Bobby. It's amazing how a movie set in 1968 can be such a period piece now. By coincidence, this morning I saw Easy Rider, that came out in 69. It was interesting to see how a recreated late 60's can be so artificial when compared to the real thing. Maybe that's why I could not buy Ashton Kutcher's hippie, I don't know. It would have taken a lot more effort from the director to make his 60's recreation feel more authentic, but it would have been worth it.
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So I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean 3 the other night… and I'm there, enjoying my movie, when out of the blue, there's this huge Sergio Leone moment, straight out of Once Upon a Time in the West. I mean, the pirates are walking on this sand bank in the middle of the sea, going to meet the English for a parlay, and suddenly, extreme face close-ups, slow motion walking, and the same music, almost. They only changed the instruments, a couple of notes, but 90% is the same, the tempo, the instrument changes, everything, and it was nice, I was blown away. I loved watching that… but the theater was quiet. To them, it was just another scene. There was no one to share the moment with.

 So I'm sharing it with yous.