I think Guillermo del Toro is pretty consistent. True, I wish he would stick with horror. And by far his best film is an early one, The Devil's Backbone (one of my very favorite movies). If you have access to Netflix, he created (but didn't direct) Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities. Every episode is a winner -- but especially "The Autopsy" starring Glynn Turman and F Murray Abraham (the best thing he's done since Amadeus.). Sorry! I get distracted. But it's a wonderful series. As for Backbone, if you haven't seen it, it is a ghost story at an orphanage during the Spanish Civil War. It's as good as A Private Function -- you know, a C+ movie! ;-)
I saw Gravity in the theater. I thought it was good. The two principals were great and that's all I expect. As a physicist (by training anyway), I don't get too worked up about these kinds of issues. To me, all space stories are really just submarine stories. As long as they don't get too far off the rails, I'm fine.
It does remind me of the best test question I ever got in grad school, "Would a candle work on the space station? What would the flame look like if it did?" Until I got that question, I had never thought about how a candle even works. Questions like this are really the best!
Shit, have you seen Crimson Peak? It's half great and half infuriating (why is half the damn roof missing?). del Toro's very gifted, but he drives me nuts. The Cabinet one with Kate Miccuci made me crazy — she's so wonderful and so funny, I don't want to see her suffering body horror! It's like if Gene Wilder was in Cronenberg’s The Fly. Nooooo!
Oh, that's a great one! And Martin Starr as the husband is wonderful casting. But they are all great with the possible exception of The Viewing. But the whole series is intense horror (even though "Graveyard Rats" is a comedy) and definitely not for everyone. But it speaks well of GDT that he uses his power to get these made.
I haven't seen Crimson Peak -- probably because I thought it was about a volcano. But also, my focus is on older movies. Andrea is normally the one who makes me watch recent things. (I know! Most people consider 10-year-old movies old. But they are wrong!)
10 years is nothing! Art is so definitely a ongoing thing. Every artist starts with what's been done before. Kurt Cobain's great, scratchy voice owes a bit to Lennon in early Beatles songs, and Lennon owes a bit to old blues recordings, and so on. Nothing is new, it evolves over time, with what wonderful additions terrific artists add to it.
I think Guillermo del Toro is pretty consistent. True, I wish he would stick with horror. And by far his best film is an early one, The Devil's Backbone (one of my very favorite movies). If you have access to Netflix, he created (but didn't direct) Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities. Every episode is a winner -- but especially "The Autopsy" starring Glynn Turman and F Murray Abraham (the best thing he's done since Amadeus.). Sorry! I get distracted. But it's a wonderful series. As for Backbone, if you haven't seen it, it is a ghost story at an orphanage during the Spanish Civil War. It's as good as A Private Function -- you know, a C+ movie! ;-)
I saw Gravity in the theater. I thought it was good. The two principals were great and that's all I expect. As a physicist (by training anyway), I don't get too worked up about these kinds of issues. To me, all space stories are really just submarine stories. As long as they don't get too far off the rails, I'm fine.
It does remind me of the best test question I ever got in grad school, "Would a candle work on the space station? What would the flame look like if it did?" Until I got that question, I had never thought about how a candle even works. Questions like this are really the best!
Shit, have you seen Crimson Peak? It's half great and half infuriating (why is half the damn roof missing?). del Toro's very gifted, but he drives me nuts. The Cabinet one with Kate Miccuci made me crazy — she's so wonderful and so funny, I don't want to see her suffering body horror! It's like if Gene Wilder was in Cronenberg’s The Fly. Nooooo!
Oh, that's a great one! And Martin Starr as the husband is wonderful casting. But they are all great with the possible exception of The Viewing. But the whole series is intense horror (even though "Graveyard Rats" is a comedy) and definitely not for everyone. But it speaks well of GDT that he uses his power to get these made.
I haven't seen Crimson Peak -- probably because I thought it was about a volcano. But also, my focus is on older movies. Andrea is normally the one who makes me watch recent things. (I know! Most people consider 10-year-old movies old. But they are wrong!)
10 years is nothing! Art is so definitely a ongoing thing. Every artist starts with what's been done before. Kurt Cobain's great, scratchy voice owes a bit to Lennon in early Beatles songs, and Lennon owes a bit to old blues recordings, and so on. Nothing is new, it evolves over time, with what wonderful additions terrific artists add to it.