Drive By Review: MILK

Went and saw MILK last night at the Castro Theatre (whre the mighty Wurlitzer was played which always brings a smile to anyone's face).

Here you go: Right when the openning credits/scenes started, tears welled in my eyes. As the film progressed anger built up as paralels to what Milk was fighting for and what Prop 8 means hit home.

After MILK ended I walked around the corner to my apartment and just looked out over the city. The fight is not over.

Drive By Review: I Am Legend

update for a list of the logical inconsistencies, go here

Nice to see a big budget Hollywood film have some brains and some heart. No need to see it in the theater, though. Video will do. No surprises.

And now the gripe:

I liked how Will Smith's character kept telling the Alice Braga's character that god didn't create the virus, "we did". But at the climatic scene where Smith sacrifices himself he sees a butterfly tattoo on Braga's neck and remembers what his son said before he left on the helicopter about remembering to look for the butterfly, or something (can't quite remember). Well, Smith sees the butterfly tattoo and suddenly "hears" god, or something, and sacrifices himself for the, implied, higher purpose. Sigh. I wish we could see a movie where someone does the right thing because it is the right thing and not because of some god-guided higher purpose.

My rant is that anything someone does that is sacrificial in nature, the usual reason given is that "god wanted me to." Do we have such a low opinion of ourselves and our capacity for good that we can't comprehend the notion that humans may just know what is right without crediting some magical puppet master?

/rant

Drive By Review: Disneyland

Went to Disneyland over the weekend with the family.

Here's the review:
Seriously, America, lose the weight! Christ.
I was astonished at the size of these people - I guess living in San Franciso I'm shielded from America's girth. I can't get the image of all these obese people (inlcuding children!) out of my head.
Oh, and Disneyland was exactly what I remember it to be. You know, it's Disneyland.