Where To Stick The Scart

[poliphilo]

Our DVD player went on the blink last night, so I disconnected it and dug out the one we were given as a "free gift" for subscribing- several years back- to The Poirot Collection, removed its polythene wrappings and hooked it up.   I'm sort of proud of myself: not only can I work the remote- and many men my age can't-  I also know where to stick the scart.

Having set up my new DVD player, I proceeded to watch Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain- which is a terrible, terrible movie- not only pretentious but stupid.

Comments

[michaeljohngrist.com (from livejournal.com)]

I concur- The Fountain was about the epitome of try-hard artsiness. I kept thining the duff dialogue and overwhelming ominousness of everything would cut out and it would start to rock out a little- but that nerver really happened. Odd, because Aronofosky before had been right on the money. Maybe just a little too in love with the ideas in his movie and not so concerned about rendering them intelligible and sympathetic to his viewers.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Everything about it was wrong. The writing was melodramatic, the acting was overwrought, the history was bogus, the basic situation- wealthy vivisectionist seeks cure for wife's illness- was risible. I'm amazed it got the green light.