10-13-2005

779) A History of Violence. Just got home and decided to update and get it out of the way before going to bed. I think Cronenberg is trying to get his Peckinpah on here and make a movie about the capability of men to do violence and what it's use says about a specific man. It's a tired theme and this didn't add much to it. He also throws in some garbage about the nature of identity but it's given short thrift and doesn't really pan out. Further, dude is supposed to be a former mob guy, not a Navy SEAL. How are we supposed to buy all his super secret unstoppable ninja assassin killing skills? Did he do a couple of tours in 'Nam with the green berets or something? Did I miss that part of the exposition? Skip it and watch Straw Dogs instead. At least then you can laugh at the poor bastards who are forever immortalized on film as the losers who got their asses kicked by Dustin Hoffman.

779 down, 221 to go.

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