Fight Club

So, clearly I was far far away from the civilized world in 2000 when the movie Fight Club was released. By the time I came back I knew enough to realize that I had missed something important, but didn't do anything to rectify the situation until this past Sunday evening.

This film is clearly one of the important films of the decade, and if you have missed it so far...go confess it to one of your friends who will help you out. You will find yourself watching it over and over again, and each time you will see something new.

Oh, btw, bring your brain -- there are plenty of scenes with guys beating the living snot out of each other and that is interesting, but that is not the major focus of the film.

Neil Gaiman's Stardust

Carson and I went to see Stardust at the theater last night. He had been reluctant to go, having not read the book. I had been anticipating it for months before it was released. I was also a little apprehensive. The seeming over-emphasis in the publicity on the characters played by DeNiro and Pfeiffer concerned me. I was worried that the transition from novel to film would render a delicate and nuanced plot into a broad comedy or stereotypical witch and wizard fantasy (not of course that I mind either type of film in general). As we purchased our tickets the manager of the theater gave it a raving reveiw, saying that he had purhaps enjoyed the movie even more than he enjoyed the book.
Now, I don't have to tell any of you how exceptionally rare it is that a movie holds even a candle to a book let alone shine as brightly. Stardust however both as film and novel told a charming and sensitive story. I would recomend this film to just about anybody.