Wednesday, January 11, 2006

 

Walking Life (2001) - 3/10



Main line:
Calling an endless collection of conversation bits a movie is a lie, calling it an original movie is a scandal.
The speed at which these philosophical sketches are downloaded is so much faster than the regular human thought that it becomes impossible to keep up with the ideas expressed, unless you are already in touch with them (but if you are, then the movie adds nothing new to your knowledge). This means that, for the general public, the movie is absolutely incomprehensible.

Why it is pedantic:
Trying to explain ten different philosophical ideas in a one and a half hour movie is like trying to sing the Thong Song in thirty seconds: it is funny, but no one will understand anything.
Thinking that just because you made a cartoon out of an otherwise totally common movie you can call it “original” makes me want to slap you silly.

Good parts:
I enjoyed seeing Ethan Hawk and Julie Delphi in that Before Sunrise/Before Sunset ten seconds follow up, making us believe that they ended up together.
The girl at the station looks hot, even for a cartoon… Not comparable to the Hentai babes, nonetheless.

Should instead see:
Read Sophie’s World, by Jostein Gaarder (a Norwegian writer): explains things a lot better and gives you enough time to understand it all for yourself… Without stupid and incomprehensible iguana metaphors that make you want to kick that left wing lazy-ass arrogant prick back to Siberia.

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