Not a lot to say this week, so I’m just going to get right to it.
GONE BABY GONE
A lot of people do not like Ben Affleck as an actor. Whether it be Reindeer Games or Pearl Harbor, they simply don’t think he can act. I don’t necessarily disagree, but, I still have this weird fondness for the guy. Perhaps it’s just because he’s best friends with Kevin Smith. somehow making him purely by relation a ‘common’, likeable guy. Thankfully, for some, Ben Affleck is not acting in this film — better or worse, he’s actually directing it.
And for his directorial debut, he’s picked.. what appears to be a rather emotional, powerful, story. And WOW, does it ever pack a lot of star power. Morgan Freeman alone can carry ANY picture, but then they just go crazy, and add Ed Harris! ED HARRIS! Come on people. This should be amazing — and seeing as it’s in theaters now — we’ll find out soon enough!
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There’s been a lot of talk in the area of comics recently regarding violence against women, and misogyny in general. Violence against Black Canary, Tigra. Walking a line between general ’super villain’ violence, and some deeper hidden hatred of women. Didn’t it all start with Sue Dibny? I think so. Anyways. What I’m wondering is, if there’s going to be any sort of backlash in movies in regards to this. Maybe there already has and I’m just missing it, but I don’t remember hearing anything about it.
None of this is to say that this movie, this trailer, is misogynistic. I just started thinking about it. I wondered if the roles were reversed, would the movie have any merit? Would it be compelling? Would it work?
Don’t know. As is, the movie seems rather scary. In a … this could happen, my god is Wes Bentley ever creepy kind of way. 