things I have watched this week

[ariad]

Adaptation
Watched this in my film class, and it is amazing. The backstory is that the screenwriter, Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), was commissioned by Columbia Pictures to adapt the bestselling book The Orchid Thief, by Susan Orlean, into a Hollywood film. The problem is that The Orchid Thief, which

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[koyaaniisqatsi]

I really liked the recent episode of Korra, the first series made me think that bending was zomg-super-awesome but this new one is showing how people that take advantage of their bending can affect the lives of non-benders.

[ariad]

Yeah, I like that they're showing a different side of something that was presented as the Best Thing Ever in the first series, but I'm a bit concerned about the way they're handling the bender/non-bender conflict. I have faith that it will improve as the series progresses, but at this point, they've shown this conflict as a thing that exists but are weighing heavily on the side of the benders and showing the anti-bender movement to be sneaky and nefarious. I suspect that's because that's how Korra feels about the movement. I just hope they show more of the non-benders' perspective soon because I think the fact that neither side is right or wrong in this conflict is the most interesting thing about it.