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[ubermaus]

Being without television signals or cable in this valley I live in, I recently purchased a subscription to Netflix. So I guess I'm going to be seeing a lot of movies now, since I'll have to watch a lot to get my $20/month worth. To keep my brain from getting fried, I'm posting quickie reviews on mausnotes. Recently reviewed: Harry Potter and Blue Velvet.

Comments

[haggisthesecond]

I applaud the idea of posting reviews, but am curious as to how they prevent your brain from getting fried... you mean that posting relieves the tedium of constant movie-watching or that when you know you're going to be reviewing something, you watch it in a more active way?

[ubermaus]

Um, the second one. Plus, I can also nurse along the mostly delusional belief that I'm providing a useful service to humanity, rather than just sitting on my ass for a couple of hours, which is definitely worth it if the price is only writing about thirty ill-considered words at the end of it all.

[bellapoison]

Well, from one English major to another, I found your review of Blue Velvet a little reductive. Besides the fact that compared to some other Lynch flicks (see: Mulholland Dr.), Blue Velvet is incredibly cohesive. I would like to see, though, an essay on Lynch's fetish with lounge singers and with the recorded voice.

[ubermaus]

I'll get right on that, professor Poison. I've seen Muholland Drive, and in the famous words of Mr. Gumby, my brain hurts.