In one of my classes, the professor told us we had to blog about a podcast and gave us some sites we could get podcasts from one of them was Slate's Culture Gabfest. I chose the January 4, 2011 edition entitled Your Marriage is Probably Doomed. This particular podcast's host were Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner. This podcast talked about the film Blue Valentine, the year in film for 2010, and a thing called Google ngram.
First up they talk and review in detail the movie Blue Valentine. The film stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. The way they speak of and describe this movie kind of makes me not want to see it. They say that the movie is extremely realistic in that basically from the beginning you know that their marriage is in trouble. I have to say that when they speak and say that the film is hard to follow in that it is hard to find the turning point when you know things are going south really puts this film on the backburner for me because in a way I kind of wanted to see it. They have mixed feelings but ultimately say it is realistic and depressing.
The next thing they discussed is the year in films for 2010. They all seem to have mixed feelings again because one likes Black Swan and another does not. I kind of want to see this one but that is not a guarantee at this point. They all agree however that Toy Story 3 is worthy of being one of last years best and one even says that it was the overall best. Some other films they all seemed to agree upon would include Inside Job a movie I have never heard of and this is kind of the only one they agree upon. The funny thing about their movie review selections was the fact of their wild card films. One said they really liked Machete, another said he thought Tangled was one of the best and the third said a foreign film that I cannot recall the title of.
The third part to me was the least interesting to me. It was that of the Google ngram and their database of 5.6 million books in their database. They have mixed feelings about this but i would have to say they all think it is a positive except for the fellings that Stephen had about the idea that this would not allow for literary reviews because if I am not mistaken he feels that it takes away parts of the books in general. These three had good ideas and for the most part the podcast was entertaining and I might again listen to them in the future.
I like movies very much, especially when I have free time or I feel lonely in the new country. But in recent days I do not keep on eye in movies. I heard of the movie called Bule Valentine, but I have never seen it. I havenot time to do it. Because the valentine's day is coming. so this movie can be hot. In my opinion, Toy story 3 is a good movie to see. You can feel the combination technology and film. It is also very popular in my hometown. My teacher in my home university take it as the teaching material. It worth watching twice. I am very sorry that I have no idea on another movies you talk about in your blog. I will check it and see it.
ReplyDeleteI usually listen to the Sport's podcast, Han-up and listen! It's a fun one that always seems to relates to the sports news that is going on! I am a sucker for movie reviews from friends, but not so much from movie reviewers! I usually go see the movie for myself unless I know that it will not be worth my time! :)
ReplyDeleteGod Bless,
Lauren