Note to Self

Note to Self: never plan to elaborate on a blogger post. Either elaborate, or don't. Then move on to the next post.

Like this one: Zodiac was one of the better movies I've seen from 2006. Also this week, I watched the first Mutiny on the Bounty--the one with Clark Gable.

What the two have to do with one another, I'm not sure.

Zodiac was interesting because it didn't end conventionally, and it's not about (really) what it at first seems to be concerned with. The killer's the point, up to a point. And then it's about the investigators. And that's a neat turn of events. Beyond that, I don't want to say much, because the movie's worth seeing if you haven't seen it. I wasn't as blown away by it as I was by Se7en (because of the latter's always raining, always dark, any-city, bombed-out noir look), but I have a feeling that it wold grow on me with repeated viewings. I think this is one for the library, once the two-disc expanded edition comes out.

Mutiny on the Bounty. About this flick, I have similar thoughts to movies like Lawrence of Arabia. How'd they do that without computerized special effects? Rain, wind, sailing ships, high places, and danger. And a script that pops with energy. I'm not sure it hangs together all that well toward the end--the love interest feels forced--but Clark Gable made one hell of a Fletcher Christian.