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G vs KT

ThomTheBaptist — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:05:48 +0000

Here’s a question you should ask yourself. In a movie, how much does the story matter as compared to the setting or the tone? Let me propose a simple story for you. A young man is dissatisfied with the course of his life. He dreams of something much greater for himself, but his destiny has been predetermined and as a result there is nothing he can do to change it. Rather than accept this, he rebels against his fate and reinvents himself, challenging the preconceptions of all around him. Just for the hell of it we’ll even throw in a love interest who is initially attracted to him in part because of his new standing, but after she has gotten to know him realizes how special he is. She will even stand by him and help protect his secret because of how much she loves him despite the fact that the basis of their relationship from the beginning was a lie.

Now that we have a very basic story, let’s take it and tell the story in two different ways. The first way that we’ll tell the story we’ll make it a very serious tale set in the near future where our genetic code determines every aspect of our life and what job we are considered suitable for. The second way we tell the story is going to be much lighter hearted and set in the medieval times where a person’s station was determined by who their parents were. The first telling results in the movie Gattaca, the second with A Knight’s Tale. Superficially these movies seem extremely different but if you actually look at the story, you will realize that they are in fact the exact same movie.

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Revisits from Yesteryear – Real Genius

ThomTheBaptist — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:51:25 +0000

As I’m new to this whole blogging thing I decided to choose a subject near and dear to my heart, namely the rewatching of movies that unequivocally rock. As my first installment I chose a cinematic gem from the 80′s featuring the pre-”Gay Perry” Val Kilmer. I’d list the other people in this film, but except for maybe two of the actors you probably have no idea who they are. The impetus of choosing this exact movie is my decision to switch back to netflix after deciding that blockbuster’s online rental policy, in its present iteration, is the biggest waste of money I have yet to encounter outside of edible g-strings. When I was going through their watch it now list I came across RG and knew that it was time to let Chris Knight back into my life. Having made such a bold decision, I dusted off my fuzzy slippers and was ready to determine if the movie holds up to the brilliance that I remembered it possessing.

The verdict, of fucking course it does its goddamn Real Genius. What surprised me is how current most of its themes still are, the government using research of people who are unaware that their ideas can be used as weapons, the petty jocking for rank in an organization, the assassination of people who are considered harmful to this country as decided by a couple of people in closed rooms, and the joy that can be brought about with popcorn. If its been awhile since you last rented this movie you must rent it. Its a moral imperative.