I just finished watching Moon and have sort of a strange complaint, the movie falls on a sword of it’s own initial success. Moon started so fast, answering questions almost as quickly as I could come up with them, and so well that I couldn’t help but be disappointed when the film slipped into traditional territory and now I find myself judging it more harshly than comparatively weaker films. I wanted it to be better than it was, but in doing so I end up missing out on a really well made science fiction movie that plays with simple but provocative ideas.
In a similar vein, I think this is my major problem with Lost. I held the final season to a ridiculous standard because it didn’t become one of the great dramas of all time. Lost threw a lot of interesting darts at the dart board, but tying everything together in a meaningful way proved impossible, which led to resentment as the show settled into a more traditional, reasonably well done, sci-fi tinged character drama. I know that it’s completely unfair to get annoyed at a show because it isn’t the best, but that’s what happened. Oh, and it didn’t help that the “whole every religion is right”, purgatory/heaven finale was hackneyed, maudlin garbage, but I digress.
Sometimes I worry that I’m becoming too cynical to enjoy anything, so I’d like to end this hate-cast with a mention of a few things that I really do love:
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
In the Loop
