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Descrição do livro
Sights, Sounds, Words is the first in a multi-volume series of movie and book reviews (mostly movies!), plus some essays about stories that gripped me over the years. As I write in my preface to Volume 1:
"...my essential point is that, when you’re exposed to enough narratives, you start to see a skein of commonalities relating to existence and human nature, and it could be that, especially as we get older, we become hungry for these deeper patterns that we find in life."
And here's a taste of what you'll find inside:
Regarding 2005's War of the Worlds (with Tom Cruise):
Were I the alien general in charge of the initial phase of human extermination (and for all you know, I am he), I’d do what humans are already capable of doing: Float a few nukes (or the alien equivalent) over the earth’s major population centers, flatten global civilization with thousands of titanic airbursts, then sweep in with wave after wave of aircraft to carpet-bomb and otherwise eliminate the remaining human populace—most of whom would be following major roadways in long refugee lines, and therefore easy pickings for alien pilots. Alien neutron bombs could preserve needed structures, and after the initial two phases of the invasion, there’d still be enough humans left over for conversion to blood-spray to feed that red alien artery-weed.
Regarding 2012's Jack Reacher (again with Tom Cruise!):
Tom Cruise ... convinces us that Jack Reacher, despite his rootlessness, despite his ambivalent relationship with his own military past, is earnest. At one point in the middle of the movie, Reacher is standing before that plate-glass office window, and he gives Helen Rodin a speech—almost a Shakespearean soliloquy—about the ironic reality of the “freedom” that our soldiers are tasked to defend, a freedom that amounts to little more than cubicle slavery and janitorial duties. The speech felt, to me, almost as if it didn’t belong in the film, but it was strangely gripping all the same, and it did much to cement the idea that Reacher is a man with a simple heart, who means what he says and says what he means.
Regarding 2015's Kingsman: The Secret Service:
Kingsman is, I think, a playful homage to the Bond films. Given Vaughn’s love of blood and gore, I’m not sure that it’s the sort of homage that the Bond films’ makers would appreciate: Receiving a cinematic tribute from Matthew Vaughn is a bit like having your lover spell out MARRY ME by draping human entrails over the railing of a freeway overpass.
A discussion of the deity who is semi-revealed in the rebooted Battlestar Galactica:
“Science fiction” is a broad term, usually distinguished from the fantasy genre, but it should come as no surprise that a large proportion of SF works, especially modern American SF works, are essentially religious ideas masquerading as SF. The creators of such works usually have little interest in the technobabble that enthralls fans of “hard science fiction.” Much of what Arthur C. Clarke wrote, for example, took a religious tone, and I can name you a list of nominally SF movies that actually offer some sort of religious message. Right off the top of my head: The Abyss, Contact (the movie, not the novel), The Day the Earth Stood Still, Dune, Starman, The Fountain, K-Pax, the Matrix trilogy, the Star Wars movies, etc. My point is simply that religion and (American-style) sci-fi seem to mix very well, and if you’re a BSG fan who feels hoodwinked, I’d advise you just to relax and go with it.
With over 120 reviews, Sights, Sounds, Words is full of interesting observations and insights about narrative and human nature. Pick up a copy and enjoy!
And coming soon:
Volume 2: 2016–2018
Volume 3: 2019–2022
Volume 4: 2023–2027
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