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| nothings changed the senates still corrupt & the emporer remains insane, and every day, is a new strain of slaughter, supply lines are less protected, evil on all sides, eye can smell the death on your flesh--creeping in, trapped within the twisting fingers of fear, and all eye see is ewe, that face, those eyes, burning like leprosy, eye can see u there poisoning the air, prostituing Nationalism, and eye want to attack, to rip out your heart and lay you flat on your back, and vomit a world of agony and truth into your throbbing illness of memory...and hate guides our way, eye long for the icy slap of a belt across my back, for the acceptance of death and blind cave war, the giving sleep of depression, the sweet elucidation of savage meaningless agression, chiseled in the meaty forearms of Mother Jupiter and his slave disciples, in the harem tents--outside, just beyond the edges--eye ride, a cycoptic mare in the fires of imagination. feeding my disease, a river of plagues, eye need something to remind me I'm still sinning that pain is important, that wurdz matter, that healing is possible, that eye am not alone ...in this --guard the houses--triple the watch,--Maidens, dig up your sorcery --sirens, sharpen your rocks..ewe will eat my pain again. whatever you need unite messiah ME --Wurdz by Otep Shamaya |
 21 GramsAugust 14, 2004 7:21 p.m. Related Reading So I'm a bit ashamed of myself for not writing this review sooner. My friend Aric was in town again (hence the delay in an entry...don't like to use the computer while I have guests in the house) and I have a tendency to throw movies/films at him that he hasn't seen...as opposed to going for classics. One of the ones I threw at him last night was 21 Grams. I mentioned the brillance of this film back when I saw it the first time. I bought it as soon as I could, but last night was the first time I watched it since I bought it. And I have to say that it is one of those films that maintains it's power upon a second viewing. I found myself being sucked in and emotionally affected as I was the first time. In some respects maybe more so. After my first viewing I was stunned into silence for the rest of the evening. Last night, not so much, but I held back tears more last night then before. maybe I just was alittle more emotionally raw than before. After watching this film again I am even more angry with the Academy for the best picture nominations from last year. As I've said before Lost in Translation is absolutely horrible and should NOT have been nominated. Mystic River was also not good, and a big disappointment. Haven't watched Cold Mountain yet, but I will in the next view days. (Yea Netflix). But Those are 2 movies that are just such gigantic disappoints that I really think 21 Grams should have had a best picture nod. I would really put it on par with Return of the King --though there really wasnt' a better example of a movie than RTOTK and it deserved the best picture nod, simply because it was so well done on every level and it was so epic. Yes emotionally powerful independant post modern films are worth celebrationing....but the sheer achievement of the the Lord of the Rings triliagy needed to be awarded and is so unparalleled. But 21 Grams....wow. it really is one of the most powerful films I've ever seen. |
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