Day 3: Beasts of the Southern Wild
SPOILER WARNING!!!
What a great movie! This is the story of a young girl living on an island on the southern tip of Louisianna. The island is eroding and there is the constant threat of it being submerged in a big storm beause of the levy built in between them and the mainland.
This happns early in the movie and the rest of the film is the fallout from the submerging of the island. That's the backdrop to a movie that has so much more to it. The little girls mother left her and she is being raised by her father, who is kind of an asshole and a bad alcoholic. Early in the film, you find out that the dad is dying from blood poisoning.
At the same time this very real story is going on, the little girl learns a story from her teacher about beasts called Aurochs who are frozen in the ice caps and will be free if the ice caps keep melting. The girl then has fantasies about these beasts breaking free and coming for her. To me, this was her way of dealing with her father's death. The closer he got to dying, the closer the beasts got to her and when they finally reach her, she stands up to them and she is then able to face her dad's death.
This movie is great. It is fun and beautiful and authentic and so many other things. The standout here is the little girl, Hushpuppy. She is played by Quvenzhane Wallis and she is just amazing. Please go watch this movie. You will be glad you did.
One final note, the story of the beasts and her parent dying reminds me a lot of the comic I Kill Giants by Joe Casey. Do yourself a favor and check both of these great stories out.
Day 4: In The Loop
What a strange movie. I really liked this movie, although, I don't think it lived up to the enormous hype. Still really good though. The entire movie felt like a very long episode of British TV. It felt like a long, British version of an episode of Veep. A lot of standout performances, most notable James Gandolfini. Overall, a good movie worth a watch.
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