I watched No Such Thing yesterday. The title comes from a line in the movie. There's No Such Thing As Monsters. The little blurb in my guide listed it as "Fantasy". It was playing on IFC and it featured Helen Mirren and Julie Christie in an otherwise unknown cast. Mirren and Christie are two of the best actresses of our time. Why they agreed to make this turkey is just beyond me. Maybe they just wanted an all expenses paid vacation in Iceland. Their acting, the one thing they had a little control over, is not even very good in this. Robert John Burke, who plays the monster, gives an awful performance. It didn't work for me as fantasy, comedy, or horror. I kept waiting for it to get better but it just stayed the course. The cheesy sets and special effects are right out of the 1950s and I don't think it was intentional. I'm swimming against the tide on this one, though. Most user reviews of the film are positive. I want my two hours back.
Quote of the Day
The time it takes to kill these morons is depressing.
The Monster, No Such Thing
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: "Last week I posted a link to a blog post telling about someone going around a refugee camp in Nakuru, Kenya, and reciting poetry to the people there. I have been thinking about that all week, and wondering what kind of poetry would be comforting to refugees."
Thanks for the heads up. Sorry to hear Mirren didn't shine here (as she usually does.)
Wonderful Blog of the Day. All of the poems, and especially the psalms, were good choices and very uplifting. It brought home to me that there are some very good people in the world who do very good things and think very good thoughts and I admire them mightily.