Recently I have become a part of this phenomenon called "Renting movies at the libray." I don't know why I never considered this before because I rent movies all the time, but when you rent them at the librbary they are FREE. Given the current economy and my lack of income it was like a white light shined down on the library as I passed it a couple of weeks ago. My fiance is currently laid off work, so I've been seeing a lot of him, and over the past three weeks or so I would say we rented about 12 movies. We made a "nest" in the living room and watched a movie a night with a huge bowl of popcorn. I didn't really think about the movies much. Mostly, I was just glad to have a break from homework, but after last weeks class I really examined the films we watched this week.
If I remember correctly we watched 1408 (which we had to rent twice because the first time there was a different movie in the box), The Assasination of Jesse James, and September Dawn. You've probably never heard of the last two, but they are set in the old west type time period (those are my favorite kind of movies). I recommend all of them, except I fell asleep during The Assasination of Jesse James, even though Brad Pitt is in it, so I can't say much about that one.
Mostly, in this blog I wanted to comment on 1408. I'm sure a lot of you have seen this movie because it came out a litle while ago, but what really interested me was the camera angles in this movie. I don't remember a lot of specifics, but I know that at times when the main character would sort of withdraw into himself and try and get his bearings the camera would be angled below him, and it kinda distorted his proportion a little bit. The music also made the movie very suspenceful.
Some of the other movies we wathced were Black Snake Moan, American Gangster, March of the Penguins, Mr. Woodcock, The Illusionist, The Prestige, Mystery Alaska, and Rocketman (a childhood favorite). I just wanted to blog on this because this is really the first time this semster I actually took time out of my week for some viewing pleasure. This DOES NOT happen often, and even though it meant I had to spend more time doing homework I really felt a lot less stressed. Oh and I saw Taken on Five Dollar Movie Night in Solon last Monday. I love movies when people beat the crap out of each other.
This week it is back to reality and papers to write, so I really don't have time to watch movies. However, the next time I do rent a movie, it will not be from Blockbuster.
Hope everyone is enjoying the semester being half over
Stephanie Schmitt
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The Library is an amazing place! When I was little, my mom and I would rent a whole bunch of movies from the library and just watch them throughout the week during the summer. I haven't rented from there recently, but more and more I'm realizing... why not? Granted I do not have much time for movie watching, but this summer, I definitely plan to put my mom's tradition back into effect. Also, I saw Taken as well and I absolutely loved it! It was awesome, the action and everything! The whole underground sex trafficking part scared me though because I love Europe!
ReplyDeleteAfter talking about film in class, I also stopped and paid more attention to film. Now I am looking at the angles that are being used. Also, I love the library! I always rent my movies there because, like you said, they are free. The library also has such a wide range of movies there. They aren't just limited to a specific type.
ReplyDeleteI have been an avid library movie renter forever! But, the selection often depends on the branch that you go to. The town that I used to live in had a gigantic movie collection that stretched across many genres, but I am sorely dissappointed in the Kent Free Libraries selection. So, I have recently taken to renting NetFlix, which is a cheap way to rent movies at a super low cost. Plus, you can get your hands on almost any film. I can definitely see this as a resource to get my hands on educational films for the classroom.
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