Dead City

I saw a theatre performance at Brown this weekend student directed and acted. I really enjoyed it much more than broadway musicals I must say. First off it was a new piece that I have never even heard of before. In addition it felt relevent to my life as it was performed by people close to my age and involved themes that I can relate to. However, the show was primarly about an older woman struggling with loneliness in her marriage and lifestyle. The actors well clearly well trained and for the most pasrt made me want to at least apply to Brown all the more. I felt like the director at least in the directors note thought to emphasize the location of the theatre piece, New York City, as the main theme when really it was at most a good symbol for the real problems and themes. There were great characters and a constant vibe of livelyness that made me not want the performance to end but at the same time there was an ending that definitely provided closure.

Twelve Monkeys

Two thumbs up. I liked that this movie deals with a time travel to the past and the ideas of changing the future in a way that I can understand. Details, plot and characters only help but at the core of the movie I like the emphasis on the idea that a person can't change the future no matter how hard they try. I liked that this movie wasn't based more on the butterfly effect but more of a set quilt that has already sew in all events. I think this attracts me to enjoy the movie and feel satisfied enough at its end more because I agree with it than because I understand it. This mixed with an idea of a reasoning to kill of human kind; however, I thought this idea was portrayed as a battle between insanity and sanity perhaps inching more towards insanity (as in 1995 the age of a more capitalist society was emerging again with a more prosperous economy in the Clinton years in addition to the fear of a new milliemum of 2000s) but also gives way to the consideration for the thought especially at the end of the film.

I felt like I was going insane at times when watching the film- a success to its creator.

I liked that it was included that James switched sides on his viewpoint on his insanity and almost gave in to living in the dark, taking the blue pill instead of the red.

At first it was difficult to stay engaged but once it hit the present day scene I was locked in.

I loved the mystery of some things to the audience and the characters in addition to the audience knowing things that the characters did not.

I don't understand why they are prisoners in the underground world.