Martha Bayles: February 2010 Archives
I am not a Scorsese fan, and if you want to know why, here's my review of The Departed, in which I compare it with Infernal Affairs, the Hong Kong thriller on which it was based. My conclusion, in the words of Dr. Johnson, is that The Departed is both original and good, but unfortunately the part that is original is not good, and the part that is good is not original.I confess to not having seen Shutter Island, Scorsese's latest, which like The Departed bottom-feeds on my home town of Boston. But after reading A. O. Scott's scathing review, I suspect this murky mess does not even deserve Dr. Johnson's faint praise.
Of course, I reserve final judgment on Shutter Island until somebody pays me to see it.
February 22, 2010 2:44 PM
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I confess to having started another blog, "Hearts and Minds" at worldaffairsjournal.org. And because they are actually paying me (just a pittance, fellow bloggers, just a pittance), I agreed not to post those entries here.But that doesn't mean I can't direct interested readers to the site, which has four entries so far: two on Avatar in China and two on the Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan (pictured above), whose new film, My Name is Khan, premiered in the U.S. this weekend.
I could use this new blog as an excuse for neglecting Serious Popcorn, but as loyal readers know, SP already suffers from chronic neglect. Who knows? Maybe my two-timer's guilt will goad me to better behavior.
February 15, 2010 3:02 PM
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