Death, then a stretch

Here’s a question…what is the problem with this film (as expressed through its trailer)?

I haven’t seen it–maybe it’s a masterpiece–but it seems to me that when a film opens up with someone saying to the hero “You have 88 minutes to live”, then it’s hardly a huge blow to find out that the police are after him too. What is the audience supposed to think? “Oh no! He’s only got an hour and a half to live! Not only that, he might go to prison!” If I do go and see it would be out of curiosity over whether it overcomes this self-imposed handicap rather than any concern over the fate of Al Pacino.

Prepare to have your minds BLOWN!

Like all the best ideas, it’s so simple!

What do you think? Could it work? COULD IT?????

More unease from Arcade Fire

The aforementioned It’s Nice That had the GALL to suggest that Neon Bible is not as good as Arcade Fire’s previous rekkid. This is, of course, pish. Neon Bible is every bit as good–it may even be slightly better. You haven’t listened to it enough, guys! As with many great albums, it all sounds perfectly pleasant at first… nothing earth-shaking… and then there’s a moment when everything clicks and you’re unable to listen to anything else for a month. I think you must have stopped playing it just before that point. It’s the only logical explanation I can come up with for this appalling lapse in taste.

BLACK MIRROR!