Seven Red

Wow. We’ve been neglecting poor Seven Red. I haven’t really had the energy for it after quite a bit of work. For those on semester systems, aintcha lucky. We still have four weeks to go here. In two weeks, I’m doing two conferences in a five-day stretch: one in Athens, GA, and one in Seattle, so it’s been a little hectic with that and grading and meetings meetings meetings. Oh well. She is away with babygirl this weekend, so of course it’s been utter debauchery, where debauchery means topspun in his underwear watching Sports Center. It’s pretty racy, trust me.

Some quick reviews, in any case, so this won’t just look like a maintenance post. 1) I actually really liked Cloverfield, which I found weirdly engaging. This should not be surprising. I like anything that takes an old idea and submits it to contemporary technology and emotional tonalities. So, Cloverfield probably started with the question: What would a totally fucked up Godzilla-situation really play like? And I think they pretty much nailed it.  2) There Will be Blood is a curious study of the way business fanaticism encounters religious fanaticism. It’s very clearly a way of thinking through our own problems with these two phenomena, so the early 20th century setting is an interesting switch. I vote yes.

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