question of the day: Is there one simple symbol or icon that represents movies today?
Popcorn, film reels, strips of celluoid, clapper boards, directors’ chairs, tickets, 3D glasses… nothing feels very satisfying.
questions
question of the day: Why does The New York Times think a headless, limbless torso of a woman says “summer movies”?
Where is the “escapist pleasure” in this? How could they possibly have thought this was “playful, wistful or just plain fun”?
question of the day: Is there a movie or a TV show that you hate yourself for loving?
If you hate yourself for enjoying something, can we even say it’s about “enjoying” at all? Or is this no different from a guilty pleasure?
question of the weekend: What are the most beautiful words in the English language?
I still remember vividly the moment in high-school English when I learned how many words William Shakespeare invented, and one that sticks with me to this day is one that I find extremely mellifluous: incarnadine.
question of the day: Do movies matter anymore?
It’s impossible to imagine anyone in the 1960s instructing us to turn our brains off when we go to the movies. Now, that’s all we hear, because even on the rare occasion when a movie has something significant to say, hardly anyone wants to bother with that aspect…
question of the day: What’s the worst movie theme song ever?
I must go with “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” by Aerosmith, not just because it’s so terrible because also because it’s so ubiquitous.
question of the day: What should we call fans of The Hunger Games?
The obvious answer to me: Tributes. That’s what, in the story, the competitors of the bloodsport Hunger Games are called…
question of the day: Why are we obsessed with origin stories?
Disney figured we were all dying to see a John Carter origin story. Were we? Or maybe only Hollywood is obsessed with origin stories, and we’re just along for the ride?
question of the day: Is suing multiplexes the way to bring down popcorn prices?
We’ve all complained about the outrageous cost of movie-theater snacks. Someone is finally trying to do something about it…
question of the weekend: Are women people?
The fact that the question has to be asked suggests that the answer is No, probably not…
