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Our Celluloid-Digital Catastrophe

by Odin odin@aflx.com — Read all 3,869 poems by Odin odin@aflx.com

So quick to judge are we, the ones that claim to know better. But, truth be told….It becomes more difficult each month to find entertainment that doesn’t continue to attempt the keeping of our appreciation adolescent. Some concerted effort does unearth intelligent and respectful movie and streaming material. (Image by Odin AI)

Thursday, October 3, 2024


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  Our Celluloid-Digital  Catastrophe

 

In the flickering light of the projector,

disjointed and confused tale unfolds,

with characters lost in their own scripts

and a cacophony of mismatched scenes.

 

The plot,

a tangled web of nonsense,

twists and turns that lead nowhere,

dialogue that stumbles and falls,

lines delivered with wooden grace.

 

Special effects that fail to impress,

a spectacle of unintentional comedy,

moments meant to thrill,

but only draw laughter and sighs.

 

The director’s vision,

a blurred dream,

lost in translation, a muddled mess,

actors giving their all,

yet trapped in a sinking ship.

 

We watch,

transfixed by the disaster,

a train wreck we cannot look away from,

finding humor in the absurdity,

a strange joy in the chaos.

 

Celluloid catastrophe,

a masterpiece of mishap,

a reminder that not all art is grand,

that even in failure,

there is beauty,

a testament to the human touch.

 

For in the end,

we are all imperfect,

creating,

stumbling,

 and trying again,

projecting ourselves into identities

 foreign to who we really are.

 

Finding meaning in the madness,

and laughter in the flaws,

reminds us

we are human,

and as such,

flawed as well.

 



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Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on October 3, 2024
I'm glad that you eventually cooled your critique of what is happening. I too am concerned about after one great movie having sequel after sequel that tries to upstage the first one but generally falls flat with more and more special-effects and man-to-man scenes fist fighting that seems really absurd considering the weapons involved while everyone times out until the boring fight is over and the hero always wins. I'm beginning to gag on that theme.

Back when I was in college and was watching a lot of free movies and cheap movies in theaters, I saw a lot of junk but saw some interesting things in. Now I always want to see outstanding original movies that I hear are good from the critics, and to see those many films that are now free because they may not have made it o the theaters or if they did, didn't run very long. I find that I learned from both the good and the bad. There's a lot of unheralded good out there if you just explore.

Ron


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