Dreamcatcher

I finally finished watching Game of Thrones season four, which I really liked. I'm hoping to start season five this evening. 

I went in to work today, and I was pretty busy. I listened to the Just a Story podcast which was quite a dark episode about situations where actual dead bodies have been confused for Halloween decorations. 

On a lighter note, I listened to the How Did This Get Made? podcast which was discussing the movie Dreamcatcher, probably the worst movie ever based on a Stephen King novel - and that's saying a lot. It's about four psychic friends on a hunting trip who come up against aliens that burst out of people's butts. I saw it when it first came out in 2003, and according to the notes I made at the time, it's garbage. The podcast was funny though.

I also heard Talking Movies which was about those movies that you loved when you were younger, but are now reluctant to watch again for fear that they might not be as good as you remember, or movies that you once loved, but now think are terrible.

Ivan's Childhood

Last night I saw the movie Ivan's Childhood, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. It's set on the Eastern Front during World War II and tells the story of 12 year old Ivan who is a scout for the Russian Army and, due to his small size, finds it easy to slip back and forth over enemy lines. However, his commanders grow fond of him and decide to send him to Military School, out of harm's way. Ivan, however, does not want to go, because he wants revenge on the Nazis for the deaths of his parents. It's a war movie, with very little actual combat shown. It's slow and very dark. However it's very powerful and sometimes very beautiful.

It was a pretty busy day at work today. I listened to How Did This Get Made? which was discussing the 1995 superhero movie The Phantom. I also heard Just a Story, about creepy urban legends associated with circuses, fairs and carnivals.