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Went to Southland Tales at the Colony tonight, meeting ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
badger and jay there. I was glad I'd read the prequel graphic novel first, though the film does a pretty good job of summarizing the essentials from the book. As with Donnie Darko, I think Richard Kelly tries to put too much in the film: too many characters, too much backstory, too much philosophy, too much Revelation for a mere 144 minutes. But it's got a mega-zeppelin and a levitating ice cream truck, so I have to love it anyways. Note that the Colony's run of Southland Tales ends tomorrow, so if you want to see it on the big screen, do it tomorrow.
badger and jay there. I was glad I'd read the prequel graphic novel first, though the film does a pretty good job of summarizing the essentials from the book. As with Donnie Darko, I think Richard Kelly tries to put too much in the film: too many characters, too much backstory, too much philosophy, too much Revelation for a mere 144 minutes. But it's got a mega-zeppelin and a levitating ice cream truck, so I have to love it anyways. Note that the Colony's run of Southland Tales ends tomorrow, so if you want to see it on the big screen, do it tomorrow.