fine whine

That title doesn't really make any sense, but it's slightly catchy and fits in with the DVDs I've been watching lately. Namely, MASH and C.S.I.: the first season. Interspersed in there too is Full metal jacket, on a strong recommendation from skippy. So what can I say now? Crime doesn't pay and war is hell.

Seriously, though ,they were all pretty good. Full metal jacket I'd be willing to watch again, but probably just that. C.S.I. was decent but I don't think I need to watch this particular season again, though I am looking forward to watching the next one—once as well. I remember enough and it wasn't a classic, just pretty good. About the only shows I'd go back to for a second and subsequent viewing are The prisoner and The Sopranos, though there could well be more that I just can't recall at the moment. As for TV shows, I think I'll stick with the small screen version of M.A.S.H., not just because I watched it first but because it just works better to stretch out the ideas they're working at over so many years, not just two hours. That and they don't sing the lyrics to the theme song on the show. Altman's film was pretty good, but I have yet to find an Altman that really impressed me. His Player rubbed me the wrong way (several wrong ways, actually) and I haven't really loved anything I've seen of his since. Though the idea of including more football than war in a war movie is an interesting idea and if it was as allegorical as it could be that is by itself brilliant. But the movie overall was scattershot and dragged.

Now Full metal jacket definitely didn't drag. I'm sure somebody out there will clobber me for saying so, but it was his warmest film that I've watched so far. Vague as that statement is, I cannot elaborate on it without lots of hand-waving and "you know..."s so I guess I'm still on the outs with the armchair film school. 'Course I watch my films from a couch, anyway.