http://newcentrist.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/favorite-filmsvideosdvds-of-2008/ History, Politics, Society, Cognition Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:19:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://newcentrist.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/favorite-filmsvideosdvds-of-2008/#comment-4588 newcentrist Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:23:24 +0000 http://newcentrist.wordpress.com/?p=2277#comment-4588 Joy Division is part of the soundtrack of my teenage years so I had high hopes for Control. When I watched it I thought the director did a nice job evoking the look of the era, the fashion and sense of style, etc. But there was nothing beneath the surface, no depth. I never got interested in who these people were and why they were doing what they were doing. It just dragged on and on and on. Joy Division is part of the soundtrack of my teenage years so I had high hopes for Control. When I watched it I thought the director did a nice job evoking the look of the era, the fashion and sense of style, etc. But there was nothing beneath the surface, no depth. I never got interested in who these people were and why they were doing what they were doing. It just dragged on and on and on.

]]> http://newcentrist.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/favorite-filmsvideosdvds-of-2008/#comment-4586 Roland Dodds Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:15:03 +0000 http://newcentrist.wordpress.com/?p=2277#comment-4586 Flag was a great movie. I also thought the Joy Division documentary was much better than Control. I loved the band back in the day, and while Control was made rather well, it simply felt like an endless romanticizing of the band’s front man, and a glamorizing of the narcissistic worldview he held. Flag was a great movie. I also thought the Joy Division documentary was much better than Control. I loved the band back in the day, and while Control was made rather well, it simply felt like an endless romanticizing of the band’s front man, and a glamorizing of the narcissistic worldview he held.

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