Movie Review: Alien
Two movies in one week! I finally got a chance to watch Ridley Scott’s classic sci-fi movie Alien. In the context of books I’ve spoken out against “classics” (okay, a blog post is not “speaking out”). So how does Alien measure up? Does it stand on its own two feet?
Well, to be honest, Alien feels like the movie equivalent of a science fiction short story. I could point to certain similar traits—minimal background and explication, “business-as-usual” atmosphere to start, and the restriction of the movie to one problem followed through from start to finish—but there’s more than that. I…
Movie Review: Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Welcome back to normal posts on Chigaijin! After a two-week hiatus (really a one-month hiatus) I’m kicking things off again with a review of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill. I’ve got plenty of article ideas in the pipeline, so hopefully I’ll keep up a good post rate, at least for a while.
Kill Bill (Vol. 1) was my first Tarantino movie, though I’ve seen clips from Pulp Fiction before. I didn’t know much about the movie, except that there was a lot of violence and it felt like an odd thing to be watching with my grandma. So what I got…
Goodbye (Achievement Unlocked)
It was a long and wonderful five and a half months. I met so many great people, Cambodian and foreigner. Kids and adults.
Everyone’s always smiling, always friendly. There are always exceptions, of course, and even some darker stories beneath the surfaces. But I can’t help but appreciate how this attitude just makes things better in a day.