michelvega
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I saw this movie when released for television. Considering the title, I expected to change channels pretty fast. What's more, I'm no fan of Daniel Craig. But, surprisingly, I enjoyed it all the way to the end. Of course, it's all very silly and predictable, but such comments would apply to a whole lot of movies out there. I'm actually more amazed by the critics here about the film. I don't know how such a movie deserve a 400 words or so critique, especially if the conclusion was 0 star. I'm told the writers couldn't come up with a good story, or that the actors were so and so Well, it's not Casablanca for sure, or Gone With The Wind. It's just a movie, entertaining, leave your mind in the lobby style and laugh in the wrong places if you must. Bring in the Aliens, the cowboys and the Indians, six shooters, arrows, lances, ray guns and what not. In my opinion all the superheros movies out there are just as predictable and silly. And for once, for all it's worth, I even enjoyed Daniel Craig this time around.
After spending their first night together, Lizzie tells Longmire that their getting together ''feels weird''.
How so? For starter, Walt Longmire is the strong, mumbling type. Has he washed lately? Taken a shower? Even changed clothes? In the first episode, he drops a big fat tear on his shoe after telling a woman of her husband death. I couldn't help laughing. Here's this supposedly seasoned, hardened, clever sheriff crying while announcing the bad news. I nearly stopped watching the show right then and there. But the show wasn't so bad up to that point. So I enjoyed the rest of the season.
Some reviewers have noted the lack of professionally gathering of evidence, like they do on the CSI shows. But this is the back country in Wyoming, and it didn't faze me. It went with the show. The Res and the American natives look real to me. Poverty, racism, drinking, rapes and murders are difficult problems in and around the US and Canadian reserves. It seems that few politicians have the will and funds to take on these problems.
What annoyed me most, however, is the sheriff election sub plot. I thought this thing should be settled in the first or two episodes, but it kept dragging on. With all the murders happening on every episode, you'd think that the election would soon be a thing of the past. After all, in any town with such a high murder rate, the sheriff should quickly be pitch forked out of town by the angry populace.
And then there's Walt tracking escaped convicts through a winter blizzard dressed in his casually everyday clothes. That's nonsense. At least we see him getting a wash in this episode.
All that said, the characters are well played and interesting enough to keep me watching for a few more episodes. But I'm getting bored.
How so? For starter, Walt Longmire is the strong, mumbling type. Has he washed lately? Taken a shower? Even changed clothes? In the first episode, he drops a big fat tear on his shoe after telling a woman of her husband death. I couldn't help laughing. Here's this supposedly seasoned, hardened, clever sheriff crying while announcing the bad news. I nearly stopped watching the show right then and there. But the show wasn't so bad up to that point. So I enjoyed the rest of the season.
Some reviewers have noted the lack of professionally gathering of evidence, like they do on the CSI shows. But this is the back country in Wyoming, and it didn't faze me. It went with the show. The Res and the American natives look real to me. Poverty, racism, drinking, rapes and murders are difficult problems in and around the US and Canadian reserves. It seems that few politicians have the will and funds to take on these problems.
What annoyed me most, however, is the sheriff election sub plot. I thought this thing should be settled in the first or two episodes, but it kept dragging on. With all the murders happening on every episode, you'd think that the election would soon be a thing of the past. After all, in any town with such a high murder rate, the sheriff should quickly be pitch forked out of town by the angry populace.
And then there's Walt tracking escaped convicts through a winter blizzard dressed in his casually everyday clothes. That's nonsense. At least we see him getting a wash in this episode.
All that said, the characters are well played and interesting enough to keep me watching for a few more episodes. But I'm getting bored.
I've never been very good at maths but I know enough to agree that maths are the very foundation of science. Everything we think we know in science, physics, chemistry, music, art, engineering and so on can be expressed in mathematical laws.
Unfortunately, the Story of Maths is more often about mathematicians, with lots of anecdotes about them. None of the interviewed people in the story are presented. We simply don't know who they are and why they've been chosen to appear. Names of historical mathematicians are thrown around all the time but I would have liked to see them written on the screen so I could take note of their spelling for further research. Which left me to wonder for whom, what audience, this documentary was made for? Marcus du Sautoy trudges on, seemingly oblivious of his audience, his excitement never shared. After the initially interesting information about mathematics in Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India and Greece, we're left to ourselves in the increasing thin air of calculus, algebra and what not. We're lost long before he even mentions Chaos Theory. The works of great mathematicians are also difficult to follow in time. There's the Seven Bridges problems in the 17th century, I think, then we appear to jump a couple of centuries in the future.
Most mathematicians Marcus talks about are unknown even to the people who live in their home towns.
Sad to say but this series is for the birds or probably more for his students at Oxford who have the advantages of taking notes and asking him questions. What did I learn from it all? I learn that earlier civilizations had discovered many of the the mathematical theories that were attributed centuries or thousands of years later to western Europeans. But that was the first episode.
I stuck with the series because mathematics is the language of the universe and you can't learn a language without listening to it. Too bad Marcus du Sautoy was only talking to himself.
Unfortunately, the Story of Maths is more often about mathematicians, with lots of anecdotes about them. None of the interviewed people in the story are presented. We simply don't know who they are and why they've been chosen to appear. Names of historical mathematicians are thrown around all the time but I would have liked to see them written on the screen so I could take note of their spelling for further research. Which left me to wonder for whom, what audience, this documentary was made for? Marcus du Sautoy trudges on, seemingly oblivious of his audience, his excitement never shared. After the initially interesting information about mathematics in Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India and Greece, we're left to ourselves in the increasing thin air of calculus, algebra and what not. We're lost long before he even mentions Chaos Theory. The works of great mathematicians are also difficult to follow in time. There's the Seven Bridges problems in the 17th century, I think, then we appear to jump a couple of centuries in the future.
Most mathematicians Marcus talks about are unknown even to the people who live in their home towns.
Sad to say but this series is for the birds or probably more for his students at Oxford who have the advantages of taking notes and asking him questions. What did I learn from it all? I learn that earlier civilizations had discovered many of the the mathematical theories that were attributed centuries or thousands of years later to western Europeans. But that was the first episode.
I stuck with the series because mathematics is the language of the universe and you can't learn a language without listening to it. Too bad Marcus du Sautoy was only talking to himself.