Just a quick remark on a remarkable trend in cinema.
The last three movies I’ve seen have featured Ukrainian (or ostensibly Ukrainian) heroines. First Max Payne, then Quantum of Solace, and now Transporter 3 (yes, I have a teenage son). What’s up with that? Is Ukraine the new France?
And the other thing I’ve noticed is that both QoS and T3 featured villains that used environmental organizations as front groups. Is Hollywood ready to throw Greens under the bus?
Tuesday, 2 December 2008 at 07:10
I’m alarmed that the director of Transporter 3 is named Olivier Megaton. Ukraine, loose nukes … things are worse than I feared.
Saturday, 20 December 2008 at 02:24
Speaking of Ukraine, I very much enjoyed “Everything is Illuminated” by Jonathan Safran Foer. Novel 2002, movie 2005. A young Jewish man seeks the Ukranian woman who saved his grandfather in WWII. Funny and charming with a few tears for good measure.