Limes with Orange

No wonder I'm having so much trouble connecting with people about this screening on Friday! In case that isn't a logical leap for you, you should know that Mercury is the planet that rules communication. So when Mercury is in retrograde, messages may be misunderstood, whispers may be overheard and mail or email may be misdirected. Now I understand why my attempts to organize people and things this week felt like I was trying to herd cats! Anyway, I'll be doing a separate post with details about the screening, so watch for it.

But speaking screenings, I went to a pre-release screening for "Rendition" on Monday night and it was excellent. In case you're wondering about the title of the film, rendition refers to 'extraordinary rendition' — a term whereby suspected terrorists in the US can be sent, without the legal consent of their parent nations, to prisons abroad (where there are no anti-torture laws) to be questioned and detained. So you can figure out where this movie is going pretty quickly by the title alone. I read a review on IMDb that argued the film had too many characters for you to get to know any of them in any depth, but I would have to disagree. There have been other movies that have made me feel that way, so I understand what the reviewer is saying, but I absolutely did not have that feeling here. It was a beautifully constructed story with current political relevance that was well acted and beautifully filmed. And the climax is quite brilliant. I highly recommend it.

Labels: film, odds and ends