Comments on Several New Pieces of American Culture

I’ve digested two new movies and one new album recently, so I thought I would throw all of my comments into a post here. I suck at writing movie/music reviews, so I’ll keep it to a few sentences:

Music – Tool: 10,000 Days
This album definitely has a unique feel to it. I’d say that it sounds more like Ænima than any of their other albums…but it does have a bit of Opiate in it.

I am absolutely in love with Vicarious, the first song on the album. One thing that sets Tool apart from other bands, for me, is their excellent lyrics. Vicarious seems to be about people’s need to watch tragedy happen from afar. Great social commentary/observation.

The song Rosetta Stoned is quickly growing on me. It seems to be the insane ramblings of a man that is under the heavy influence of drugs.

I think that this album is going to go down as one of my all-time favorites after a few more months of listening to it.

Movie: United 93
I had no idea what to expect going into this movie, other than I heard it was good. This movie is action packed from start to finish. One thing I just realized is that there is no “main character.” I think this is a good thing for this movie.

It is definitely one of the scariest movies I have ever seen. I think the scariest part was the anticipation of waiting for the terrorists to make their move.

Also, I liked how this movie was not overly patriotic. The terrorists weren’t portrayed as stupid or as cowards. It seemed to portray the facts as plainly as possible.

Movie: Over the Hedge
A kid movie for sure. But this was definitely something adults could enjoy as well. I knew I would like this movie when I saw the previews, when they showed the “Hammy” character.

Not much I can say about this…just a fun movie with animated, talking animals. I’d definitely recommend it.