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Invasion (2021)
Engaging, literary television
This is a wonderful science fiction show.
Imagine an alien force sneaking in (or moving in non-understandable ways) to the world.
Imagine a lack of communications.
How would you cope. Who would you trust. How would you try to be safe. How would you find food. How would you take care of those you cared about. What if you were with a bunch of strangers.
This is a well-thought-out piece of hard science fiction. It's easy to be any of the characters, because the acting is so well done.
I've had to ration myself to one a day, so I can make it last.
As another reviewer went, LOL, if you need mindless action, go watch a movie based on a comic book.
Older Than America (2008)
Really worth watching
I was surprised by the negative reviews of this movie. I found it entrancing. It's a glimpse into a different culture, and a different way of thinking.
I don't believe this is a ghost story, as much as a taste of a different world view. I loved the Original American sensibility that permeates the film-- from the slow, considering way of speaking, through the belief that visions are real, to the effort to show that the unspoken of the past must be brought to light for harmony to prevail. The actors are so believable. I ended up with empathy for everyone (and want to know more of their story-- hint hint)
The movie caught the insular nature of a small, isolated community. Until you've spent a fair bit of time in one, you wouldn't believe the power that authority figures have. Unless you've been around Catholics or Protestants of the older generation, you wouldn't believe the power that a priest can have. Unfortunately, I've experienced both, and the aunt/priest/lock-up-the- truth-sayer scenario rang true to me.
I think that the European American scientist character is supposed to be a device to represent a modern western view of the situation. It is a little raggedy, but that's OK because the story is so powerful on its own that the character is a non-interfering sidelight to the story.
I look forward to watching more films by these writers and directors.