Loose Ends 2017
I have not had the time nor the energy to blog as much these past couple of years. Professional and family life demands more of me these days. I worked more on my Nietzsche blog than I have in recent years. So that took a bit of my blogging time and energy. Here (in no particular order) is my annual rundown of various odds and ends that I didn't blog about from the past year. I went to the movie theater twice in 2017. You can read my review of Blade Runner 2049 here . The other film I saw, Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk , was not exactly a disappointment but it wasn't one of Nolan's stronger films either. Long-time readers know that Nolan is my favorite contemporary director and the film had several innovative and interesting qualities, particularly in its interweaving of three different narrative time scales and its use of sound effects. But I wouldn't give it higher than a 7 on my scale. I just didn't feel inspired to write about it even though it w