Excitement in one room

Rating: 5/10 (7 March 2008)

You couldn't make make me sit through this one again!
Watching 12 stereotypes shaken together until the cream rises to the top is little better than watching water come to a boil. At first, the cold water is still and transparent, then tiny bubbles begin to form - yet the water is not even warm! It is the air coming out of solution! The bubbles grow larger and rise to the surface. Again, the water is clear, but movement can be detected. There are swirling convection currents forming. The water becomes hot. There is more and more movement, the surface of the water is clearly undulating, and the water is getting hotter. Bubbles again begin to form at the bottom of the pot. They expand and begin to rise, but collapse and disappear. The expansion and collapse of the water vapor creates noise and the pot begins to vibrate. Then traces of water vapor begin to rise from the rolling surface of the water. Finally, the bubbles of water vapor survive the journey to the surface and emerge - releasing steam to the air. How exciting!
Somehow, I just knew how everything would turn out - just like watching water boil, or shaking milk (I was around before homogenized milk).
I would recommend Andy Warhol's "Empire" to those who like this film. I won't give away the ending, but it's fairly predictable, and a bit longer than watching water boil.