In a world marked by austerity and the survival of fussiness and pomposity, "Salad Days", a seemingly nonsensical love story, struck a chord.
In contrast to Philip Carey, tortured by his nonsensical love, or even Charles Strickland, driven inexorably by his own creative impulse, he is a truly free man: wedded (literally or figuratively) to no other person, entirely self-sufficient, utterly focussed on his own search for meaning.
Mr. Affleck, Mr. Hartnett and Ms. Beckinsale -- playing two American pilots and a nurse embroiled in a nonsensical love triangle -- do what they can with the thudding, expository script, but the film, for all its bloat and bombast, can barely manage a single moment of genuine feeling.
Ms. Beckinsale, Mr. Affleck and Mr. Hartnett -- playing two American pilots and a nurse embroiled in a nonsensical love triangle -- do what they can with the thudding, expository script, but the film, for all its bloat and bombast, can barely manage a single moment of genuine feeling.
I went through a Nick Drake phase, like some folks do, but now whenever I listen to his minky blanket voice I want to write nonsensical love poems and gently cry myself to sleep, which is something I mostly try to avoid.
