Wednesday, December 18, 2002

Did we forget to AD the movie?. Ad this. After seeing a movie premiere last night my idea of advertising is tainted. The movie was listed to start at 12:01 am. Unfortunately there were some ads to kick off the feature. The first ad was met with an ovation of boo's...followed by the next 8. Then came the trailers...another 6. Ironically, an actor from the movie was present and introduced himself much to everyones enjoyment. However, he preceded to plug his next movie (aaaahhhh). Finally came the movie came...just under a half hour later. Point -> The whole process seemed to take the wind out of the start of the film. [MetaFilter] It wasn't quite as bad at the showing I was at - there were only two ads, less than normal, and maybe 8 trailers, for a grand total of maybe 15-18 minutes of delay. However, the trailers were not interesting. The only ones to stick in my mind were When Harry Met Lloyd: Dumb and Dumberer (witty teaser consisting solely of text and some giggling), The Core (with the not so exciting final frame saying "Coming This Fall! (copyright 2002)". Whoops.), and Bulletproof Monk, which got some laughs at the name and me smirking at the idea of a kung fu movie starring Chow Yun Fat and...Seann William Scott. Yeah, the guy from Dude, Where's My Car?. In a serious movie. Called Bulletproof Monk. There's no way this can fail, right?

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A Director and His Hero Find Answers in the Details. Denzel Washington's directorial debut is so profoundly in touch with its own feelings that it transcends its formulaic tics. By Stephen Holden. [New York Times: Movies] With the next week and a half seeing the release of Antwone Fisher, The Hours, Gangs of New York, 25th Hour, Narc, Catch Me If You Can, Chicago, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, The Pianist, Max (some only in NY/LA right away, but eventually heading to wider release), and the already released About Schmidt and Adaptation, it's a good, good time to be a movie fan. I'm quite seriously planning to go to a movie a day from the 26th through the 31st - I've got some time off from work and I'm going to use it. =)

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Oh, c'mon. Law and Order just busted out a line that even I thought went too far - as a cop walks by with a trash bag filled with dead attack dogs, Brisco says "Brings a whole new meaning to 'doggie bags'." Oy.
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Alright, I'm off to take a nap. A_____ (I went with Charly's suggestion) will be coming over later this evening, and I need to catch up on my sleep a little bit.
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So Saddam missed his last chance to disarm, did he? Coming just after the US' favorite Iraqi exile groups came to an "agreement" on the future of Iraq, and with January just around the corner, it sure seems like they've got the war scheduled. Britain started mobilizing yesterday, too. But you know what my favorite part is? It's not even mentioned in the CNN story on the Iraqi exiles, but Chalabi, the erstwhile leader of this particular conclave, said yesterday that he won't honor any oil contracts made by Saddam's government. While there almost certainly will be quite a bit of compromise (considering the majority of the potentially screwed corporations are Russian, French, and Chinese), this feels like a blatant case of forcing the door open for American oil companies - who aren't allowed to even talk to Saddam. I heard some American commentator on the BBC as I was driving to the movie last night...I can't remember exactly what she said, but it was something along the lines of "Commercial oil interests don't control American foreign policy." Which is, when you get down to it, a truly comical statement. Of COURSE, they control American foreign policy. What do you think Bush and Cheney are, if not commercial oil interests?

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The Two Towers. At the time of posting, Rotten Tomatoes has 1 'rotten' review and 76 'fresh' reviews for Peter Jackson's The Two Towers. I thought it was a superb film, but I hardly thought it would unite the critics like this. This has got to be one of the most universally praised films of all time! [MetaFilter] It's not a perfect movie - there's some flailing-for-interest segments with Frodo and Faromir, and I'm sure I could find some other nits to pick if I wanted...but on the whole, it's a good movie. There's the amazing battle sequence, the whole look and feel, etc...it's also much faster paced than Fellowship. Definitely worth seeing - I'll be seeing it again this weekend...I can never quite remember what I saw at midnight showings. =)

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For a guy who barely slept last night, I'm having a remarkably productive day. I've written a big chunk of a couple documents, fixed a few user problems, ran a couple builds...I shouldn't even be conscious now, let alone useful. I have a feeling I'm going to crash hard in, oh, an hour and a half... =)
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...yeah, it was good. Only problem is that it was too fast paced for me to go right to sleep. So I'm going to whack my head into the wall 'til I pass out... =)
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