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[lauralh]

we invited people over last night and watched Snakes on a Plane. I missed it during the theatrical run but got really stoned and found it utterly hilarious. Every little thing was just so perfectly horrible, from the misleading beginning to the guy from High Fidelity remembering the snake guy in the desert and so on. Anyway they could have made it worse in the over-the-top department, but they went pretty damn far. I give it THE SHOCKER.

Reg and I also watched The Illusionist, which I kept comparing to The Prestige for obvious reasons, but there's another movie that comes to mind, which I won't mention here cos it is kind of a spoiler like woah. We watched it again with writer/director commentary, too.

This morning I woke up before Reg, as usual, and watched The Man With the Golden Arm. Frank Sinatra plays a junkie in 1955. I've never seen him act before, and he's not bad I guess. The movie is silly in that 1955 way, with the women all over the top and everyone being a total character actor, but it wasn't bad. I mean, it's the first movie that made me really think about injecting drugs. Ha.

And finally Reg and I watched Bandidas, which is a standard Zorro film except with two chicks robbing banks to help the poor in Mexico. And the two chicks are Selma Hayek and Penelope Cruz, so um, don't miss it, yo.

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Walking around in Seattle on a weekend with bad weather is weird. I was initially thinking how I really missed out not growing up in a colder climate, but then I noticed that there were no kids anywhere. Well, I saw two at a playground, but that was it. And my neighborhood is probably one of the most child-heavy in Seattle, so I guess it's either xmas xboxes keeping kids indoors, or their paranoid parents. Either way, bah.

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After I complained about carpal tunnel, my recruiter got me a wireless mouse/keyboard set. That coupled with the wireless router and card, and Targus laptop stand, has made me rather happy. I installed the Nero DVD codec, and this made Reg rather happy, because now I can watch The Office and not monopolize our TV. Good times.

Comments

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

The lack of kids out playing in the snow is just tragic. I remember one year it snowed in Washington on Christmas day. It was fantastic. Sure there were video games at home but snow is rare and everyone spent the entire day outside making the most of it. Maybe helps that I grew up in a small town and everyone still lets their kids wander off without watching them or organizing "play dates".

You should watch From Here to Eternity that is the movie that Frank Sinatra won his Oscar for.

[almosttruth.livejournal.com]

Atom and I watched The Illusionist last night too. I thought it was A+

Loved the cinematography.

[llarian.livejournal.com]

Weird, my girlfriend and I just watched it last night as well...

Excellent movie, and finally Paul Giamatti did something I liked.

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

You should see American Splendor