S1M0NE — 60%

DVD viewed May 28, 2006. Interesting, but the satire falls a little too flat for me.

Murderball — 90%

DVD viewed May 27, 2006. One of the most entertaining documentaries I’ve seen. Highly recommended. The extra features are, well, of varying quality.

Derailed — 10%

DVD viewed May 26, 2006. A steaming pile of dung! Completely predictable. I was actually saying the lines before the characters. Hint, it’s a scam; she’s in on it. Oh, woops, spoiler alert. I rated this a 10% because I can imagine that somewhere there are worse movies. I don’t want to see them, though. Now if they wanted MST3K it, you might have something.

Shopgirl — 25%

DVD viewed May 24, 2006. Steve Martin’s fantasy life on screen. Jason Schwartzman’s nuttiness in the first act is the only redeeming quality of this film. Otherwise, really terrible.

Rumor Has It — 50%

DVD viewed May 21, 2006. Entertaining in parts. Not great.

Butterfly Effect — 80%

DVD viewed May 21, 2006. Thought provoking, but a GIANT FREAKING PLOT HOLE. In the end, are we supposed to believe that the world would have been better off if he’d never lived?!? Can’t we accept that our lives impact other lives, and others impact ours? Sometimes the impact is positive, sometimes negative.

Movie Trailer

New — or newly imagined — comedy, 10 Things I Hate About Commandments. View and enjoy the trailer at You Tube.

Warning: Contains F-bomb. You have been warned.

Cold Mountain – 50%

DVD viewed May 13, 2006. For each thing I liked about this movie (scenery, soundtrack, some of the performances), there was something I hated (editing, accents, some of the performances).

Office Space – 99%

DVD viewed May 12, 2006.

Peter Gibbons: So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.
Dr. Swanson: What about today? Is today the worst day of your life?
Peter Gibbons: Yeah.
Dr. Swanson: Wow, that's messed up.

Doesn’t life feel like this sometimes?

I Am Cool

Or at least I could be if I put 22+inch rims on my car and paint it lime green or four shades of pink. So says the front page of today’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required—uncool!).

Some of the hippest wheels for under-30 drivers today are models commonly identified with seniors: Oldsmobiles, Buicks, Chevrolets and Cadillacs from the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s.

. . .

There's also the cool factor of being so "out" you are "in."

And nobody knows cool like the WSJ, right?

Bookmarks

A couple of years ago, a friend of mine got me reading "The Bleat" by occasionally forwarding around a good quote from it. I don't read it everyday, but I skim it more often than not. Today's entry is an example of why I keep it among my bookmarks.

Layer Cake – 75%

DVD Viewed April 30, 2006. Everybody double-crossing everybody. Very good soundtrack. I love the ending; much better than the alternatives in the special features.