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The military recruitment ads that make war look like a video game piss me off; I hope the people they're aimed at can see through them.
I saw one while I was watching The Magic School Bus. I was baffled as to what they thought their target audience was.
My local bargain theater, the Milpitas Cinema Saver 10 is due for demolition at some undetermined future date--the property it's on, sold last year.
I'm gonna miss that place, because, well, $3.50 evening prices, and $1.50 Tuesday shows, and film lineups more attractive than those of the Camera Cinemas, the long-established arthouse gone 12-plex, with a gallingly named "Art Annex."
Next week's schedule includes Beyond the Sea, Spanglish, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou double billed with The Mototcycle Diaries, A Very Long Engagement, The Polar Express, The Incredibles, The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie, The Work and the Glory.
Okay not first run, but of those I've only seen The Incredibles. For $1.50 I could save a slot on my Netflix queue. And--local science fair exhibits in the lobby.
The Work and the Glory
That went into general release? I thought that was a local/Utah movie, as it's based on the Mormon equivalent of Roots et al.
My favorite scene is the "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" number on the stage behind the curtain--so wonderfully sensual, filled with hidden longing between the two.
That was absolutely my favorite, too. It was beautiful, and seemed so much more real than all the feathered fruited nonsense going on elsewhere. It was just a lot subtler, and wonderfully sensual.
I just saw a Hungarian movie tonight, called "Control" that is due for a US release sometime in April. It was weird, but interesting. I liked it, but I don't think I ever want to watch it again.
Also, the makeup was really bothering me, because I knew I could do a better job.
But the movie was genuinely funny at times, scary at times, and terrible (on purpose, like sad/terrible) at times.
I saw one while I was watching The Magic School Bus. I was baffled as to what they thought their target audience was.
P-C, you were watching it, and you're of draftable age.
I think they've figured out that a lot of young cannon-fodder types still watch cartoons and such-like.
P-C, you were watching it, and you're of draftable age.
Point. But I was just kind of horrified, because I thought, "I wouldn't want my kid to see this while he's watching his fucking cartoon show." I had that instinctive shield-my-child-from-the-evils-of-the-world reaction.
But I was just kind of horrified, because I thought, "I wouldn't want my kid to see this while he's watching his fucking cartoon show." I had that instinctive shield-my-child-from-the-evils-of-the-world reaction.
It's a completely valid reaction. In fact, the more I think about it, the more horrified I am. Kids should not grow up thinking that war is a cartoon or a game.
A friend of mine just sent an e-mail with the subject line "Neidermeyer, DEAD!" and this [link]
Turns out John Vernon (aka Dean Wormer) died. I was worried about Mark Metcalf there for a moment though.