But everybody's on board with me about the Jane Austen one?

The what what? Is this the Jane Austen biopic??

What real event is Evan Almighty based on?

Actually, I phrased badly. It's the concept that there could be another (Capital "F") Flood. In the Biblical Flood story, God very clearly promised that there would never be another planet-destroying-level flood. Blah, blah rainbow-as-a-sign-cakes. I know, many people don't believe in the Bible (and note that friends who thought I was being an anal psycho at this trailer are friends from church). It just bugged me. There's so much in the Bible that's "interpretable," or doesn't make sense in the context of modern times, but this particular promise was pretty black-and-white.

I think you have to let this one go, Epic. I don't think that movie execs really care about stuff like that.

Did it bother you that Mel Gibson added in all sorts of stuff THAT NEVER HAPPENED to The Passion of the Christ?

I guess I don't like the basic premise being "God lied", or "changed His mind", or "couldn't Foresee that Humanity would suck this bad" or whatever.

Seriously? I think the basic premise is "We think that the average American will find this funny." I don't think the studio execs gave one single thought to biblical correlations/implications.

Cereal:

Congrats to your sister, Aimee. Come down here and help me with my twin sister's wedding next month, pleeeaaassseeee?

Becoming Jane isn't really a biopic -- it's more along the lines of Shakespeare in Love or Marie Antoinette.

Ah. Makes sense. I can suspend belief if it's fun and interesting.

Did it bother you that Mel Gibson added in all sorts of stuff THAT NEVER HAPPENED to The Passion of the Christ?

That's what bothered me the most -- all the sorts of Anne Catherine Emmerich (I think that's the mystic's name) visiony stuff. That's where the film probably got closest to anti-Semitism in my eyes, too.

Epic, that said, I think you're adorable and I feel your annoyance at this stuff, but it's a losing battle, I think.

Come down here and help me with my twin sister's wedding next month, pleeeaaassseeee?

Okay!!!!

It was okay. Not great. The way the various characters map onto their "real-life" counterparts is nicely thoguht-out, but kind of clunky in execution.

Oh tommy. I am most grieved to hear that your Senor Socks has passed. What a fortunate kitty he was, to have lived with someone who treated him the way you did. I lost my old kitty Chloe two months ago, and I'm still very sad and missing her most terribly. So I am right there with you in the bereaved kitty huggers department.

Happy belated birthday Sean! Many happy returns, pinches, and spanks to ye.

For Aimee-the-Wedding-Planner: I once attended a wedding where all the bridesmaids loved their dresses. The bride picked out a flowered fabric, and told them to go forth and sew something suited to their shapes. So the tall drink of water sister had a slender sheath with a bolero jacket; the pudgy best friend had a full skirt; somebody else had huge puffed sleeves. ALL of them looked fabulous, and the photos were harmonious.

For everybody else: Hiya! Howzit going?

Katerina - we're thinking that we'll probably tell the girls David's Bridal Apple Red. Buy what you like in the seperates.