Oh I loved the Batman stuff.

Bladerunner for teh win! It was awesome. The only thing I could tell which was changed was the reshooting of one scene (it's still the same, they've just fixed a key problem with it), so it hasn't gone all George Lucas. It looked frickin' amazing. The only problem I had is there's one or two shots which they haven't been able to clean up much -- they were probably a mess originally, it's hard to tell on DVD -- and they stand out a little as the rest looks mint.

I wonder if Albert Finney has ever taken Brian Cox aside and asked him to be more mindful the gigs he takes.

If he has, I'm glad it wasn't before Cox did THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT.

"I submit to you that what he's looking for was either never there, or is gone for good."

"No, I'm the Hill Brothers bean buyer."

"Three. One(here) one (there) and one next to Mr. Wally."

All of which just set Sam L. up for a classic line:

"What's the weather like on your planet, old man?"

The two tip-o'-the-tam-o'-shanter movies released summer of 95, Braveheart and Rob Roy, were sort of rivals at the box office. Brian Cox was, I believe, the only actor present in both.

I just watched Deja Vu. Very cool. I do love time travel nonsense, although I had to scour some IMDb threads to understand the movie. I think they could have stood to be a bit more explicit about the fact that Doug goes back twice, even though we never saw the first time.

Val Kilmer is not looking good these days.

So, I had two movies on my iPhone, for watching on the flights out and back.

The first was Saw 2. I saw the first Saw in the theater and really enjoyed it. It's shockingly graphic in its violence, but wonderfully twisty and clever, with lots of moral ambiguity and darkness in fun and interesting ways. The same holds up for Saw 2. Jigsaw is rapidly supplanting Freddy Krueger as my all-time favorite horror baddie. Now I really must catch up on 3 and 4.

The movie I watched on the way back was Metallica: Some Kind of Monster. Well, mostly watched it, anyway. It's 2:20 long, and while the flight was three hours, between beverage and food service, and stopping it from time to time to talk to S or move out of the way for other passengers, I still have about :40 minutes left to watch.

It's fascinating. It does quite a remarkable job of conveying the complex histories and personalities of the band, and presents a raw and compelling character study of the individuals involved and their struggles to find and conquer their personal demons.

Sean, I agree with you on Saw and Saw 2, although I saw the latter before the former. I don't know whether the other two movies are of the same quality or not.

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster.

One of my favorite docs of all time. What a crew of characters! And that coach? Um. Forgive me, but I'm better...where do I sign up for the $40k per month gig? I thought it was great that the band reached out for help...and got it.

Plus? Lars' dad really made me smile.

Frankly, I loved everything about it!

I really have to see that movie. It sounds like a great double bill with Hard Core Logo, truly.

We took the niece to Across the Universe last night. The script is pretty terrible, but some of the numbers are amazing (not surprising since the film was directed by Julie Taymor). And Jim Sturgess, who plays the lead, is a total fucking star.