it's going to be a long time before I can happily stomach a new Joker either.

for me, maybe forever.

For some reason, Brandon Lee and Heath Ledger are in similar not-yet-over categories for me. Not sure why. But it's going to be a long time before I can happily stomach a new Joker either.

I haven't gone back to watch Ledger's Joker since I saw it on the big screen, but I've seen The Crow probably half a dozen times in the last three years, and Lee is so, so, so good. Layered and nuanced and deeply felt and thoughtful and balls-out over the top (but exquisitely controlled at the same time). He's a great Crow, and it's such a great performance on so many levels that it makes me infinitely sad that we won't get to see what else he could do with all those gifts.

And, Nick Cave, splendid, but I just don't need any more Crows. Brandon Lee is utterly, superlatively it.

His seven year old daughter...

BWAHAHAHA! OMG, that's hilariously awful. For me, since I didn't have to sit through it.

And it's eighty seven MILLION hours long. It's so slow and plodding. How can a disaster movie about the end of the world be THAT FRIGGIN BORING!?!?!?

Ahem. It's seems I have a shiny new hate toy.

Ok, hivemind, I need help with some prep.

I'm doing lesson plans for Jr Hi, and we're studying Judaism. For one of the lessons, we're going to discuss antisemitism. I'm looking for examples (preferably on film) historical antisemitism (either the film itself is antisemetic, or portraying historical antisemitism).

I'm also looking for film examples of contemporary Jewish stereotypes.

The old(ish) film Gentlemen's Agreement is definitely interesting -- especially in a meta way, to look at how much wasn't allowed to be stated outright, and how carefully the filmmakers had to set everything up to feel safe addressing the issue at all (and this was AFTER WWII, even).

The much more recent School Ties is kind of obvious and afterschool-specially, but also a lot more blunt than GA. And has young Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, plus Zeljko Ivanek and Peter Donat.

Why Don't Movies Get Board Games Anymore?

I like his idea for an Inception board game:

After the players choose their roles, the player chosen to be the Architect arranges the three-dimensional, multi-tiered board for maximum confusion. The players then need to work together to escort the mark through the maze, descending from level to level and gathering enough Idea Cards to induce inception before the timer goes off, the music starts up, and the Kick knocks all of the pieces off the board.

The Up in the Air one is fun too:

Each player moves around a map of the United States, starting at and traveling to any location they choose, although they must visit them all. When each player arrives at their destination city, they must draw a card that says how many people they have to fire in that city. Rolling a single die, the player must roll once per turn until he or she has achieved the correct number of firings. Only then can they move on to the next location. The first player to fire everyone and get back to their home city wins.

The Inglourious Basterds one is also good, but it's spoilery.

For a moment I'd confused Up In The Air with Up and I was thinking it must have been more of a bummer cartoon than I'd even imagined.

Then, you know, Clooney memories and all was good again.

The Up in the Air should have a feature where you have casual sex in hotels.

Um, for points, or something....

Yeah, I was assuming the dice roll was going to be for how many women you slept with in each city.

Maybe you can draw bonus cards for that.

I second the School Ties rec.

The Inception game sounds awesome!