Considering the success of the Edwardian Ball, the upcoming Tim Burton Ball, and the Lebowski Fests, I bet a Wes Anderson event would go over boffo. People could dress as characters, Hayden's old Kinks cover band could play, there could be performances by Max's Rushmore Academy Players, board games, go-kart racing and radio controlled planes. And, of course, a giant game of Whack Bat.

A few years ago in North Beach, right around Halloween, I saw a bunch of Coppola interns go sprinting up the street in Team Zissou costumes.

You could wear this.

OTOH, there's a pretty strong Wes Anderson Costume backlash.

upcoming Tim Burton Ball

Argh, taunt me about this some more, why don't you? There is no way I can manage to go to it.

Argh, taunt me about this some more, why don't you?

Okay, if you insist. Burton Returns (The 2nd Annual Tim Burton Ball)

Looks stripey.

Just watched The King's Speech. Loved it. Cried like a baby. Still find it oddly weird to watch HBC act. Not sure why that stays with me.

I finally saw The Fighter, and I liked it a lot. I do think people from other places don't know quite how tragic calling someone "The Pride of Lowell" is. Also, on the most minor of notes, I loved Amy Adams's body. And how much like the real guys Marky Mark and Christian Bale actually look.

Cried like a baby.

oh! which part got to you especially? My allergies kicked up as well.

Both times he made successful speeches. Also, I have a sympathetic thing for Britain in WW2. Gets me pretty solidly.

The King's Speech blew me away. Such incredible performances, and a story I didn't know anything about.

The Social Network was a letdown, though. The performances were also really good, but the structure was ridiculously, needlessly confusing. I think I would have rather seen a good documentary about it, or read a decent book on the subject, especially since so much of it was apparently pure fiction.

I do think people from other places don't know quite how tragic calling someone "The Pride of Lowell" is

Exactly! I am not much for boxing movies, but I loved how it evoked Lowell so strongly. And Melissa Leo was awesome.

My study of English history ended before the 20th century, so I hadn't quite realised that Prince Albert was King George VI. Ahah. Major lightbulb.

Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush were just amazing. I had worried I'd be embarrassed by the stuttering, but Firth made it just affecting, and not mottsy. It was amazing.