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Has anyone seen Waltz with Bashir? Usually not my kind of movie, but the animation made it watchable for me.
I saw it, DJ. I don't know if I could say I liked it, but I thought it was very powerful, and the animation was fascinating -- it helped to make the whole subject of the movie feel more distant, so that I didn't even realize it was a documentary until halfway through.
Just saw A Serious Man a few nights ago, and LOVED it. I can't stop thinking about it.
Don't know if I should put this here or in Natter, but the brother of director Christopher Nolan is currently incarcerated in downtown Chicago awaiting extradition to Costa Rica on a murder charge, and he was caught planning an escape.
Oh, I thought it was Jonathan. I didn't know he had another brother.
I somehow elided over "the brother of" when I first read that and had a major WTFF?!??! moment.
I'm shallowly glad it's not Jonathan Nolan. I like him free and writing, thank you very much. Even if he's to blame for Terminator: Salvation. I haven't actually seen that, so I won't hold it against him.
Even if he's to blame for Terminator: Salvation.
There's plenty of blame to spread around for that movie.
I didn't think J Nolan was to blame for the abominable final product. The fact that the plot veered so sharply at the end from an original script was troubling to me. The original end would have been shocking and amazing. I'm not sure it would have saved the movie, but it sure would have brought something different.
So glad Christopher Nolan has another brother. I was very worried.
FYI: WalMart and Target are reducing DVD prices to $10, including on new bestsellers such as Star Trek and Harry Potter 6. Amazon would presumably be matching these prices.
Movie-better-than-book: Die Hard. The novel it was based on, Roderick Thorp's Nothing Lasts Forever was horseshit wrapped in a fecal tortilla and sprinkled with grated poop.
I had no idea it was based on a book! Huh.
And it was originally supposed to be a sequel to Commando. What! Man, movies are weird sometimes.