Archive for the year 2007
A New Year, A New Bush
What is nice about celebrating a new year, is that it is inherently positive; there can not be a negative outlook. If you had a bad year, a new year can change everything. If you had an especially good year, there is no reason to think that the good times will not continue. The same [...]
Begat His Many Wives
I would have killed to receive this fake Christmas card from Mott Romney, if only for the opportunity to send a reply thank-you to the Romney campaign… “We have now clearly shown that God the Father had a plurality of wives, one or more being in eternity by whom He begat our spirits as well [...]
Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod, Ichabod Crane. Ichabod, Ichabod Crane. Ichabod, Ichabod Crane. Come on, you know the words. Ichabod, Ichabod Crane. Ichabod, Ichabod Crane. Nothing like a childhood cartoon classic turned horror film to change your outlook on life. A decent movie, and this is Johnny Depp before — 1999 — people widely considered him the greatest actor [...]
Vimeo Redux
Earlier this week, I blogged about recommending Vimeo to friends and family as the premier site for sharing personal videos. Today, I posted in the site’s forums a feature request, Opting Out Of Channels… A few of my videos were added to a channel moderated by someone else. There is apparently no method to remove [...]
In the News
I’m drunk as hell… on Christmas cheer. – I dig Apple and all, but my guess is that their offering of movie downloads, a natural market extension for the iTunes service, will not “kill” Netflix. (Wal-Mart has dropped its rival service.) Why are tech writers so hung up on finding “killers” in the marketplace? – [...]
The Pursuit of Happyness
This is a happy story, although Will Smith overacts a few portions, but he tends to do that in every film. Will Smith has surprisingly become one of the better actors. He is a go-to guy for a blockbuster. Does DJ Jazzy Jeff live in his garage? (Returned 07/24/07.) Rent with Netflix.
Only You
Ladies and gentleman, a republican front-runner for president… “There is no woman on the horizon that ought to be president next year, let’s all agree on that.” So eloquent, so concise. Mr. Fred Thompson, people, man of the year. You are a man among men. Note: I am always weary that my sarcasm doesn’t come [...]
Apocalypto
The one poor decision director Mel Gibson made was the quick cut to the ship of Europeans arriving along the coast. That had to happen on this day? Really? It couldn’t have been the following day, or a month from now? This did not add anything to this film, and I feel it took some [...]
The Illusionist
This is an easy pick for one of the best films of the year. Edward Norton, as always, is thoroughly enjoying, and the plot twists keep you more than interested. (Returned 07/10/07.) Rent with Netflix.
Bible Investments
When my wife and I were making our way through the system to get married in the Catholic church, in other words, prove that we were followers of Jesus Christ, lord and savior, one of the most troubling discussions we* had with the priest was on the idea of planning, not family planning — god [...]
Vimeo
Whenever I find myself encouraging a person to use a video upload site, I always recommend Vimeo, somewhat unwittingly, even though I have had my issues with the service (for example, the site becoming distracted from its core utility — video uploads — with social networking junk), usually strengthened by the argument, “Vimeo doesn’t have [...]
Ron Paul Meets the Press
Ron Paul, republican candidate for president, made so-called scandalous remarks on yesterday’s edition of Meet the Press, stating that the Civil War was not worth it… I happen to agree, and I blogged about it — fortunately — three years ago… A war predicated on racial equality is a just war. I have stated in [...]
VHS
I watched a VHS tape of Spy Game last night, which is one of the better spy movies, and I don’t hear enough people talking about it (Brad Pitt and Robert Redford, people), and I noticed that, (1) the quality was not that bad, maybe because I exclusively used audio-video input connections, instead of standard [...]
Youngblood
This is one of the more underrated sports films, starring a young Robe Lowe and Patrick Swayze, and some Keanu Reeves, as well, just for good measure, although the realism has faded with time. One of the better hockey movies, but there haven’t been that many. (Returned 06/18/07.) Rent with Netflix.
Best Baseball Films
Yesterday, I reviewed Major League in my film retrospective series, and noted that the film is in the top five baseball movies, and the best baseball comedy. That may not be the case. Instead of updating the post, or appending a comment to the post, the topic of the best baseball movies is good enough [...]
Yule
Today is the celebration of the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, the death and rebirth of the sun, the god. Historically, this is the time of year pagans would bring in pieces of nature into their houses, including the mystical evergreen tree, a sign that all of life was not dead in [...]
In the News
It has been too long. – Tom Tancredo, the most racist of the GOP contenders (and that is saying something), has decided to drop-out of the race. I guess polling at 0.05% is a bit discouraging. – The EPA administrator, which — in the Bush White House — has become something of an impish position, [...]
Bobby
With the help of every single one of his father’s friends in Hollywood, Emilio Estevez made this highly-regarded film. It just didn’t do it for me. There were a lot of characters, maybe two too many, but that is not the major flaw. I am not sure what the flaw was. (Returned 06/11/07.) Rent with [...]
Boom
Right now, my older sister is having her baby delivered in New York; it is supposed to be a girl, supposed to be. Afterwards I will be an uncle, uncle reyonthehill, all lowercase.
A Year Of Reading
I suffered through an abnormally long train ride this morning since I forgot my next book (read: relativity). I finished Cat’s Cradle during last night’s commute, and was looking forward to continuing the month of Vonnegut, but that will have to wait until tomorrow. Since one man’s trash is another man’s treasure — I am [...]
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