response 26 of 225:

Oct 19 07:12 UTC 2003

You should do it.  _Murder by Numbers_ is a Sondra Bullock flick and she
doesn't do trash.

re#22: Why did you give up on it?  I'm really curious?
re#24: Ditto on the Hercule Piorot.  The modern version of _Murder on
the Orient Express_ is exceptional.  The scene with the scotsman and the
customs official is priceless.  That bit is actually the genesis of a
little known A2 funny story.  The scotsman's name was used and published
as the name of the marketing director of an A2 software firm (I am the
culprit behind that of course).  And the firm used to take great delight
in directing such obvious sales or marketing calls to various employees
including female. There was a board with the nominated marketing
director for each day of the week near the coffee machine.  Anyways, the
calls for that person suddenly stopped although it took a while for us
to realise it.  Years later I happened to meet a person from A2 with the
same unusual last name and mentioned the story only to find out that
such a person not only actually existed in A2 but that my story probably
explained the huge number of elaborate floral arraingements that showed
up at his funeral from companies that the family had no idea who or what
they were or what the relationship was.

response 28 of 225:

Oct 20 13:22 UTC 2003

Went to see Bubba Ho-tep this weekend.  Pretty funny, quirky, strange, 
and what we've come to expect from Bruce Campbell.  He actually came 
out after the movie for a Q & A which was pretty cool.

response 30 of 225:

Oct 20 16:55 UTC 2003

Saw the Italian Job last night. Predictable, but enjoyable

response 32 of 225:

Oct 21 13:14 UTC 2003

A Grexpedition might be in order....

response 34 of 225:

Oct 21 14:59 UTC 2003

Yes!

response 36 of 225:

Oct 21 15:42 UTC 2003

I'd be game for a Bubba Ho-Tep Grexpedition as well.

response 38 of 225:

Oct 21 15:50 UTC 2003

By the way, "Phantasm" is a good DVD rental at your friendly neighborhood
video store.  Classic 1970s grade B horror/scifi movie.  Shows what you
can do with almost no budget whatsoever if you've got an enthusiastic
cast and a crew with a little imagination.  An early film from the
director of "Bubba Ho-Tep".  The DVD release is digitally remastered,
looks and sounds great, and has some interesting deleted scenes and
a nice "making-of" documentary.

response 40 of 225:

Oct 21 19:41 UTC 2003

Really?  I'm kind of scared of Jack Black movies. :p

response 46 of 225:

Oct 21 22:43 UTC 2003

"Intolerable Cruelty" is on my must-see-before-it-leaves-the-theaters
list.  It's a Coen Brothers movie, after all.

Clint Eastwood's "Mystic River" is a sombre tragedy, a beautifully
made film with superb acting from an ensemble all-star cast.  Sean
Penn and Tim Robbins especially.  The story gets its hooks into you
and never lets go.  Highly recommended.

response 48 of 225:

Oct 22 03:46 UTC 2003

Saw The Legend of Suriyothai. It only plays one more night, Thursday, 
at the Michigan Theater.

Went for the Thai scenery since I have worked with a few young Thai 
people in the last few years. Most of the the movie was filmed indoors. 
But good traditional Thai dress and in Thai with English subtitles.

A 16th century story. Court intrigue, assassination, and occasional 
regicide. So much killing that toward the end I gave up and didn't much 
care who died. An unsettled time in Siam's history with Burma 
threatening invasion.

The last third of the movie was war. Muskets, steel, and archery. I am 
not a good judge of war movies. I think the last one I liked was The 
Longest Day (1962). The Burmese army was pictured as equivalent to the 
evil Germans in English language war movies and as the evil Russians in 
German war movies. 

I liked the feminist strain, albeit it at the royal level only, woven 
throughout despite the traditional patriarchal times.