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Movies, Misc., and Weird Dreams
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reynardo, da_norvegicus, and I went out to the Randwick Ritz last Thursday to see a movie. The only two movies showing at a reasonable time were Fahrenheit 911 and Hellboy, which made for an easy decision. I can't stand Michael Moore.
Hellboy was quite enjoyable. I don't think anybody's going to remember it in ten years' time, but it was fun and took itself about as seriously as it deserved. There was a rather confusing bit near the end, which is explained on IMDB: A deliberate 45 second stretch of a black screen without sound was included after a battle sequence by director Guillermo del Toro. However, the sequence came at the end of the fifth reel, and many projectionists cut the sequence off, believing it to be leader film. This results in an abrupt continuity error in the story, that was commented on in many critics reviews.
Then on Friday, Rey and I went over towaitingman's place for scrummy dinner, and watched Chain of Fools on DVD. This was also a lot of fun, and I'm not just saying that because Salma Hayek was in it; Elijah Wood as a hitman was an inspired choice.
More house-hunting. Found two good possibles; the first would be great if they're actually serious about the price they've mentioned (and not just using that to sucker people in before demanding another $50k, which I suspect is the real story). The second isn't as nice, but it's cheaper and looks like a reasonable fallback. But I really wish agents would just be honest about what sort of price they're looking for, instead of making up numbers that have nothing to do with the actual reserve.
Then, ( weird dreams. )
Usually spider-dreams are a sign of stress. I can only assume this is about house-hunting, in which case my subconscious is being needlessly melodramatic.
reynardo, da_norvegicus, and I went out to the Randwick Ritz last Thursday to see a movie. The only two movies showing at a reasonable time were Fahrenheit 911 and Hellboy, which made for an easy decision. I can't stand Michael Moore.Hellboy was quite enjoyable. I don't think anybody's going to remember it in ten years' time, but it was fun and took itself about as seriously as it deserved. There was a rather confusing bit near the end, which is explained on IMDB: A deliberate 45 second stretch of a black screen without sound was included after a battle sequence by director Guillermo del Toro. However, the sequence came at the end of the fifth reel, and many projectionists cut the sequence off, believing it to be leader film. This results in an abrupt continuity error in the story, that was commented on in many critics reviews.
Then on Friday, Rey and I went over to
waitingman's place for scrummy dinner, and watched Chain of Fools on DVD. This was also a lot of fun, and I'm not just saying that because Salma Hayek was in it; Elijah Wood as a hitman was an inspired choice.More house-hunting. Found two good possibles; the first would be great if they're actually serious about the price they've mentioned (and not just using that to sucker people in before demanding another $50k, which I suspect is the real story). The second isn't as nice, but it's cheaper and looks like a reasonable fallback. But I really wish agents would just be honest about what sort of price they're looking for, instead of making up numbers that have nothing to do with the actual reserve.
Then, ( weird dreams. )
Usually spider-dreams are a sign of stress. I can only assume this is about house-hunting, in which case my subconscious is being needlessly melodramatic.
