November 27, 2008 – Movie reviews
written by an idiot
That would be me, because I wrote a few movie reviews a
while back and forgot to update anyone about it here on the home page.
First up, House
of Flying Daggers, a Hong Kong marital arts
romance period
piece. If that seems like too much for a movie to be, that's because it
is. On a more positive note, I finally watched a film recommended to me
ages ago, and it turned out to be an esoteric joy. It's sort of a
documentary on forgery, it's the last film made by Orson Welles, and
it's called F
for Fake. Rent it pronto.
Oh, and for good measure, I've thrown in a review of the latest movie about a secret agent you may or may not have heard of—James Bond? Ring a bell? No? Well, read about him anyway. Finally, I get to add the letter 'Q' to my film review list.
November 4, 2008 – Go vote
anyway
Because our government has been bought and sold by just about
every corporate and special interest in America (and even points
beyond), I'm not really sure that our votes count for anything anymore.
But it's still our responsibility as citizens of this Republic to show
up and pull the lever. Too many people have fought and died for that
privilege for us not to exercise that right. So get out to your local
precinct and vote for someone or something and try not to think about
the $1 billion spent on the presidential campaign alone. That's a lot
of favors the winner is going to have to repay. Too bad he won't owe
any of them to us.