Movies I have watched in the few last weeks:
Unforgiven - Fucking amazing. Clint Eastwood maybe my favorite American director ever. At least he is this week.
30 Days of Night - meh. It's vampires. They kill stuff. I probably would have liked this movie a lot more 10 years ago. You know, when horror movies still effected me.
Seven Samurai; Yojimbo; and Sanjuro - Even at their worst Kurosawa and Mifune make cinematic magic. There's 50 years of imitation in Yojimbo's swagger, and I find it comical and enlightening to see where the ground work was laid for so many anti-heroes to come. Then there's Seven Samurai... I could spend hours talking about that movie. As Raseny knows.
American Gangster - A forgettable crime drama. It's not bad, and it's not a bad way to spend 2 1/2 hours some night when you've got nothing else to watch. Unfortunately after a week spent watching Unforgiven, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and the Godfather, there seems nothing compelling about the story or the characters.
Serenity - I don't know why this seems to be playing every night on some random cable channel, but I hope they keep it up. It's not brilliant in the way a Kurosawa film is, or revolutionary the way Star Wars or 2001 was, but this goes down as one of my favorite films ever. It's funny, intelligent, and engrossing. Ok, it's a bit preachy in some parts, but I forgive it for taking itself too seriously at moments. I've been known to do the same.
Other than that there isn't much going on. I've closed all my EQ2 accounts, and deleted it off my computer. Next week I'm putting the character I've been playing for the last 18 months up for sale. Yes, people are still buying EQ2 characters. A player from my old guild got $1000 for his toon, and there are auctions over $500 for others. I want a piece of that.
So now I'm watching movies, and reading the Dune series. I'm almost done with God Emperor of Dune, and I'm significantly engrossed in the series that I'll have to go buy the other two books in the series written by Frank Herbert. That should hold me over until May when it will be time for the dead to rise and my birthday to commence. A week later the Age of Conan MMO will be released, and it will be time to turn my back on physical reality again for at least a little while.
Tonight, I think I'm going to download Sid Meier's Pirates!, and maybe, if it doesn't hold my attention all night, watch No Country For Old Men.
Oh yeah, and I got this email yesterday:
My friend,
Indictments are about to be handed down. If you don't want your name on one, we'll need your full cooperation in an upcoming operation.
In case you haven't heard, we are struggling with a bit of corruption in the department. I'm not about to let the Gotham PD collapse in on itself, so we're taking action. We've identified a group of offenders that need to be apprehended. Problem is, most of these cops are hightailing it out of the city. But a C.I. just like you just gave us some information on their last known whereabouts. Now all we need is to catch them. This is where you come in.
Consider yourself on deck. I'll contact you next week, and lets just say it's in your best interest to play along. County's not a place you want to spend the rest of your life.
Lt. Jim Gordon, MCU
The game is on.
Unforgiven - Fucking amazing. Clint Eastwood maybe my favorite American director ever. At least he is this week.
30 Days of Night - meh. It's vampires. They kill stuff. I probably would have liked this movie a lot more 10 years ago. You know, when horror movies still effected me.
Seven Samurai; Yojimbo; and Sanjuro - Even at their worst Kurosawa and Mifune make cinematic magic. There's 50 years of imitation in Yojimbo's swagger, and I find it comical and enlightening to see where the ground work was laid for so many anti-heroes to come. Then there's Seven Samurai... I could spend hours talking about that movie. As Raseny knows.
American Gangster - A forgettable crime drama. It's not bad, and it's not a bad way to spend 2 1/2 hours some night when you've got nothing else to watch. Unfortunately after a week spent watching Unforgiven, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and the Godfather, there seems nothing compelling about the story or the characters.
Serenity - I don't know why this seems to be playing every night on some random cable channel, but I hope they keep it up. It's not brilliant in the way a Kurosawa film is, or revolutionary the way Star Wars or 2001 was, but this goes down as one of my favorite films ever. It's funny, intelligent, and engrossing. Ok, it's a bit preachy in some parts, but I forgive it for taking itself too seriously at moments. I've been known to do the same.
Other than that there isn't much going on. I've closed all my EQ2 accounts, and deleted it off my computer. Next week I'm putting the character I've been playing for the last 18 months up for sale. Yes, people are still buying EQ2 characters. A player from my old guild got $1000 for his toon, and there are auctions over $500 for others. I want a piece of that.
So now I'm watching movies, and reading the Dune series. I'm almost done with God Emperor of Dune, and I'm significantly engrossed in the series that I'll have to go buy the other two books in the series written by Frank Herbert. That should hold me over until May when it will be time for the dead to rise and my birthday to commence. A week later the Age of Conan MMO will be released, and it will be time to turn my back on physical reality again for at least a little while.
Tonight, I think I'm going to download Sid Meier's Pirates!, and maybe, if it doesn't hold my attention all night, watch No Country For Old Men.
Oh yeah, and I got this email yesterday:
My friend,
Indictments are about to be handed down. If you don't want your name on one, we'll need your full cooperation in an upcoming operation.
In case you haven't heard, we are struggling with a bit of corruption in the department. I'm not about to let the Gotham PD collapse in on itself, so we're taking action. We've identified a group of offenders that need to be apprehended. Problem is, most of these cops are hightailing it out of the city. But a C.I. just like you just gave us some information on their last known whereabouts. Now all we need is to catch them. This is where you come in.
Consider yourself on deck. I'll contact you next week, and lets just say it's in your best interest to play along. County's not a place you want to spend the rest of your life.
Lt. Jim Gordon, MCU
The game is on.