2 Good Movies in a Row

Pan's Labyrinth

Oh my. Intricate, beautiful, dark and disturbing like a genuine fairy tale.

So nice, I reviewed it twice. :P

The Painted Veil

Stunning visuals. Involving story. Fascinating historical period.



Pan's Labyrinth has grossed $26,619,057 so far.

The Painted Veil, $6,376,914.

Eddie Murphy's vulgar Norbit, $34,195,434, in one weekend.

Alas.

This or That

randomness got me started on this one (#1-9) and suddenly I couldn't stop.

Pick one!

1. peanut butter or jelly?

Jelly.

2. hiking or swimming?

Swimming.

3. football or baseball?

Baseball.

4. christmas or thanksgiving?

Christmas.

5. grade school or high school?

I preferred college.

6. summer or winter?

Spring and fall are nice too.

7. romance novel or mystery novel?

Mystery.

8. mickey mouse or barney?

No one really likes Barney.

9. road trip or airplane?

I haven't flown since 9/11.

10. Democrats or Republicans?

Snakes on a Plane.

11. Cat or Dog?

Dog, although the cat doesn't bother me all that much.

12. Car or Truck?

Since I currently drive a truck that is masquerading as a car, I don't think I'm qualified to answer this one.

13. Spring Break or Summer Vacation?

Summer Vacation.

14. Morning person or Let Me Sleep?

Don't mess with me 'til I've had coffee person.

15. Sunday drive or read the paper in bed?

Drive.

16. Coffee or Tea?

See #14.

17. Cell phones: invention of the devil or wonderful modern convenience?

Satan rules.

18. Windows or Mac?

Both. Alas.

19. In Love or Out?

In.

20. Optimist or Pessimist?

Optimist.

21. Right handed or Left?

Right.

22. Pen or Pencil?

Fountain pen or perfect pencil.

23. Library or Google?

I still go to the library, but less frequently. Alas.

24. Up or Down?

Pardon?

25. Go fast or enjoy the view?

Enjoy the view.

A Few Friday Memes

FOUR FOR FRIDAY

Q1 - Shopping Carts: When you're done using a store's shopping cart (bricks-and-mortar, not online), do you return the cart to the store, leave it in the parking lot, or push it into one of those storage areas that takes up all the great parking spots?

I park it in one of the cart corrals. Usually.

Q2 - Global Warming: Do you think global warming is an environmental problem that is causing a serious impact now, or do you think global warming isn't having a serious impact?"

I think fluctuations in the earth's temperature occur over a span of time, the length of which, we haven't been able to measure. It looks bad now. It maybe normal for earth.

Q3 - Prison: At the Southeast State Correctional Facility in Windsor, Vermont, inmates have been told that the facility's prison cats must go. According to SSC's new superintendent, the facility, which for years has allowed cats to come and go as they please, is not conducive to a pet program. If you were in charge of the facility, would you voluntarily parole Ziggy, Marmalade, Smokey and Shane, or would allow them to stay?

I think Vermont may have slipped a cog.

Q4 - Taxes: After federal taxes are collected from the public, do you think the U.S. Congress thinks of the money more as taxpayer money to spend carefully or as their money to spend as they wish?

You're kidding, right? They may act like they will spend responsibly, but inside, I suspect they're really more like frat boys who just spotted a free keg.

Friday Five

1. American football: good times or couldn't care less?

Snore.

2. Do you have a favorite sports team?

The Mets. God help me.

3. What's your favorite junk food?

Starbucks Double Shot Expresso in a can.

4. Are football players paid too much?

Yes. And celebrated too much and watched too much.

5. Who do you think will win this year's Superbowl?

Hmm. This must be last Friday's five. Well, didn't care, didn't watch, looked in the paper to see who won and already forgot. Next.

Movies and Memes

This weekend we saw PAN'S LABYRINTH and THE MESSENGERS.

Pan's Labyrinth is excellent. Well-made, intriguing and disturbing like a genuine fairy tale. In Spanish with English subtitles.

The Messengers is too long. Never escalates beyond the same BOO scare over and over. Dylan McDermot should sue his agent.

From Ten on Tuesday - 10 Movies That Made You Cry.

1. Honkytonk Man
2. Seabiscuit -- three different times.
3. Steel Magnolias -- every time I watch it.
4. Mr. Holland's Opus -- had a moment that took my breath, an almost cry.
5. Cool Runnings -- same deal.
6. One of the Star Trek movies, but I was pregnant at the time so that one might not count.
7. World Trade Center
8. The trailer for Flight 93. What a big baby I am.
9. I seem to remember getting a little misty at that one with Nick Cage as an angel and Meg Ryan, his love interest. Oh, how he yearned for her. Sigh.
10. Life is Beautiful.

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