The first several weeks I lived here at our new place, I did not have cable. Or furniture, a bed, food, or, for two days, hot water (I would take a cold shower and then go stand by the stove to warm up. But that's neither here nor there). But the biggest problem was cable.
There was, however, a blockbuster video about half a block from our new place. I could walk to it and rent a movie, and I did that most nights because there was nothing else to do. Here's a list of what I saw and a rating.
True Romance. - Very good. violent, funny, kind of a new classic. Oddly enough, I loved the music. Great Cast...Christopher Walken, Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, and Gary Oldman.
The Book of Eli - eh. very predictable, post-apocalyptic movie. I saw the "twist" coming a mile away. Nothing special at all.
Predators. also not very good. Who told Adrian Brody he was an action star? There's a reason the original starred Arnold Schwarzanegger, Jesse Ventura, and Carl Weathers...it's a big testosterone-filled explosive action movie. Adrian Brody, Topher Grace, and Laurence Fishburn are not adequate substitutes.
Blue Velvet - interesting I understand why its famous, but don't want to see it again. ever. Dennis Hopper was a weird,
weird dude.
Fletch - one of my all-time favorites. I loved it and laughed all night. John Cocktoastin. Charge it to the Underhills. Dr. Rosenrosen. so many classic, very funny lines.
Arthur - Everyone should see this movie. They are remaking it with Russell Brand as the title character. That bothers me to no end. The original starred Dudley Moore, Liza Minelli, and John Gielgud. Dudley Moore plays the super-rich Arthur Bach who his father threatens to "cut off" from the family fortune if he doesn't marry the girl his father has chosen for him. The plot isn't necessarily that funny, but the one-liners from Arthur and Hobson, the butler, are hilarious and timeless. Find the original Arthur, don't see the remake.
Mulholland Drive - I hate this movie. I can't believe I watched the whole thing. It's incomprehensible and David Lynch is laughing at all of us.
This weekend, Melissa and I saw 127 hours. This is the true story of Aaron Ralston, the man whose arm got trapped under a fallen rock while hiking alone in some canyon in Colorado. After waiting around for five days, essentially to die, he finds it in himself to cut his own arm off with a weak little pocket knife. It's very, very well done. sad, funny, moving, gruesome, and makes everyone ask if you could do it or not.
That about catches us up.
