Over last weekend in a virtual frenzy, we watched the second season of Avatar, the Last Airbender. This series just keeps getting better and better, it is the best American made animated adventure series without a doubt. Just superb, if you like a well written adventure series set in an interesting magical world, take a look. My Grade: A-
Finished watching Rome, Season 2, which is he end of the series. Not as good as the first Season but still enjoyable even with the extreme liberties taken with history. If one is interested in Roman history, it is worth seeing for the visual recreation of the period if nothing else. My Grade: C
Also watch Kwaidan, a set of four Japanese ghost stories: Black Hair, very traditional and painfully slow, D+. The Woman in the Snow, every culture seems to have a legend like this, C. Hoichi the Earless, brilliant, well paced, great story made it worthwhile to watch the movie all on its own, A-. In a Cup of Tea, an oddly experimental piece, rather Twilight Zone like, C/C+. My Average Grade: C+
Finished watching Rome, Season 2, which is he end of the series. Not as good as the first Season but still enjoyable even with the extreme liberties taken with history. If one is interested in Roman history, it is worth seeing for the visual recreation of the period if nothing else. My Grade: C
Also watch Kwaidan, a set of four Japanese ghost stories: Black Hair, very traditional and painfully slow, D+. The Woman in the Snow, every culture seems to have a legend like this, C. Hoichi the Earless, brilliant, well paced, great story made it worthwhile to watch the movie all on its own, A-. In a Cup of Tea, an oddly experimental piece, rather Twilight Zone like, C/C+. My Average Grade: C+