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Recent viewing:
Wrapped up Season 2 of EUReKA. Still good but I actually think that I liked Season 1 better and I did not like the metaplot that underpinned the season at all. But the characters and individual stories are still engaging. My Grade: C/C+
In Bruges, about two Irish hit men lying low in Bruges (naturally). Very odd and engaging, if dark, movie. Colin Farrell is perfect as the ass of a young hit man, Brendan Gleeson is charming as the thoughtful older hit man, with Ralph Fiennes as their bastard of an employer. It all takes place over a few days and ends . . . badly for the characters involved. My Grade: C+
The Searchers, an interesting John Wayne movie in that his character, Ethan Edwards, is an ex-Confederate cavalryman, hater of Indians and all around hard man. He seeks revenge and is brutally efficient in that task, he is a dark shadow of a man. Very unlike most of the other roles I have seen Wayne play. An interesting meditation on revenge. Odd pacing, it never managed to fully engage me, but interesting. My Grade: B-
Wrapped up Season 2 of EUReKA. Still good but I actually think that I liked Season 1 better and I did not like the metaplot that underpinned the season at all. But the characters and individual stories are still engaging. My Grade: C/C+
In Bruges, about two Irish hit men lying low in Bruges (naturally). Very odd and engaging, if dark, movie. Colin Farrell is perfect as the ass of a young hit man, Brendan Gleeson is charming as the thoughtful older hit man, with Ralph Fiennes as their bastard of an employer. It all takes place over a few days and ends . . . badly for the characters involved. My Grade: C+
The Searchers, an interesting John Wayne movie in that his character, Ethan Edwards, is an ex-Confederate cavalryman, hater of Indians and all around hard man. He seeks revenge and is brutally efficient in that task, he is a dark shadow of a man. Very unlike most of the other roles I have seen Wayne play. An interesting meditation on revenge. Odd pacing, it never managed to fully engage me, but interesting. My Grade: B-