I should put this time to better use. Oh well.

Here’s your odd picture for the day… enjoy!
It’s Winter and I have nothing better to do – I don’t even have cable! I am getting high-speed internet again though. Dial-up was just starting to kill me. And not even good dial-up – I was lucky to get 26.4… bleh. I might actually try an IP phone when I get broadband back in. I’ll let you know how it goes.

I’ve actually had a good run of movies lately…

Hero – This might end up on my ‘buy’ list. The fight scenes are all set in beautiful locations. Pretty amazing stuff. The story didn’t suck either. Can someone find me a good quality screen shot of the fight in the gold forest? Much thanks.

Elf – Good for a giggle. Works well if you’re in the mood for a holiday comedy. Kinda cheesey, but should get a few ‘out loud’ laughs from you.

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story – No intellectual comedy here, just people getting hit (repeatedly) in the face and groin with rubber balls… and sometimes wrenches. I couldn’t help it, I laughed at all of it. I could watch Patches say “If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge anything” and peg the poor guy with a wrench 100 times and laugh everytime.

Pieces of April – I’m putting this on my “Secret favorites” list. Ok, so it’s not much of a secret if I put it here. But no one reads this anyway, so who cares? A great story-telling movie. No effects, no fabulous locations… I think they shot the whole thing in 16 days. I added it to my Blockbuster queue because it kept coming up in the recommendations. A comedy drama about a dysfunctional family at Thanksgiving? It was only 80 minutes long, so I thought “eh, why not?” I’m glad I did! I don’t get emotional during movies, but this one came pretty close to getting me all misty-eyed. I said close. I give it a strong 2 thumbs up.

Suicide Kings – Who let me miss this movie 7 years ago?!! Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Sean Patrick Flanery, Jay Mohr… great performances by all of them. Walken and Leary play great gangsters. Ok, so Sean Patrick Flanery not talking with an Irish accent threw me off a little. I’d put this up there with “Usual Suspects” as far as the “what is going on?” factor. It keeps moving and doesn’t disappoint.

I guess that’s about it. Have a good Christmas and send me money.