Last King of Scotland

Last King of Scotland

so my allergies have kicked in something fierce so this past saturday i spent my afternoon with kleenex shoved up my nose watching movies while my girlfriend mocked me by calling me “plugs”…how’s that for support?!

watched the Last King of Scotland and Forrest Whittaker puts in an amazing performance as Idi Amin. he’s that guy who is your best friend, charming, disarming and then next thing you know you’re caught up in some bad shit. he does such a good job with that role making you like him despite his evilness.

i wasn’t too familiar with the whole Idi Amin saga so i had to do a little wikipedia research to see how much of the movie was fact versus fiction. turns out its VERY loosely based on real people and events but the underlying horror of Amin’s regime rings true.

the movie itself is quite compelling but it left me wishing that dr. nick had done something to redeem himself. oh well…

Published on April 2, 2007 11:29 am.
Filed under: movies

happenings

happenings

i’ve been sitting on this for a while and actually thought about posting it on April Fools Day but word is already starting to get out so….

i’m done…April 30th will be my last day with Burton Snowboards…

no idea what i’m going to do yet. if you have any suggestions let me know…

Published on April 2, 2007 11:13 am.
Filed under: babble

rotten in denmark pt 2

rotten in denmark pt 2

ok…things are getting a little too obvious on the “helping things along”
tip on the amazing race. seriously, the blondes finish the leg some 16 hours ahead of last place teams and how do they start the next leg? get on a bus…in 16 hours. bullshit.

the producers knew what time people were expected into warsaw cause every team had the option of taking the pre-booked flight. so worst case scenario, teams arrive at 11:25AM, do their shit and are finished by that afternoon/evening. next leg they’ve obviously chartered private buses to Auschwitz so why 1:00pm the following day? why not 6:00AM, 9:00AM?!?! shit, why not let the teams get to Auschwitz themselves?

so its a pretty safe bet to say that they adjusted the schedule to accommodate the late racers in order to:
a) heighten the sense of “tension” or competitiveness
b) reduce the logistics expense of multiple production support teams scattered farther apart
c) get more dramatic shots of Auschwitz by shooting at night and backlighting the windows like some haunted house.

nice way to crush any sense of “reality” in your “reality tv” CBS…

Published on April 2, 2007 11:04 am.
Filed under: tv