Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Jeffrey Perren of the Atlas Society pays homage to one of the world cinema’s most underrated films.
At bottom, it is a straightforward story. Rob Roy, an early 18th century Scottish leader is seeking to better his lot in life and that of his clansman. He borrows a thousand pounds (about $1 million in today’s currency) from a local Scottish Lord, Montrose, in order to invest in and herd cattle to market.
In short order, conniving Killearn (his ‘factor’ or accountant) and bastard whoremonger and wastrel gambler, the foppish Archie, cook up a scheme to steal the money and blame the theft on Rob’s close friend, Alan McDonald.
It is movie greatness because the hero, Robert Roy MacGregor, is tall, clean, pure, strong…and flawed. There’s one Big Bad and two Dragons. It is a child’s fairy tale…except dealing with real, adult, grown-up finance and credit headaches.
If you drag this classic home from Hollywood Video on a Friday night, and that night your credit card company or your auto loan company or your mortgage company calls asking about your next payment — do yourself a favor. Watch something else until Sunday night.
It’s a story about a middle-class man, saturated with honor, finding himself in miserable financial straights anyway. About the financial entanglements of great and powerful but flawed men, ruining the lives of humble but more honorable men.
And it has a vicious rape scene. And a powerful final duel, in which a DRCJ gets sliced in half the wrong way. Okay, I’ve said way too much. Go get that movie. Uh…don’t watch it Monday through Thursday. You’ll want to make a special event out of this. Tiger shrimp on the gas grill, on kabobs, with lime juice. Best chardonnay you can get. Pop this baby in. It’s a real treat. Trust me.
Oh, and if, at the end of it, you don’t think Tim Roth is not richly deserving of a marble statue in his likeness in a town square somewhere — you are absolutely tasteless. You deserve to see your lands raided, your home burned to the ground, you dog and your kid brother shot by Englishmen, your wife violated, your cattle slaughtered, and your flesh cut to ribbons one scratch at a time. Blarney.
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