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...
I don’t know what to say. I have a lot of respect for her sense of taste and judgment, and I’ve not seen the film myself, but — this would be a huge letdown. If Indy IV sucks, there’s no way we’re recovering from that ice bag on our testes. Iron Man and Hulk and James Bond and all the rest of ’em can be wonderful cinematic experiences, and this year would still be a dud.
Her argument seems to be that parts of it are stupid. This, I’ve already figured out. The question is, what quality of stupidity, and more to the point, what quantity? On the quality question, the adverb “indescribably” before the pejorative “stupid” pretty much settles that. Quantity is more important. Controlled servings of stupidity, properly served, have become something of an Indiana Jones tradition. Yes, fellow Indy fans, they have. C’mon. Ancient Peruvian temples with light-activated booby traps and rolling boulders. Had it not been for Slocombe’s spellbinding visual effects, you and I would never have tolerated it.
Update 5/25/08: Gerard senses fatigue but overall likes it just fine, and he isn’t alone.
Tonight, we’ll figure out which side of this hot controversy is swelled by my one vote.
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Does not suck. Flags a bit but does not suck. Besides, you’re going to see it any way. And (Besides #2) Bookworm’s a girl.
- vanderleun | 05/24/2008 @ 11:01“Cate Blanchett, though, looks fabulous.”
Like I said,a girl.
- vanderleun | 05/24/2008 @ 11:20There’s a dirty secret here, and an even dirtier secret.
The dirty secret is that women are some of the biggest fans of guy-movies. I’m convinced by now that if this were not true, we wouldn’t have had any guy-movies after…oh…sometime in the 1970’s. There’s always been a lot of money made from guys being dragged to movies their ladies wanted to see. There’s never been much money to be made from girls being dragged off to movies their studs want to see. The girls, in that situation, stay home. So do the studs.
The even dirtier secret is that damsels who like guy movies, outnumber everybody. They outnumber the damsels who despise, or feel indifferent about, guy movies. They outnumber the guys who are too wimpy to appreciate guy movies. They tie with the guys who like guy movies.
Women like strong men who act like strong men. When society tries to repress this instinct, the instinct acts as an incompressible fluid, and bubbles up in the form of the “falling for the bad boy” disorder…but it never goes away.
I should really reserve comment about Bookworm until after I’ve seen the movie, except to say I know your sentiment about it, Gerard, is far more popular than hers. IJ4 has a Tomato-meter reading of 79% as of this writing, and I know popular vote suffers from a lot of maladies, your judgment does not, and I’ve learned to respect the T-meter over time as well. And you’re 100% right about me going to see it anyway.
- mkfreeberg | 05/24/2008 @ 12:34