It's been a good morning. Got up early, checked my mail. The internet is pretty quick early in the mornings. Then I go for a jog, stretch and do a bit of exercise. Caught the morning sun a bit, nice and red.
Get back, listen to music, have a bath. After feeling nice and clean, I go down to the mess for breakfast. Come back up, listen to some more music, try the crossword, Sudoku and in general read a few bits and pieces of the news.
It's been quite some time since I had a lazy Sunday morning like this. Feels great. Rooms clean, heads clear and moods up :).
Sunday, February 11
Meet Joe Black
Actually, don't. This is quite a bad movie. The director includes scenes whose outcomes are pretty obvious, yet draws it out in an attempt at suspense and 'keeping us on the edge of our seats'. However, the audience is probably getting up all together.
There's that scene where two people meet, are interested in each other, but somehow choose to go on their separate ways. Not without turning back to see if the other is looking. So most movies do it once. They do it FOUR agonizing times.
This takes a good thirty or so minutes. Then finally we learn that Death has taken over the guy's (Brad Pitt) body and is going to meet the girl's (Susan)(Claire Forlani) father Mr. Parish (Sir Anthony Hopkins), as its his time to go. However, Mr. Parish is supposed to be Death's tour guide, and the former will live as long as he manages to keep Death interested in the world.
Plot spoiler
Still, read on :)
So the rest of the plot is how Death meddle's in Parish's affairs, and falls in love with Susan. Death falling in love. What a concept! Finally Death wants to take her with him, and there are some aphorisms peppered throughout the movie, and Parish even says that Death has become a good man, and such stuff. Finally Death takes Parish.
A good thing might be Claire Forlani's presence, but her acting is the same as in all her other movies. This calm, sensitive woman, who seems a tad bit troubled.
This movie last three hours. And it should have lasted about one. Hmmmm. Of course, if you like slow,stretched romantic/meaning-of-life stuff then you probably shouldn't mind me. :)
There's that scene where two people meet, are interested in each other, but somehow choose to go on their separate ways. Not without turning back to see if the other is looking. So most movies do it once. They do it FOUR agonizing times.
This takes a good thirty or so minutes. Then finally we learn that Death has taken over the guy's (Brad Pitt) body and is going to meet the girl's (Susan)(Claire Forlani) father Mr. Parish (Sir Anthony Hopkins), as its his time to go. However, Mr. Parish is supposed to be Death's tour guide, and the former will live as long as he manages to keep Death interested in the world.
Plot spoiler
Still, read on :)
So the rest of the plot is how Death meddle's in Parish's affairs, and falls in love with Susan. Death falling in love. What a concept! Finally Death wants to take her with him, and there are some aphorisms peppered throughout the movie, and Parish even says that Death has become a good man, and such stuff. Finally Death takes Parish.
A good thing might be Claire Forlani's presence, but her acting is the same as in all her other movies. This calm, sensitive woman, who seems a tad bit troubled.
This movie last three hours. And it should have lasted about one. Hmmmm. Of course, if you like slow,stretched romantic/meaning-of-life stuff then you probably shouldn't mind me. :)
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