Reviews: May 2004 Archives
On Saturday I bought the movie Big Fish. I didn't get a chance to watch it, however, until last night, when I went to Fiona's to watch it. Towards the end, she went into her room and I heard a somewhat muted scream. Not the kind of OMG a crazed killer with a bloody knife in one hand and the head of my neighbor in another--rather the kind when you see a weird insect. Specifically, it was a Scutigera coleoptrata, better known as the "house centipede." I bravely grabbed a shoe and started my attack. It scurried along the floor and hid behind some stuff in her closet. Cautiously, I moved aside the fortifications and made my final attack. Swat after swat and some crushing finally defeated the monster. My heroic efforts surely saved a life; I'm proud. It was the freakiest looking thing I've seen in a long time. I must admit, I checked the floor a lot the rest of the evening.
In vaguely related news, I bought another movie today: Peter Pan. I saw in in theaters and was entranced. It really is an excellent movie. I particularly love the guiltless arrogance of Peter. How can one help liking something so sublimely joyful? The story is just so overhwelmingly happy, but not at all sappy. I also love a movie with really good bad guys. Pirates somehow seem the best baddies. My all time favorite is Dennis Hopper in Waterworld. It may be a Kevin Costner (aka bomb factory) movie but Hopper's character is just so deliciously evil!
My parents bought The Last Samurai today. I've not yet seen it but I here good things. I shall promtly report my findings, since I know I have thousands of devout fans whose every purchase is based solely on my awesome word.
I have my final exam tomorrow in World Literature Though the Renaissance. This exam will cover The Song of Roland and Macbeth. It will also have a small portion on the movie Scotland, Pa., which we watched because it is a modern adaptation of Macbeth. The movie was actually really good and I am considering buying it. It moves the setting from medieval Scotland to a hamburger stand in 1970s Pennsylvania. The transition works surprisingly well. I wrote a possibly excellent paper on the similarities and differences between the film and the play. I should probably actually finish reading the play before I take my exam tomorrow. In fact, I will now offer my essay. Maybe some student can plagerize it and get kicked out of school. It wouldn't be the first time my words have ended up in someone else's paper. I'm proud of that!
