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1. Napoleon Dynamite
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Hero
4. The Incredibles
5. Garden State

Best Older Movie Seen For the First Time: Rushmore

I have been severly slacking on my posting as of late…

I rode the bus this morning to work. Inspired by the movie that Sonja and I saw over the weekend, Super Size Me.

Super Size Me was an excellent movie. I’ve heard more than once that, “Well, duh! Of course if you eat McDonalds all the time, it will be unhealthy.” He addresses that in the movie. It may seem like common sense, but there is a significant number of people that eat McDonalds (or “fast food”) everyday. I can think of three people off hand that eat it everyday. Ironically enough, those three aren’t overweight. (Don’t know about their general health).

Anyways, about the bus ride. I was inspired, because, although I’ve been running fairly regularily, I could throw in some extra walking and it wouldn’t be a bad idea.

So out to the bus this morning. Lesson 1: I need to learn to read a bus schedule. I missed this first bus by about 2 minutes, and then had to wait 25 minutes for the next one. Luckily, I started off way early this morning so I would be sure to get to work on time, and I got there at 7:50, not too bad.

The bus drops me off on the far side of Southdale from where I work, so it’s about a 6 block walk to work, and it’s 3 blocks from home to the bus stop. So that adds about 2 miles of walking into my day.

In the movie, he quotes a statistic that says the average New Yorker walks 5 miles a day. I thought I could have a bit of the NY lifestyle without all the people and crazyness. So far so good…

We just returned from the movie theatre, and the movie was excellent.

It has further cemented my views on Bush, Oil, Republicans, Iraq and the war. You could say I read a lot, and I think I am fairly well informed, so I was well aware of any trickery that Mr. Moore may have tried to pull. But you know what? All of what you have read has been a bunch of hot air. The video will speak for itself.

Basically, if you vote for Bush, do not tell me. I will have a hard time believing that you are sane. In the meantime leading up to the election, I will do everything I can to convince any repubicans in the house that for once, you must not vote for Bush.

Thanks to my friend Evan, I’ve learned that the Fahrenheit 9/11 trailer is online. Check it out…

(Okay, so it came out a few days ago…)

I saw the Matrix last night.

I will refrain from posting any sort of review or thoughts until the weekend so I don’t blow it for anyone…

Tonight @ 9:15! I’ll be at the Cinemagic in Rochester.

I haven’t read any reviews, and know nothing other than the trailers.

This is an exciting 45 days for movies. (Return of the King soon!)

Possibly in honor of our first soccer practice for fall league (thankfully, I didn’t puke this year), we finally watched Bend it Like Beckham last night.

I’m not one for long movie reviews, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. Lots of funny parts, and I especially loved the decorations going up and coming down. Also, as I was telling Sonja, I have a mini-fascination with all things England, so any time I see a movie set there, I’m sure to enjoy it.

So then, I give it 3 out of 4 stars