Hey...so I took a couple of friggin days off....sue me. And I'm starting late because I had to sit around and sweat out another Cubs game. Is it any wonder my hair is starting to thin? Geez, I'm a Cubs fan....a Vikings fan....an Irish fan....I can't believe I'm not a total cueball by now. In other words....its not easy being me.
So lately, I've been following up on some of the stuff that I saw in Washington DC. I taped a show on the History Channel the other night on the last days of WW II and by God if it wasn't interesting as all hell. I went to the library and checked out a couple of books on the subject also. You know what they say....those who don't know and understand history are doomed to repeat it (ah hell, its something like that). And as I watched this show....and have read some of the books....here's what amazes me. The whole country!! Old crazy 'dolf got the WHOLE COUNTRY to basically lose their minds for like 12 years. Geez, if I'm a German and I'm like in my 70's or 80's and I was either a member of the army or whatever....I gotta be spending my life thinking: "what in the world were we thinking?" I mean, you read this stuff...you watch the films....and again....THE WHOLE COUNTRY just totally bought into the incredible amount of bullshit that this guy was spewing. I mean, its one thing to get a small minority to think that way.....but an entire country? What....did the entire population of Germany have self-esteem issues or something?
Unbelieveable.
Well, today was the kids first day of school....sounds like they had pretty good day.
I hope Andy makes some new friends and gets a little boost in his confidence. Kellie won't have any problems in that department. So I get home today, and after they tell me about all the days events, Kim calls me and tells me that she's on her way home. Then she tells me that someone called her cellphone......ELEVEN TIMES. So I mosey on back to the kids rooms...and ask them oh-so-politely who might have used the phone to call mom. And Kellie says that she did. I ask her if the house had been on fire, or if her brother was choking....or if there was a particular reason that she saw fit to phone her mother--at work--eleven times. She said that she wanted to tell her that she was going to need a notebook for school tomorrow. So ah......you remember that new phone that Kellie got the other day?
Well, let's just say that she's currently in the midst of a "phone suspension". Ahem.
SPORTS ALERT---SPORTS ALERT---WOMEN MAY BYPASS THIS PART
So my Cubbies have won 3 out of 4 and have now tied the Giants for the wild card lead...starting pitching needs to pick em up and shut em down....looks like K Wood will get suspended (AGAIN) for his role in the little beanball war in Houston on Sunday....tonight I sat and watched the beginning of the new Chris Benoit DVD, and I must say that its really good....really nice footage of Chris as a kid and they talk with his parents and childhood friends, as well as some moving interviews with Eddy Guerraro & Dean Malenko and fond remembrances of Owen Hart. Can't wait to finish this one---its really good stuff.
OKAY LADIES....YOU CAN COME BACK NOW
Alrighty, so its been awhile since I've mentioned any movies that I've watched. Quite frankly I haven't had the time, okay? I mean...gimme a break here people.
So here's what I got....and frankly it ain't much:
1) Waiting for Guffman--here's another one from the people who brought you This is Spinal Tap, Best in Show and last years A Mighty Wind. I would place this movie maybe 3rd in that group, with Spinal Tap the best and Best in Show at # 2. This movie was quite frankly a little bit of a disappointment, as the humor is so deadpanned and dry that some people won't appreciate it. However, there is one absolutely hilarious scene in a Chinese restaurant with two couples that almost makes the movie worth renting just on that basis alone. There's also some very funny sight gags in the movie that you might miss if your not paying attention---how about the "My Dinner with Andre" action figures? And Fred Willard (who is hilarious in just about anything he's in) as the actor in community theatre who writes two pages of notes for his wife on her performances. This movie will probably be better appreciated by fans of the "mockumentary"....i.e., Spinal Tap, Best in Show & Mighty Wind....those who haven't seen it probably won't like it much. ** 1/4
2) Iron Eagle--believe it or not, I had never seen this staple of anything having to do with the decade of the 80's. So I'm flipping channels and Kims says "I love this movie", and can't believe there is actually a movie that she's seen that I haven't. Now I know why....what a huge pile of crap this thing was. I was laughing at the movie...it was that bad. Now mind you, there's movies that are bad, and you can appreciate them cuz there bad....and then there's movies like this...that take themselves juuuuussssttt a little too seriously. Only good thing in the movie was a great song by Queen called "One Vision". Did Louis Gossett Jr really go from the Academy Awards to this piece of junk? Geez, talk about needing work. ZERO stars!!
Also, I recently bought the new DVD releases of Kill Bill Vol 2 & the new special edition of Predator and hope to have reviews of them up soon.
Now, its time for out top 10 countdown to continue. Here's where we stand:
10) The Shawshank Redemption
9) Rear Window
8) Outlaw Josey Wales
7) Godfather 1 & 2
6) Lord of the Rings trilogy
5) Unforgiven
and now....at # 4 on my top 10....is Jaws. If you were around in the mid 70's when this movie came out....you didn't want to go to the beach after you saw it. This movie just became part of the american culture one summer and affected (literally) the entire tourism industry for years to come. Its a great fish tale (and if you've never read the book, you really ought too--its a great read) about a small little town that has a small little problem. Its a summer beach town, and well....there's seems to be a giant man-eating shark who's decided to camp out right about the spot where people like to swim. You can see where this might present a slight problem for the locals. Anyway, the whole movie is terrific fun, as well as being suspenseful as all hell in certain parts....but what really makes the movie # 4 in my view is the classic scene in the quiet of the boat at sea, when Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw & Richard Dreyfus sit around comparing scars---which leads to Shaw recounting his experience on the USS Indianapolis during WW II. Its beyond gripping. It may be one of the greatest single scenes in movie history. *****
Later,
Jeff
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