That's about as far as Heather got. Shakycam is not her friend.

(And if you don't make it through the flick, rent The Messenger instead. A much better movie about the current war. No shakycam. And it takes place in New Jersey.)

Made it to the 90 minute point last night. Less than an hour left, I think I can make it through tonight. I hope so, because I've enjoyed it so far.

You know, I'd like to take this moment in the MMMtS thread to state officially that I hate the new environment friendly packaging of DVDs. Basically, it's a regular plastic DVD box with the recycling logo cut out of it leaving the box flimsy and not so easy to close and also seems to make it cave in on itself.

I'm not a big recycler. Never was. I do it because it's PC. But I'm not convinced that recycling is all that. I mean, in Hawai'i, the recycling apparently goes to the same place the rest of the trash does: to the dump. Which means that the landfill that's being created will have huge pockets of plastic and cardboard and tree cuttings instead of having it spaced evenly across the landfill which I'm thinking will cause the mountain created to be less stable. That's my own cockamamie reasoning and not based on any sort of fact. Not only that but products made with recycled material are more expensive. If they are reusing materials that already exist, then why is it more expensive? Anyway, I could go on for days and I only mean it halfheartedly and most likely am railing against it because people are so adamant about recycling in that if you don't do it you are some sort of demon spawn pirate terrorist.

That being said, I reiterate: I hate the new DVD boxes.

:p

Are you serious that the recycling goes to "the dump"? I'm assuming there's a recycling handling facility at the same place as the trash handling (er, dump).

Trash facilities now have ways of sorting garbage to get some more recyclables out. Supposedly it's pretty widespread technology now.

I just watched "Dead Hooker In A Trunk". It was kind of like a home made horror movie version of Pulp Fiction. Not everybody's cup of tea.

Here's the trailer

Apparently, there's no budget to do the recycling thing currently. So it all goes to the dump.

Finished Hurt Locker.

I thought it was pretty great. Powerful and effective. It's strongest point was that it didn't dramatize the experience more than it needed to. It didn't force a complex story arc on the situation, it just presented the raw experience, as plainly as possible while still making a watchable movie with characters you invest in. That also bled into it's weakest point, which was the lack of satisfaction at the end. Which surely was part of its point, but I felt it ended flat. But that aside, it's a great film. I can't quibble with its best pic win. I enjoyed Inglorious more...but that's no knock on Hurt, you're not supposed to "enjoy" it.

Inglorious was certainly the most intoxicating movie experience I had this year, and the one I find myself thinking about most often. I've got Hurt Locker wending its way toward me, and I'm looking forward to it, even though I know it won't be "fun."

Already, I can barely remember Alice, which I saw just yesterday.

Hurt Locker wasn't as grisly as I thought it would be. There was only one scene which made me wince. The happenings were messed up, to be sure, but not gory. Made for a very watchable war film (shaky cam aside). Very good film.