So... We know what kind of movie Alex watches.... :evil:

It tells you right there that they are in response to watching Cinema Paradiso and Open City. If you can find scantily clad asses in either movie I missed them.

Not that I'm opposed to scantily clad.

<updates Netflix queue>

I can see the cheeky link between the first two movies, but I don't see a derriere on the Suspiria artwork. Also, I've got Suspiria, and it has many things, but curvy behinds are not among them. (On the other hand, it has Jessica Harper, on whom I had a crush for years.)

A couple of nit-picky things....

I saw "Bolt" in 3D over the holiday.... The movie was great, I'm not sure the 3D really added anything however. If anyone else happens to go see it, I noticed that when Penny is printing out lost posters they have a real phone number on them. Unfortunately my memory is not good enough to recall it. I'd like to give it a call and see if she found her dog....


Also, does anyone have National Treasure II on Blu-Ray? I was watching part of it on the small TV and noticed that they give a brief shot of page 47 in the Presidents book of secrets. I wonder if you would be able to read a freeze frame in HD.

I finally caught The Dark Knight over the weekend. I loved Heath Ledger, he was really awesome and scary as The Joker. I did find the film overlong and the plot was not engaging, what plot there was. I loathed Christian Bale's Batman voice and I am fairly sure this was discussed when the film was new.

I can see how the film was supposed to be dark, but the cinematography was also so dark it seemed murky. Maybe that was better in the theater.

In any case, it was well worth seeing for Ledger and the Rachel character did not die soon enough. ;)

Everything Snowflake said. Dark Knight really ran out of steam in its last third. But Heath Ledger was great. He reminded me of Brad Dourif at his creepiest, and then some.

Dark Knight also keeps up the asstacular Warner Bros. bluray stupidity - the movie starts right into the film, with the legacy audio selected (so you have to switch to the audio menu to put the proper hi-def audio track).

Another Warner Bros. disc I won't be buying.

The Presidents Book Of Secrets

The text on the page referring to the Kennedy assanation is a letter which is hand written and signed by A. Lincoln.

Here is a copy of the letter:

Just watched Bad Seed for the first time in a long time. Oh I wish I'd remembered to stop it as soon as the Warner Bros. logo appeared at the end.

Is there any better example of a movie succeeding and then shooting itself in the foot like Bad Seed does with the closing credits. Bad enough they had to "improve" the ending.

Oh, the spanking gag? Yes, that is a groaner for sure. I could scarcely believe it when I saw it. As I recall, it is possible to stop the film before its final dramatic scene and retain the play's downbeat finish.