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Movie: "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"
Dec. 18th, 2005 06:10 pmSo, I heard (via celluloid eyes' review) that I really should see the movie "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" while it was still in the theatres.
It looks like Wednesday might be the last day in our town, and it's playing in only one theatre, and that theatre is in a mall, and it's the last full shopping weekend before Christmas. Not to mention that this is the most boycotted mall in all of Austin because it was built on environmentally sensitive land. And let me also add that the mall exits were not designed to handle Christmas traffic. Also the mall is on the opposite end of town from where I live. Yes, yes, I live central, but actually I live kind of east, and the mall is in the southwest.
So, the question is, was it worth it?
I do think it was a pretty good movie, but I would have been just as happy to see it on the small screen. It has too much violence for my taste, so the smaller the better. But then it's not getting much release, so seeing it in the theatre is making a statement about how much of a release it deserves.
I'm not sure what's so controversial or whatever.
It's got a narrator, which people normally don't like, but they have fun with this one making him a little bit of a smart aleck and a little bit of a meta-analyst.
It's a thriller, and they act like you can figure out who the bad guys are. Robin was derailed by thinking that it had to have some kind of weird ending to have had such a small release. Don't let this happen to you. (I rarely figure out this kind of stuff, and I didn't figure it out here either.)
I'm a sucker for a hero who's more of an everyman than a stereotypical hero. This one is actually not that bright, but he means well and he keeps trying, which is fun. Another main character is quite interesting, too. The plot takes plenty of hairy twists. The dialog is unusual. And it's also got funny bits. So, overall I'd recommend it, especially if you're not very squeamish. (My squeamishness made it more difficult to enjoy some of the humor.)
JavaScript Update
I'm still looking for a better way to write html on my Mac. I downloaded TextWrangler and tried it. I can't get it to save as text, so that's not going to work.
I've finished (for now) looking at Learn to Program: A Tutorial for the Future Programmer; I'll look at it again when I've figured out more. I've finished looking at the 2nd edition Dummies book and am now looking at the third edition, which seems much more useful, but I'm taking everything with a big grain of salt. I'm learning what some things are called and how some things work, but I haven't actually learned how to do anything useful yet.
My book currently has about 4000 words on 12 pages.
Journal Entry of the Day - Pre-Christmas Is My Christmas by Chaos Attraction is a nice essay on dealing with the holiday season. "At this point in time, on the actual day of Christmas every year I am like, 'Shoot me now. Please, just shoot me now.'
"But I do still like the anticipatoryness of the pre-Christmas season. I like the parties. I like the atmosphere. I like the slacking off on the last day of work. I adore the decorations. I adore the lights up on houses. I love trees. I like breaking out the festive stuff and having excuses to dress up. I love collecting wacky holiday music and torturing people with it."
It looks like Wednesday might be the last day in our town, and it's playing in only one theatre, and that theatre is in a mall, and it's the last full shopping weekend before Christmas. Not to mention that this is the most boycotted mall in all of Austin because it was built on environmentally sensitive land. And let me also add that the mall exits were not designed to handle Christmas traffic. Also the mall is on the opposite end of town from where I live. Yes, yes, I live central, but actually I live kind of east, and the mall is in the southwest.
So, the question is, was it worth it?
I do think it was a pretty good movie, but I would have been just as happy to see it on the small screen. It has too much violence for my taste, so the smaller the better. But then it's not getting much release, so seeing it in the theatre is making a statement about how much of a release it deserves.
I'm not sure what's so controversial or whatever.
It's got a narrator, which people normally don't like, but they have fun with this one making him a little bit of a smart aleck and a little bit of a meta-analyst.
It's a thriller, and they act like you can figure out who the bad guys are. Robin was derailed by thinking that it had to have some kind of weird ending to have had such a small release. Don't let this happen to you. (I rarely figure out this kind of stuff, and I didn't figure it out here either.)
I'm a sucker for a hero who's more of an everyman than a stereotypical hero. This one is actually not that bright, but he means well and he keeps trying, which is fun. Another main character is quite interesting, too. The plot takes plenty of hairy twists. The dialog is unusual. And it's also got funny bits. So, overall I'd recommend it, especially if you're not very squeamish. (My squeamishness made it more difficult to enjoy some of the humor.)
JavaScript Update
I'm still looking for a better way to write html on my Mac. I downloaded TextWrangler and tried it. I can't get it to save as text, so that's not going to work.
I've finished (for now) looking at Learn to Program: A Tutorial for the Future Programmer; I'll look at it again when I've figured out more. I've finished looking at the 2nd edition Dummies book and am now looking at the third edition, which seems much more useful, but I'm taking everything with a big grain of salt. I'm learning what some things are called and how some things work, but I haven't actually learned how to do anything useful yet.
My book currently has about 4000 words on 12 pages.
Journal Entry of the Day - Pre-Christmas Is My Christmas by Chaos Attraction is a nice essay on dealing with the holiday season. "At this point in time, on the actual day of Christmas every year I am like, 'Shoot me now. Please, just shoot me now.'
"But I do still like the anticipatoryness of the pre-Christmas season. I like the parties. I like the atmosphere. I like the slacking off on the last day of work. I adore the decorations. I adore the lights up on houses. I love trees. I like breaking out the festive stuff and having excuses to dress up. I love collecting wacky holiday music and torturing people with it."