Five Years After 9/11: Tinfoil Hats Attack
Be sure to read Michelle Malkin's review of the new book Debunking 9/11 Myths.
Michelle titles her review Five Years After 9/11: Tinfoil Hats Attack.
To read her review, click here.
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Crash
I finally saw Crash (or Magnolia II: Racism in LA). It was an excellently acted and directed movie.
There are few films that take 10 or so character lines and successfully intertwine them into a solid story: the Big Chill, Grand Canyon, Magnolia, Heat. This is one of those films.
The character development is not as compelling as the movies I've listed, but the scenes and ironies constructed around the City of Angels are authentic and compelling.
If you've seen this movie, let me know what you think in the comments. If you haven't, it's on PPV and on DVD. See it and let me know what you think....
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Show Review: Three Wishes
If you did not watch the premiere of NBC’s new reality show Three Wishes, and if you are thinking about watching a future episode, then the Dodo has a warning for you: Keep a box of facial tissue near you while you watch.
Three Wishes is such a tear-jerker that the show can make a Vulcan cry in public . . . even if the Vulcan has completed Kolinahr.
The show’s premiere featured three main wishes.
The first wish was for a young girl who had been in an automobile accident. The girl’s face had been disfigured, and her skull was missing some pieces. The wish was that the girl could undergo reconstructive surgery so that she could once again participate in the sports that she enjoyed.
The second wish was for a high school. Its football field was in such bad shape that football players frequently became injured as the result of slipping in mud. The wish came from the school’s cheerleading coach, who was undergoing treatment for cancer. Her wish was that the school’s football field could have artificial turf.
The third wish pertained to a boy whose biological father had been killed. When his mother re-married, the boy’s step-father became the boy’s hero. The step-father had wanted to adopt the boy, but bureaucratic red tape had prevented the adoption. The boy’s wish was that his adoption by his step-father could finally take place.
Other smaller wishes were featured, but the show focused on three main wishes, which is why the show has its particular name.
The Dodo is pleased to report that all three main wishes were granted.
And speaking of “granted” . . .
If Amy Grant shows up in your community, and she isn’t there to perform in a concert, then you can be certain that wishes will soon be granted and lives will be transformed for the better.
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Revenge of the Sith
The movie was quite good. After seeing it, I wonder if Lucas would have done better to have done this as the second movie and had the 3rd movie be more about the establishment of the empire and the rise of the rebellion.
It was rather depressing in some parts. The acting wasn't as bad as before--but that ain't saying much.
The transformation from Anakin to Vader was well done. "I HATE YOU!" Darth Vader says to General Obi Wan Kenobi with tears streaming down his face, lying limbless on the edge of a river of fire. That was the best, most emotional part of the movie.
The significance of the prequels is that it will forever change how you view the characters in the first trilogy. Vader's redemption in Return of the Jedi is much more powerful.
I would say this movie is better than the first Star Wars.
Our blogbrother Owen at Boots and Sabers agrees:
Yes, I went and saw it this afternoon. I thought it was fantastic. By far, it’s the best of the prequels and comes close to toppling Empire as my favorite. Yes, it had some plot anomolies and cheesy dialogue, but so does every other Star Wars movie. I especially disliked the Frankenstein scene with Vader at the end. But… I was riveted from start to finish.
I’m still basking in the afterglow. Even mowing the lawn (which I detest) did not make a dent in my delight.
If only I can talk Wendy into letting me go see it again.....
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You Must Read...
Michael Moore is a Big Fat Stupid White Man. I just read it, and the authors sure do nail the Big White Whale to the wall. They dissect his movies and how he not only intentionally misleads the audience, but also uses outright fabrication in many of his sequences. They also dedicate an entire chapter to the definition of narcism and how Moore-on fits the description to a tee!
Next on my reading list is Hollywood, Interrupted: Insanity Chic in Babylon - the Case Against Celebrity.
UPDATE: After a long day, I find I cannot spell. It's NARCICISM, not narcism.
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CHILD’S PLAY?
I read the following on Page Six:
ROBERT De Niro vanishing from his seat at the Beekman during Wednesday's screening of his abysmal "Hide and Seek" (
Debra Birnbaum's review: Page 39), leaving his wife, Grace, to suffer alone
From Birnbaum's review:
LET'S hope Dakota Fanning's parents are investing her paychecks wisely. She's going to need that money to pay her therapy bills for enduring "Hide and Seek," a schlocky thriller choking under the weight of its own psychobabble.
Not only has she been transformed into a lost member of the Addams family with a dark brown wig and several layers of under-eye makeup, she's also forced to suffer every horror-film clichdirector John Polson ("Swimfan") - a graduate of the School of Loud Knocks - can think up to inflict upon her.
Heres another review, by David Levine, who didnt think much of the film. You can watch preview clip there as well.
For young Emily Callaway, her games of Hide and Seek with an imaginary friend named Charlie have become anything but simple and innocent. Instead, she finds herself in the middle of a series of increasingly nightmarish acts that even her father David cannot stop. Who or what is Charlie? David wonders. How can an imaginary entity have this kind of hold on her? Maybe Charlie is not imaginary at all, but instead a flesh-and-blood, malevolent presence?
I saw some previews of this movie, Hide and Seek, last night while watching CSI, and I was sickened by what Hollywood is willing to put little kids through for a movie. And why do the parents give their permission? Is everyone so greedy for a buck that they'll potentially sacrifice a child's future well-being? The child may grow up well adjusted, and then maybe he/she won't. It's a gamble, so why gamble? Dakota Fanning was so convincing it was difficult to determine if she was acting or not. Let's pray this movie flops BIG time sothat Dakota isnt typecast by Hollywood and rented out by her parents.
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