Movies

Didn't watch the Golden Globes last night, saw 24 instead, but of course recorded it. I understand Babel won for best pic. I thought it was really good, but the problem I have with movies that jump among different stories is that I don't develop an emotional attachment to any of the characters. Somehow that lessens the impact of the movie for me. All the performances were great and the scenes in Tijuana and Morocco were absolutely authentic. We walked through those villages in Morocco and it is just like that. It's not a country one wants to get shot in.

Helen Mirren deserves every award she gets as far as I'm concerned, although I thought she was much better in Elizabeth I than in the Queen... Haven't seen the Last King of Scotland but everyone always raves about Forrest Whitaker and I'm sorry I just don't see it. He's not bad but he's just not that special to me. And that lazy eye drives me crazy... Poor Annette Benning. Another loss, but she should know by now that if Meryl Streep is nominated she should just stay home in bed... We'll see Dreamgirls this week sometime... Apocalypto I liked better than I thought I would but it is ridiculously bloody. There's something wrong with Mel... I guess I'll see Borat eventually but I just know it's going to be fart jokes and queer jokes, regardless of what the critics are saying.