Summarizing and the ninja guru

Hello hello,

And so another week in the life of our hero begins. He wakes wiping the crust from his eyes and separating his tangled lashes to view another day. What will the future bring you ask? Will our hero face the future with his feet on the ground and his head on straight? Will monkeys lead an uprising that will incite the ultimate demise of mankind? Will our hero lead us to a brighter tomorrow where daffodils bloom eternally in a constant dawn? Will Batman catch the Joker and force him to bake cup cakes? Stay tuned and find out this and more on "Incomplete Theater", check your local listings to find out it doesn't exist.

I had a decent weekend, it was restful. I hope you all found something positive in your Saturday and Sunday experiences. If you are lucky, perhaps your Friday night was an Ok time. If you REALLY lucky than perhaps Monday was smooth sailing on placid seas where the sun left a warm comfortable feeling on your shoulders. My Monday was dismal, yet somehow I was surprisingly content with it.

Friday I finally got around to watching "The Squid & The Whale" which was produced by Wes Anderson. Jeff Daniels is a self centered struggling English professor and writer who's dysfunctional family is rapidly coming undone. Usually Anderson's project's highlight dysfunction but there is a level of surrealism about it. I don't think this "dark comedy" was surreal at all. This could be many messed up families. The mother and father are deeply selfish, and the children suffer by their screwed up priorities and total lack of any sensible guidance. It was rather sad, while still giving a few chuckles along the way. There are painful moments, like when the family's teenage son performs Pink Floyd's "Hey You" on acoustic guitar and claims he wrote it for a talent competition at his school. The film is set in the early 80s, and perhaps in light of this no one recognizes the tune till later, and he is forced to return his prize money. The Squid & the Whale is one of those snapshot in time stories, that don't go into too much detail about the past, and definitely leave the future wide open. The intention on some level is to leave you scratching your head, I'm almost certain of it.

Next I went up to Maine Saturday night and saw Walk The Line again, and then Cinderella man with my folks. Cinderella man was fantastic. It won a lot of good press when it came out, but I think it should have had even more. It was quite an excellent movie, really ten times the movie that "Rocky" is. Although Rocky does have that neat-o music... and those cool steps.

I have another wacky video for you. This one is called Ask a Ninja

Next I must say since most people who read my blog are Simpsons and Kevin Smith fans that both of these should be of interest to you.

Clerk's II trailer (warning vulgarities present... of course)


Simpsons trailer