archived entries for March 2007

Monday, March 12, 2007
silly rabbit
Do you sometimes have those epiphanies that really shouldn’t be epiphanies since if you had full command of your mental faculties such ideas would be matter of fact and not surprise realizations?

So it hit me as I sat down at my desk this morning in NJ; NYC is just 20 mins away and what are the chances that there would be an IMAX theater showing 300? Well it turns out not as many as you’d think, but hey there is one and it’s a sight better than driving six hours to watch a two hour movie. However, the proposition is a bit more expensive factoring in the train tickets to and about the city. But maybe a wash with fuel costs? Who cares, it’s certainly more time efficient in any case though I’d miss out on a road trip opportunity… and have to contend with Gotham’s denizens…

At any rate, I have purchased a ticket online to view the mind-numbing machismo festivities and shall satiate myself on school night. Results to follow. Oh glee!

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Thursday, March 08, 2007
hey look at that
Okay, well here’s a dilemma. So I’d like to watch the visceral spectacle that will be Frank Miller’s adapted 300. For those not interested in such frivolities such as television and motion pictures, it’s a very stylized and fanciful telling of three hundred Spartans fighting off thousands in an invading Persian army. Anyway, I don’t expect much substance like in the vein of something like The Thin Red Line(according to Sam anyway) exploring existential angst in times of battle nor do I expect any meaningful morality to be derived from what so obviously is a very modern take of the gladiatorial coliseums of old. In other words, I expect it to be a quintessential popcorn movie not Shakespeare. And for those that watch way, way – waay too much political “punditry” this movie has nothing to do with nor does it make ANY commentary on today’s military effort in Iraq. Those trying to extract such nonsense really should get their heads out of whatever vacuum they’ve got it firmly entrenched and get some sun.

But back to my quandary. So since my self-imposed exile from movie theaters I’ve generally limited my movie viewing experience to DVDs and HD at home (nothing much has come out to make me want to view anything in those public special-ed rooms anyway). But, since my viewing of Superman Returns at the local IMAX, the joy I once had watching movies on the “big screen” cracked my curmudgeonly stance against teenagers and Darwin award winners crammed into a small dark space. The high definition visual acuity on such a massive screen (eight freaking stories high!) and thunderously sublime audio have recaptured my passion for going out to the movies. And what would be a perfect match to such a visceral experience of sight and sound? That’s right, operatic battle sequences with wonderfully rendered kick-assedness and a brain rattling soundtrack to pound on your senses till you’re just as delirious as the action sequences playing out on a beautifully sumptuous palette in front of you. But now the bane of theater enjoyment. The local IMAX isn’t showing 300 because of their moral stance against half-naked men with shields beating down androgynous middle-easterners. They only show “family” films and educational national geographic, Discovery type stuffs. So that leaves me with one viable option. The nearest IMAX willing to revel in such a visual feast is in Tampa. Three freaking hours away. Do I drive six hours to gorge myself on sweet, sweet eye candy?

What to do. What to do.

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Saturday, March 03, 2007
whoopsies!
I'm not dead and I do care, just have been busy with traveling and what not. Don't worry I'll be back! By the by, I went to NYC the other weekend. I'll post pics soon enough.

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