Thursday August 11th, 2005

Thursday, August 11, 2005

Movies I'm Supposed to "Get" Current mood: content So, I remember years ago (I have a past after all) when I was supposed to "get" the movie "The Big Lebowski". While I admit that some elements of that movie were funny (Don't Fuck with the Jesus and the ashes thing), overall I didn't get what all the fuss was about. Every guy I have ever met (maybe this is hyperbole, but pretty close) loves that movie. I also remember everyone in high school going crazy about "Natural Born Killers" and I absolutely hated that. This is an aside but in the thing where they ask what you're watching, listening to etc.. why don't they ask what you're drinking? That influences your mood just as much. Anyway, I watched Napoleon Dynamite last night. I did enjoy it, let me qualify that, but I really didn't see what the big deal is about. I know that movie has reached almost cult status. Can everyone who watches it really relate to his character? While I may have been a little dorky in Middle School, I definitely couldn't relate on that level. I was at least a little bit present mentally, which poor Napoleon didn't seem to be. He just kind of got on my nerves. Maybe that's the point, and I'm missing it, but to be honest, I don't give enough of a shit to care whether or not I'm missing the point. I'm much more in the Garden State camp. I've heard a lot of people say they don't get that movie either, but I do. I suppose it just depends. I looked throught the pull down list of moods and to my surprise selected "content". How often can you select that from a list of options? For some reason, that's how I feel tonight. Tomorrow, I'll probably figure out what's missing, but for tonight, that's how it is. Currently listening : Ok Computer By Radiohead Release date: 01 July, 1997