shomer shabbas!
another movie you should run screaming from: alexander. man, it was weak. oliver stone is just weird, so watching him try to duplicate braveheart and gladiator really evoked pity more than anything. his weird camera shots and jumbled, incoherent timeline, his attempts at subtle hints that just end up making you go "what does that mean?"... it's an attempt to be different and edgy but it ends up only evoking pity. and if i see another wallace-esque pep talk in front of amassed troops i'm going to shoot someone.
val kilmer is actually very good as king philip of macedonia. angelina jolie wasn't bad at all. anthony hopkins and christopher plummer as ptolemy and aristotle were admirable. but colin farrell... NOT alexander the great. i mean... you're a greek king... did anyone mention, hey, they don't have irish accents, so maybe you should lose yours for the role? aren't you, um, an actor? and the guy clearly doesn't need any more reason to be arrogant, so sticking him with the role of a historical conqueror isn't going to deflate his head any more.
plus, in typical oliver stone fashion, it clocked in at just under three BRUTAL hours. renee and i almost fell asleep a few times. the funniest part by far is watching a not-very-subtle-but-trying-to-be pseudo-sexual relationship between colin farrell and jared leto (remember jordan catalano from my so called life?). anyway. avoid at all costs.
about to go watch the bengals EAST SIDE STOMP the browns. hopefully after last week marvin slapped them around enough, rubbed their nose in their own crap enough, so that they learned how to get through a series without a holding penalty. the only NFL game i'll go to all season, i'm ridiculously hyped :)
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