Monthly Archives: February 2003

24 is less spectacular than other shows like Sopranos, The Shield, Law & Order, and almost unwatchable until half way through the season. I haven’t seen last year’s eps – this is “Day 2″. There are a lot of things that really annoy me about this show – most everything goes along just as you would expect it to, but then throw in some big twists for excitement. It’s all about terrorism, conspiracies and stuff, so I’m sure it appeals to a lot of people.

I was more interested in some of the other plots (there are many different plots and they do “innovative” techniqes to show them all happening at once) than the “bad guys” vs the Pres. So in some ways this show isn’t the best thing on TV, but it is something to watch if you like drawn out excitement.

Some of the neatest characters die! And the character Sherrie always transfixes me with her makeup. Her makeup distracts me. It’s really done well, not in a really “natural” look but more like, “I *am* wearing makeup and it looks good” statement. Go figure. I rarely wear make up.

About 30 minutes into the movie I threw up. I don’t know if it counts as projectile vomiting, but it was definitely ricochet vomiting, bouncing off the jacket I had in my lap (luckily) and splattering on the aisle floor. Luckily, I had insisted on an aisle seat.

Went to the restrooms. I cleaned myself up, put my clothes in a plastic bag a nice bathroom attendant gave me, and went back to watch the rest of the movie. Things were pretty good after that, but then I had the barfy feeling again, and luckily held it ’til I got to the bathroom, but the toilet didn’t fare so well. Neither did my shoes. I feel really bad for the attendant having to clean that up.

I don’t know if the movie was really that bad, but I think that I’ll always have a negative view of this film.

Happy Valentine’s Day.

(Edit: I uploaded this review 5/2011 from another blog. Looking back, I think this may be the reason why I have an aversion to Ben Afleck. I think this is a break through in my therapy.)

25th Hour, a “Spike Lee Joint” starring Ed Norton and a few other folks I recognized. Based on a book, and I am thinking that the movie adaptation just didn’t grasp it as well as the book did; without having read the book, it’s just an assumption. But the flow of the movie was really episodic and kinda “boring” in some ways – it was almost all characterizations. You’d think I’d like that. I suppose I did, but the movie just made me think of humanity as scummy. I guess it is scummy.

I really liked the ending, but not in a negative sense of “sure glad this movie is over” kind of way. The last few minutes seemed to give purpose to the rest of the movie. Although 25th Hour had a dog play prominently in the story, the plot itself didn’t grip me. But overall, it was a good flick. Good cinematics.