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Always have. Always will. Wish she were a bigger star.
In a mostly unrelated note, last night I watched The Invasion in my hotel room. You know, the reviled one with Nicki Kidman that we've all forgotten about already even though it's only 13 months old (isn't it funny how some movies seem instantly ancient?). The movie isn't sure of what it wants to say about society / humanity / medicine / science / politics but it babbles on relentlessly about them anyway. Still, some of the enduring Body Snatchers horror bleeds through it messy grab bag. Except for the part about fearing falling asleep. The movie keeps saying "don't go to sleep" but in real life it's the Not Waking Up part that's proven to be the real horror -- at least for America. How are the election polls still 50/50? Who can look at the last eight years of failing economy, bad health care systems, misfiring education, religious zealotry, media circus nonsense, meanspirited smug leadership and puritanical hysteria (and I haven't even mentioned the war) and think "yes, we definitely need more of this!" I mean: FUCK!
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As Geoffrey Rush would constantly say in Shakespeare in Love: "It's a mystery!"
Or as King Theoden said in TTT: "What can men do against such reckless hate?"
Run out and meet them! Duh. =) If only Obama had a suicidal band of horses and horse-warriors to charge down a causeway full of angry Uruk-hais (Led by McCain?) who've been... I don't even know what I'm talking about anymore.
Rock the vote!
It's not a GOOD movie, but "The Invasion" almost-kinda-sorta works and really didn't deserve the trashing it got, especially in the wake of "The Happening."
That Gina Gershon clip's no more hysterical than the actual Sarah Palin interview. Answering questions without actually answering questions is what a politician does best, but at this point she sounds like a (shudder) "community organizer."
Also, will someone correct her on "nucular"?
She's making the Bush comparisons all too easy...
That clip would be funny if it wasn't so scary. I fear for our future.
Funny clip, although Obama went to two colleges for his undergrad degree. And yeah, it would be a lot funnier if it wasn't so scary.
The Invasion's worst offense was having a scene where Kidman is running away from ravenous zombie creatures in a suburban street and then with the sudden cut in the editing suite she's in the big city. All while wearing heels.
Nat,
what would be your grade for The Invasion ?
Thanks
While we're at it, will somebody correct Gina on her knowledge of state capitals. Juneau is the capital of Alaska, so when Governor Palin opens her door to see -- or, heh-heh, not see -- polar bears, it's not in Anchorage, the state's largest city.
Both campaigns/tickets have made it so easy for us to lampoon them during this protracted presidential race. Symptomatic of just how ridiculously, woefully out of touch these parties/politicians are with (America's) reality.
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