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No, I didn’t really think it was *that* bad — I just like hyperbole in headlines. I liked the last half hour or so of the movie, once it was clear what The Problem was and the frame rate seemed to slow almost enough to see how Matt Damon was taking care of it. Still: [...]

So, the American Film Institute put out a revision to it’s 100 Greatest Movies list. They’re wrong about everything of course… Nah, actually, I’m surprised to agree with them as often as I do. They place way more emphasis than they “should” on things like cinematography, groundbreaking technique, and cultural impact. I mean — why [...]

Fine, I’ve never been to one of their games, but still. I was there when they re-started the program after it had gotten Title IXed out of existence, so I’m stoked that UC-Irvine’s baseball team is heading to the College World Series five years later. Too bad I don’t have a TV, otherwise I could [...]

Watched the last couple of Seattle-San Diego games on MLB.tv. Am unfortunately stuck with the Padres’ broadcasters. The two clowns they got think they’re drive-time disk jockeys. The only thing they love more than the Padres is the sound of their own voices. Absolutely embarrassing. I’ve also never heard announcers more ready to complain about [...]

Finally saw this movie. It reminded me of a lot of the stories I get submitted to Trabuco Road. Nice writing, but way too thin. And that’s about all I can say about it without outing myself as an America-first cultural bigot. Which may be how the following paragraph is interpreted. It was hard to [...]

With The Old Breed (at Peleliu and Okinawa) by Eugene B. Sledge. Brilliantly unaffected, crushing, wrenching, proud, true-ringing first-person account of a USMC mortarman involved in the 1st Marine Division’s last two (and bloodiest two) campaigns of WWII. I’ve now read enough war writing that it doesn’t take much for me to get teary-eyed about [...]

Not that it matters, but… If only life were as anxious to make good for past mistakes as is the Motion Picture Academy. I’m sure Martin Scorcese’s a fine person, but there were seriously much better movies available to choose from this year. The Departed, if you haven’t seen it, is mostly just an excuse [...]