Journal of pudge (3605)

Sith was just a terrible movie. Sorry. I went in thinking I would like it. I didn't.

Maybe if the climactic seen of the entire six-movie series weren't the least believable scene in any movie of recent memory, I'd have liked the movie as a whole. But it completely ruined any suspension of believe I'd had to that point, and it went downhill from there.

"Oh no, I have done the most terrible thing, I've killed a master Jedi! Woe is me! So ... want me to kill more? Including all the kids? Sure, why not?"

It ruined the rest of the movie. Completely incredible.

And all that crap about the politics was stupid too. They go into this whole thing about how people with power won't give it up, and then "hey Senators, I am taking away your power" is met with a standing ovation?

And that nonsense about "if you're not with me, you're my enemy" and "only Sith deal in absolutes," except clearly it is the Sith who are the relativists (open your mind to all possibilities) and the Jedi are the absolutists (Sith are evil, the Dark Side is evil, there are things you must not do, period). It made no sense except as a dig at Bush (where it makes no sense there either, as Bush is no absolutist, having befriended China, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan ...).

The movie was just bad. There was a lot of good in it, but so much bad that it just completely took me out of the movie, and that's the sign of a bad movie. I didn't even mind the stupid Franken-Vader NOOOOO thing at the end because by that time I was completely divested and just waiting for it to end.

I didn't really hate the movie as much as Pudge, but it's good to know someone else who is respected by many of the brendoman.com folk agrees with me.

Continuing in the vein of writing about news that nobody but me cares about...

Rolling Stone has an article about The Flaming Lips' new music. Their new album will be coming out next year, with one song, "Mr. Ambulance Driver," also being contributed to an upcoming film. Here's what Wayne said about that song:

My mother died about a year ago, and there was a mood that came with her illness that felt so desperate -- the shock of thinking about what the future might be...And I had this folksy, storytelling song about the scene of an accident: The guy is pleading with the ambulance diver to hurry up, but he realizes that the girl he's with is already dead.

It seems that even as I have become more interested in folk music, my favorite band is moving in the same direction. I'm sure this is just because folk-influenced music is becoming more popular among a lot of people (see: White Stripes). I will be very anxious to hear how this new album sounds.

Also discussed in the Rolling Stone article: a trippy protest song from The Flaming Lips, and a cover of Bohemian Rhapsody (that's got to be interesting).

Update: I've had the chance to hear a leaked version of the album. You can read my reacion here.

Cruise Says Holmes 'Digs' Scientology - Yahoo! News

Tom Cruise says girlfriend Katie Holmes "digs" the Church of Scientology. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Cruise says the 26-year-old "Batman Begins" actress is curious about Scientology, founded by L. Ron Hubbard.

"Yes, absolutely. She digs it," the 42-year-old actor tells the magazine.

Well, that's that. I think she's officially off my list.

   

I caught a catterpillar nibbling on my parsley in my garden. Emma and I put it in a little jar from a bug hunting kit she has and it became our pet for a few days. Then it formed a cocoon and after a few weeks a butterfly came out.