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Did I spell it wrong?
Did I not say the story line was the good part? It was a pyrrhic victory, got it. I'm revising my rating to 3 so NYE! And :)~ and a raz to raz.
Yes we do!
Hey, my friend goes down to his basement the other day for a Margaux. I'm thinking, yippie! So he opens it, I sip it and could barely swallow. I was SO mad. It was a '91. What a dirty trick! I'm not too swift determining years but when I tasted it I knew, I knew.
And get this! (if he sees this he'll be very angry) The next time I went over he pulled out a bottle of Yellowtail Chardonnay that someone brought over. Okay, I am no wine snob, not in the least but that stuff tastes like your drinking banana syrup. Can't even put it to my nose. His wife said, "honey, she's right, it does taste like bananas! EEEEEWWWW!" Now she won't drink it, either. Once you get it, there's no ungetting it. I DETEST the overtones of banana in some wines.
The last time I was there he cracked open the nouveau. The buildup had a favorable effect, I assure you.
I wonder how tough it is to have wine shipped from out of state. My friend said this is the cheapest place he knows of to buy good wine and this is the Nouveau I had:
http://www.nh.gov/liquor/index.shtml
But then there's the matter of shipping cost. I go to a few large but local places and shop for what's good on sale, unless we're putting a tasting together. Then I'll shop around for the best price.
I also love to try new things. That's how I found out I really do like Sauvignon Blanc after years of not liking one enough to pursue it.
The nouveau: I will simply write about what I'm having, good, bad, modest, whatever. I found the freshness to be delightful, especially since it had some balls, too. Hope you didn't hate it.
We Were Soldiers: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277434/
3.5 out of 5. 'twas recently recommended. Saw it in three sittings.
Needed the reminder. Many of the political details regarding what actually happened in Viet Nam are sketchy for me. I know the basics and the line but the underlying permutations are jumbled up. What isn't sketchy is what it must have been like on the ground for the soldiers. It's incomprehensible.
The movie: Many of the scenes were obvious setups, like hotshot soldier leading men to their ultimate demise. It wasn't a brilliant or inspired movie but it was an awesome story and I'm glad I saw it. As a whole, it held my attention.
One of my cousins is a helicopter pilot and one a fighter pilot, therefore, many scenes were particularly resonant.
Most insulting is Mel Gibson never crouching even when under fire. That's not bravery, it's stupidity. And his wife was a total anachronism. She had distended lips that needed two buttresses from all the collagen. She looked like a freak. Her acting sucked. Gibson is always rather charismatic so he can get away with a lot, even not crouching :)
Most enjoyable was the otherwise unglorified depiction of war, where the enemy is presented with some humanity but it's not overdone. Well, maybe the scene with the commander and the flag. Anyway, A Midnight Clear http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102443/ presented the enemy with humanity as well. It's my first recollection of Gary Sinise and he was brilliant. That movie is truly great - art.
The End
Addendum: The Killing Fields http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087553/ and subsequently, Swimming To Cambodia http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094089/ are a brilliant pair of movies. One on the war and the other a BRILLIANT, unique and hilarious monologue by Spalding Gray, who was in The Killing Fields.
Your summary reminded me of this wonderful movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118849/
Gobble-doodle-doooooooooooooooooooo!!
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Hey! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!! Get that turkey butt of yours out here, already.
I'm still thinking.
I practice tough like :)
Are you into two hot women making love, ONE with caterpillar brows?
Be happy.
Be grateful.
Be kind.
Be safe.
Be loving.
Be cool.
Hoop
Derf, she was HOT in this movie, trust me - unless you don't like a hot woman who plays someone with courage and irreverence. PLUS, her acting was impeccable and the movie was historically fascinating.
I wrote a post that perfectly expressed what was on the tip of my tongue and it vanished into the ether - HOW I HATE THAT!
Anyway, I'm in! But now I have to buy another bottle myself because I did not pay very close attention. It was a fun wine kind of thing but I love analyzing wine. This could precipitate a delightfully delirious and vicious cycle.
I for sure thought I tasted strawberries at my friends and only noted it because that was odd, but when I had it home found tart raspberries and questioned my initial impression. I have dried, mixed berry extract that I add to yogurt drinks and such that tastes so much like dried syrah/merlot it confuses my brain sometimes. I may have to ditch that evil powder.
Okay, off the top of my head I'm going to recommend 2001 Freemark Abbey Cabernet Sauvignon, to you, if you like reds. Have had a bunch of bottles, it's around 20$ (I got it on sale for 17$ a few months ago, though) and for that price it's really nice. There's a REAL nice, more expensive one but I'm going to avoid stuff like that for now.
See you!
Hey Raz, I just read this review and went to reply in a PM but posted publicly by mistake. What kind of review is that? Great rating but if I read this review I'd be like, "Oh yeah, I'm running right out for this masterpiece". LOL!!!
Ducking and running.
SOMETHING THE LORD MADE:
Raz, thank you thank you thank you for suggesting Something The Lord Made. Mos Def as Vivien was miraculous. And Rickman as Blalock... uh! Too good. I could not take my eyes off the screen for one second. My broker called to leave a message about some "great news" he has for me and I ignored the phone. Felt pestered.
Casting those two for the leads was a stroke of genius. Generally, when the moment comes that's responsible for the title of a movie, I think, how obvious or forced or corny but in this case I thought, omg, how damned genuine is that!
This was a fine, touching, sincere, important, soulful, life enriching movie that didn't resort to the obvious. I hesitate to write anything about the plot for fear a description might dissuade people from seeing it, as it did my husband. I had it on the counter for weeks until tonight. He didn't move throughout, then when it was over said, "Wow, any movie that can keep me riveted when I was ready to go to bed is a masterpiece". He apologized for making me wait so long to watch it. He LOVED it.
I'm giving Something The Lord Made 4.9 out of 5 despite a few moments of less than perfect acting in some minor roles that in context I'm embarrassed to even mention. They pale miserably in context. Fantastic film that I recommend to EVERYONE!
Oh, and happy you liked Frida. She was made for role, right? Great movie. Big movie, broad, colorful and deep - and did I say sexy?
Oh great. So glad you like it! I wish I knew where to recruit people from. Can you imagine a bunch of people drinking the same bottle all over the world and writing about it?
That price range is fine. Will do some homework for a wine. There have to be more people interested on ihub.
LOW! It's not that bad up here!
I think a bunch of people should someday buy a bottle of the same wine and have a tasting on line :)
So, was at a friend's house tonight and a friend of his owns Georges Duboeuf in France. He'd given my friend a few bottles, I think, so we had one tonight, the 2005 Beaujolais Nouveau. Fun, fun, fun. Not as light as you'd expect. Has balls, might even last a bit in the cellar. Really fun wine. Taste of strawberries in the fruit to me. Fresh. Nothing bugged me about it. Simple, great with cheese or beef or bluefish, even. He said it sells for 8$? Worth it.
I thought she was pretty hot in Off The Map (especially the shot of her naked in her garden), an offbeat and slow movie about depression, funny movie about depression, actually. Young Bo was AMAZING, so was Sam Elliot. Allen is always spectacular. 3 out of 5.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332285/
Hey hey. I LOVE Sauvignon Blanc. Can't recall how much it is a bottle (very affordable) but Whitehaven 2004 is mint! Look it up, worth a FEW extra bucks. I drink it with South Park.
Recently opened a La Cuvee Mythique, 15$, very nice. A bit of bitter so I can tell there's a lot of squashed seeds in here but I love it. Somewhat acidic (which I find refreshing while others may call it inferior!) but it's really fun. Great with food, perfect with Italian, red meat or iHub.
night :)
Hi everyone. My friend Rager pointed the way. I have a very small vineyard, U.S., Northeast, Bordeaux blend - sort of. Disappointing year. We're doing extreme viticulture, the rain screwed us - lost 10-15% of certain varietals to rot and then half of our entire crop to birds because we were the only ones for miles around still hanging. One day we were fine and the next, raped by Robins. They found us and told all their friends.
Anyway, had a 2002 Ramey Jericho Canyon a few nights ago. It was lush and big and ripe dark fruity delicious. I would say it will be perfect for drinking in a year to two - for my taste. Reviews say four but uh uh, I disagree completely. I gave it a 93. The 2001 is supposed to be better so we're planning a tasting with a Phelps Insignia 2002, A 2001 Ramey, a 1998 Pavie (had the 2000 and it was just about perfect but WAY too early to drink for me, my friends all loved it now, no accounting for taste, I wouldn't touch that wine to my lips again for at least five years). There's another wine on the tasting list that I don't remember.
Had a 2003, J.J. Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spatlese last week. I think it was corked. Faded flavors of pear and citrus (almost quinine, which is strange). It had to be corked because I know what this wine is supposed to taste like. Lacked that fresh, crisp, clean intensity. All I can say is it was faded. Possibly exposed to temperature fluctuations but the quinine and something else I couldn't define makes me think it was corked. First corked wine that I'm aware of that I've had.
I'll keep watching and posting and tx for that beautiful timeline!!!!!
Hope I didn't overdo it for first visit - lol.
I really loved this one, too. Maybe we can discuss why we both did? Would enjoy that. I didn't have the time to do so when I first posted about it but would like your take.
You're going to love it. I watched the extras that came on a separate DVD before, with a friend who didn't even see the feature, and he was psyched. He loves movies too.
Also saw El Mariachi. Low budget. I thought it was funny and cool. Nice and simple :) Will give it 3 out of 5 because it was successful on such a low budget. Didn't see Desperado yet (the sequel), though. That's on the other side of the DVD.
You should have heard the silence when they found out I was a man.
I realize you are occupied with your charity work but can you not spare a crumb.
Z CHANNEL - a made for TV documentary about one of the first pay cable stations. 4 out of 5, 5 out of 5 for a cinephile. About a cinephile, Jerry Harvey, who was nuts (killed his wife then committed suicide) but knew his stuff when it came to movies. He was the programmer for Z CHANNEL and boy do I wish I had a Z CHANNEL here. I really like his taste. Am actually buying the DVD and I don't do that. Too much priceless information that flashes by too quickly with one viewing.
Lobo, you MUST see this documentary. Of all people you must.
Saw a movie last week called When Will I Be Loved. Neve Campbell (interesting body type) is horny all the time ("exploring her sexuality"). Her con artist boyfriend creeped me out but so did she. I guess he was supposed to. Editing irritated me to no end, acting was more like night at the improv (which can work but too much was grating on my nerves) but I loved a few scenes, particularly ones with the prof she's going to work for. He was cool. 2.5 out of 5 because I had to watch.
Someone just asked me this one a few months ago. Game theory is wild and crazy stuff.
Hi Chu, btw!
One more post on this for me, just one because I can't help myself and it's you.
I would agree with your answer had the challenge not specifically stated that cost of merchandise was not a factor. They say how much money did the store "lose" yet, in fact, the money they lost is, in my opinion, just as you say.
So then you have to think, okay, they are looking for another answer, clearly. Just because they had two counterfeit bills in the drawer at the end of the day worth 120$ doesn't cut it in my opinion, either. Doesn't mean they "lost" 120$ dollars, just means they thought they had 120$ they don't really have. That's not a loss, imo.
But they lost more than the 30$, and since we've been prohibited from considering the cost, etc., all that's left is the money they also did not make at current price totalling 90$.
Essentially, these questions are largely about finding an answer that satisfies the parameters set and not chasing the red herrings.
See you around.....
They did not say to ignore what the merchandise potentially brought in.
I came up with 120$ for this reason (probably wrong reason): They lost 90$ in merchandise (what they'd have gotten for it) and handed out 30$, equalling 120$. Somehow that's the only way I can see it.
If it was on sale for 10% off I'd have come up with 111$.
Lynch's Elephant Man is one of my favorite films of all time. Nice to see it on your list.
Saw Vera Drake a few weeks ago and really like it.
Interesting list. Diverse. Really liked 25th Hour, too. A few here I haven't seen. The only one I outright didn't like was Opus. Not bad :)
My husband brought home The Devil's Rejects tonight and after watching half an hour, I wanted to beat the crap out of my husband for bringing it into the house. What is so fascinating about exploiting, abusing and mutilating women. I've had it with that genre altogether.
I suppose "inspiring" could as well. Hmmm. Uplifting? Oh no no no.
Really moving.
Glad YOU said it.
Jessica asked me to post this image of her ideal; hope you don't mind and that nobody finds it the least bit insulting:
http://biryukoff.com/artroom/nl/p3.htm
jk, of course :)
The Sea Inside: 4 out of 5. A not for everyone, incredibly moving, dramatic film. Very Spanish stylistically but atypically understated in some ways (for a Spanish film, that is). There was one scene (with Julia on the beach) that so moved me I cried and ached along with and for Ramon.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369702/
P.S. Troy: Silly film. 2.5 out of 5, I guess, because I LOVED Hector (his wife grossed me out, though, with that affected upper lip thing so many women are doing now) and liked his dad a real lot. Brian Cox is always terrific, of course. It's just so hard for me to take Pitt seriously in a role in which he is supposed to be a real man - LOL!!!!!!!!!
Strange I should look on the movie board and see this post first. Lecture last night was on Post WWI German Expressionism. Many 20th century artists were reacting in one way or another to the manifestations of prevailing attitudes and politics of their time. When I showed two images in particular, which you can find by clicking link then captions "The Robbers" and "The Hero", I had a meltdown. Not going to get into the specifics of the meltdown but if you see these two images by George Grosz, particularly "The Robbers" you will see a relevant illustration of what you express in your post: two wealthy people who not only find this disabled vet a nuisance but abhorrent and beneath them, despite the fact that all that they have is the result of poor souls like this one doing their dirty work.
http://www.marxists.org/subject/art/visual_arts/satire/grosz/