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shimaera's perspective on the movie. According to the movie, there are three stages of a magic trick: The Pledge, where the magician presents an ordinary item to the audience. The Turn, where the magician does something to that ordinary object, and finally, the Prestige, where the magician brings it back. According to Wikipedia, The Prestige is a made up term.
I saw part of the ending coming, and was a hair's breath away from figuring out the rest. All in all, a fun film.
The rest of the day involved some running of errands, laundry, and quality goofing off. Tomorrow morning I work, and hopefully it will not take long.
Monday, I get ready for scheduling my root canal. The first appointment is with my dentist. He will validate that yes, my tooth is ripe for a root canal. After all, I can't chew on that tooth sans pain. However, the swelling has gone down immensely. Yay for antibiotics.
I'm catching up on watching the previous week's telvision shows.
-Veronica Mars: Nice 80s references. Though Mr. Microphone might have been pre 80, if I recall correctly. Maybe it was just in the early 80s.
-Battlestar Galactica - Still fantastic, after all these episodes. I'm glad Starbuck is starting to straighten up and fly right. Or so it seems
-Smallville - Jimmy Olson is waiting for the firm hand of evolution to shoo him off the planet.
-Heroes - Save the Cheerleader, Save the World. I'm tired of that mantra, now. I miss the days of far more illusive phrases or words like "Rosebud".
Oh, and in the previews before The Prestige, I saw a preview for Mel Gibson's latest movie, Apocalypto. What a terrible title for the movie. Unless it is some ancient Mayan term. Upon some investigation, it turns out to be a greek verb for "I reveal". Greek title, mayan movie. Now, I recallchaodai discussing this movie many months ago. While I think it's a less than favorable title for a movie, it is fun to say. But originally, the word "Apocalypto" made me think of Alpacas. Hence, Alpacalypto was born. I haven't taken the time to look for the original thread, but apparently I suggested a sequel as well.
As a result, when I saw the preview for Apocalypto, and saw this:
I actually think of this:
So, effectively, I'm just not going to be able to see this movie without Alpaca on the dome. Unfortunately, I'm not alone in this thought.
The Prestige was an engaging story. I'm sure it would be even more amusing to hear
shimaera's perspective on the movie. According to the movie, there are three stages of a magic trick: The Pledge, where the magician presents an ordinary item to the audience. The Turn, where the magician does something to that ordinary object, and finally, the Prestige, where the magician brings it back. According to Wikipedia, The Prestige is a made up term. I saw part of the ending coming, and was a hair's breath away from figuring out the rest. All in all, a fun film.
The rest of the day involved some running of errands, laundry, and quality goofing off. Tomorrow morning I work, and hopefully it will not take long.
Monday, I get ready for scheduling my root canal. The first appointment is with my dentist. He will validate that yes, my tooth is ripe for a root canal. After all, I can't chew on that tooth sans pain. However, the swelling has gone down immensely. Yay for antibiotics.
I'm catching up on watching the previous week's telvision shows.
-Veronica Mars: Nice 80s references. Though Mr. Microphone might have been pre 80, if I recall correctly. Maybe it was just in the early 80s.
-Battlestar Galactica - Still fantastic, after all these episodes. I'm glad Starbuck is starting to straighten up and fly right. Or so it seems
-Smallville - Jimmy Olson is waiting for the firm hand of evolution to shoo him off the planet.
-Heroes - Save the Cheerleader, Save the World. I'm tired of that mantra, now. I miss the days of far more illusive phrases or words like "Rosebud".
Oh, and in the previews before The Prestige, I saw a preview for Mel Gibson's latest movie, Apocalypto. What a terrible title for the movie. Unless it is some ancient Mayan term. Upon some investigation, it turns out to be a greek verb for "I reveal". Greek title, mayan movie. Now, I recall
chaodai discussing this movie many months ago. While I think it's a less than favorable title for a movie, it is fun to say. But originally, the word "Apocalypto" made me think of Alpacas. Hence, Alpacalypto was born. I haven't taken the time to look for the original thread, but apparently I suggested a sequel as well. As a result, when I saw the preview for Apocalypto, and saw this:
I actually think of this:
So, effectively, I'm just not going to be able to see this movie without Alpaca on the dome. Unfortunately, I'm not alone in this thought.
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Date: 2006-11-05 08:13 am (UTC)My co-worker Anthony and I, when we hit the right level of exhaustion after 9/11, said we were going to start a sect called "Al-Paqaa," dedicated to wiping out free stashes of food in public gathering spaces everywhere.
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Date: 2006-11-05 09:07 am (UTC)Well, at least Mel-Melly-Mel is agains the Iraq war.
But I hope that's not because he looks like Saddam Hussein on the run.
Oh, and...
Date: 2006-11-05 08:14 am (UTC)Re: Oh, and...
Date: 2006-11-05 09:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-05 08:16 am (UTC)I got to see the unfinished print of Apocalypto a few weeks ago and it was amazing. I can't wait to see the finished film next month!
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Date: 2006-11-05 08:50 am (UTC)(Less so for Mel Gibson these days)
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Date: 2006-11-05 10:41 pm (UTC)I really liked the Prestige, enough that I'm curious to see it again for the Sixth-Sense-style "what other clues were we supposed to catch?" ;) Heroes I'm still watching but it seems so NBC-style glossy to me I'm not sure about it...we'll see...
Good luck with your tooth! :(
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Date: 2006-11-05 10:42 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-11-06 05:01 am (UTC)cheers,
Phil
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Date: 2006-11-06 07:07 am (UTC)