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Today I went to a matinee showing of the new movie 'Watchmen' with my friend Chris. We decided to see it at the Uptown where they have a really big screen and we opted to try our luck with the 12:15 showing, figuring it would be less crowded. We were right on that score. The theater was only about two-thirds full and we were able to snag prime seats in the balcony. As we left we noticed that there were already people in line for the next showing, even though it was still more than an hour away.

'Watchmen' has gotten some bad reviews, but Chris and I both liked it. I read the graphic novel back when I was in high school and I had forgotten most of it. Basically all I could remember was who the bad guy actually was, and that Dr. Manhattan was kind of an ass. I think they did a good job of adapting it for the big screen. They devoted a fair amount of time to developing the story and the characters and it wasn't just stunts and fights, although it was a fairly brutal movie in parts.

Visually speaking it was very well done and it avoided looking fakey. The performances were mixed. The actor portraying Nite Owl did the best job with his role, and he's really the only completely likeable character. The other characters you can like, but with some reservations. The rest of the cast was so-so. The actor playing Rohrschach was quite good, but his character is pretty one-dimensional. Homicidal sociopaths tend to be like that.

All things considered it was a pretty good movie. It does a good job of taking a look at the dark side of being a superhero and the costs that lifestyle carries with it. The movie is rather hard on women, though. There are only two female characters and they flip between being vixens or victims, plus there is a vicious attempted rape scene that was tough to watch. Also, I could do quite nicely with a little less screen time for Dr. Manhattan's swinging and swaying blue male member. Would it have killed him to wear pants a bit more often?

(March 7, 2009)

I watched a movie titled A Good Woman starring Scarlett Johansson ( I like her a lot!) and Helen Hunt (excellent performance!).
And here I'd like to share with you some of my favourite quotes from it:

“If you go out from the back, you’ll never come in from the front. A lady always leave the way she came.”

“A man can’t be happy with one woman.”
“Man can be happy with any woman, as long as he doesn’t love her.”

“I find the best way to keep my words is never to give it.”

“A man should never buy his wife jewellery; it makes her wonder what he bought for his mistress.”

“If everyone knew what everyone said of each other, there won’t be four friends in the world.”

“Marital bliss is a great burdan to place on two people, sometimes a third person is needed to lighten the load.”

“If we're always guided by others' thoughts, what's the point having our own?”

“Once a wife has been betrayed she has the right to do likewise.”

“Believe me darling, it happens to us all, undying love is like the ghosts in your villa, everybody talks about it, but try to find one person who has seen it.”

“Crying is the refuge of plain women. Pretty women go shopping.”

“Every man is born for truth, but every man dies a liar.”

“It takes practice and skill to live without regret.”