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Last night I watch saw "The Royal Tenenbaums", which was great. This and Monsters Inc may well be my fave films of 2001. I loved the ambiguity of a lot of the humor in Tenenbaums. I laughed like I haven't laughed in a long time, but at the same time could have almost cried. The script and comedic timing are absolutely perfect. What's so great is that this film is both incredibly funny and very touching. In some ways it can be compared to Amelie, but Tenenbaums rang more true than Amelie for me. It's been a while since I've seen Rushmore, but I'll have to chech it out again, and I also want to track down Bottle Rocket.

Today I saw Gosford Park. Like all the other Altman films I've seen, it was good, but didn't particularly grab me. I read in an interview that Altman meant for this film to be seen multiple times, and I can see why. It was only toward the end that I was able to keep track of all the characters and their relationships with each other. I have a feeling I'll get much more out of the film next time I see it.

I didn't mention in earlier, but of course I've seen "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring". It's a very good film, I really can't imagine the movie adaptation being done much better. That said, it's not a film that has me raving about it. It didn't stick with me afterwards like films I really enjoy do.

Just picked up a CD by The Secret Chiefs 3, which is a side project of the Mr. Bungle members, without Mike Patton. It's pretty cool, very much middle eastern infuenced. I find myself really liking music by "rock" bands that have expanded their scope to include lots of other influences, groups like Mr. Bungle, Radiohead, etc.

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Posted on Sat, 5 Jan 2021 at 16:59