08-04-2005

585) Marnie. One of Hitchcock's most underrated and underappreciated films my ass. There's a reason you never hear "Marnie" and "Hitchcock's best" in the same sentence. This was simply a loose hodgepodge of Hitchcockian themes: obsession (Vertigo, Rear Window), repressed memory (Spellbound), and psychological motivations for criminal action, especially from childhood trauma (Psycho). All of those had been explored more thoroughly and far better and there was really no reason for this. It probably wouldn't have been so bad if Hedren had only chewed the scenery instead of dumping a whole bottle of Texas Pete on and devouring it, and if Connery's character were even remotely sympathetic (he went from lifeless to creepy to sleazy to rapist and then back to lifeless) but she did and he wasn't so there you go. Serious misstep on Hitchcock's part. Dreadful.

586) Shattered Glass. Besides the obvious political reasons, I wouldn't want to hang out with the staff of The New Republic just cause those guys are dorks.

587) The United States of Leland. Drop the Leland and this might have been good. For real, all of the philosophical voice over nonsense was totally destracting and incredibly stupid. You could literally remove all of his scenes and use the spare time to focus more on the grief surrounding the families and made this twice the movie it is. Whatever.

587 down, 413 to go.

14 more days til surgery.

29 more days til Bama (and UAB) football.

37 more shopping days til my birthday.

I am so sexy.