Movies Galore!

Anyone that knows me knows that I like to see movies. Well, today I saw 3 and a half.....which is even a little much for me!

At this point you may be asking "and a half?" Well, at work today I finished the second half for Bringing Up Baby, a film from 1938 staring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Without giving away the plot, I will say that this is a funny movie that I'm glad I watched. It's not like most comedies nowadays-it's a classic. This one posseses a certain charm to it most modern comedies lack. If you can get your hands at it I'd suggest watching it, I'd say it's great for a family night.

After work I went out to the movies to see the new movie Knowing, staring Nicholas Cage. Me, my cousin Cara, and Jason are all in agreement that it wasn't his best movie, but it wasn't bad. Again, I don't wish to give away the plot again--in case you are planning on seeing it--so I'll just say this:it was well-thought out. What they did with the numbers impressed me a bit, and the symbolism is definitly evident at several points. Some things were a little predictable for my taste, but I could deal with it. I also laughed a bit more than I would've expected, I gotta say that the kid is probably my favorite character. =]
All-in-all I think that I got my money's worth.

Same with Watchmen. I'll leave it breif for this movie.....I saw it recently after being excited after seeing the trailers these past few months. I gotta say, aside from the excessive violence I really liked this movie. If you don't like violence I wouldn't suggest seeing it, but if you like to see violence and action and a little bit of thought then I'd say see it. I'll also say that I thought the opening title sequence was probably my favorite part out of the movie. As in knowing, that particular sequence is chock-ful of symbolism and allusions and homages....pay close attention.

To wrap up my movie-watching day.....I just got done watching the entire Back To the Future trilogy. I really love this series and wouldnt watch one like it unless I had access to and time to watch all of them. If you have never done this I suggest doing it.
The people that wrote this series were, in my opinion, brilliant. They had to take into account history and time during 4 periods throughout the series--with several events happening to change history in two of them. Now, after saying this I would like to close out by putting the following piece of trivia from IMDB....it makes ya think a little....

There exist enough clues in all three movies to reconstruct the travels of the DeLorean precisely (to within a few minutes at worst, except 2015 Biff's arrival in 1955 and Doc's personal travels). There are a few interesting things to note: Not counting the time Doc traveled by himself, the DeLorean spent nearly 71 years (on its own time scale) from its first time travel to its destruction. By the time Marty made his ultimate return to 1985, he was approx. 14 days, 3 hours, and 27 minutes older than he should have been; Jennifer, on the other hand, is 7 hours and 26 minutes younger than she should have been. Another interesting conclusion is a point of contention. There are two theories, one of which drops the last item. On November 12, 1955, between the time Biff arrived (or 6 am, whichever came later) and 6:38 pm (the time he left), there were four DeLoreans present in Hill Valley (ordered from its point of view): (1) The instance when Marty was trapped in 1955 in the original movie, (2) the instance when Biff came to 1955 to give himself the almanac, (3) the instance when Marty and Doc came back to 1955 to take the almanac back, and (4) the instance when it was waiting in the abandoned mine. Those who do not agree with (4) argue that according to the "ripple effect" timeline as presented in the films, there wouldn't be a DeLorean hidden by Doc in the mine until later that evening, when the lightning blast would accidentally send Doc back to 1885, thereby altering the timeline. It is *entirely true* that *we* do not ever witness a moment in the films where all four instances coexist, but the text "ordered from its point of view" above should hint at a solution. Once the DeLorean is in 1885, consider what it would detect (if it were in a position to witness the comings and goings of its former selves): over 70 years of peace, then (1) arrives, then (2) and (3) arrive in some order; (2) then leaves at 6:38, (3) leaves around 10 pm, and (1) leaves at 10:04. (4) itself leaves soon after that. If we grant that all three of those instances (1-3) continue to exist in the "final" timeline, then there should be no problem accepting this theory. Still not convinced? Consider the 100-year gap near the end of BTTF III when Marty takes the DeLorean on its final journey. 70 years into it, for a few hours, there are 4 instances of the car.

Goodnight everyone =]