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Dark Water

August 23, 2007

The most exciting movie starring Jennifer Connelly with the word "dark" in the title since Dark City (which is better than all three Matrix movies put together, by the way, and also--to raise its stature even higher--better than the first one seen in the possible world where the other two never existed).

Not that I've seen Dark Water yet, but I have watched the previews on the DVD. Some pretty great stuff:

Annapolis: This looks hilariously crappy. Also, that isn't how I remember Annapolis or the Naval Academy at all. Where was I all those years? . . . Oh yeah. By the way, it's a lot easier than the trailer makes it look to become a naval officer. Secret strategy: go to St John's instead. Graduate, take some extra science and math courses. Apply (and get accepted) to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Voila! Become a naval (or other military) officer and a medical student simultaneously. Addendum: only do this if it helps your spouse get his Ph.D. in something really cool.

Flightplan: Looks like Air Force One meets Panic Room, but without either Harrison Ford or Forest Whitaker. Meh.

Shopgirl: I actually did see this, and I liked it all right. I don't recall it well enough to critique it as a movie, because what stands out the most is that Jason Schwartzman should be in more movies because he's awesome, and that this one seems unique in that Steve Martin is starring in a film based on his own novel, something I imagine many writers dream of but almost none accomplish.

My next entry will be more substantive--I promise.