Distract, delude, amuse and insulate
Immaculate film,
Strathairn is button-down bad
ass. See it, pinko.
I’d like to thank Jim of Tampa Bay Media for the tickets - well, I suppose I should thank his wife, since she’s the one who procured them, but he offered. His review has a little more meat on it’s bones, but I never claimed to be Bob Ross.
As a side note - the once grand Olde Hyde Parke movie theater has fallen on hard times in the wake of stadium seating. I hadn’t been there in years, and while the ownership changes had some upsides - like beer and wine at the consession stand (with the not-so-subtle name of “MMMMMMMMMMMM”), or the liberal use of my favorite font - the issues they had during the screening were unforgivable. Audio track problems (actors occasionally had problems with the VOLUME OF THEIR VOICE) and a giant splotch that invaded the top right hand corner, and stayed there the entire time, hurt the viewing experience. It’s too bad, because I could really have gotten to like that place otherwise. It screams retro, which long-time readers (all three of you) will know is a “thing” of mine.
Teh One wrote:
You? Retro? Is that why my kitchen is powder blue?
And I think you forgot to thank one more person in that acceptance speech you just made…
Posted on 21-Oct-05 at 9:44 am | Permalink
Teh One wrote:
Attention to anyone who can’t decide what to get AO for the big day next week. I found the perfect website. Monkey Goods.com This is not a drill! Seriously. He didn’t write it but you’d swear he did.
Posted on 27-Oct-05 at 9:37 am | Permalink
Sarah wrote:
Off topic, but I wanted to tell you how much I love TampaBlab…it’s so useful. Not to mention how it pumps up those Technorati vanity searches! LOL! And I’ll need all the traffic I can get since I just got kicked out of BlogExplosion (long story). Anyway, thanks for making such a great site!
Posted on 30-Oct-05 at 9:55 pm | Permalink
brett wrote:
Thank you, Sarah, I’m very happy you like it.
I saw that knock-down-drag-out comment spree with the rocket scientists at BE, who apparently go the the Microsoft school of business, where the only good competition is either dead or assimilated. Poor bastards.
Posted on 30-Oct-05 at 10:47 pm | Permalink