movies

i pinpointed the location of some arts theatre in atlanta. i knew there was at least one. one is located near lindbergh, and another right here in midtown. and it seems that the one near lindburg is the same theatre as the one that dr. tryon caught 'hotel rwanda.' i found out that they're screening 'a very long engagement' which i was intending to catch this weekend, but that didnt happen, maybe next week.

im ahead of work, which takes off some pressure. i have ample time to revise for my first econs as well as my calc 2 test coming up this week.

we caught couple more films over the weekend. we watched the full version of 'the professional' yet again, and that remains to be my favorite movie of all time. then we watched 'house of sand and fog' which was amazingly filled with very strong acting by both jennifer connely as well as ben kingsley. it was very sad at how things turned out in the end though. my dad had recommended the movie to me some time ago and never got to catch it til last night, but it turned out to be a terrific film.

have i mentioned dining at moe's is great? whenever i go there, i order the homewrecker and that, to me, is equivalent of 2 meals. what happens to us in the weekend is that we wake up really late. like 12, 1, sometimes 2 pm on saturdays. and sundays. so we technically have two meals; a light brunch and dinner. and boy, that dinner last night filled me up so good i couldnt stuff any more things into my stomach except for the root beer i had during the movie.

paul took dan and me to blockbuster videos and i was really surprised to see a shelf full of foreign movies which got me really excited (obviously) coz they included some that i really wanted to catch, as well as other audrey tautou films i never had the priviledge of coming across before. if i can get to go down there more frequently, i'd be renting tons of foreign films for my pleasure. since we only had the night to watch, we rented 'love actually,' '21 grams' and 'maria full of grace.' since the only one i didnt watch was 'maria full of grace' i paid for it.

'maria full of grace' was a subtle look at how people in the lower class are lured to making quick money through drugs. the movie was predominantly based in columbia, and it also highlighted the difficulty of foreigners adjusting to life in the states and i could not help but relate that to ben kingsley's character in 'the house of sand and fog.' 'maria' wasnt spectacular, but it was interesting enough.

i remember when i watched 'love actually' 2 years ago. i remember really liking it and it also brought me memories of the times when i would just go out with my high school friends and catch movies. and somehow, this time round, i liked the movie more than that time. it might be a comedy, but to me, it was somewhat wholesome, i dont see any reason why people wouldn't like it. and i had completely forgotten that one of the wisconsin chicks was elisha cuthbert. right on, sir colin!

tech basketball was horrible last night. we had numerous chance to nick it in the last couple of minutes and we just gave it away. it was horrible. we have reasons to hate virginia tech, coz so far this season, they've beaten us in both football and basketball. i remember that night coz i was out for the jamie cullum concert and i had learnt that we were up comfortably, but we got beaten in the end. for basketball, it wasnt even supposed to be a question. but we got owned, and suffered the first loss at home. next game is against mighty no. 3 wake forest. we're so gonna get fucked.

i guess thats enough blogging for today, i better get back to my economics and CS.