catching up on mad men (season 2): i find myself compelled by the office and business scenes, but bored by the home scenes.
waiting for guffman: still the best of the christopher guest movies...and the "penny for your thoughts" is a favorite showstopper. but "then i just hate you, and i hate your ass face!" remains the reason to watch.
dracula (1979, frank langella) has some of the worst bat effects (not to mention the baffling kite scene at the end credits), but the rest of the movie is so gloriously overdone. john williams' score is one of his absolute best.
cecil b demented: hey, it's maggie gyllenhaal! and the "entourage" guy! i love this movie...i think it's more successful at character development, and sticking to a story, than most of john waters' movies (though i certainly love others of his, too). melanie griffith is terrific in this, and the lunacy of the cinema terrorists is corny, yet an ongoing highlight.
8: the mormon proposition i'm watching this, and the "executive director" of affirmation: gay & lesbian mormons is interviewed. over his shoulder is some classic (gayish) mormon "art" of moroni burying the plates...and i can only think of this guy: you make me sick.
i've been to an affirmation meeting, and their whole goal is to gain acceptance by the church. a church that they still don't recognize as being a corporation of sheltered and corrupt individuals extorting money from a fearful following.
and unfortunately, that was only the start of the sickness that i had to endure for over an hour. image after image, face after face, quote after quote, of the damage that church inflicts upon its followers.
the doc tacked on an ending meant to be uplifting and motivating to keep up the fight. but the previous hour and a quarter was just too overwhelming. there is no uplift.
