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01.22.2005

Last night's excursion to Grand Rapids was pleasanter than anticipated. A nice Indian dinner, followed by The House of Flying Daggers, the latest film by Zhang Yimou. Like his previous films, it's beautiful cinematography, coupled w/ unbelievable martial arts scenes, set to a delicate soundtrack, w/ long parts of boring story. Still, the set-up, semi-blind, double date was enjoyable. W/ even a non-set-up, non-blind, second date set for Sunday to see I ♥ Huckabees.

The evening ended on a bit of a sour note, after encountering a sudden snow storm on the way back from Grand Rapids, which ended w/ us abandoning Dan's car in the drift just inside Kalamazoo.

Posted by Miguel at 04:29 PM

Comments

Huckabees was my favorite movie last year. Mark Wahlberg has turned into a pretty good actor.

Posted by: eduardo at January 23, 2005 01:26 AM

I'm so jealous! I want to see that and "A Very Long Engagement" so badly. Did you go to Celebration Cinema or Studio 28? Because if so that's the same movie chain I work for (Jack Loeks Theaters).

And now I have a cold. C'est la vie. Hope you're feeling better though.

Posted by: Kara at January 23, 2005 02:17 AM

Loved House of Flying Daggers. Zhang's movies are visualling breathtaking.

Watch "ChungKing Express" and "2046", by director Leung Kar Wai. They're both excellent movies too.

Posted by: Stephanie at January 24, 2005 01:52 AM