December 2003 Archives
Yeah, here goes the best movies of 2003 (that I've seen). I am reserving the right to add Monster and The Cooler to the list once I see them.
10. Love Actually
9. Kill Bill vol. I
8. Fog of War
7. Once Upon A Time In Mexico
6. Mystic River
5. The Last Samurai
4. School of Rock
3. 21 Grams
2. Lost in Translation
1. City of God
This probably isn't the be-all and end-all; there are still other films I want to see but haven't. My Oscar picks will be more complete. As some have asked, Lord of the Rings is not in my top ten; it might break the top 20, but that would be a stretch. Ok, how about this, it was the best film that I saw this year that was more than 3 hours long. OK? I haven't seen Cold Mountain, and I really don't think it is gonna be that good from what I've read about it, but I will see it at some point. I also haven't seen Master and Commander for obvious reasons (more like reason) I may see it once it is in the public domain and there is no way that R.C. will make even the smallest amount of money off of me. I suppose once he dies, that would be fine for watching it too. I kinda wanna see Spellbound and Fog of War, but I'll wait a bit for the documentaries. I just saw Winged Migration, which was shot really well, but I don't think it was actually a documentary.
My lady wants me to see Mona Lisa Smile, and I am unsure if I want to watch it. Sean Means, in his worst of 2003 said that the movie was "This unpleasantness about repressed female college students is a textbook case of prominent actresses -- Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles and Maggie Gyllenhaal -- slumming in Oscar-bait hell and calling it uplifting art." I know I'll end up going to see it anyway.
Republicans, in their perpetual movement to abuse all of the power that they have for the time being, are pushing to put the Gipper on the dime, replacing one of the greatest presidents, FDR. FDR took the nation out of the depression, created social programs that improved the lives of all Americans, and led the nation into the Second World War. Not only that, but he had Polio and was a huge supporter of the March of Dimes.
Reagan was probably the most fiscally irresponsible presidents ever (although Shrub wants to top him) because of his economic policies and the most wasteful pissing contest in history with the USSR. Reagan supported terrorists in Central America and in the Middle East, and I think that most of the time he had no idea what was going on. I think this is exactly the same thing that is going on with Shrub: someone far too under-qualified, winning the highest office in the land, and letting his uber-conservative advisors dictate their will and pull the strings. I would rather see Richard Nixon's face on every coin and bill in circulation before Reagan's face goes on the dime. I know what you're saying, Reagan took down the USSR, but he didn't. Reagan didn't defeat communism in the USSR, it failed because the whole system was flawed, and was going to fail no matter who was president.
Reagan was lucky to get an airport, and I'm not willing to give him another dime. Hmm, that was pretty clever...
Yeah, so I've been pretty busy lately, and there hasn't been much in the news that I really felt like taking on, but I will be back soon with new content and entries and hopefully info about my Cuba trip.
