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Wednesday, November 22, 2006

happy thanksgiving!

may you be as happy as n-than oin-s both tonight and on thanksgiving day!

andrew david "smiley" saskatoon, saskatchewan.

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book ratings

16.the road.cormac mccarthy
16.the crossing.cormac mccarthy
16.all the pretty horses.cormac mccarthy
15.east of eden.john steinbeck
14.gilead.marilynne robinson
13.the martian chronicles.ray bradbury
13.the crying of lot 49.thomas pynchon
13.the complete stories.flannery o'connor
13.the brief wondrous life of oscar wao
13.night.elie wiesel
13.blue like jazz.donald miller
13.big machine.victor lavalle
12.twilight innings.robert a fink
12.pilgrim at tinker creek.annie dillard
12.leaving church.barbara brown taylor
11.white noise.don delillo
11.the reverend.james perry walker
11.the great divorce.cs lewis
11.harry potter & the 1/2-blood prince.jk rowling
11.candide.voltaire - funny, too didactic
10.the culturally savvy christian.dick staub
10.scientific english.robert day
10.gather at the river.hal crowther
10.cities of the plain.cormac mccarthy
10.harry potter & the deathly hallows.jk rowling
09.she's come undone.wally lamb
08.the trial.franz kafka
08.the hijacking of jesus.dan wakefield
08.daily, before your eyes.margaret-love denman
06.an american trajedy.theodore dreiser
03.the master and margarita.mikhail bulgakov
01.bad; 17.good; links are to my reviews

film ratings

15.good night and good luck - in black and white
14.searching for bobby fischer - swell
14.magnolia - foul-mouthed, violent, abusive ch's
14.little miss sunshine - funny, thoughtful
13.united 93 - somber yet poignant
13.tristram shandy... - funny; inventive filmmaking
13.the last king of scotland - violence, sex, profanity
13.syriana - thoughtful, hard to follow
13.elf - quite funny (until the plot takes over)
13.crash - profane, violent; lacks subtlety
12.why we fight - depressing
12.the queen - slow
12.sophie scholl:final days - like a german tv movie
12.no end in sight - (outdated?) documentary
12.l'enfant - slow, awkward, in french
12.inside job - great until the last 1/3
12.casino royale - drawn out poker, best bond yet
12.brick - dialogue tough to follow
12.borat... - crude, offensive
11.the three burials of melquiades estrada
11.the son - slow, awkward, in french
11.the nativity story
11.the departed - long, violent, crude
11.stranger than fiction - don't expect funny
11.stop-loss - profane, violent; angrifying
11.spiderman III
11.searching for the wrong-eyed jesus - quirky
11.blood diamond - brutal, bloody
11.apocalypto - brutal, gibsonesque
10.you, me, and everyone we know - disturbing kids
10.the storekeeper - short, silent
10.the squid and the whale - plot to nowhere
10.the illusionist
10.the family stone - funny
10.the curse of the were-rabbit - funny
10.munich - long, too many kettles boiling
10.brokeback mtn - long; mostly hype
10.300 - very violent
09.tsotsi - gaps in ch. developm; poorly translated
09.the matador - funny, cheesy, odd
09.prairie home companion - scattered, slow style
09.mi3 - i almost fell asleep, mi1 is better
09.flags of our fathers - too many characters
09.dandelion - awkward, disjointed, and strange
09.blades of glory
08.ice age 2 - it's whatever you're expecting
08.flight plan - better than i expected
08.fearless - martial arts movie
08.chariots of fire - boring
07.v for vendetta - worse than i expected
07.the lake house - chick flick for illogical chicks
07.the da vinci code - crammed, silly, wrong
07.talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby
07.friends with money - tried too hard
07.capt'n corelli's mandolin - nicholas cage sucks
06.the american - sleep inducing
06.picnic at hanging rock - gets lost in itself
06.match point - sooo long
05.new world - boring, cliche (sorry jeff)
04.be kind rewind - worst film of '08 so far
03.snakes on a plane - why did i see this?
01.bad; 17.good; *.unfinished
!.it links to my review; bold.new

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