king kong = 2 hours too long

so, against my better judgment, i went to see king kong tonight. when i first saw the previews, i thought, okay, this looks awful. then i read a bunch of good reviews, and decided to see it anyway, mostly because it's playing at this wicked cool theater in dc called the uptown - it has a huge screen that's kind of curved and it's fantastic. anyway, i went to see the movie tonight with chris and priya, and man, it was 3 hours of my life i'll never get back.

i guess my chief complaint is that it was 20 minutes of plot stretched out over almost 3.5 hours. literally every scene could have easily been cut in half, and it would have been to the film's great benefit. this led to a complete lack of momentum, and as a consequence, scenes that should have been fraught with tension ended up falling completely flat. i mean, the CG was impressive, but really, it wasn't enough.

so, thumbs down.

also a thumbsdown to the show undeclared, which everyone on netflix said was just as good as freaks and geeks, but really is just awful.

and, ruth suggested that i update my "what i'm listening to" section and i realized that over a month after my last update, i'm still listening to the same albums. but in the spirit of variety, i replaced iron & wine with clap your hands say yeah, but the orange and pink totally ruins my color scheme. i'll have to put some thought into this.