Letdown as relief

I really, really liked THE DEPARTED.

Frankly, I think it's a Scorsese masterwork, equal to GOODFELLAS and TAXI DRIVER.
Really.

Anywho, I knew it was a remake of INFERNAL AFFAIRS, which always bothered me a little bit.
I wondered how much of the brilliance of the movie -the things that I loved the most- were from a Hong Kong actioner.

Well, there was a DEPARTED/INFERNAL AFFAIRS double feature at one of the best theaters in the country, the New Beverly Theater. I was relieved to find out that the genius was largely Scorsese, the writer and his brilliant editor Thelma Schoonmaker.

I fell asleep during INFERNAL affairs about five times. And don't give me any crap about subtitles, pacing or cultural differences. I love THE SEVEN SAMURAI, and I've seen fucking TAMPOPO and DRIFTING WEEDS you uncultured baboons, so eat me.

Do you miss old Ben Folds Five?

If you do, don't fear.

These guys took up the banner. Or whatever.


I swear I have a post about work coming up. It's been so long since I've posted, I'm sure my 2 readers are terrified...

Super Quick

I haven't posted in a long time, and have a work-related post coming up for certain.

In the meantime, I thought this was interesting.

The line the made me "lol" was this; "Washington banned handguns in 1976, saying it was designed to reduce violent crime in the nation's capital. The City Council that adopted the ban said it was justified because "handguns have no legitimate use in the purely urban environment of the District of Columbia."
How's that workin' out for ya DC?*

*Keep in mind, the handgun ban went into effect in 1976. Look at the murders per year after that year, especially in the 80's.