View From the Bushes

As I thought, "The Dead" did not lend itself to being made into a musical. There were some good songs, but overall the production was somewhat tedious. Also, I had the vague but insistent feeling that I needed to possess a certain amount of Irish racial meloncholy in order to appreciate the play. In the end I was glad that it was short; I couldn't have taken it if it had been any longer. On the other hand after months of patiently waiting I finally got to see Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Now there's a story.

I donate platelets about once or twice a month and while I do, I get to watch a movie. From the moment they put ESotSM on the list I've asked to watch it and each time they told me that it wasn't there, that it was at another location, etc. Finally, the last time they called me up to schedule an appointment I told them that I wasn't coming in unless they found that movie. So they did, from some of the things the technicians were saying I almost get the impression that they bought a new copy just for me and the four or five other people who were demanding to see it.

After waiting so long I had really built the movie up to an enormous degree and though it did not exceed my expectations it did meet them, which given how much I had idealized the movie, is saying a lot. I still think I liked Garden State better of the movies that came out in 2004, but it's close. Of course I haven't seen any of the best picture nominees for 2004, so I should probably see those before I get too attached, but looking at them with the exception of the movie Clint Eastwood directed (I have always enjoyed his directing), Million Dollar Baby, my sense is that there is very little chance I would enjoy them any more.

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Ross