Yesterday I accused Netflix of throttling me because my latest movie was going to take three days to get to me. The movie arrived today and now I realize the delay was my fault. By picking such an obscure movie it had to come from Netflix’s mountain vault in Reno, NV.
I rented “Written in the Wind” at the suggestion of my soon to be retired manager who said he saw it in college. He couldn’t exactly remember what the movie was about, but he thought is was pretty good. What he did remember vividly was the opening sequence where Robert Stark is bombing around the deserted street of a western town in a flashy two seat Allard J2.
It was a little over the top, which apparently all the critics love, but we hated, so we turned it off after about 10 minutes…
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/06: 35
Best movie I’ve seen in the last few years is “Red Violin” another old favorite is “Das Boot” – german, subtitles or “the boat” dubbed in english (not recommended) – check ebert for his reviews to give a preview of if you might like them.
Struggled mightily to watch Das Boot, but I just couldn’t stay with it. It was not because of the subtitles either, I’ve seen several movies with subtitles that I have enjoyed enough to see more than once. I even have “Amelie” & “Mishima.” I did enjoy Red Violin when I saw it several years ago, may have to stick it back in the rental queue…