...Thinking About Movies...

Just watched this movie from Netflix....if you want to watch a surfing movie (really, a bioptic) ...this is the one...  I knew Half Moon Bay from my Navy/MGB days...  These waves make Oahu's north shore look tame...  Movie has flaws, but the surfing ain't one of them...

Maverick Review

Gotta love Netflix, 2 flixs watched before this were Argo & then the 50+ year old B&W Notorious Landlady, with Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Fred Astaire & the wonderful Lionel Jefferies...  The ending of that movie puts it at the top of these 3 movies, & ahead of a heck of a lot more...  all worth watching, & I love the diversity/incongruity of putting these 3 movies into my own unique "triple-feature"…

From the IMDb reviews…

“This has got to be one of the funniest movies ever produced. Jack Lemmon and Kim Novak are truly outstanding. Easy to follow, with twists that keep you guessing. Kim Novak is the attractive American landlady. Jack Lemmon is the American diplomat. Together they make magic as the plot's twist and turns develop. This is a must see for Novak fans. If you like a good old fashion mystery that keeps you on the edge of your seat. and laughing, this is the film to see. Fred Astaire also gives a very good performance. As Jack Lemmon's boss, he also is taken with the charm and beauty of Novak. The laughs keep coming as the the two of them, Lemmon and Astaire, do everything in their power to help Novak in her time of need. If you love Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, and Fred Astaire than this movie is for you.”

I personally think the final chase scene with the band playing that wonderful Gilbert & Sullivan music is perfect!

…thinking a specialty…

Well, does the Internet need another blog?  Of course not, but here I am anyway...  Back in the day, I used to clip articles & snippets from newspapers, magazines, & grab other weird ephemera, & stick them along with copies of pages from books & whatever else I found in folders for close friends & relatives...  Just stuff that caught my eye or my mind... things I thought (hoped) others would also find of interest, intriguing, or at least worth a glance & a thought...  as time & chance permitted I would pass these piles along...  Then came the digital world, & I started to expand & also do the same in a copy/paste/send mode... works OK, but becomes harder to know exactly to what permutation of friends I should/would/could send which of these bon-mots along to...  Blogs seem an interesting alternative approach... I can just throw stuff out over the transom & see what happens or whose fancy it hits...

Recently read a book on changing media & how to know assess sources...  Blur: How to Know What's True in the Age of Information Overload  (more about it sometime) ...  They were estimating over 150 million blogs (US origins, I guess)... have seen guesstimates of continuing exponential growth with number of English language blogs approaching 500 million... guess I won't worry about standing out in the crowd, wonder how the serendipity of finding a blog that strikes a resonant chord with you occurs...  Anyway, with over 300 million folk in US & maybe 250 million of us on the Internet, seems somewhat of a morass to me at best.  Liked their description of blogs... like muffins, they are all pretty much the same shape, but also like muffins, they can span the entire range from healthy well-made bran to haphazardly constructed sugary lumps...  

Not that I consider myself in the same sphere, but does seem that now that Andy Rooney has retired his typewriter, perhaps a little more room for folk like moi to do these "You know what I think? pieces...  did like what he said in his last appearance.. that he always tried to tell the truth, & was just a reporter & a guy who spoke what he wrote...  He also had the advantage of being unimpressed & probably more importantly, un-intimidated by just about anybody...  I think he was the perfect curmudgeon, who in my mind can be described as a "lovable grump"... he could also be quite pawky... (a word I've always liked, since seeing it as a kid in a Sherlock Holmes story...  someone who is shrewd, witty & humorously crafty...)...