July, 13, 2003 archives

i'd fallen out of the movie-watching habit for the last month or so, but finally picked it up again this weekend, starting with the replacements. you could think of it as major league for football, but not as wacky. the football stuff looked great (some of it was shot during halftime of a preseason baltimore ravens game), and the rest of the movie was on the right side of the "not bad" line. and even keanu whoa reeves couldn't fumble the delivery of this cheesy, but fun, miniature motivational speech: pain heals. chicks dig scars. glory lasts forever.

another mini-movie-review: the seven year itch, a 1950's classic starring marilyn monroe and tom ewell. funny, if dated. it is based on a play, and clearly shows those roots. i'm a little surprised there hasn't been a modern remake, since the film suffered from the censorship of the hayes office.

one totally trivial thing that popped out at me was when ewell was reading the list of ingredients on a soft drink and it had corn syrup instead of sugar. i had always been under the impression that the prevalence of corn syrup was a more recent phenomena.