tales from the rock

great flick.  loved the cast, the visuals were great, and the the story was really entertaining.  you could see a lot of it coming, but thanks to some ‘magic’ late in the story, they were able to throw in a couple unseen twists.

The Prestige follows two rival magicians as they seek to outdo, and simultaneously ruin the other.  early in their careers, a horrible accident introduces the rift that would keep them at each other forever.  Michael Cain plays a great character, who walks wolverine through his part of the story.  the movie shows you the face of love, hate, commitment, disappointment, victory, and what it means to not even notice the power these emotions have over you when you have lost the forest in the trees.
the movie is far from great, but I certainly don’t feel like I wasted my life watching it.  all in all, a positive rent.

some stories are easy to tell.  maybe good stories just tell themselves.  this one had the help of Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges.  even without him, this is a good movie.

the sport reality show/documentary is one of my favorite genres, and ‘Heart of the Game’ ranks right up there with the best of them.  I’m not really sure how you judge a movie like this.  cinematography is usually ignored (since most of these shows are shot on DV cams, or whatever a filmmaker can find).  luck seems to play a major part as well - you can’ t really tell whats going to happen over a 7 year period before you start since there is no script for life.  maybe this instinctive foresight is what makes a good documentarian.  even editing a final print is tough, since any ’story’ that emerges is only visible in hindsight, and you can’t go back to get the footage you missed.
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did I ever mention I read the ‘Getting Things Done’ book, and was trying to implement the methodology?  I set up my outlook and PDA, even bought this Outlook add-in to help.  pretty good stuff I must say.  I could not bring myself to setup the 43 folders on my desk (although I did buy a labeler, and redid all my files at home).

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