Three flicks. One good, one bad and one ugly (or not entirely bad, but just sort of lame). The good movie this month, surprisingly, was
Babel (a more obvious choice would've been Borat, but...) A sometimes fan of
Alejandro González Iñárritu, this film was layered, subtle and as good as his second feature. The bad: Crispin "Hellion" Glover's
What Is It? We saw this film, as well as Glover's Big Slide Show performance, at
Anthology last week. While Glover compared himself to the likes of
Bunuel and
Herzog, he came across more like P.T. Barnum. Employing (I use that term loosely since I don't think he actually paid them) subjects with Down Syndrome and a range of other physical and mental abnormalities, Glover was really trying to be cutting edge, but the final product was just embarrassingly bad (sort of the same effect as changing one's middle name to
Hellion... ahem). The ugly (or not great, just so-so) was, hesitantly,
The Queen. Dame
Helen Mirren was the only thing that carried this film along, as she always does. Not intending to see this film at the theater, we went because it got 98% on
rottentomatoes. We got burned. Watching the royal family squirm in modern society was fun, but the fact that it only portrayed Elizabeth in a one-week glance was an odd script decision. This queen has seen so much in her lifetime as monarch. To center the entire film around Princess Di was... well, lame. Again, it wasn't a terrible film (it was
Frears, after all), it just wasn't necessary to see it on the big screen - really more of a TV movie.
After trying to lure her out here for years, Subburdenite finally landed in Stink Town for a whole week! While she'd been east before - on a summer trip in our New England days - she said she'd never felt 39 degrees before. Luckily, she rented some gloves and a coat.
While here, Subburdenite celebrated T-Day with us at one of our favorite little restaurants on the less-frequented Upper East Side. Then we took a rainy evening stroll through Central Park's beautiful mid-section...
While Dan excelled in both Asteroids and Robotron, Sub kicked his butt when on Frogger! It was embarrassing, and impressive. Had Barcade owned Defender, Dan might have regained the lead, but no such luck...
To the nerdy video-game victor belong the cupcake spoils!
While courted by a few worthy fellows during her trip, Sub settles on Mr. Oscar - clearly the one with the most potential, and the best head of hair.
Bye, bye Sub! Thanks for visiting and reminding us how wonderful Stinky Town can be. Cheers!
