26 January 2004, the wee hours
Documentaries are cool. My cousin was telling me about one he saw recently called “the Corporation”. The film describes how corporations, if treated like people, would be classified as psychopaths by clinical psychologists. The film illustrates how corporations behave like psychopaths. It sounds quite interesting. Another film I really want to see is Fog of War, a documentary about Robert McNamara. The film is about his reflections on the things he has done in his life, and the mistakes he made. Watch the trailer. The film looks amazing.
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20 December 2003, early evening
I saw the last installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy today. What an excellent movie. I can’t wait for them to make the mother of all box sets for it. I wonder how long we will have to wait for such a thing.
I have been reading quicksilver. The book is good so far I suppose, though not much has happened yet. It is a confusing read keeping track of all the characters however. I want to finish it before school starts again, though I don’t know if that is possible.
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10 December 2003, evening time
Went to the Princess cinema again last night to watch a french film, L’auberge Espagnole. Nabeel recommended we go watch the movie, and it was a good call on his part. An excellent film, very entertaining, about a boy who goes to Spain on an exchange and lives with a group of other European kids living in Spain.
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9 December 2003, terribly early in the morning
Watched the animation show at the Princess. Some of the cartoons were really good, some not so. The ones by Don Hertzfeldt were quite funny. My favourite of the bunch was the last cartoon, das rad (the rocks). There are lots of good cartoons, so I recommend you rent the film if you can, but I really don’t think it is worth spending a lot of money to go see at a cinema.
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3 December 2003, late afternoon
Exam week is well underway. I haven’t been as productive as I could have been these first two days, so I am trying to make up for my poor work ethic now by working extra hard. My first exam will be this friday, and that exam is CO 485 (Crpyto). I suspect the exam will be quite hard, but we will have to wait and see if I am right about that. My second exam is the very next day, and that is CO 442 (Graph Theory). I can’t wait for these two exams to be done with. I need to do well so I don’t end up with an incredibly low mark in both classes.
Watched Gothika last night with Shima, Gary, Marveric and Antonia. The film was entertaining I would say, an interesting story. I didn’t find the film too scary, but Shima was jumping out of her chair whenever something scary was happening. Though her jumping out of her chair isn’t a good way to gauge how scary a film is I suppose.
Back to work for me. I’ll be back home in Toronto in two weeks, so everyone there should clear there schedule.
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2 December 2003, the wee hours
Just got back from watching Wild Strawberries, a film by Ingmar Bergman. Quite a melancholy film I would say, all about regret and taking stock in ones life. Walking back home, through the snow, in the dark, also felt quite melancholy. The term is almost over.
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7 November 2003, evening time
I’ve watched the last Matrix film two days ago, and the Texas Chain Saw massacre yesterday. The latter film was surprisingly good. I wasn’t expecting much from a horror film, but they did quite a good job I must say. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was definitely more coherent a movie then the Matrix. Not that the matrix was bad mind you. I just think the Matrix should have been much better. I now am waiting patiently for the last Lord of the Rings film.
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25 September 2003, terribly early in the morning
Just saw Underworld. Damn that is a good movie. Go and watch it if you haven’t already. It is very excellent. I’m not one to say anything more about a movie lest I give away some of the plot. Just go watch it.
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