Comments on: W http://b.rox.com/2007/06/05/w/ Life in the Flood Zone Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:40:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: chantal http://b.rox.com/2007/06/05/w/#comment-122364 chantal Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:17:43 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2007/06/05/w/#comment-122364 Whatever happened to baby Jane? Is one of my favorite movies, I made Jeremy buy it for me when it came out on dvd. I also really liked the Witches when I saw it. Whatever happened to baby Jane? Is one of my favorite movies, I made Jeremy buy it for me when it came out on dvd. I also really liked the Witches when I saw it.

]]> By: ashley http://b.rox.com/2007/06/05/w/#comment-119535 ashley Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:38:41 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2007/06/05/w/#comment-119535 Cool. Season 2 of The Wire got the best ratings, and many pundits blame that on the fact that the cast was "whiter" than usual. It was my least favorite as well. Cool. Season 2 of The Wire got the best ratings, and many pundits blame that on the fact that the cast was “whiter” than usual. It was my least favorite as well.

]]> By: Jon Nelson http://b.rox.com/2007/06/05/w/#comment-119414 Jon Nelson Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:36:00 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2007/06/05/w/#comment-119414 Wild Parrots squeezed out a tear or two from me. Mostly it's a picture of a San Francisco that's all but gone. Tiny houses on Telegraph Hill sell for around a million dollars. There's no room for odd ducks or lonesome friends of the birds. Much of the movie was filmed in neighborhoods that I know quite well, but it's been a long time since I saw them in that light. One faint misgiving: Competition among SF's homeless is as fierce as the competition among yuppies. I find it a little hard to believe that the hero of the movie was able to clear out that little space in the big city. My experience is that once a neighborhood accepts an odd but charming homeless person, that neighborhood will be swarmed by hundreds of junkies, crack smokers and alcoholics. I couldn't help but imagine the protagonist having to kill dozens of people who were hoping to move in on his good thing. San Francisco breeds cynicism. Wild Parrots squeezed out a tear or two from me. Mostly it’s a picture of a San Francisco that’s all but gone. Tiny houses on Telegraph Hill sell for around a million dollars. There’s no room for odd ducks or lonesome friends of the birds. Much of the movie was filmed in neighborhoods that I know quite well, but it’s been a long time since I saw them in that light.

One faint misgiving: Competition among SF’s homeless is as fierce as the competition among yuppies. I find it a little hard to believe that the hero of the movie was able to clear out that little space in the big city. My experience is that once a neighborhood accepts an odd but charming homeless person, that neighborhood will be swarmed by hundreds of junkies, crack smokers and alcoholics. I couldn’t help but imagine the protagonist having to kill dozens of people who were hoping to move in on his good thing. San Francisco breeds cynicism.

]]> By: Seung http://b.rox.com/2007/06/05/w/#comment-119269 Seung Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:00:42 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2007/06/05/w/#comment-119269 Waiting was a guilty pleasure for me too. I have to qualify it a bit though, as my first full time job in life at 18 was at that very Bennigan's where it was shot in Kenner. It felt almost semi-biographical watching that film. The work sucked but the people on the floor and in the kitchen were all gems. Waiting was a guilty pleasure for me too. I have to qualify it a bit though, as my first full time job in life at 18 was at that very Bennigan’s where it was shot in Kenner. It felt almost semi-biographical watching that film. The work sucked but the people on the floor and in the kitchen were all gems.

]]> By: chrissieroux http://b.rox.com/2007/06/05/w/#comment-119253 chrissieroux Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:33:56 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2007/06/05/w/#comment-119253 Have you seen 'The Woodsman?' I'd put that on the Damn Good continuum. Kevin Bacon plays a (recovering?) pedophile who's released from prison. Pretty dark, of course, but damn good. If you're in the mood for a downer. Have you seen ‘The Woodsman?’ I’d put that on the Damn Good continuum. Kevin Bacon plays a (recovering?) pedophile who’s released from prison. Pretty dark, of course, but damn good. If you’re in the mood for a downer.

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