Oscar Movie update for the week - Pumpkin Eater (1964) was slow, overly dramatic, painful. It was sort of a good story about a woman on her third marriage with a whole tribe of children. He turns out to be a good father, but is a manipulative philanderer and makes her think she's going insane. It was hard to like anyone and like I said, it was horribly slow and very over-the-top dramatic.
One I really liked was Hotel Rwanda (2004). You felt their pain and were scared for them. It also gives a glimpse into the way things work in so many of these African countries where tribal warfare is still raging. Something I'm fond of in my movie selections is a tidy ending. Pumpkin Eater sort of dropped off at the end, Hotel Rwanda shows them getting out (I'm not ruining anything by giving away the ending). It bugs me when movies leave me dangling. It's rude. I'm still bitter over The Matrix 2.
Last weekend we went to the hot balloon races and balloon glow. Pictures were posted Saturday. During all of this, "Ride of the Century" converged on St. Louis. These are the idiot street riders who do stunt tricks on the highway in the middle of traffic. There were thousands of motorcycles driving in packs all weekend long. As you can imagine my fifteen year old was chomping at the bit to see them up close and live.
We happened to see a couple while chasing down the hot air balloons - and yes, this moron is sitting on the handlebars.
We found out later that night where some of them were staying and cruised the parking lot.
