Hey! A few months ago I mentioned about my misadventures with my apartment building and the resulting destruction of my television...I got a new one this week. It's a 46" 1080p 120Hz Samsung. I've been glued to it now for 2 days. I'd forgotten how nice it was to watch movies on a screen larger than a toaster. Now the only problem is having to move it...again. It's not like it's heavy, it's just a little unwieldy in the box.
Spending more time in my living room, I've realized that my cable box's HDD spins up and down like a siren all day long. It's really quite annoying. So much so that I unplugged it last night to watch The Empire Strikes Back in peace. I turned on a recorded episode of LOST on Monday night and started giggling like a little kid in awe of the HDTV wonderment sprawling before my eyes. I'm hoping to find something that runs in 1080p without having to buy a Blu-Ray player, but I'm okay with just watching any television again.
I've watched a large smattering of films in the last 2 days...it's like watching new movies or something...even though I've seen some of them more times than I can recall.
Oh, the Dragon Dynasty series of films from Hong Kong presented here in the States by the Weinstein Brothers is amazing. They've got new films and classic Shaw Brothers films from the 70's. It's really interesting to see the changes in HK cinema style over the course of 30 or so years. Anyway, if you're ever over...you should watch something with me! I'm always up for watching a movie.
Another oh, Zebraman! As cheesy as the title is...it's a great film. It's directed by Takeshi Miike of Grudge fame here in the US. I found a terrific review of it that sums up about how people feel when I suggest films. :) The title is cheesy, the premise sounds like some sort of bad joke...a man who is a lousy teacher and crappy family man discovers that his love of an obscure costume superhero tv show from 1978 (canceled of course) is coming true and he's the titular hero...anyway...lots of good cinema out there from places other than Hollywood. You should try it...you might like it. :)
