party committee. Decided to watch a movie I knew she didn't want to see. Salt was about what I expected. Had some nifty action, some interesting twists, and ends up about where you expect it to. No Way Out did a better job of pretty much the same story. Nothing new or original to see here but a little better than a poke in the eye. About these deep undercover sleeper agents you see in spy novels and films: Ever wonder how reliable an enterprise that would be if it's really still done? You ask someone to create a life for themselves in a new land but be ready when we call. By then, they may prefer their new life to their old one.
Coolest tat ever ... even if you're not a Mark Knopfler fan. :)
5 song iTune shuffle from the CrabAppleLane Five Star playlist:
- On Every Street - Dire Straits - On Every Street
- I Can't Hold Back - Survivor - Greatest Hits
- Killer Queen - Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
- The Load-Out - Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
- Somebody To Roll - Nazareth - Play 'N' The Game
Quote of the Day
Let me guess, you're one of those people who thinks everyone is who they say they are?
Evelyn Salt, Salt
Blog of the day is here.
Quote from said blog: "Last night was clear and bitterly cold in New York harbor. Wind chill from the northwesterly breeze made the temperature feel like it was in the single digits. A new layer of snow from a storm two days before added to the existing snowbanks. Nevertheless, as darkness fell, groups of hearty New Yorkers began lining up along the promenade at Battery Park to watch the Royal Rendezvous, the three Queens of the Cunard fleet sailing in company out of New York harbor to music and fireworks."
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Speaking of movies about sleepers, did you ever see Little Nikita? Like No Way Out that was a later Cold War era film. I wonder how those types of films work for those too young to have a memory of the Cold War?
No, I still have not seen that one, Dave. It was a film I wanted to see back when it came out but it got past me and I haven't thought about it since.
Films about the Cold War don't resonate with today's film-going public, who are mostly too young to remember it. Salt sorta works because it's almost nonstop action. The Cold War backdrop is incidental. Civil War, WWII, and Viet Nam films still work on their own level in theaters, though, and I find that puzzling. I suppose the Spanish-American War, WWI, and the Korean War haven't been romanticized enough.
I wouldn't buy it but it's worth the watch if you see it come around on broadcast or cable. If nothing else to see the acting of River Phoenix and Sidney Poitier.
It will be automatically recorded here the next time it comes on unless two higher priority items are on at the same time.