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December 07: Devil in a Blue Dress seems like a really good adaptation of the book of the same name by Walter Mosely, so I'm a little stumped as to how it didn't turn into an Easy Rawlins franchise. Both IMDb and Wikipedia hint at it being unsuccessful, but it seems to have fairly solid ratings. There is, I suppose, the fact that it only made back its cost at the box office, rather than turning into some sort of magical money fountain. Anyway. Good story, great characters, beautifully shot.
December 06: Mystic River was good, but kinda grim. I think I'd kinda hoped for a slightly better ending but who knows, maybe that didn't play well to test audiences or something.
December 01: I have still not made any progress on my subtitle quest, not least because some work stuff has been occupying most of my thinking for the last while. It's been long enough that annoyingly I can't find some notes I'm sure I made on progress. It may be they're the notes I made on this site in late October, but I could've sworn I'd something a bit more organized / coherent. In any case, I have a notes file now which I'm starting with the four questions I'd asked myself back then. Let's see if I can make some progress on this before the end of the year.
November 30: Deadpool and Wolverine: wow. What a waste of money, time, talent... I think they could've maybe spent some effort on a script, or at least a story. I mean, yeah, I laughed at bits of it, but I also spent a lot of it waiting for the next bit I could laugh at.
November 29: The Two Jakes: I liked it better the second time around, although as with Chinatown it's been long enough that I'd forgotten much of the details.
November 23: Milestone! Ran my 50th Parkrun this morning, and somehow contrived to finish 50th place overall in a field of just over 100 runners at Poolbeg. The going was a little tough on the 3-4k stretch due to a headwind, but I still made it in under 26 minutes (just!) and have duly ordered my "I have done 50 parkruns, I'll have you know" swag. Shout-out to Sanctuary Runners who have been my team from my first Parkrun and who celebrated with me today with some cake and good cheer!
November 22: I'm pretty sure I read The Day of the Jackal but I don't recall ever seeing the movie, which is about as old as I am. Obviously somewhat of its time, and in some funny ways, like the prevalence of luxurious moustaches and the fact that every single person smokes like it's going out of style, but it holds together well.
November 20: COVID booster and flu shot. So I'm kinda broken right now.
November 16: Rewatched Lucky Number Slevin. Such a great movie. I'm inclined to watch it again and try to figure out at what point you've been given enough clues to figure out the twist.
November 13: Did Run In The Dark. Despite recent form, kicked ass mightily, clocking just under 25 minutes for the 5k.