Saw this flick last night with Artwiffy.  Let's just say it stayed with me for quite some time after it ended.  Moody, atmospheric, and just downright depressing at times.  The setup was perfect and I didn't really expect what happened in the end, which was nice.  Overall, a great suspense film noir in the vain of Hitchcock and Anthony Mann.  Scorsese really ratchets up the tension in this one, and Leo DiCaprio has, as least to these two eyes and ears, solidified himself as America's greatest young male thespian. 

Check out the movie, but be prepared.  There are some quite disturbing images and situations to be found, so consider yourself forewarned.

- RJD

So I see Artwiffy, the love of my life, onto a plane to California for a week.  This means I have oodles of free time to sit down and write and create and be as productive as hell.  As much as I'll miss her, I know this is a good thing and that with as much as I can get accomplished, I can relax and put aside the stress that completing countless projects otherwise entails.

So here, on this first day, have I written a single word other than this blog post?

Nope.

To mark the first day of being home alone with the dog, I decided it was SCARY MOVIE TIME!!  So I rented Daybreakers and Legion to let my mind vegetate for a bit.

I haven't watched Legion yet, but let me tell you, Daybreakers was FANTASTIC.  The premise was original, and the execution - despite the occasional foray into horror movie cliches - worked quite well.  I was more than a little surprised, given that I had heard nothing but bad things about this film.  It's definitely something I'd recommend to anyone with an appreciation for the genre.  Good and bloody and tense and even (slightly) emotional.  Ethan Hawke does a feasible job as the lead, and Willem Dafoe of course steals the show when he's on the screen.  Oh and Sam Neil plays a bad guy!  I don't think I've seen that since the final Omen movie, The Final Conflict, which was a nice change of pace.

So in closing, watch the film.  It's entertaining. 

Okay, I'm off to do more non-writing.  Peace!

RJD