Last night, we had an impromptu Spectration; J-Force and Dingo swung by to help us finish off the remains of the salsa and chips and to watch what turned out to be a pretty decent movie: The Lake House. I had passed this by when it was it first came out, since the one-two punch of Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock just about kayoed any hope that this would be a well-acted film. And it's not, really; the principals give decent enough performances within their limitations (Bullock's lack of range, Reeves's lack of talent) but that's not what is appealing. The film deftly presents the idea of communication across time and considers the idea of what the past can give to the present, as well as what the future could.
The not-quite-parallel realities are handled about as well as can be, reminding me of Sliding Doors in tone if not in structure, and some nifty visuals represent the deepening communication between the two principals. Only the Hollywood ending complicates the time-theory (and the plot), but it wasn't enough to ruin the film for me.Tidbits: The film was based on a Korean movie, Siworae, which we now want to see. And J-Force got the DVD from the library; just the right price to pay for any Keanu flick! Thanks, J!
Other watching than a fun movie, yesterday was filled with responding and teaching a segment of a graduate class at Antioch, which was cool because I got to pilot part of the class about comics I will be teaching in a year. Otis was mostly working during the day, and I made a pretty good shepherdess pie for dinner. I had a chance to talk to JustJon on the phone, and it looks like he may have a partial solution to our computer memory problem.
Today I hope to get a decent bike ride in before diving back into responding. Where's that darn sun, anyway?
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