I watched Five Easy Pieces (1970) on DVD last night. Amazing how Jack Nicholson looks different at age 33 (when the movie was shot) than age 66 (now). I wonder what Jack will look like when he turns 99? Lessons learned from the movie?
1. sideburns recede as you age.
2. a smug look at 33 becomes a bewildered+euphoric look at 66 (on the sidelines at the Laker games)
3. big-studio movies were better in the `70s (now the best movies are from the independent studios)
4. a great plot can be left undone at the end; sequels are mostly pointless
Sunday's DVD? Chinatown (another Jack film)
MaGaW is meeting today (after the rain ends!) to discuss the Winter Holiday Gala (no more repeats of the flaming piñata fiasco of 2002). Then, I'll meet up with Jill-Bob at Sherlock's before we Scout The Route of the White Rock Marathon.
GoogL'ost: Thinking Baptists - For People Who Don't Think That's An Oxymoron
Abbreviation learned? QSR: Quick Service Restaurant (I suppose the term [fast food] is passé?) Also see QSR Magazine.
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