Re: I disagreeâ€¦

Posted by David Aiken (A) on March 23, 2007 at 14:17:50

In Reply to: Re: I disagreeâ€¦ posted by Victor Khomenko on March 22, 2007 at 20:17:48:

I didn't buy a ticket.

I waited till it turned up in the local video rental outlet and rented it out on a Tuesday when they have a regualar $1 overnight rental special for new releases. That's $1 Australian, roughly 78 US cents at the time. I figured that was as cheap as it was going to get to see it.

As for the why, I guess partly unresolved curiosity. Me experience with the book left me wondering what others saw in it and the movie let me see something of what someone else saw in it.

But probably the main reason was a sudden attack of stupidity and masochism. We all have them, you know, even though we don't like to admit it . Sometimes we just have to go and do something that we knowâ€”or should knowâ€”is not a good idea, like baking a New York style cheesecake to see if the recipe was any good (not a bad idea) but then eating almost all of the cake on my own. I'm getting too old to handle the effects of a whole cheesecake, even spread out over a week or so but memory makes idiots of us all at times. I have fond memories of the days when I could eat half a cheesecake at a single sitting. What I need to remember is the nowhere near as enjoyable fact that I'm older than that now and I should only bake cheesecakes for events where they will be shared and all I get is one slice.

Joking aside, however, I sometimes choose to watch a film or read a book just so I can say that I have seen or read it. Usually when I do so, I don't expect great things and I rarely find them but there are times when I am pleasantly surprised. It is good to experiment a little because we do find the occasional thing we like that we wouldn't find any other way and the occasional pleasant surprise is a great conditioning mechanism for keeping that willingness to explore alive.

David Aiken

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Topic - The Da Vinci Code...run, don't walk - SF tech 09:57:22 03/22/07 (20)

it all starts with a good script... - BJordan 21:48:08 03/23/07 (1)

Agreed, but when the script is based on such poor material, the chances of another "Godfather" are VERY slim...N/T - musetap 22:44:21 03/23/07 (0)

shame the radiant and charming Tatou gets introduced to America in this POS. nt - Duilawyer 06:19:17 03/23/07 (2)

She wasn't. - Victor Khomenko 06:52:44 03/23/07 (1)

In an American movie (and one that the public saw) - Duilawyer 08:19:24 03/23/07 (0)

They were playing it on my flight to Brasil. Without checking whether we were - tinear 04:34:27 03/23/07 (0)

Yep, it's even worse than the book, something I didn't think possible...N/T - musetap 17:00:12 03/22/07 (4)

I disagreeâ€¦ - David Aiken 17:23:19 03/22/07 (3)

Re: I disagreeâ€¦ - musetap 23:08:46 03/22/07 (0)

Re: I disagreeâ€¦ - Victor Khomenko 20:17:48 03/22/07 (1)

Re: I disagreeâ€¦ - David Aiken 14:17:50 03/23/07 (0)

Re: The Da Vinci Code...run, don't walk - rico 14:12:34 03/22/07 (8)

Are you sure this isn't Tin posting as Rico?nt - jamesgarvin 15:14:22 03/22/07 (7)

I dont think this can possibly be jamesgarvin. - tinear 04:35:32 03/23/07 (1)

At least it was a complete, comprehensible sentence.nt - jamesgarvin 06:14:37 03/23/07 (0)

It is the lack of aspect ratio detail that makes me wonder too. - Victor Khomenko 20:19:14 03/22/07 (4)

Re: It is the lack of aspect ratio detail that makes me wonder too. - rico 08:53:23 03/23/07 (3)

What was audio frequency response and SNR? Flesh tone color temp? - Victor Khomenko 11:45:15 03/23/07 (2)

Re: What was audio frequency response and SNR? Flesh tone color temp? - rico 13:51:46 03/23/07 (1)

6500K... isn't that a corpse color? (nt) - Victor Khomenko 13:57:26 03/23/07 (0)

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