2008 August 01 | Lair of the Green Knight

Congratulations to Sizzling Popcorn!

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fitz in Contest on Aug 01

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Hi all!

A congratulations to Jean at SIzzling Popcorn for winning my 1000 Entrecard Credits contest… His site, Sizzling Popcorn, recently hit the 10,000 mark in visitors in a single month — so a HUGE congratulations to him [Corrected! Sorry!]!

I’ll be adding a new 125×125 space for Sizzling Popcorn in my sidebar for people to get to Jean’s site whenever they’d like.

Thanks to those who commented on the contest and we wish Sizzling Popcorn many more huge milestones to come!

–Fitz

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Vantage Point Almost Lost Me…

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fitz in Movies on Aug 01

Hey all…

This movie was pushed hard by advertisers when it was at the theater. I seem to recall being bombarded by advertising to the point where we decided we didn’t want to see the film at the theater. I believe I added it to my Netflix list not long after it debuted.

Rating:

Vantage Point is sort of a combination of Groundhog Day and 24. Yes, it’s an odd cross. And honestly, Groundhog Day never got annoying because it kept a sense of humor about it. When we got to the third rewind, my wife and I both looked at each other and said — “Is it possible to be bored and interested at the same time?”

Here’s the IMDB link.

The movie stars Matthew Fox, Dennis Quaid, Sigorney Weaver, and Forest Whitaker. Out of all of them, the only character I really cared what happened to was Whitaker.

About halfway through the movie, I was debating watching the rest and then it started wrapping itself up in the last 40 minutes or so. Almost like the filmmaker was editing the film and going “I think people are going to walk out soon unless we do something…”

This movie honestly didn’t do much for me. But I’m glad Forest Whitaker’s character survived, as it’s about the only thing that saved this movie from a 1/4 review. As such, it gets 2/4. I didn’t hate it, but I didn’t like it much either.

–Fitz