cyberhobo

Several things surprised me about this movie. Ann and I both wanted to see a James Dean movie, because he is still so glamorized by our culture. We had an idea of him being aloof and cool, which doesn’t describe his character in this movie at all. Here he’s sincere, well-meaning, loving, and sensitive in…

For the amount of self-reference packed into this movie, it’s surprisingly easy to follow. So it would be a little misleading to say it’s the story of the script writer writing himself into the script, because it all seems pretty natural as you watch it. It does come close to getting too twisted up near…

James Bond spoof? Ninety-minute Cooper Mini ad? It doesn’t really matter, it’s fun and funny. One thing it makes clear: while dashing male protagonists and Cooper Mini’s have not changed much, the computers in the story are almost unrecognizable.

This is the only prisoner of war story I’ve read that’s made me jealous of the prisoners. Definitely not because POW life is romanticized, but because these prisoners set out on such an outrageous undertaking to make to most of it. There is an escape, which is always exciting, but this is the only story…