jammin' on the fourth

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a very funny parody of a horrible film. cheers

i can't wait!

yes, i am excited. yes, this does definitely out me as a geek.

official site.

rehearsal cancelled....again

i have a standing sax quartet rehearsal on friday nights.  unfortunately it does not stand on it's own all that well.  we got together two weeks ago for the first time in about two months.  last night fell apart about 45 minutes prior to our 8pm start time.  it's really a fun group to play with.  it's still in the planning stages at this point.  we have a show booked in june, and are still trying to assemble music for it.  besides being a good group of people, the music has the potential to be really fresh and creative.  i haven't been this excited about a project in quite some time.  however, it's like a big tease, we never see each other.  the bitch about the whole thing is that everyone feels the same way as i do about the group.  we all are ecstatic about it, but are unable to get together regularly.  four musicians who can't contain their excitement, and can't free another night from their schedules.

instead of spending my evening in a state of musical nirvana, i went and saw a film with some friends from work.  i realize that the term film may denote some sort of quality.  i do not mean to represent that to you.  it is sci-fi month at the luarelhurst theater and a group of us saw mad max - beyond thunderdome last night.  well one person saw it.  the rest of us took turns falling asleep through out the...ahem...film.  i post the following review, from imdb, strictly for comedic value:

After giving us, respectively, a rich character study, and a kinetic action picture in "Mad Max" and "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior", director George Miller stops and creates one of the most visionary and creative worlds I've ever seen in films. But "Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome" is the best of the series, in my opinion, because it manages to negotiate the elements that made the first two such great films with this new element.

Mel Gibson is back as Max and he gives his best performance as this character here. He convincingly keeps developing his now well-worn but still welcome persona that we know so well. Tina Turner is a pleasant surprise. In an era in which most singers who try to act fail miserably, she succeeds in a difficult role.

Mostly, the film is wall to wall action and Thunderdome is the locale that Miller supplies us with this time. Here, with an even bigger budget than the first two combined, he gives us some of the biggest and best action sequences ever.

I don't want to talk too much about this film because part of the joy is experiencing it. It's happening to us as we watch it. And I wouldn't want it any other way.

Sadly, Warners has yet to issue a widescreen version of this on tape. While the first two are easy to find, it's hard to find a copy of this even in full frame. Meanwhile, lesser films are easy to find. That is a shameful oversight on their part.

**** out of 4 stars

i'm not sure which made me laugh harder.  seeing the actual film or reading this guy's impression of it.  some people can find the beauty in almost anything i suppose.  anyhow we laughed our asses off and took turns nodding off throughout the show.  it was good times.  i highly recommend stopping at the hungry tiger for libations prior to viewing!  it plays through the end of the month.