staring at the blue
moon he thought, I wonder how
often this happens

DBMonteith

Away From Her

Up next in the movie review section:
Away From Her

If you're ever in the mood for an excellent love story, check this film out. It pulled a few tears out of me.

And inspired this beginning of a poem...

Catching your breath
My heart unfurls
Like a thousand sails

~DBMonteith

I've mostly avoided posting cheesy, romantic poems so far. Just like the other stuff, they spring to mind occasionally though, so I'll shove my fears aside and share them too.

Movie Review

I watch a lot of movies. I subscribe to Blockbuster online and have the plan that allows me to have 3 movies sitting at my house waiting to be watched at any given time. I'd say I watch an average of 2 movies a week, so I'll pass along a review every now and again.
For my first: The Last King of Scotland.
It dawns on me that I need some sort of rating system, or maybe I don't. Regardless, I don't have one right now, so I'll just list some of the things I liked and some of the things I didn't.
Liked:
"based on real people and events", specifically Idi Amin and his reign in Uganda.
the acting
Gillian Anderson. It was a small part, but I don't recall seeing her since the X-Files. She's cute.

Didn't like:
Not knowing which events were real and which were dramatized. I didn't bother to check the "special features" though.
The choice of time period.

Overall, I liked the movie and feel good about recommending it. I think I would have liked it better if it had focused on a different part of Amin's history. I would rather know how the wacko, Amin in this case, gets to power than what he does when he's in power. Alternatively, I would have like more actual news footage interspersed throughout the movie. It felt a little surfacy to me, and I'm not very well-informed about global political events.

mind your words; like gems,
rareness yields epic value.
so claims the haiku.

I'm in a poetry phase

Let me sleep,
electric night!
Pregnant with storm
you rumble and flash
impatient actors
uncued behind a curtaincloud
"Now!?"..."Now!?"..........."Now!?"...
..."Now!?".."Now!?".."Now!?"
asks lightning that never touches ground
Thunder, wind shakes the leaves
But still no water soaks these trees.

To no avail,
I close my eyes.
You will not be ignored,
electric night.

"All that glitters..."
your lights remind.
Unrested, I know
All that is darkness
is not night.


DMonteith

I may think this stinks in the morning, but it's giving me something to do on a restless night. :-)