I saw the new film "The Villiage" on Saturday. I'd give it 3 out 5 stars. Sometimes I wish I wasn't so smart. I had a theory five minutes into the movie and about halfway through it was verified. Thus, the ending was not a surprise and it didn't have the impact the director intended. All in all it was a good story. Hollywood has been running out of ideas for years so this was kind of refreshing. You know the guy who was in Signs and Gladiator, he was in The Village. I always that his harelip was just makeup, but instead it is real, and not a harelip, but a scar. Another thought - why is it that movies that take place in the 1800s or earlier don't have people with bad teeth? I've seen pictures of the 1800s and the people tended to wear multiple layers of clothes, have bad teeth, long facial hair, and all wore the same color of clothes. I'm guessing most of the clothing material came from the same place and the only store to get clothes was Sears. When you think about it, the more you know about the time period, the higher your suspension of disbelief has to be in order for the movie to be real. So if you want to enjoy hollywood history films, don't learn about history.

Thought of the day
Nick Rivers:I'm not the first guy who fell in love with a girl he met in a restaurant, who then turned out to be the daughter of a kidnapped scientist, only to lose her to a childhood lover who she's last seen on a deserted island, and who turned out fifteen years later to be the leader of the French Underground.
Hillary Flammond:I know. It, it all sounds like some bad movie.
-- Top Secret