Same to you all...

By the way, speaking of New Year's and revelry, should you accidentally toast the new year in antifreeze tonight, don’t panic. The correct antidote is plenty of good Scotch whisky.

And Happy New Year to you! It is now past midnight here in the Central time zone.

I only got one problem. It's "two thousand three," right? I mean, everybody says "two thousand three." I say "two thousand three."

Only I know some time in these next few days, I'm gonna hear Charles Osgood on the radio, and I'm gonna have the urge to wring his neck when he says "twenty-oh-three."

Vodka or gin would have worked equally well but, as a patriotic Scot, she chose the vin de pays.

As a gentleman, would that I could have helped her with her suffering. It hurts my heart so.

But I'll remember this in case of emergencies. :-)

Glad to see you like at least one movie that I do, Dean! [chuckle]

Very well written, acted, directed, shot, and edited.

All the little things like:
"...that Babyface song.
Which one, honey?
[panicked look on face of man] all of 'em!...

Cedric, as you say, is magnificent. I am certain that his portrayal of "Eddie" will not result in a "Best Supporting Actor" nomination, alas... :((

BTW, for those who don't know, Cedric is the new "Bosley" in the next "Charlie's Angels" flick. Should be good. :)

Yeah, well I don't know how much we can agree. That first Charlie's Angels movie was so excruciatingly, painfully horrible I couldn't make it all the way through it, although both Rose and I tried. Any time I happen to catch it in the middle I give it five minutes before the horrendous acting, the leaden and insipid plot, and the mediocre action make me reach for my remote control just to stop the searing pain.

Why should I think that even a talent like Cedric's can save a sequel to such drek? %-P

Cedric?

I thought it was Bernie Mac. Oh well.

re: not being able to sit thru C.A. -- all i can remember about that movie is Cameron Diaz making her bed.

heh.

Whoopsie. I think you might be right, Ara. My bad. Of course if you couldn't stand the first movie, I doubt you'd like the second.

It was a silly movie, I accepted it at that level (Bill Murray as Bosely), and enjoyed most of the fight scenes as choreography.

Me, I had trouble with Barrymore. Ok, she was pretty decent in Riding In Cars With Boys, but she really isn't all that great as an actress. I'll give her this much: she has a greater range than Demi Moore. Heh.

From what I read, the reason the Angels don't use guns in the movies is that Drew doesn't like them. Try going up against even a pistol in real life and see how far it gets you.

The actresses of our mini-era, in my discernment if not judgement, are, in alphabetical order, Christina Applegate, Cate Blanchett, Sarah Buxton, Naomi Watts. Each of these women can equally do comedy, drama, terror, pathos, love and maliciousness. Each can carry a film by her mere presence onscreen. Anyway, the art of selection is laden with fickleness.

Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI