Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005): first off, i love brad pitt. he now has this type-cast role in every movie where he plays a goofy, funny, cool guy, where things just don't seem to go his way. i love this character and that makes the movie for me. the future mrs. jolie-pitt was decent, but nothing remarkable. the plot is weak: marriage life, they find out their secret, want to kill each other, make up, everyone wants to kill them, live happily ever after. but it's action packed and entertaining. cheesy dialogue, but half naked future mrs. jolie-pitt makes up for that. i certainly don't think she is the hottest woman in the world, but if you watch it, you'll lose all doubt about why brad dropped that friends girl. you'll be entertained and it will be a fun movie to pull out every now and than. buy it.
Syriana (2005): obviously if you love traffic, you'll be down for this as well. but it's not for the average viewer who doesn't like to actually think during the movie. tons of characters and story lines weaving in and out. let's just say, it's not the easiest movie to follow and it's one that will need a second (or third) viewing to make sense of things. the middle eastern life that is portrayed through the film gets you thinking that this stuff is happening on another planet. you hear about common life and royal life in the middle east and we grow up assuming we have a clear image of what goes on there, but they do a wonderful job giving you an eye opener of what it can be like. i've read some reviews on the movie saying how "out there" this movie is because the cia doesn't operate like that, or the big oil business isn't that full of corruption, etc. i think these critics forget that this movie is a work of fiction. so quit crying about it and just enjoy the movie. it's amazing though. great everything. worth adding to the collection. it's fingernail ripping grrreat!
i get the window seat exactly on the wing. so if the engine blows, i'm a goner. from our gate i can see most of the district. i've seen the capitol building more times than i can remember, but it looks so different today. yesterday i stood under the dome for one more time. today i just look on as a spectator. it is quite a marvel. it means so much to so many people. yesterday was extremely difficult. as expected, or not actually, i grew attached to a good number of people. i hope to see them all again, even though it will never bee the same. the collective unit that is the bennett office will exist only in the back of my head somewhere. brak gave me some of his famous advice on all of this yesterday, but i don't remember much of it. the christmas party was wonderful yesterday. good food, good singing, bad singing, a successful top ten list that everyone thoroughly enjoyed including the boss, and some nice departing gifts. the interns got this year's capitol ornament complete with the boss's auto-etching on the back. the staff go neato (not really) tumblers with a senate patch in each of them. if that doesn't really make sense, let's just say they are cheap cups and i'm glad to have gotten the ornament. i just realized that i can even see the white house from where i'm sitting. i learned so much and i think i've really grown too. hard to believe huh? i didn't realize how life changing this all would have been. ben and i went until the end by going to see syriana last night. said goodbye to chelsey and that about did it. got to bed late, but easily. 5 hour, 45 minute flight. full flight except for the one next to me. actually, maybe it wasn't really that life changing. i'm probably that same guy who left colorado. time will tell. it's so beautiful from up here. goodbye crystal plaza. goodbye my little jeep and jeff davis. goodbye potomac. goodbye dirksen, goodbye my dc dream, for tonight, as last i am coming home. i am coming home.
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