Entries from July 2005

The Da Vinci Code

July 12, 2005

I finally got around to reading The Da Vinci Code. It was an intense page-turner. I finished it in one day.
But suspense and cleverness aside, I had some problems with the “factual” setting of the story. The author set up the premise that there is a body of knowledge that academics know about the history [...]

War of the Worlds

July 9, 2005

This was a very dark and grim movie. And like its 1953 predecessor, it shows up the baser side of human nature along side its spirit to survive. The effects were what one would expect from DreamWorks and Spielberg. Tim Robbins gives a creepy performance as he becomes unhinged by the aliens.
I was surprised to [...]

Fantastic Four

July 9, 2005

2 out of 5

PDA Haiku?

July 8, 2005

Wireless; hotel room.
Posted from my PDA.
What a pain sans kbd.