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friday night (part 2)

there were a lot of similarities between the way i spent last night and the way i spent the previous friday night. in both cases, i bought a 2007 oscar best picture nominee on dvd, a six pack of beer, and consumed both by myself. last week it was "the departed" and stella artois. last night it was "babel" and coors light (it would have been stella again but the tops aren't twist-off and we just moved so i wasn't sure if i'd be able to find the bottle opener). both dvd cases feature lots of the color black (nice stretch, steve!) and each movie is over 2 hours long. also, in both cases, kim spent the evening out with her sister (last night, with gina, too).

i found "babel" very enjoyable. i can see why it garnered lots of oscar nominations. i'd love one of its two actresses nominated in the supporting category to win but jennifer hudson will probably prevent that from happening. i still want martin scorcese to (finally) win best director but i can see why alejandro gonzalez inarritu was nominated. this was one of those movies where if you froze it at any number of points, you'd be left with an amazing photograph. maybe that has more to do with the cinematographer. i'm not sure.

one night in amsterdam, kim and i returned late to our hotel room and i started watching tv as she planned what we might do the next day (she's great like that). i landed on a movie that captivated me immediately and watched it for a while before we went to bed. the thing is, this movie was made in spanish and was subtitled in dutch. i had no idea what anyone was saying yet i couldn't stop watching. i later learned that the movie i had been watching in two languages i don't speak was called "amores perros" and was alejandro gonzalez inarritu's first feature length movie. i still need to see that movie from beginning to end and preferably with english subtitles. i also want to see his second move, "21 grams." drew said it was good.

fire and rainn tonight, y'alls.