Theresa's mom won her Wisconsin mayoral election.
Brett at Beat Canvas points out a new Iowa Blogger, Shoe Girl.
Greenman has his Sin City review up, as does Homercles. I also saw it opening weekend. I know nothing about graphic novel genre. Not even X-men. Geez, am I unhip or what? But I do know Dashiell Hammet, Raymond Chandler, and other old "hard boiled" novelists that seem to speak exactly the same language, only without quite so many squishy body parts flying around.
All said: I'm probably not going to become a big fan, given I spent a third of the movie closing my eyes. I can't take too much grossness. And I had to laugh - did any of those women own a single piece of clothing that wasn't from the sale rack of a fetish sex shop? Not even walk-ons were clothed. But I found a lot to like: the interlacing storyline vignettes were interesting, well-woven and while they kept squarely within the boundaries of the genre, were not always predictable. The cinematography was awesome, of course - black and white shot through with splashes of color perfectly capture the grainy, gritty themes and add layers of symbolism.
On a side note, though, I have to agree with Centinel that Elijah Wood's canibalistic "Kevin" character looked weirdly like Harry Potter.
Speaking of theater, the Press-Citizen has an editorial up about the financial problems of community theater. It blames the economy. State 29 disagrees. My take: there's a problem. It could be the economy, but other areas of the market that State points to don't seem to have that problem. It could be the marketing, but if all three theaters are struggling, that cuts against that argument. It could also be that there are too many theater options available, diluting an already dwindling audience, though the article does try to point out that the theaters fill different niches. Regardless, it does exist, though in the end the market will have the final say.
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