I have these damned passes to use up by the end of the month so I chose the films that I was going to see yesterday, My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Possession again, I was determined to see them this time, and, because it was a third film that played at the right time and that I didn't so much object to seeing, even though I really wasn't that interested, The Bourne Identity.

I got up early and I went to the Loews on 34th St, got out my passes, and...there was only one! The ones that I have to use up that I have plenty of are the UA passes, not the Loews! Dammit. And the film I was in time to see? The Bourne Identity, natch, what did you expect?

So I was all annoyed, because I totally didn't want to see it and I don't much care for Matt Damon, but I was absolutely completely startled to really like the film! I spent almost the entire thing leaning forward in my seat, fascinated to see what would happen next.

It was really well constructed, really well staged, and the acting was excellent. The chase scenes seemed like real chases, not like magical cars flying, and I loved the way that they really made the most of having a Mini. The scene in the snowy field was simply amazing, and when it comes right down to it, any film with sexy, brooding Clive Owen in it, even one where he barely speaks, is worth seeing. Clive Owen doesn't have to speak, he just has to show up. And I think that between Ocean's 11 and this, I like Matt Damon now. Maybe I have forgiven him for The Talented Mister Ripley at last.

After that one Loews film, I went downtown to the US on 14th St. to see what they had to offer. Which was not much, frankly. I decided to see Minority Report again, which was great to see again, but clearly I don't get to see My Big Fat Greek Wedding or Possession ever ever ever. No Big Fat Greek Possession for me!

I liked Minority Report just as much the second time. This time Colin Farrell really struck me, particularly a moment in the fistfight between him and Tom Cruise that made me think that this is one mick who's probably been in a bar fight or two in his time.

After the movies, did I try to see anything else? Nope, because it was the closing performance of Macbeth at Love Creek and I really couldn't miss it, I have too many friends in the cast.

There was some really good stuff in the show, some really excellent performances, especially by my little Omar as Malcolm and Jed as Banquo and Kirsten as Lady Macbeth gave a kickass sleepwalking scene, but there was also some stuff that, well...You know how sometimes you go up to the top of a tall building and you think "My God, what if I go crazy and just jump off!" When I went up in a hot air balloon one time, I remember thinking "What if I suddenly went crazy and climbed over the edge of this basket and plummeted to the earth!" Well, there was a point during the play where I thought, "My God, what if I go crazy and stand up and start screaming, 'Stop, stop, o God, stop!' It would be so embarrassing!"

And that's really all I want to say about that.

Although I would also like to throw in the fact that there is almost nothing more tiresome than actors who make a big thing about saying "The Scottish Play" instead of "Macbeth". It is stupid and boring and show-offy, and basically most people do it because they think that it makes them a real actor, rather than an asshole, which is really what it makes them.

I am willing to believe that there are a few people on earth that really have that superstition, that really believe that saying "Macbeth" is really truly bad luck, but you know what? It is not by any stretch of the imagination bad luck for people who are in a production of Macbeth to call it by name in the fucking program, and people who would write how happy they are to be in a production of "The Scottish Play" basically need to be kicked until they are dead.

Thinking that peacock feathers are bad luck, however, is not a silly superstition, but a sensible fear. Just so we have that clear.

Today's horoscope:
Family matters require assertion on your part. Hold firm to what you know is right. Don't let others talk you out of it.

One year ago today:
"Whatever you think is the cutest thing ever, anything that the puppy has done, anything that the kids have done, it doesn't matter, because as of today, the cutest thing in the entire world is Ann Parker doing the Macarena."

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