Last Saturday in the backwaters of Sea Isle City (actually closer to the inlet between Ocean City and STrathmere) I caught myself a 21.7 inch flounder the weighed 4 lbs. It doesn't sound too big but that was the biggest flounder I ever got.
The little bugger put up quite a fight, but that only made him taste that much better. Of course the people's pictures on the wall of Larsens (where my father and I rent a boat) put my nearly 22 incher too shame.
No where else to go with this blog, other than to throw out the question to my readers who actually fish what their biggst catch ever was.
Look for a series of updates tomorrow hopefully if I am not too lazy and can find the time. Only one week till Mikestock!
Saturday, August 07, 2004
Monday, August 02, 2004
Summer Move Files 106: The Village
Some movies are bad. Some are a great. Some are just okay. However, I think sometimes the worse are the just disappointing. Which is how I felt of The Village. Now I enjoy M. Night Shyamalan's films, and many people compare him to Hitchcock. I guess that is true to some extent in which they both enjoy putting the movie audience in the palm of their hand while pushing their buttons. Trying to get into their heads.
Now I liked the Sixth Sense and Unbreakable even though I haven't seen them since I saw them in theaters. I loved Signs which to me felt like a rollercoaster ride. However, the only button pushed during the Village for me was the snooze button. The remarkably still underrated Jaquin Phoenix was totally wasted, and I guessed the films "twist" ending in the first 20 mins or so. Which is something I usually don't try to even do.
The film is some what frustrating, because some very haunting images are used and I love the idea of actually shooting on location for films like this instead of a studio back lot. There is something very haunting and cinematic about the woods, that always makes for great tension. However, all the good elements are over shadowed by goofy dialogue, and characters I had no emotional investment in.
The pacing of the film also hurts the film, just when you think the rollercoaster ride is going to start it only results in a false alarm. Imagine going on a rollercoast ride, but the actual going down part was eliminated..you just went up and sort of chugged along.
Some parts of the film are just so goofy. I thought about writing about the plot, but to be honest the less you know the better. However, I really think the films premise is done well and might have actually worked well had it been told a different way. Again I don't want to spoil the film.
I have been thinking of renting Sixth Sense and Unbreakable to revisit them. However, years from now unlike Dan K, I won't be asking anyone to take me back to the village.
What a let down for a film I looked forward to all summer. Oh well.
20 Tuckers World Points to the first reader to point out what Philly reference is in the film.
Hint: It's visual
Now I liked the Sixth Sense and Unbreakable even though I haven't seen them since I saw them in theaters. I loved Signs which to me felt like a rollercoaster ride. However, the only button pushed during the Village for me was the snooze button. The remarkably still underrated Jaquin Phoenix was totally wasted, and I guessed the films "twist" ending in the first 20 mins or so. Which is something I usually don't try to even do.
The film is some what frustrating, because some very haunting images are used and I love the idea of actually shooting on location for films like this instead of a studio back lot. There is something very haunting and cinematic about the woods, that always makes for great tension. However, all the good elements are over shadowed by goofy dialogue, and characters I had no emotional investment in.
The pacing of the film also hurts the film, just when you think the rollercoaster ride is going to start it only results in a false alarm. Imagine going on a rollercoast ride, but the actual going down part was eliminated..you just went up and sort of chugged along.
Some parts of the film are just so goofy. I thought about writing about the plot, but to be honest the less you know the better. However, I really think the films premise is done well and might have actually worked well had it been told a different way. Again I don't want to spoil the film.
I have been thinking of renting Sixth Sense and Unbreakable to revisit them. However, years from now unlike Dan K, I won't be asking anyone to take me back to the village.
What a let down for a film I looked forward to all summer. Oh well.
20 Tuckers World Points to the first reader to point out what Philly reference is in the film.
Hint: It's visual
Sunday, August 01, 2004
"If You Like Hope Vote Kerry"
I was watching HBO's entourage for the first part of John Kerry's speech. However, I caught the 2nd half or more just to see exactly when I should set a plate for hope.
Kerry's speech charged with emotion was meant to stir up the troubles. Kerry positioned himself well. He made it as though America is in a dark spot right now, and there isn't any reason there should be. He spoke to Americans who are downtrodden right now.
Kerry tried to appeal to the disgruntled voters and let them know that he should solve their problems from A-Z. He touched on the unemployed and also offered help to the hard working American that just can't make ends meet no matter how hard they try. I felt I was some what in the audience to an extent since I still feel as though the job market isn't what it should be for anyone not in nursing or education. Lots of people are in worse shape than me though who need to support a family. Now Kerry is offering to help them out of their situation, but is offering them false hope?
Kerry also played the undecided well at the end of the speech trying to state (at least how I took it) that Bush let us down more than mislead us. He also made it look very hard for Bush to come out swinging the day after, pleading to try to keep the election clean. Of course it won't be, but he is wisely letting the 3rd party Bush backers get his message out, so that way Bush looks like a jerk if he goes on the offensive.
Kerry's main point was to he would try to help people without health insurance who are between jobs, don't have it at their job, and even lower the costs of healthcare since most people (myself included) are paying a lot. Now, my choices were either pay a lot and not choice my own doctor, pay a little more and choice my own doctor. However, in order to use my own doctor my I would have to rack up a really high bill for the co-pay. Since I am rarely sick I took the first option much to my regret to have to forced to go to another doctor. Kerry claims we will be able to go to our doctor of choice. That will lots the recent college graduates (lots of my friends talk about this issue) on his side and the doctors and health insurance places against him.
Kerry seemed to want to hit different groups to give them a reason to vote for him. I kept in mind that it was just politics and wasn't moved to tears like some people. It appears that Ed you were wrong, Kerry is not a flop. Certainly not with his own people. Although, it wasn't a hate filled speech it was fueled by frustration of disagreeing with Bush's policies for four years. There are a lot of frustrated, angry
Americans out there who think that Bush misled them for whatever reason in dealing with Iraq. Kerry is just riding that wave, and will do anything to make himself look as if he is one of us.
Some say Kerry knocked one out of a park that night. I would have to agree with that to some extend. However, it doesn't mean that I am voting for him. Given the fact that he is a rich man I don't by this I eat at Wendy's man of the people smokescreen he is putting up. Kerry just knew actually what the situation called for to give the people down in the dumps a reason to cheer. It's amazing though how many hard critics off Bush who are so cynical of everything he says take whatever Kerry dishes out at face value. Almost, as if he starts out with trust and can only lose it.
Hope you guys enjoyed democrat week. Bush has his work cut out for him, and it's going to intresting to see how he disects Kerry's looking out for the little guy routine.
Thing are heating up, and Tucker's World hasn't even made an edorsement yet.
Kerry's speech charged with emotion was meant to stir up the troubles. Kerry positioned himself well. He made it as though America is in a dark spot right now, and there isn't any reason there should be. He spoke to Americans who are downtrodden right now.
Kerry tried to appeal to the disgruntled voters and let them know that he should solve their problems from A-Z. He touched on the unemployed and also offered help to the hard working American that just can't make ends meet no matter how hard they try. I felt I was some what in the audience to an extent since I still feel as though the job market isn't what it should be for anyone not in nursing or education. Lots of people are in worse shape than me though who need to support a family. Now Kerry is offering to help them out of their situation, but is offering them false hope?
Kerry also played the undecided well at the end of the speech trying to state (at least how I took it) that Bush let us down more than mislead us. He also made it look very hard for Bush to come out swinging the day after, pleading to try to keep the election clean. Of course it won't be, but he is wisely letting the 3rd party Bush backers get his message out, so that way Bush looks like a jerk if he goes on the offensive.
Kerry's main point was to he would try to help people without health insurance who are between jobs, don't have it at their job, and even lower the costs of healthcare since most people (myself included) are paying a lot. Now, my choices were either pay a lot and not choice my own doctor, pay a little more and choice my own doctor. However, in order to use my own doctor my I would have to rack up a really high bill for the co-pay. Since I am rarely sick I took the first option much to my regret to have to forced to go to another doctor. Kerry claims we will be able to go to our doctor of choice. That will lots the recent college graduates (lots of my friends talk about this issue) on his side and the doctors and health insurance places against him.
Kerry seemed to want to hit different groups to give them a reason to vote for him. I kept in mind that it was just politics and wasn't moved to tears like some people. It appears that Ed you were wrong, Kerry is not a flop. Certainly not with his own people. Although, it wasn't a hate filled speech it was fueled by frustration of disagreeing with Bush's policies for four years. There are a lot of frustrated, angry
Americans out there who think that Bush misled them for whatever reason in dealing with Iraq. Kerry is just riding that wave, and will do anything to make himself look as if he is one of us.
Some say Kerry knocked one out of a park that night. I would have to agree with that to some extend. However, it doesn't mean that I am voting for him. Given the fact that he is a rich man I don't by this I eat at Wendy's man of the people smokescreen he is putting up. Kerry just knew actually what the situation called for to give the people down in the dumps a reason to cheer. It's amazing though how many hard critics off Bush who are so cynical of everything he says take whatever Kerry dishes out at face value. Almost, as if he starts out with trust and can only lose it.
Hope you guys enjoyed democrat week. Bush has his work cut out for him, and it's going to intresting to see how he disects Kerry's looking out for the little guy routine.
Thing are heating up, and Tucker's World hasn't even made an edorsement yet.
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