where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Friday, February 19th, 2010
show: 11:15 a.m. First Show Extra Dollar Off Matinee
costs: $6.25 Ticket + $5.75 Kid's Pack, Dollar Upgrade w/ Diet/Zero Coke = $12.00
auditorium: 13
seat: 3rd row, 7th column
synopsis: A U.S. Marshal, Teddy Daniels ( Leonardo DiCaprio ), requests to be given the assignment of investigating the disappearance of a female patient on an island's institution for the criminally insane. What he uncovers is a bloody trail of clues which ultimately leads him to the very man responsible for the death of his wife, Dolores ( Michelle Williams ).
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Sea sickness; 2.) Guards on edge; 3.) Electrified perimeter; 4.) Grounds; 5.) Rachel Solando ( Emily Mortimer ); 6.) Law of 4; 7.) Search; 8.) Interviews; 9.) Commander's quarters; 10.) German officer; 11.) Dachau Death Camp; 12.) Orderly quarters; 13.) Dream; 14.) Psycho-pharmacology; 15.) Mr. Breen ( ? ) interview; 16.) Mrs. Kerns ( ? ) interview; 17.) Who's Andrew Llaedis ( ? ); 18.) Cemetery; 19.) Dachau train; 20.) Funded by special grant; 21.) Who's # 67? 22.) Rachel; 23.) Migraine; 24.) Dream; 25.) Failed back-up generator; 26.) Ward C; 27.) Isolation cells; 28.) George Noyce ( Jackie Earl Haley ); 29.) Light house; 30.) Rats; 31.) The real one; 32.) No friends; 33.) God's gift; 34.) I quit; 35.) Sedative; 36.) Ugly tie; 37.) Withdrawal; 38.) Anagrams; 39.) Cutting-edge role play; 40.) Lake house; 41.) Endless loop; and 42.) The unwelcome choice made.
audience reaction: The audience seemed captivated by this Detective Thriller-type of movie.
recommendation: This movie fooled me into thinking that I had it all figured-out early on. The plot twists kept me glued to my seat. It's a good thriller, well-worth the time for fans of this genre.
spoiler alert! The ferry ship didn't look like it was moving up and down at sea when it should have because of its small size relative to that of an ocean liner. And the only way that a person gets sea-sick is if the boat is not moving smoothly. There were 19 female guards at Dachau, of which not one was shown. The Dachau Massacre scene, in which G.I.s executed the Nazi guards was somewhat incorrect: Some were killed while trying to escape and others were killed in combat, these probably "necessitated" the killing of the other guards. All in all, between 30 to 50 Nazi guards were killed; a post-war report put the estimate at between 122 and 520 killed after their surrender. But none of the G.I.s were court-martialed because General Patton dismissed all charges. Upon viewing the gruesome scenes at Dachau, most would be inclined to believe that all the victims were Jews. But about two/thirds of the victims were not Jews but were political prisoners, other ethnic minorities, homosexuals, the insane, men of the clergy, communists, and even some Royals ( source, Wikipedia ). Attention: All of you horndogs out there, this doesn't show the kind of nudity that you have in mind! Teddy walked backwards as he approached the lake shore ( I don't know if this was intentional or accidental due to bad editing, but it looked odd ). The boy ( ? ) in the blue-striped shirt had his left hand clutching at Teddy's shirt while they were in the lake.
fyi: I wanted to see the midnight show but changed my mind when I remembered that about a year ago someone got shot by a car-napper in this theatre's parking lot. No self-respecting car-napper would want to steal either one of my cars, but my car could be parked next to an expensive, exotic car then I would find myself at the wrong place and at the wrong time--not worth it! So, I stayed home, instead.
A bunch of Nazi doctors and scientists were brought here to the United States after the war, and granted US citizenship, to continue on with their research and experimentation, including those on human subjects.
Dr. Cawley ( Ben Kingsley ) asked, "Your poison, gentlemen ...?" and rightfully so. Alcoholic drinks are poisonous, from a bio-chemical standpoint. Someone who's drunk is described as being intoxicated, i.e. full of toxin. 'Notice how the word, "Intoxicated", comes from the word, "Toxin"? Alcoholic drinks poison the liver, leading to Cirrhosis, the seventh leading cause of disease-related death in the US. People, wake up!
When I was a Grade 3 or Grade 4 pupil at Philippine Women's College, Elementary Department, in Matina, Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines, one of my teachers told the class that drinking alcoholic beverages is bad for the liver and can kill a person. I was worried because there was this man who worked for the Coca-Cola Bottling Company across the side street from our apartment building who would always go to the cantina adjacent to apartment # 1 ( my family lived in apartment # 2 ) to get drunk on a very potent Chinese hard liquor called, "Shiok-Tung" ( I think that this is how it's spelled ). I was really worried for him because he was a gentleman and always very kind to, little-fat-kid, me even when he was drunk ( By the way, kids are allowed to hang out at establishments in the Philippines where patrons smoke and drink, and play cards and billiards ). Right after school and just before supper-time, I went to the cantina and found him there sitting alone at a table with a bottle to drink. I went and sat in the chair across the table from him and told him about what my teacher had said to the class, and I asked him to stop drinking because of it. Through half-opened eyes, he nodded at me in a drunken stupor. I felt relieved that he would listen to me. One day, not having seen the man in about two weeks' time, I went to the cantina to inquire of the owner about him. She told me that he had recently passed away. I was shocked and cried a little bit because I missed him and because my warning to him arrived too late to save his life. It has been so many years now so that I cannot even remember his face anymore, but I will always remember him as a gentleman and as a very kind friend.
word of advice: Looks can be deceiving.
Give Alcoholics Anonymous a try. Cine-Man
tidbits: As I left the parking lot, I passed by a blue car with a bumper sticker which reads: "Iraq Detracts." Ah, a fellow conspiracy theorist. On my way to CSAA to pay on my car insurance, I swung by Postal Annex to drop-off some bills. Then, as I drove up the slight incline to the insurance office, I saw a pair of hang-gliders in the horizon just lazily going about in a circle. I gotta try hang-gliding some day.
While I waited in line for my turn at CSAA's payment counter, I noticed a very tall old white lady who appeared to have a double-bellied potbelly, each with an "outie" kind of belly button---Oops! my bad .... They were actually her big breasts dangling and swaying side to side down at her waistline. She must've been one of those bra-burning feminists. I'm gonna have nightmares about this! See, this is why I prefer girls with small to medium size breasts! And they had better holster them in bras, or else ....
There was also another lady, at the opposite extreme, ahead of me. This one was probably just four feet tall in height , in normal proportions. I was checking her out and saying to myself that she'll make for a good "spinner." Then, she looked over her right shoulder and---NOT!!!
