where: CINE-ARTS @ PLEASANT HILL in Pleasant Hill, CA
when: Saturday, March 31st, 2012
show: 5:35 p.m.
costs: $10.50 Ticket + $4.00 ( 50 Cents Off Special ) 20 oz Peach-Mango Fuze + $5.00 Benicia Bridge Toll = $19.50
auditorium: 2
seat: 4th row, Right Section, 4th column
synopsis/overview: A Salmon-Loving Sheikh Gives a Dam
A Yemeni sheikh, Sheikh Muhammed ( Amr Waked ), who loves salmon, wants to introduce fly-fishing to his people in the desert. Harriet ( Emily Blunt ), a consultant working for the Sheikh approaches a fisheries expert, Dr. Alfred Jones ( Ewan McGregor ), about it who thinks it's all nuts! But when the Prime Minister's press secretary, Patricia Maxwell ( Kristin Scott Thomas ), hears about it, she convinces the expert to take on the task for goodwill's sake in the middle of a war.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) "Anglo-Yemeni cooperation"; 2.) "Fundamentally unfeasible"; 3.) "Please be nice to me"; 4.) Code red"; 5.) Salmon fishing; 6.) "Don't be honest"; 7.) "We must keep up with the times"; 8.) "Take it how you wish"; 9.) "Fish require water"; 10.) Dam; 11.) "This is blackmail"; 12.) "You have a mortgage"; 13.) "Say a command"; 14.) "That should do for a while"; 15.) "That was the call"; 16.) "Theoretically possible"; 17.) "You didn't even ask me, 'just went and did it"; 18.) "I'm your f-cking mother"; 19.) Text; 20.) Canteen; 21.) Bass Mania; 22.) Instant messaging; 23.) "The Willie Jones"; 24.) "I would question your judgment if you did not"; 25.) "This is a sign"; 26.) "Satellite measuring device"; 27.) "You're a man of faith"; 28.) "You're unhappy tonight"; 29.) None; 30.) Chinese engineers; 31.) "I allowed myself to drink a glass on a technicality"; 32.) Bad news; 33.) Deadline; 34.) "I made you a sandwich"; 35.) "... we're a part of a lavish practical joke"; 36.) Target; 37.) "The water in her well is cold"; 38.) Construction project; 39.) "They say I have insulted God, Himself"; 40.) "See it as an opportunity"; 41.) Face of Evil"; 42.) "I talk to my fish"; 43.) "The traitor has had his chance"; 44.) News; 45.) "Happy birthday, Patricia; 46.) Resign; 47.) The assassin; 48.) "No survivors"; 49.) Jealous argument; 50.) "I just know it"; 51.) "They're alive"; 52.) "Keep it that way"; 53.) "Hubris, Dr. Alfred"; 54.) Time; 55.) "Photo-Op of a lifetime"; 56.) "I don't have a sense of humor, as I recall"; 57.) Surprise visitor; 58.) Text message; 59.) "I love her"; 60.) "I don't think I can accept your apology"; 61.) The Sheikh's dedication speech; 62.) Upstream; 63.) Sabotage; 64.) "I asked for too much"; 65.) "The only thing that kept me going was the thought of you"; 66.) "I'm gonna stay"; 67.) Do you need an assistant"; and 68.) Another Instant Messaging.
audience reaction: The audience enjoyed it. But it didn't get a "Hands Clapper" ending.
recommendation: I liked this charming movie, too. Go see it if you like "Feel-Good" movies.
spoiler alert! The water-cooler filled that tall glass rather quickly. Did those Muslim guards really have to wear kilts? The jealous argument was not believable enough. In the Sheikh's dedication speech, he mentioned Muslims, Christians and Heathens but he didn't mention Jews! Sheesh .... What, hasn't the Sheikh heard of the famous Jewish Culinary contribution, Lox 'n' Bagels ( Jewish salmon sandwich )? The "from-under-the-water" shots were meant to be from a fish's P.O.V.; so, the cameraman should have used a Fisheye Lens. After all, if I'm forced to stare at a projected image on the Big Screen of Ewan's crotch--or any other male's crotch for that matter, I want it to look distorted instead of imposing! ( Hey, it's not about "Penis Envy"! Just so you know, I'm more of a female crotch watcher--'love 'em "Camel Toes"! Ha, ha, ha. )
fyi: My house 'phone has a 25-foot long cord. And it just creates a lot of static noise if I don't wrap the end of it to my pinky finger and press it against the handset as I talk on the 'phone.
Why the press secretary's 'phone didn't have any static noise, I simply don't know. Maybe, it was just a movie prop.
This movie's subject was what got me hooked--pun intended--into seeing this movie.
Salmons go upstream to spawn. What that means is that the female salmons lay their eggs in the river bed. Then the male salmons ejaculate all over the eggs ( And the bears downstream from them momentarily stop drinking the river water; the male bears, that is. LOL )--and then the male salmons die! In other words, even if they had hands, it would not be in the best interest of male salmons to masturbate. One "quickie shot" is all it takes to kill a male salmon. What a pity ....
word of advice: Thank God that He didn't create you as a male salmon. ( Hallelujah! Praise the Lord. )
Don't let jealousy force your lover into the arms of another.
tidbits: After watching THE RAID: REDEMPTION, I moved my car closer to the theatre. I had to park my car all around the corner because the parking section in front of the theatre was full. And, after what happened to my other car back in January, I didn't want to tempt car thieves and vandals by leaving my car in a semi-isolated area.
After the movie, I walked next door to the Dollar Tree Store.
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| This looks blurry because I was holding two heavy grocery bags in my left hand as I took this shot. It has the right time-stamp on it. The theatre is to the right of this photo. |
They remodeled the store. It looks completely different from what I remember when I last visited this place months ago. It looks more attractive and more spacious now.
When I got back to Vallejo, CA, I swung by the 99 Cent Only Store to buy a 3-litre Root Beer Soda and some more snacks.
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