the bourne supremacy

i saw it in arlington with josh and hayle. wow, the theater was packed. we were sitting in the fourth row, i think, over on the side, so the angle both vertical and horizontal were terrible. oh well. i still thought the movie was pretty awesome. although the chase sequences, or anything with shaky camera action and lots of fast cutting, made my head hurt.

things that occurred to me:

i was in the line for the ticket taker, which consisted of a couple, and then me. and this man walks right in front of me with 3 kids. what an asshole. the worst part? one of his kids (i assume he's a father) is tugging on his arm and saying, "you can't cut. we can't cut!" the jerk ignores his kid and walks right by me like i'm not there. normally i would've called the guy an asshole and told him to get in line (what circle of hell do cutters go to?), but i felt so bad for the kid i just smiled at him and told the kid it was no big deal (the man noticed none of this). he looked so embarassed for his dad's bad behavior. i hope he grows up with that sense of decency intact.

hayle asked me why i hate julia stiles. i don't hate her. she can be pretty, sometimes, and she's not a bad actress. what i hate is this whole generation of not hot attresses being cast in roles that clearly call for hot actresses. kirsten dunst as mary jane parker? please. anna pacquin as rogue? she is just flat out weird looking. julia stiles as anyone's love interest? give me a break. the funny thing is someone realized that them not being attractive means that they won't automatically be dismissed as being only attractive, and thus they can play "serious" parts. in the good old days, a woman had to be hot, then turn oldish and become distinguished looking, and then she'd get the serious roles. meryl streep used to be hot. susan sarandon? hot. was diane keaton hot? probably.

and so we have a miserable dearth of hot actresses around my age getting movie roles. eliza dushku gets wrong turn, jessica biel gets texas chainsaw massacre... cheesy horror flicks? instead, we get MONA LISA SMILE. kirsten dunst AND julia stiles. the horror. the fucking horror. and even better, julia roberts, who really isn't very good looking, is their mentor. even maggie gyllenhal is kind of pretty, but only sometimes. whoever was in charge must have explicitly placed a prohibition on hiring someone all-around good-looking. the one saving grace has to be the presence of the name "marcia gay harden" in the credits.

look at the first line of the plot summary from IMDB: "A free-thinking art professor teaches conservative 50's Wellesley girls to question their traditional societal roles."

translation? An unattractive lesbian teaches unattractive girls with lesbian tendencies to express their lesbianism.

god, i hate those actresses so much. now i'm agitated.

i apologize to the bourne supremacy for going off track so much. it's really good. watch it.