The Matrix
Watched this again, 1999 - a much younger Keanu Reeves.
It holds up well and is still a superb film. Despite the abundant special effects. And what's crazy is thinking how much the world has changed in the ensuing 20 years - from dial-up downloads, technology, monitors, etc - yet despite that it hasn't aged poorly if at all - in fact, arguably, given all the shit films that have been made since - it's age has made it even better. Definitely worth a revisit if you haven't seen it since it first came out. It's from the olden days when studios used to pay writers...
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The Wailing - Hong-jin Na
Came well recommended - very much enjoyed, a different premise, but some interesting correlations with "The Parasite", also Korean and much applauded this year. Now - a bit of a meta analysis below - so don't click the read more unless you want major spoilers...
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Calgary: 2020 - Got Tattoos? You're a Bartender
NY Eve at the High Fi Club. Without a doubt - without a doubt - the worst Bar service I've ever come across. Ever. Having Tattoos doesn't make you a bartender. 3, 4, 5 bartenders behind the bar, tattooed girl, fitness top girl, tattooed guy. Not one of them fucking has a clue. Serve people out of order. Don't make eye contact. Don't know who's next, don't care. Make a drink, turn your back to the line, take a drink for yourself. Talk to your fellow barmen. Walk around, look busy, ignore line-up. Take another drink. Someone comes behind the bar and empties the tip buckets - one solitary clink, one coin, I mean, I get it, you guys are so fucking clueless you're not even inept, you'd have to at least be trying. And they'll tell the owners nobody tips...turn around, pretend to smile, accidentally serve someone. First time - in my life - that I kept the change from a drink. Hi Fi Club Calgary - worst - service - ever!!!
That said, once you accepted you wouldn't be drinking at a bar on NY Eve, and that the staff were there to save you money, the music was good, and the crowd, as close to the Kootenays as you could get in Calgary, which is something but not much. Summers coming...
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