Mariko rented “Mr. Vampire” the other day, and we watched it with the kids after dinner. This is a great Hong Kong martial arts movie, but really light-hearted with tons of slapstick and goofy situations. The fighting is great, oftentimes the characters make mistakes (like missing the bad guy with a kick, and hitting the good guy),and the kids really got into it. The version we got had dubbed and subbed options, and we had them both on, which was hilarious because the word rarely matched what the actors were saying. I mean, it was not even the same meaning most of the time! But that made the movie all the more fun. A good rent from Netflix!

I saw “There Will Be Blood” on Friday with some friends, and it was pretty good. Not really my type of movie, but Daniel Day Lewis’ acting was amazing. He plays Daniel Plainview, oil man in California in the early 1900’s, who builds a successful oil business from scratch. Sometimes, he’s really likable, but other times he’s a real summabitch. Mostly, though, I was rooting for his success. He also had the best line at the end of the movie, “Bastard in a basket! Bastard in a basket!” If you don’t see this movie in the theaters, it’s definitely a good rent!

Just watched this movie (twice) on the flight home. Excellent film! A real tear-jerker, though.