K-19 The Widowmaker

Just sort of hanging out today. Watched K-19 the widowmaker in the living room, one of our recent rentals from Netflix. It was a fairly decent movie. The ending of which I did not expect, but you have to be willing to let the movie turn out different than you thought it might if you want to enjoy it.

It's amazing how frustrated I felt initially when the plot turned in an unexpected manner. Guess i've been conditioned to expect the "hollywood" plot style.

Also managed to catch "The Island." A very cool movie. Of course I've always been a big fan of Scarlet Johannsen. The car chases were excellent, and I loved the way that the buildings and the cars were designed. Not as over the top in my opinion as Minority Report, with the exception of the random and completely unneccessary insertion of flying Jet bikes. The movie made some interesting points about how willing people are to make moral sacrifices in order to stay alive and prolong their happiness. More specifically those people were more than willing to let the dirty work be done without their knowledge, not working particularly hard to figure out the details of their fountain of youth.