by Jim Stitzel | Dec 9, 2005 | General
I finally got to watch this movie tonight. I was expecting a cheesy ‘B’ movie and was, instead, pleasantly surprised to find myself laughing with a well-done action/comedy/romance. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie team up in this film to play assassins working...
by Jim Stitzel | Dec 1, 2005 | General
bq. Now is the time that we must choose between what is right, and what is easy. ~Albus Dumbledore This quote from the movie _Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire_ is a variation on a quote from the book itself, and it carries a valuable lesson that can be applied to...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 28, 2005 | Technology
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire How do you condense a 734 page book into a 2.5-hour movie? The answer is that you don’t. _Goblet_ was an exercise in thumbnail moviemaking. Each scene was little more than a visual sketch of each chapter in the book, jerking...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 14, 2005 | General
I was listening to some friends discuss TV shows over the weekend and heard them talking about the effects that certain shows have on them. It was interesting to hear the differences between male and female reactions to a particular show. Differences in background...