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Movies: "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House"

"The next time you're going to do anything or say anything or buy anything, think it over very carefully. When you're sure you're right forget the whole thing."

Last night I watched "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" (thank you Netflix), a 1948 movie starring Cary Grant. I don't know for a fact, but it sure seems that "The Money Pit" is a remake of this, with Tom Hanks in the Cary Grant role.

I'm not going to say "comedy gold" or anything, but there were plenty of funny moments, and it's fun to watch an older movie now and then.

Movies: Prince Caspian

Ken: 7/10
Dana: 8/10

Dana's first words walking out of the theater: "Not enough lion."

Movies: There Will Be Blood

Ken: 8/10
Dana: 8/10

[UPDATE: As I've thought about the movie some more since seeing it, I think I'd raise my rating to a 9/10 - KZ]

Duelity: Creation and Evolution animated

Jason Kottke links to a really interesting short animation (approx. 2 minutes).

Duelity is a split-screen movie with one half of the screen showing the six-day creation of the earth & man in scientific terms and the other half showing the Big Bang/evolution origin of the universe as it might have been written in the Bible. (Click on 'watch' then 'duelity' to get the full effect.) Nice use of infographics and illustration. (thx, slava)

It's really interesting to watch. I recommend watching one all the way through, then the other, then both together ("Creation", "Evolution", then "Duelity").

(Via kottke.org.)