The Bucket List is a feel good movie. Thats it. nothing original, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Would not add it to my DVD collection however.

When I was a teen, I thought Val K was the hottest in Real Genius.

We’ll get to the VK movie — he’s great.

Speaking of Jack N. and sequels, re-watched Terms of Endearment last evening to reconsider both script and performances (it won many awards back in 83). Apparently they made a sequel (The Evening Star) that was a bit of a lemon, to keep that juice metaphor dripping… (sorry, tee hee.) Has anyone seen this pair of films?

Morgan Freeman seems to have been typecast as a proverbial “Magical Negro” (a term popularized by Spike Lee). Where a black supporting character helps the white character, guides him and gets him out of trouble.

Morgan is a pretty good actor…you’re right. I wish they’d write some new material for him.

He played a pretty edgy crook in “Nurse Betty”. I’d like to see more like that.

—Shane! — Yay! Nice to see you again.

I love Jack, even if he is a crazy old fart with the same old expressions. He is in the top 3 favorite actors of all time. He has done so many movies, we know his moves. Lucky him.

No doubt, Morgan Freeman is a great actor too.

Maybe both actors are getting pigeon-holed in their old age and type-cast.

Shane, laughing at your KKBB review… too funny re the Soss/Josh.

—SizzlyP — You are having way too much fun!

—Steph — Glad we could save you a few bucks!

—Friar — I didn’t see the Count Dracula. Morgan Freeman is a such a good actor, maybe it is time for someone to write him a new fresh multi-dimensional role so he can go out with a big bang.

If DeNiro can finally come around and make something good with Pacino, then I can only hope that eventually Jack will either blow gold over everything or just call it a career.

Freeman, on the other hand, is and has been playing himself since Shawshank. If you guys remember a little diddy called STREET SMART, in which Morgan was honored with an Oscar Nom., you’ll see a dark side of him that was slimly evident in WANTED; calling everybody “mothafucka’s” and carrying a heavy pimp hand, Morgan had a smorgasbord of personalities he could play before becoming the All-Amer Oreo. (Nice!)

KKBB kicks ass. You’ve got RDJ, Val, that spicy Sossamon (who is like a female Josh Hartnett – sexy, stylish, stoned all the time), and a story that continually leaves you guessing who, what, where, when, why and how. The humor is similar to that of the movie IN BRUGES, which Jaden suggested awhile back (Excellent!), in that it is sarcastic, dark and basically un-politically correct . A guilty pleasure for the smart-ass in you!

I haven’t seen Kiss Kiss Bang Bang yet, but will put it on my movie list to watch in October. I’m getting ready to go to TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) tomorrow morning to see The Brothers Bloom (screening, press junket and interview with director Rian Johnson) and the red carpet premiere of Warner Bros.’ “RocknRolla”. Next week I’ll be preparing for the Atlantic Film Festival, here in Halifax, NS. It’s a busy month!

By the way, yesterday I rented two Serbian movies by director/writer Emir Kusturica (Underground and When Father Was Away On Business). Started watching Underground last night but was interrupted halfway through the movie by friends who wanted to go out for a coffee. It looks pretty good up to now. Underground won the Golden Palm at Cannes in ‘95 and When Father Was Away On Business won the Golden Palm at Cannes in ‘85 and was Oscar-nominated in ‘86.