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November 10, 2002
Two Thumbs Up
We have a local alternative movie theatre here in Waterloo called Princess Cinema. I was first brought there in September 1997 with the rest of my frosh group. Since we were all computer science students, it stood to reason that we should see Monty Python and the Holy Grail, cause, you know, nerds like Monty Python.
Over the years I had the opportunity to see some really good (and some really bad) movies there, movies that I otherwise would not have had the opportunity to see. Last night, Ang and I went there to see Spirited Away, the best-selling movie of all time in Japan. I'm not a big Anime fan (despite the fact I'm in Computer Science, and, you know, nerds like Anime), but I really enjoyed this movie. Although it has a fantasy theme, I wouldn't consider it a children's movie. At the end there was no "And it was all a dream... or was it?" crap, like most fantasies have. Ang liked it because about half the characters were giant talking frogs.
I'm looking forward to using my new Princess membership. Ang and I have plans to see Bowling for Columbine, the new Michael Moore film, and Rabbit-Proof Fence, an Australian film with an excellent soundtrack by Peter Gabriel.