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Thursday, 30th August, 2012, 09:55 PM #491
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Zuri sees the mud men form out of the muck, and shudders. With a quick flick of her wrist, she throws the dagger in her hand at one at the edge of the group, hoping to take him out quickly....
ActionVersus L18
Disheartening Strike: (1d20+8=25, 1d4+5=6)
Sneak attack, if applicable (2d6+2=8)
mini-statsPassive Perception 15 / Insight 10
AC: 16, F/R/W:12/16/13, Speed 6
HP: 23/24 +5 THP, Bloodied:12, Surge Value: 6, Surges left: 4/7
Action Points: 0
MBA: Dagger, +6 vs AC, 1d4+3
At-Will: Disheartening Strike, Riposte Strike
(e)Surprise Strike
(e)Torturous Strike
(e)Fey Step
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Combat notes: Sneak attack is 2d6+2
Sunday, 2nd September, 2012, 12:29 AM #493
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Zuri's dagger flies true, striking the centre of the amorphous mud creature. The shape implodes and resettles back within the pool with a muddy splash.
Moments later balls of mud and rock are flung at the adventurers left, right and centre and the amorphous mud shapes move to attack seemingly gliding through the thick mud of the pool floor. Mud balls crack into Wat and Sabynha's abdomens, winding them and covering them in an unnaturally thick and clinging mud which drips down and wraps about their legs. Gray nimbly ducks under the ball flung at him but is caught from behind by a powerful slam from one of the mud shapes behind him which leaves him covered with the viscous mud as well. Zuri takes a glancing blow as one of the creatures hurtles towards her and Sabynha suddenly finds herself surround and heavily beset on all sides.
OOC: OMG ... I'm horrified. All those crits ... I'm never going to roll that high again for a year! And while I'm DMing of all times to roll high! Horrified I tell you!
GM: Rain and Wat with Surprise Actions and Zuri, Gray and Sabynha with fullround actions
Creature Actions
MM1 uses Mud Ball vs Gray: Critical miss
MM2 uses Mud Ball vs Sabynha: Crits for 14 dmg and Sabynha is slowed TENT
MM3 uses Mud Ball vs Wat: Crits for 14 dmg and Wat is slowed TENT
ms1 charges Zuri: hits for 5 dmg
ms2 charges Gray: crits for 5 dmg and is slowed TENT
ms3 charges Sabynha: misses
ms4 charges Sabynha: hits for 5 dmg
Summary: Sabynha takes 19 dmg and is slowed TENT
Wat takes 14 dmg and is slowed TENT
Gray takes 5 dmg and is slowed TENT
Zuri takes 5 dmg
Features of the Area
Illumination: Your light source
Mud Mounds (surrounded by light brown/orange colour): These three mud mounds are about 3 feet high, wide and strong enough to stand on. They are difficult terrain.
Rockpiles (Grey areas): These squares are difficult terrain.
Pool: Shallow water and mud combine to make this wet area difficult terrain.
Sabynha: 12/28 HP; 7/10 Surges; AP Used: Surprised, Slowed TENT; Bloodied
Wat: 19/28 HP; 8/10 Surges; AP Used; Slowed TENT;
Rain: 5THP+29/31 HP; 9/10 Surges
Zuri: 23/24 HP; 4/7 Surges; AP Used
Gray: 17/22 HP; 6/7 Surges; AP Used: Surprised, Slowed TENT
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Last edited by jbear; Sunday, 2nd September, 2012 at 03:08 PM.
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Sunday, 2nd September, 2012, 01:07 PM #494
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When struck Wat uses Joven's power to send a backlash of energy that sends the closest mudman flying.
Wat then calls the power of Joven's Wrath to send the others to the back of the cave as well.
OOC: @jbear, I think you forgot about the +5 thp most of us should have to start the encounter.
Immediate ReactionArmor of Wrath
MM3 takes 4 radiant damage and is pushed to L12.
Surprise Action
OOC: MM1: 20 Fortitude, 13 thunder damage, dazed, and pushed to M10 on a hit.
MM2: 20 Fortitude, 9 thunder damage, dazed, and pushed to M9 on a hit.
MM3: 11 Fortitude, 8 thunder damage, dazed, and pushed to M11 on a hit.
Wat's StatsWat - Half-Elf Invoker 1+ Status: Normal Passive Perception 14, Passive Insight 16 AC 16, Fort 15, Reflex 13, Will 15 HP 19/28, Bloodied 14, Surge Value 7, Surges 8/10 Speed 5, Initiative +0 Action Points: 0, Second Wind [] At-Will Powers: Astral Wind, Divine Bolts Encounter Powers: Thunderwave [], Thunder of Judgement [x], Shining Symbol [], Channel Divinity [x] Daily Powers: Silent Malediction [x]
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Sunday, 2nd September, 2012, 03:14 PM #495
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GM: MM1 and MM2 are hit by Thunder of Judgement and are pushed and dazed; 11 vs Fort is a miss on MM3. SO MM3 remains in L12 after Armor of Wrath reaction.
Mud Man's fortitude is 15
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Sunday, 2nd September, 2012, 07:33 PM #496
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Rain moves along the shore line and jumps into the mud pool with a splash next to a mud man's slimy minion. She swings her blade in an arc, striking the creature hard.
surprise actionCharge MS2: Rain moves through square F14 and finishes in G13. To Hit = 26, including +1 to charging, +2 for Combat advantage (Gray).
Think that kills it, if it a minion.
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Sunday, 2nd September, 2012, 11:58 PM #497
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The mud shape deforms and collapses as Rain's blade pierces its body.
GM: ms1, ms2, ms3 and ms4 are all minions
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Monday, 3rd September, 2012, 08:04 AM #498
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Thanks to Wat and Rain, those enemies that were at Gray's back were not a threat (at least at the moment), and that left him looking for other targets. Seeing the wall of Mud Men and Mud Shapes to the south, Gray pumps his legs through the soggy terrain that threatened to suck him down until he found himself on a mount of higher ground. That was PERFECT, as it placed him at point of advantage against his foes. Like his legs, Gray pumped his arms out at the mud...things, summoning elemental winds to buffet the sloppy creatures, which caused them to ripple violently in the storm of moving air, but it seems not to do much else.
OOC: GOD BLAST IT!!! Why is it that when I use the endworld dice roller while DMing, I'm rolling 16's through 20's... but when I'm using it as a player, I can't get a roll higher than 10!?
- Move: Surefooted Stride: Gray moves to J10. Until the end of Gray's next turn, when Gray is in Difficult Terrain (this is currently the case), Gray has a +2 bonus to AC and Reflex. Any any that is in Difficult Terrain grants combat advantage to Gray during this same time period.
-Standard: Steel Wind vs MS3 and MS4 misses both.
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Tuesday, 4th September, 2012, 08:04 AM #499
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Sabynha was caught completely by surprise, and she paid the price in blood. Reeling and covered in mud, she lets out a cry of pain, and her condition leaves her unable to concentrate on the dance of blades for the moment, but she lashes out with her sword all the same, hoping to strike true against these mud creatures.
Her sword swipe caught the mudman off guard and her blade bit deep into its misshapen form. She was heartened somewhat by the efficacy of her attack, and as she withdrew her slender blade, a smile touched one corner of her mouth, obviously proud of herself. The mud creature was likewise left unprepared for the reversal, and could only clutch at the wound with a slimy appendage.
OOC: I am assuming that a AC 17 will hit.
Also, because I hit, someone gets a +2 bonus on their attack roll usable before the end of my next turn.
actionsMinor Action: Song of Serendipity
Move Action -> Minor Action: Skald's Aura (heals herself for 7+1d6=9)
Standard Action: Attack MM3 with a melee basic attack 1d20+7=17, 1d6+6=12 Hit
Free Action: Lesser Flash of Distraction (daze MM3 TENT)
mini statsPassive Insight 20 Passive Perception 15; Senses Low-light Vision
Skald's Aura (Healing, Martial) aura 5; active.
HP 21/28 Bloodied 14 Surge Value 7; Surges Per-Day 6/10
AC 17 Fortitude 13 Reflex 15 Will 15
Action Points 0
Speed 6
Skald's Aura (active; 1 heal remaining)
Focused Discipline (inactive)
Song of Serendipity (active; one ally can claim +2 to hit before the end of my next turn)
Song of Savagery
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Thursday, 6th September, 2012, 04:45 AM #500
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Zuri unsheathes a dagger, teleports forward and plunges it into the back of one of the mudmen.
Minor: unsheathe dagger
Move: Fey Step to J12 (I hope?)
Standard: Disheartening Strike to MM3 1d20+8=28, 1d4+5=8 ** BUT CRIT! so 9 dmg + Sneak Attack 2d6+2=4
OOC: Sorry for the lack of colour, just completely tapped out right now. I tried to make sure this was all legal Happy to fix when you guys determine otherwise Amusement that I crit.. and then roll 1s on sneak attack :P


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Twin Oaks Manor is a smaller-sized nursing home facility in BOOKER, Texas ( Lipscomb county ). They have 42 beds and 36 residents. Twin Oaks Manor participates in Medicaid and are classified as a Government - Hospital district ownership. They offer residential councils. They are not located inside of a hospital. They do not belong to a continuing care community. Additional information about Twin Oaks Manor can be viewed by clicking one of the links above for directions and maps, inspection / survey results, and resident reviews.
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Twin Oaks Manor provides an average of 0.45 registered nurse hours, 1.41 Licensed practical nurse / LVN hours, and 3.29 CNA hours per day per resident.
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Twin Oaks Manor in BOOKER, Texas has 42 beds compared to a Texas average of 108.79 and a National average of 106.41. As of the last update they had 36 residents compared to a TX average of 76.83 and a National average of 88.66. This results in a 85.71% occupancy rate compared to a Texas average of 70.62% and a national average of 81.98%.
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I needed the money and did not want to borrow it from friends or family, therefore; desperately needing the money and thinking of a cash advance for quick money....(never again will I do this)...I was interested because they appeared to make it so easy for me.
They quoted "A one time fee for 29.95" and I will have my credit card in 2 weeks. Instead I got some garbage, oh it looked professional and all but it was not a credit card, in fact I dont know what in the hell it was.
I called them up and asked them when was the credit card coming and what is all this stuff they sent me. They gave me an unaccepable answer and I'd be lying if I told you what they told me but I can say it was not what they first said it was.
I told them, "Take me off of whatever this is, it is not what the lady told me, and I am no longer interested" They clarified to me that I could not get my $29.95. I did not argue, I just wanted off their list.
Next thing I know, they drafted money out of my account. 2 debit amounts on the same day. One was for 59.95 and the other one was for 99.95. They placed it as a phone check on my statement it looked like the following:
PHONECHECK CFB 866-892-6018, etc. I will not place these other #'s stated because I dont know exactly what they are and this lesson has made me more than carefull, but this information in this paragraph basically means, Capitol First Bank and that is their phone number. These amount were unauthorized by me, I had no warning and no knowledge. When I called the number to ask why they did this, they said I authorized it.
I told them "proove it, they are wrong, I cancelled what ever they claimed they were and ate the 29.95, but these other 2 amounts are very much unauthorized" I told them "they were a sham, and that they would be hearing from my attorney"
My daddy then called them. They told him that they would not give him any information without his SS#. He ofcourse hung up on them.
Then I had to makse stop payments on this sham and that cost me $46. Then approxamently one month follows on 8-8-02. They took out another amount ...Again, an unauthorized amount of $99.00.
They were better at hiding their Capitol First Name, but yet not good enough. This name was under Heartford Auto Club. I still dont know what Heartford Auto Club is and how it even happened but I have proof on tape that they are affiliated with Capitol First. Again, I had to fork up anther $23.00 for another Stop Payment.
This Sham in one month alone has cost me $69.00 in stop paymentsg. I am going to the Bank tomorrow, and I want to know more about this and why, their addresses, etc....and how can this happen to honest people.
Its not fair that I am spending money to prevent crooks that keep attacking my account, and on top of that I have to go through the agrivating time and energy to change my account #. These people need to be caught and live the rest of their life in jail. This is plain evil.
It has also caused stress in my family life. Words cannot describe how irritating this is. Its is so unfair, and its so sad that people so aufull exist. It has taught me to not trust. I come from a small country town, and realize that I have been sheltered, and there is a crude world out there.
I have learned it is easy easy easy to have your own money and more taken away by horrible people and they are hard to catch, but I am willing to do whatever I can to get these crooks in jail, the problem there is: I dont have the money to get an attorny, but if I did and if I ever do. They will be sorry as hell that they called my house.
People want money for many of reason. Right now the only reason I desire money is so I can spend it on catching every evil scam out there. They are the dirt of the earth.
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Football's 68% was second among all SEC schools behind only Vanderbilt. The three Georgia teams that recorded 100% were all at the top among all SEC schools.
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The mission of NIST is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life. To help meet the measurement and standards needs of U.S. industry and the nation, NIST provides calibrations, standard reference materials, standard reference data, test methods, proficiency evaluation materials1, measurement quality assurance programs, and laboratory accreditation services that assist a customer in establishing traceability of measurement results.
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Very few directors have been as polarizing as Brian De Palma is, you either end up hating him totally, or adoring him. It does not help that his output has been truly inconsistent, great movies, followed by equally dud movies. Maybe this is the reason, why among the movie brats of the 70s he is not as highly regarded as a Scorsese or Copolla, nor has been as popular as a Spielberg. But personally, he remains among my favorite directors. He is one of the best when it comes to shooting action sequences, be it the Odessa steps one in The Untouchables, the pool room shootout in Carlito's Way or the ending of Scarface.
One thing for sure, subtlety is never the strong point of Brian De Palma, his movies are right in your face, often over the top, absolutely gory. But they crackle with a sort of raw energy and intensity, that keeps you hooked. And this is one director, who has made great movies across all genres, horror( Carrie), gangster( Untouchables, Carlito's Way, Scarface), war ( Casualties of War), thriller( Blow Out). So after a long time, doing a blogathon in tribute to Brian De Palma. It would start from September 11( his birthday) to September 21st. You could contribute to the blogathon, with posts on his movies, or his directorial style, anything related to him. And yes if you are having your own movie blog, please do promote using one of the pictures below.
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Wes Craven, the name often brings back, many memories on screen, not necessarily pleasant. It would be easy to dismiss as homes as mere gore and sex fests, but at a deeper look, he explores our own fears, our own insecurities. The Last House on the Left and The Hills Have Eyes, played upon the eternal theme of civilization vs barbarism. Last House on The Left, was on what happens in you stray away, basically a kind of morality drama, where the 2 young girls who seek to have some fun on the side, have the most horrifying experience ever. Hills Have Eyes, was on a common fear, what if we are stranded in the middle of nowhere and have to face the barbarians there. One more common feature, when it comes to survival, the "civilized" are as barbaric as their enemy, be it the girl's parents in Last House on The Left or the family in Hills have Eyes. Craven's horror works because it plays on the viewer's insecurity, both Last House… and Hills Have Eyes are scary, because they could actually happen to you. And this is what comes out in his iconic movie Nightmare on Elm Street, where he takes the phrase "worst nightmares come true" to a literal level. Freddy Krueger would be one of the most iconic horror movie characters in history. And Scream, literally mocked Hollywood's various horror movie cliches.
Wes Craven is no more, passed away on Aug 30, but has left behind a great legacy in the horror movie genre. In tribute to him, organizing a blogathon, starting from Sept 15 tentatively. Like most other blogathons that have been conducted here, any articles on Wes Craven, his movies, interviews will be accepted.
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It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations of the earth are in a conspiracy to under value them.-Henry James
Disgusting three-ring circus…Johnny's up for re-election in November. You've got it all figured it out, haven't you? Johnny Iselin's Boy, Medal of Honor winner. That should get you one of the fifty thousand votes.
Allow me to introduce our American visitors. I must ask you to forgive their somewhat lackadaisical manners, but I have conditioned them – or brain-washed them, which I understand is the new American word. They believe that they are waiting out a storm in the lobby of a small hotel in New Jersey where a meeting of the ladies' garden club is in progress.
Do you realize, Comrade, the implications of the weapon that has been placed at your disposal?…A normally-conditioned American, who has been trained to kill and then to have no memory of having killed. Without memory of his deed, he cannot possibly feel guilt. Nobody, of course, has any reason to fear being caught. Having been relieved of those uniquely American symptoms, guilt and fear, he cannot possibly give himself away. Ah, now Raymond will remain an outwardly-normal, productive, sober, and respected member of the community. And I should say, if properly used, entirely police-proof.
John Frankenheimer, remains one of those directors, who often remains an enigma. At one time, touted as the next Orson Welles, the later part of his career, stumbled from disaster to disaster, before he redeemed himself somewhat with the 90's thriller Ronin. Yet this man made some of the best ever Cold War thrillers, The Manchurian Candidate, about an American citizen, brainwashed by Chinese to assasinate the President, and 7 Days in May, about an extreme right wing plot to overthrow the US President. In fact some of his best output came during the Cold War era, with a series of gritty, tightly scripted thrillers. He also proved he was equally adept at the War genre, with his WWII drama, the Train, and the gritty crime drama, French Connection II. Beyond thrillers and crime, he proved he was equally good at human drama, with his tale of redemption, Birdman of Alcatraz. Technically he was a genius, check out the tracking shots and amazing camera work in the Train, or the breathless car chase scenes in Ronin.
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In 1790, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote a two act opera in Italian called Cossi Fan Tute( Thus do they All), which was performed at Vienna. The plot of Mozart's opera, centres around two couples where the guys accept a bet to prove that their respective fiancées are eternally faithful. In order to carry out, the guys will pretend to be in disguise and try seducing each other's lover. And that sets off a series of betrayals, indiscretions, that throw the lives of the 4 characters into complete chaos and a free fall. There have been latter attempts too at exploring the intricacies in relationships between two couples, Noel Coward's Private Lives, Harold Pinter's Betrayal and Pierre De Laclos Les Liaisons dangereuses( Dangerous Liasions). The basic thread is the same, of two couples, where the partners are trying to cheat on each other, with or without their knowledge and the consequences that follow. Mike Nichols 2004 movie Closer, was based on Patrick Marber's play of the same name, and while it had the same theme, of 2 couples and their partners cheating on each other, the treatment was much more contemporary and much more raw. The language is more profane, and the story in a way mocks the Internet relationships, which is pretty much a 21st century phenomenon. Mike Nichols had earlier explored the theme of 2 couples on a cross collision course, in his 1966 debut movie, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, where a young couple gets drawn into the stormy married life of a middle aged couple, and finds that their own marital life is under threat now. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, was itself considered too bold, and shocking for it's times, with the profane dialogue and the sexual implications present at every stage in the story. Closer is about two couples here- an aspiring novelist Dan Woolf( Jude Law) and a young American stripper Alice Ayres( Natalie Portman), a photographer Anna Cameron( Julia Roberts) and a dermatologist Larry Gray( Clive Owen).
In an opening scene, that mocks at most of the staple romantic comedy clichés, Dan meets with Alice, on a busy London street, when the latter has an accident. Both the actors walking in slow motion, and Damien Rice's The Blower's Daughter playing in the background. It seems a scene straight out of any standard rom com, with Jude Law, looking wistfully at Natalie Portman, in a red wig, looking utterly waifish. And soon, Portman,looking all dreamy eyed, hit by a bus, falls on the road, Law rushes in to help her up.Portman looks back with a mix of innocence and coquetteishness , and in that sweet tone of hers calls out "Hello Stranger". One of the best opening scenes ever. The following scene in the hospital, sets up the two characters well, Dan is an aspiring writer, but now consigned to writing obituaries in news papers, what he calls the "Siberia of Journalism". And Alice tells that she is a stripper, but proves to be quite an alluring character, sweet and innocent, but curious, with a hint of mischief, under that sweet face. The opening scenes, hint at a picture of a perfect romance between Dan and Alice, as they walk around London, taking in the sights, cuddle together on bed and kiss. It just seems all so perfect, but it's sure, there is some trouble lurking around the corner. And it arrives in the form of Anna, an American photographer, who comes to take a picture of Dan, who now is planning to launch his book, based on Alice's life. By now Dan is in a full fledged relationship with Alice, but still does not prevent him from flirting with Anna, and they have a passionate kiss together, another well shot scene. Dan seems to want to have his cake and eat it too, he is attracted towards Anna, but at the same time, does not want to let go of Alice, whom he claims is completely lovable and unleavable.
Extraordinary thing, the internet. Possibility of genuine global communication, the first great democratic medium. -Anna
The Internet, if there was one term to define the 21st century, it would be the "Age of the Net". Yes the first great democratic medium, that bought knowledge to the common people, and turned relationships upside down. On the Internet, you could be yourself, and you could still not be yourself. The Net was a medium, where you could be what you wanted to be, instead of what you are. You could get into an anonymous chat room, and be a stud, carrying on with 5-6 females at a time, never mind if in real life, you were nowhere close to it. Or like Dan, transform yourself into the opposite gender, and indulge in hot cybersex with the others. Which is what he does with Larry, a dermatologist, whose instincts and approach towards the opposite sex are pretty much caveman level. Larry actually believes that Dan, whom he meets in an anonymous cybersex chat room is actually a female, and when the latter asks him to meet in real, he accepts it. Nor is there any finesse in his approach with Anna, who also comes to the same place,it's crude, he does not even bother to check with her, if she is the same person with whom he had cybersexed.
It's a lie. It's a bunch of sad strangers photographed beautifully, and all the glittering assholes who appreciate art say it's beautiful 'cause that's what they want to see. But the people in the photos are sad, and alone, but the pictures make the world seem beautiful. So the exhibition's reassuring, which makes it a lie, and everyone loves a big fat lie.- Alice
One of Closer's best scenes, is when the 2 couples are together, at a photo exhibition organized by Anna, on Alice. We have Alice talking to Larry, Anna taking with Dan, and the camera keeps switching back and forth, capturing the interactions between the two characters. Dan once again is pursuing Anna, he can't get it how she has fallen for a dermatologist, as he says "can you get more boring than that". Larry on the other hand, is quite content in his relationship with Anna, he takes pride in the fact that she is even amused by his nasty habits. Or maybe the fact that it's the flush of the first 4 months when everything seems hunky dory. He is deeply in love with Anna, as he puts it "You are a woman", while Alice is just a girl. It is this that makes Alice remind him "You seem more like the cat that got the cream. Stop licking yourself.".
Oh, as if you had no choice? There's a moment, there's always a moment, "I can do this, I can give in to this, or I can resist it." And I don't know when your moment was, but I bet you there was one. I'm gone.- Alice.
Closer is Mike Nichols most dark movie, next to Who is Afraid of Viriginia Woolf? I would say. It is brutally honest, cold and cynical, sparing no punches in it's take on modern day relationships. In a sense it is the anti date movie, that mocks at all those romantic cliches of eternal love you have been fed with. Dan is in a relationship with Alice, yet he has no qualms cheating on her, with Anna, who herself is married to Larry. Yet he can't seem to give up on Alice, he really does not have a convincing explanation about what made him fall for Anna, when he does not seem to have any issues with her. He wants Anna, at the same he is jealous if Alice finds some one else. He loves Alice, does not want to hurt her, but at the same time he himself claims he is selfish, he feels he would be happier with Anna. At that very moment, the word "love" seems to be shallow, it just seems a matter of convenience to be used as and when needed. All that talk of eternal love, being there for another just goes straight out of the window, as we see Dan seeing love in an opportunist sense.
Don't say it. Don't you fucking say "You're too good for me." I am, but don't say it. You're making the mistake of your life. You're leaving me because you believe that you don't deserve happiness, but you do, Anna.- Larry
For a movie that explores the issue of partners cheating on their significant others, Closer does not really have any explicit scenes of nudity or sex. The sexual tension here though is more from the dialogue and the characters motivations. Take the scene, where Larry confronts Anna, over her cheating on him with Dan. It is completely dialogue oriented, yet you feel the rawness, the sexual tension, just from the words and the actions. As Larry demands Anna, to let her know what happened between her and Dan, you feel that sense of unease, the tension somewhere in the air. Larry is the other end of what Dan is, more brusque, more rough and yes quite possesive of Anna too. The very thought of Anna sleeping around with Dan, gets Larry all heated up, yet he still wants to know the graphic details of the sex they had. As he puts it to Anna "I am a fucking caveman".
Closer is not a movie you would go out on a date with, it's too honest a look at what we call love and relationships. It is like watching your own relationship in a mirror, with all that facade of true love, stripped away. What you get to see from Mike Nichols is a brutally honest, no holds barred portrait, and that is not a pretty picture to look at. There were many who hated Closer, as they felt it was just too cold and cynical. But that was what the movie was intended to be, to shock and awe,albeit in a more subtle manner. You see both the relationships, hurtling down a path of no return, and that makes you examine your own. When you say "I love you", do you really mean it, or is it just an opportunist turn of phrase you are using to satisfy your lust. You hate Closer, because you know like Dan or Anna, you have used love for your own opportunistic ends. You hate Closer, because you know like Larry under all that educated, refined exterior, you are still a caveman. You hate Closer, because you find that some one like Anna, for all her waif like exterior, is actually the most sensible and level headed of the lot. Closer puts the mirror straight in your face, makes you have a re look at your own relationships, insecurities, and how shallow the concept of love is.
The movie is also helped by some splendid performances. Jude Law is first rate as usual, as Dan, who uses love for his own selfish ends. Not too big a fan of Julia Roberts, but she was pretty good as the cold and calculating Anna. Clive Owen, exudes the natural caveman like appeal and raw passion of Larry quite well, especially in the scene where he confronts Ms.Roberts. And Natalie Portman, packs in the right mix of innocence, coquettishness, impishness, with a lingering sexuality, in the right measure as Alice.
Charles Nesbitt "Charlie" Wilson (June 1, 1933 – February 10, 2010) was a United States naval officer and former 12-term Democratic United States Representative from Texas's 2nd congressional district. Wilson is best known for leading Congress into supporting Operation Cyclone, the largest-ever Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) covert operation which, under the Carter and Reagan administration, supplied military equipment including anti-aircraft weapons such as Stinger antiaircraft missiles and paramilitary officers from their Special Activities Division to the Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. – From Wikipedia.
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In the 80's, George Crile III, the CBS journalist, began to uncover details of Operation Cyclone, while researching and reporting on the war in Afghanistan. The astounding details on Operation Cyclone, began to come out and in 2003,Crile published his findings in a book, Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History. This book would be the basis for the 2007 movie, Charlie Wilson's War, written by Aaron Sorkin, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Tom Hanks as the titular Charlie Wilson.
The movie starts off showing Senator Charlie Wilson( Tom Hanks), frolicking around in the bath tub, with a bunch of other females, one of them an aspiring starlet Crystal Lee( Judy Taylor), her agent, where the talk is about her role for a TV show. In the opening scene itself it is clear that Charlie is hardly interested in legislating or governance. Coming from Lufkin, Texas, a town where people, just wanted to have their guns, and be left alone, Charlie has plenty of time on his hands to frolic around, with nubile young females, partying, sniffing coke. He has staffed his office with pretty young women, and his reason "You can teach them to type,but you can't teach them to grow tits". That is what Charlie was an easy going Senator, enjoying the good life, the women, the parties. I believe that the real Charlie Wilson was even more wilder, when it came to drugs and sex. It was quite interesting watching Hollywood's Mr.Nice Guy Tom Hanks, play the role of a sleazepot, and he does it quite well. One interesting part, is when Charlie is frolicking with Crystal and a couple of other strippers in the bath tub, at a hotel in Las Vegas, the camera keeps cutting to a TV show, where Dan Rather, is speaking about the crisis in Afghanistan, and how if the US does not act, it could end up being another communist state. In a way a rather nice setup to Charlie's character later on in the movie.
Charlie for the most part is having a good time, enjoying with the female staff in his office, who seem to love him for all his sexist attitudes( or maybe it is the bad boy persona). I did hear that Charlie Wilson's female staff were fanatically devoted to him in real, often nicknamed Charlie's Angels. And yes, listening to one of his constituent's appeal for setting up a Nativity crche, at a fire station in Texas, his life is pretty easy. Until he runs into Joanna Herring( Julia Roberts, doing the icy blonde act), a rich born again Christian Texan socialite, and is the Honorary Consul to Pakistan. Herring sleeps around with Charlie when needed, disdainfully calls his female employees as sluts, and she is the one who impresses him on the need to supply asssistance to Afghanistan.
I've been with the company for 24 years. I was posted in Greece for 15. Papandreou wins that election if I don't help the junta take him prisoner. I've advised and armed the Hellenic army.I've neutralized champions of Communism.I've spent the past three years learning Finnish! Which should come in handy here in Virginia! And I'm never, ever, sick at sea.So I want to know why I'm not gonna be your Helsinki station chief– Gust Avrakotos
And this is where the most vital character in the movie comes into the picture, Gust Avrakotos( Philip Seymour Hoffman, in one of his best performances ever). Gust is a maverick CIA agent, passionately dedicated to his job, some one who lives and breathes it 24/7. He has no patience for the file pushers, is outspoken to a fault and cares for no one. Aaron Sorkin's strength is in the way he introduces his characters, sets up their motivations, and the interpersonal exchanges between them. Recall Jack Nicholson's introduction scene in A Few Good Men, where he makes it clear to Tom Cruise who the boss is. And that is the main strength of Charlie Wilson's War, the character set up, and the exchanges between Charlie and Gust. This is one of the best introduction scenes ever, where Gust has a showdown with his superior, goes around and smashes the glass window, in one of the movie's best scenes ever. Gust in a way sums up the typical, on the ground CIA agent, who has been hands on, and has no patience for the sanctimonious file pushers.
So give an interesting premise, characters and set up, does Charlie Wilson's War live up to the expectations? Yes and No.
Mike Nichol's strength is the way he develops his characters, and the interpersonal relationships between them. He is not much of a visual stylist like David Fincher, Ridley Scott or Mann, his forte is characters in a suburbia or an urban world, and their interactions. Nichols works best on that level, be it Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? or Graduate or Postcards From the Edge. And that is the major strength of Charlie Wilson's War, the interactions between Charlie and Joanna, Charlie and Gust, as they begin their mission to arm the radicals or what they call the "ultra-right" in Afghanistan, who are fighting a losing war with the Soviets. The scenes where Joanna convince, Charlie of the need for US intervention in Afghanistan are well played out. She for sure is an interesting character, rich Texan socialite, ex TV show hostess, ex beauty queen, who is now the Honorary Consul to Pakistan. In her own words other than boycotting the Olympics, which was a fairly impotent response, the US Govt was hardly doing anything to prevent Afghanistan from going under the Soviet Radar.
If this were a real war,State would issue a white paperoutlining the Communist threatthe way they did in El Salvador.
If this were a real war,there'd be a National Bipartisan Commission on Afghanistan, headed by Henry Kissinger
the way they did in Central America.
If this were a real war, Congress would authorize $24 million for covert operations the way you did in Nicaragua.
The feeling is that the US was not really considering Afghanistan a threat, the way it did with some other countries during the Cold War. And that is where Joanne impresses upon Charlie the need for arming the rebels, saving Afghanistan, defeating the Russians and even ending the Cold War perhaps. Interestingly that did turn out to be prophetic, the Soviet defeat there, was one of the factors in hastening the end of the empire. Only that reality hits Charlie in the face, when he visits Gen Zia in Pakistan( Om Puri in a neat little cameo), who complains about the inadequate funds, the equipment and the fact that he does not really trust them. As he says "You sell us planes, but not the radar,You offer Afghans rifles from WWI against Soviet helicopters". In a rather moving scene, Charlie visits the refugee camps, and the plight of the people there moves him. Again this scene is shot quite poignantly, showcasing Charlie's transformation, who is now fully convinced that the US needs to act fast in Afghanistan to prevent it from slipping permanently into Soviet hands.
Charlie-Were you listening at the door?
Gust- I wasn't listening at the door.
Charlie- Were you standing – at the goddamn door listening to me?
Gust – No.
Charlie-How could you even… That's a thick door!
You stood there and you listened to me?
Gust-I wasn't standing at the door.
Don't be an idiot.
Gust – I bugged the Scotch bottle.
Charlie- What?
Yeah, it's got a little transmitter on it.
Another great scene is the first meeting between Charlie and Gust, when the former calls him to his office. Gust has an enclyopediac knowledge about the officials around, and as they discuss, Charlie asks him to leave the room for a moment, when his faithful aide Bonnie( Amy Adams, pretty much under utilized) drops in. Charlie comes to know that Paul Brown, the guy whom he had been hanging out in the bathtub in the first scene, is now wanted for a fraud. And he also comes to know that he is under investigation for alleged cocaine use, and hobnobbing with Paul Brown and the starlet Crystal. The best part is when Gust comes back into the room, and then reveals his indiscretions. Charlie is shocked, and wonders if Gust was eavesdropping. And then Gust cooly reveals to Charlie, that his Scotch bottle is actually bugged, this was satire at it's best. Tom Hanks and Paul Seymour Hoffman are both at their best in this scene.
The Soviets didn't come into Afghanistan on a Eurail Pass. They came in T-55 tanks.The fighters need RPG-7 anti-tank grenade launchers, Katyusha 107mm rockets, wire mines, plastic mines, bicycle bombs, sniper rifles, ammunition for all the above and frequency-hopping radios and burst transmitters so these guys aren't so fucking easy to find-Mike
Another interesting scene, is where Gust takes Charlie to a place where a bunch of youngsters are playing chess. He calls one of the nerdy looking kids there. And then to Charlie's utter disbelief , it is revealed that he is actually the Weapon's expert for CIA. Charlie feels is he being taken for a ride, here, I mean how could this nerdy looking chess player know anything about strategic ops and wars. And then the nerdy kid, Mike, explains the need for RPG-7 anti-tank grenade launchers. And here again, the need to make sure that these weapons come from Israel and Egypt, an American made weapon would have escalated into a full scale war.
Charlie Wilson's War works best in the entire lead to the mission, the planning, the strategies used, the discussions on the weapons. The way CIA makes use of seemingly normal people like Mike for undercover operations, is well shown, as are the ego clashes between various officials. Also to Nichols and Sorkin's credit, they don't turn Charlie's transformation from a rake, to a man who headed one of the largest covert ops in history, into something too sentimental. Yeah the scene at the refugee camp, is a bit Hollywoodish, but the transformation of Charlie's character is shown gradually, from the first scene where he watches the TV news about Afghanistan, to his subsequent encounters with Joanna and Gust.
So what did not really work for me in this movie?
Operation Cyclone, was not just the largest covert ops in history, it also had an impact, right after the cold war. The arms that were supplied by CIA to the Mujahideen in Afghanistan, would be used by them later on the US itself, in a series of terror attacks during the 90's which finally culminated in 9/11. The movie does quite well, in looking at how the operation was planned out, the strategies, and the scene where Gust and Charlie meet an Israeli arms dealer, is another great one. Especially the part where they suggest a co-ordinated effort between Israel and Pakistan, Egypt, their sworn enemies, which makes it clear that the Cold War was more a struggle for power, than anything else. And this now is the problem with the movie, after setting up the premise so well, looking at the way the operation was planned, carried out, it falls flat in exploring the aftermath and impact. Operation Cyclone, was problematic, in order to overthrow one enemy, the Soviets, it ended up creating a far worse enemy, much more vicious. And the movie just glosses over the whole aspect. The brilliant tongue in cheek satire, on US policies during the Cold War, and their "fight against communism", loses out to a series of stock montages, showing the Afghans downing some Russian helicopters. Mike Nichols works well when he is dealing with interpersonal relationships or character studies, however politics is not exactly his forte. The movie just glosses over the impact of Operation Cyclone, we just have a rather lame denoument by Charlie in the end, wondering if they had done a bigger mistake by handing Afghanistan over to the Mujahideen. Unlike Steven Spielberg's searingly honest Munich, that explores the impact of Operation Wrath of God, on the pysche of the men handling the mission, this movie lacks the kind of introspection, that would have made it a classic. At the end of the day, it just becomes another Hollywood style, Americans get together, have fun saving the world from the bad guys, albeit written more smartly, and having a more intelligent screenplay. And that to me is where the movie falls short of being a genuine classic.
We start the Mike Nichols Blogathon, with a post on his horror classic Wolf, written by Peter Roberts. As Peter puts it Wolf was a radical departure for a director, usually known for his human dramas like Graduate or comedies like Working Girl. It was dark, creepy and scary, also ended up polarizing audiences and critics alike. Peter is Editor in Chief of Deuce:Grindhouse Cinema, and a rabid movie geek, who loves every kind of movie. In his own words on Wolf here.
For me WOLF is an exceptional entry in the subgenre that doesn't fall into the usual trappings that many of these kinds of movies do. It is certainly a werewolf film, but it's played out with a combination of realism, sly humor and romance. I think what Mike Nichols did was create a solid character driven story first then add the werewolf elements to that which really worked for me. Using the backdrop of the book publishing business and the inner battles for seniority between Will and Stewart was very refreshing. I really enjoyed all the power play aspects mixed in with the supernatural elements. Of course any movie with Jack Nicholson in the lead is always worth watching and in this movie he delivered another entertaining performance infusing his trademark sense of humor and wit into the proceedings giving it a more grounded feel.
Mike Nichols, a director with whom I share my birthday- Nov 6. Apart from the personal connect, he remains one of my favorite directors, and a blogathon was due on him from quite some time. I was sort of sad, when I heard the news of his passing away on Nov 19, his last movie Charlie Wilson's War, was a brilliant satire on the Cold War, US involvement in Afghanistan, add to it fabulous performances by Tom Hanks( in a role much different from his Mr.Nice Guy image) and Philip Seymour Hoffman. In his long career, Nichols has directed movies ranging from the great( Graduate, Who's Afraid of Virginian Woolf, Silkwood) to just about good( Postcards from the Edge) to utter meh( Day of the Dolphin). Though Nichols often tried crowd pleasing stuff like Day of the Dolphin or horror like Wolf,, his forte was the personal movie. Of people and their relationships, he was at his best exploring human relationships in all their complexity.
In tribute to one of my favorite directors, I am doing this blogathon on my site here. I had earlier done blogathons on Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Roman Polanski, Howard Hawks, Michael Mann,Steven Soderbergh that turned out quite well. So here is looking forward to contributions for the blogathon, in the form of movie reviews, articles, interviews, anything related to Nichols. Also please request to use the given pictures on your blog for promoting it.
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Friday, August 14, 2009
Timing is everything.
It took "When We Were Kings," Leon Gast's riveting 1996 documentary about the Muhammad Ali-George Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle," more than 20 years to arrive in theaters. So it's altogether fitting that its unofficial sequel, "Soul Power," would take a decade or so. The new movie, about the legendary concert that preceded the 1974 boxing match in Kinshasa, Zaire, explodes in a burst of energy, musical chops and an eerie political prescience that makes it feel like something beamed from some past-is-future time warp.
Filmmaker Jeffrey Levy-Hinte gets "Soul Power" underway and chugging with swift economy, plunging the audience into the chaotic preparation for the three-day music festival, which like the fight itself was hanging by a slender financial thread (made even more tenuous by Zaire's corrupt President Mobutu Sese Seko). In scenes reminiscent of "Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival," another great music documentary about a legendary concert, "Soul Power" eavesdrops on a nervous financier's liaison as he checks in on the show's organizers, who at one point inform him that there's a "huge discrepancy in the day this festival starts."
Levy-Hinte juxtaposes these nerve-racking encounters with shots of ecstatic American musicians boarding a plane for Zaire, which more than one of them refers to as "going back home." The plane trip turns out to be one long jam session, with Celia Cruz keeping time with the Fania All-Stars by tapping her shoe on the plane's ceiling.
When the musicians finally take the stage for the show, in which the American acts alternated with such African musicians as Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba (whose husband Stokely Carmichael pops in for a quick cameo), Levy-Hinte wisely keeps focused on the music, capturing several high points: Bill Withers's mesmerizing performance of "Hope She'll Be Happier," B.B. King singing "The Thrill Is Gone," a double-time version of the Crusaders' "Put It Where You Want It" and James Brown's regal rendition of "Payback" and "Cold Sweat." ("Soul Power" also includes some off-the-cuff street performances, including a lyrical interlude in which Masekela acts as the Pied Piper of Kinshasa.)
Equally compelling are scenes featuring Ali, whose impromptu pronouncements often give voice to the rage and full-throated black nationalism that fueled the entire event. (Ali's characteristically eloquent disquisition on racial profiling, decades before that term would be coined, crackles with particular relevance.) While the feelings of longing, anger and pride are understandable, they're also made grimly ironic by the visage of Mobutu, the leopard-skin pillbox-hat wearing kleptocrat, looking on from posters while American artists claim Zaire as their symbolic home.
In inviting viewers to reflect on how the world has changed since 1974 -- and perhaps, more poignantly, how it hasn't -- "Soul Power" turns out to be an unusually resonant time capsule, one that weaves together theatrics, musicianship, cosmopolitanism and sharp political critique in a vibrant look-back that's at once celebratory and wistful.Soul Power (93 minutes, at Landmark's Bethesda Row) is rated PG-13 for some thematic elements and brief strong profanity.


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