Another Photo of the Motorcade

Here's another photo of the motorcade

I Saw A Famous Person's Motorcade!

So Java & I are chillin, and we hear a lot of noise outside. We see this massive number of motorcycle cops rolling down the street. We rushed downstairs and saw a motorcade pass by. We managed to take some pictures - I'm surprised the cops didn't tackle us :-)

We asked a cop when he was clearing away the barriers and he said it was .... (dum dum daaa!) George "Dubya" "Yee-haa" "War President" Bush! I wonder where he's staying ...

Color Code

I had quite a few discussions about the color code in Hero. According to IMDb the explanation is:

"In the flashbacks, the characters' costumes go from red (imagination) to blue (perceived reality) to white (truth). In the final flashback, the costumes are green (enlightenment/peace)."

RNC in NYC

The police are out in force today. But why are they guarding the hotels around the Chrysler? It's going to be a royal pain to get around over the next 5 days. I guess that'd be compensated by seeing Jon Stewart & company tear into the RNC.

I spoke to my father this morning. For some reason he's gotten the impression from news reports in Bangalore that Republic protestors are getting violent, and ... get this: spreading AIDS as a protest against Bush's policies.

Now I know the Republicans are a bit nuts. But so are the Democrats. But I don't think either party is this militant ... yet.

Hero 10/10

I saw a perfect movie on Saturday. Not many of them around, I can tell you. The movie was Ying Xiong, a.k.a. Hero. The movie was visual poetry, combined with a stunning score. It's the sort of movie where you'd find your jaw dropping every few minutes as you drink in the beauty of the shots. I'm afraid I just can't find words to do it justice, nor can I point to a "favorite" scene, as they're all amazing.

I went in expecting to find a martial arts movie. One of those "You killed my master. I shall train in anonimity until I challenge you 10 years from now" Shaw Brothers type of movie. But it was more of a drama ... like Crouching Tiger. For some reason I didn't like that movie - I think I shall have to revisit it now.

You know, everyone touts the movie as a Jet Li movie. I wonder if that's cos he's the most recognizable Chinese star in America. I didn't think the movie was so much about Nameless (Jet Li's character) as it was about Falling Snow and Broken Sword. The bulk of the movie is after all the retelling of Nameless' encounters with them, and of their love/hate relationship.

Nonetheless ... the movie's a perfect 10. And that's saying something - the last movie to get the perfect score was LoTR: Fellowship of the Rings back in 2000.

(Spoiler!) I also think the movie's trailer was pretty cleverly spliced together. The bit of the trailer which shows Jet Li facing a cloud of arrows was pulled together from different parts of the movie.