From lyger at attrition.org Fri May 9 21:54:47 2008 From: lyger at attrition.org (lyger) Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 21:54:47 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [attrition] review: Movie: The King Message-ID: http://attrition.org/movies/king.html 2005 Czarina Elvis Valderez (Gael Garcia Bernal: Amorres Perros, The Motorcycle Diaries), has recently been discharged from the Navy and at 21 years old, he has no family, no home to go back to, and no idea of what he's going to do with himself. However, the one thing he does know is that he's going to Corpus Christi to find the father he never knew. The only things Elvis knows about his father are from the sparse details provided by his mother. Elvis seems to be a nice, sweet young man, and you immediately like him, and hopes that he finds his father, and will be greeted with open arms. Of course, if that is what happened, this would be the end of the movie and this review. Obviously, the movie and the review go on to find Elvis arriving in the Lone Star state where he happens upon, or so it seems, a close-knit church, led by Pastor David Sandow (William Hurt). The good minister is a devout God-fearing Christian and his equally dedicated and seemingly perfect family is as wholesome as the white bread in bread-boxes across America. Pastor Sandow's "Get Right With God" philosophy is the cardinal focal point of his ministry. As soon as he enters the House of God he meets Malerie (Pell James), a cute teenage lass to whom he is instantly attracted. She, however, turns out to be the pastor's daughter and she directs him to the sanctuary to attend the services. He takes a pew as the pastor's son Paul (Paul Dano: Little Miss Sunshine) serenades the congregation with christian rock music, much to the dismay of his father. After services, Elvis follows the minister and his family to their home, where he tells Sandow that he is the man's secret love child, a product of an affair with Elvis' deceased prostitute mother. Sandow makes clear Elvis is to stay away from his family, home, and his church, as his family and congregation know nothing of his checkered past. Things between them appear to end there, but the situation is far from over. [...] From lyger at attrition.org Sun May 25 00:08:25 2008 From: lyger at attrition.org (lyger) Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 00:08:25 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [attrition] postal: like shooting fish in the bitstream Message-ID: http://attrition.org/postal/p0017.html we've been outsourced you could always try google not so much when *we* contact tech support beyond the call of duty like, d00d feel the force baaaaad spaaaaam especially #4 time marches on