I just got back from having breakfast at Heidi's Pies with Vanessa and Annie. Annie was too sick to take to the babysitter, but she was real good and did not cause any trouble. She sat at the table and ate her food and watched her DVDs on the portable player that Vanessa brought along. I dropped her of at Maureen's on my way home.
Yesterday I had a quiet day at home. I watched a DVD of the movie The Hurt Locker. It has been nominated for best movie this year, and I have seen a lot of discussion about it on Charlie Rose. It is a very realistic portrayal of the military experience of EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) units in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is directed by a woman who is nominated for best director. The screenplay is written by a reporter who was embedded with an EOD unit in the early days in Iraq. The actors are pretty much unknowns, but they are all very good. Even though the film has a lot of action, it is mostly a character study of the military people who do this work. It is very well done, and I give it 4 stars.
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