Austin Barnes

Paper Moon (1973)

Normally, I try to have something interesting to say about these, but all that happened when I finished this was me saying, “That was wonderful” to Christy and smiling. I loved this movie.
Read the rest...Saving Money on NV Energy's Electric Vehicle Rate
May 1 marked a year of us being on NV Energy’s EV Rate plan, and they sent us a summary of what happened with our power use over the course of that year.
Read the rest...Down By Law (1986)

I’m not very versed in Jim Jarmusch, but everyone I’ve ever heard talk about him makes a point to say that he’s a bit of an acquired taste or might put people off somehow (paraphrasing, all of it). The one I’d seen from him was Night on Earth, which is an anthology and stars Winona Ryder (put her in a movie, I’ll check it out) so it may not be entirely indicative of what to expect from him.
Read the rest...Godland (2022)

I watched over two days, and that might have been a mistake. I think I missed some key interactions that would explain Lucas’s relationship with Ragnar, and the ultimate demise of Ragnar for a seemingly mild transgression — or at least a transgression that escalated very, very quickly.
Read the rest...Japan

A-Bomb Dome, Hiroshima

Waterworld (1995)

I have been on a mini run of “you gotta hand it to him” with regard to Kevin Costner. That run led me to dive with reckless abandon into Waterworld, a movie that I was ready to believe was treated unfairly over the years. It has not been treated unfairly. This wasn’t good.
The movie has a decent enough idea and a not-awful plot line. The premise is not subtle (the intro voiceover describes the melting of the polar icecaps, creating a world without land), but that unsubtlety to start the movie can be seen as world-building. It’s quickly just part of the movies, with a minor line here or there to remind you that the people alive today at least abstractly understand that their ancestors had really fucked up.
Read the rest...Mikey and Nicky (1976)
