Mann's Chinese Theater

Saturday I went to see "The New World" at Mann's Chinese Theater with John Florendo and Amy Cheng (né Florendo). It was fun. The last time John and I were there with Amy was in 1997 to see the re-release of the original "Star Wars". Another memorable movie experience at Mann's Chinese Theater was to see "Se7en" - I was squirming away throughout the movie. It was still spooky walking down to the mens' room on Saturday.

"The New World" was very good, I'd recommend it to anyone. I was sure that I recognized one of my favorite actors in it, Noah Taylor (from "The Year My Voice Broke") and I was right, he had a small role. I'd read in history books about the dorky settlers looking for gold when they ought to have been planting crops, but I'd never seen it depicted in a movie. Yes, life was hard in prehistoric Virginia, but the Indians helped them. Then the Indians became violent against the settlers until more ships arrived and the Indians "sued for peace". Indian maiden Pocahontas was cute and Colin Farrell's armor was cool (if not completely effective against the Indian war hammer).