fine whine

Jessica and I looked at our first house for sale today. Really it was a practice run, but we've got to hone our instincts sometime and soon at that. It was a nice enough split level that really was too small, had woefully little storage and needs new carpets and a paint job. Its street didn't get plowed wither, which is a big minus and one thing I'll need to make sure to check as we do the whole house shopping fandango this winter.

Also today I watched Equilibrium and we watched Identity together. Neither was great, but neither was too horrible and overall they averaged to a "not bad" with Equilibrium being surprisingly good and Identity being surprisingly mediocre. I'm not going to recommend the latter for anybody except the most hardcore mindfuck fans for completion's sake, but the former I'll no doubt drop here and there in conversations about action movies and bleak futures. Equilibrium did several things right: the action, though over the top, served some purpose and never slowed down. If anything, it was sped up. Also, the laws of physics were never violated (well, about never, and only then for stylistic coolness) and potentially only once was wire-fu used. The ideas were pretty well developed (and not nearly as smorgasbord-esque as the Wachowski's vision) and though Christian Bale channeled Neo for his often monotone dialogue delivery style and jet-black wardrobe, it didn't strike me as a Matrix knockoff or wannabe. Which is a good thing.

I didn't love it, but I'd watch it again before taking on Matrix revolutions.