Lately I've done a ton of Classpath/libgcj merging. That's easy and makes me feel like I'm making progress. Also I wrote the assert feature for gcj -- I always make some nice progress on a self-contained project like this when I'm on a trip.
I saw a few movies lately:
- The Importance of Being Earnest. Enjoyable, though in
the end it was missing some emotional punch. Still, I
recommend it, if only to watch Colin Firth prance around.
- The Bourne Identity. There's an obvious Unix parody to
be written here. The shell forgets its identity, acquires
features, re-emerges as bash or zsh. Something like that.
Anyway, for an action flick (I usually practice
genre-relative reviewing) this was pretty good. It exceeded
my expectations, which were quite low.
- Attack of the Clones. Not as bad as number 1.
- About a Boy. This was pretty good, but still missing
something. Also I found the character development a bit trite.
- Sleeper. I saw this at the outdoor theater here, which
is always fun.
- Monsoon Wedding. Loved it. Though Elyn pointed out
that if it were an American film, I would hate it for
espousing traditional values. Still, the energy and flair
were there.
- Scotland, PA. A sometimes funny take on MacBeth, set
in Pennsylvania of the 1970s. In the end I don't really
enjoy cultural parodies like this. Plus, for me the real
greatness of Shakespeare comes in his language, not his
plots, and this version rewrote the script.