The 25th. And 4 a.m. I can't believe how close I am to going back. I'm currently on Spring Break and I'm becoming all too aware of how close I am to returning to my university. This week has been good for me, and I wish I could have another.

While I work on these taxes (I'm finally on September!),--as I said--I've been watching movies. I've now gone through Batman Begins, The Polar Express, The Godfather, and now I'm on Matrix Revolutions. The Polar Express was a special treat since I'd never seen it before. I'd stayed away from it largely as a result of reviews such as this one from the New York Times. Here's a little excerpt if you don't feel like checking the page:

Tots surely won't recognize that Santa's big entrance in front of the throngs of frenzied elves and awe-struck children directly evokes, however unconsciously, one of Hitler's Nuremberg rally entrances in Leni Riefenstahl's "Triumph of the Will." But their parents may marvel that when Santa's big red sack of toys is hoisted from factory floor to sleigh it resembles nothing so much as an airborne scrotum.

Harsh. And after watching the movie, I think overly so. (Reading reviews about bad movies is something of a hobby of mine, though--often they crack me up--it's one of my quirks.) Yes, I agree with some of the things I have read that there was something about the eyes of the characters that bordered on the freaky, but it wasn't really enough to take away from the magic of the movie, which was exceptional enough that I found myself grinning like a little boy by the end of the movie (how Dana would have loved to have seen that, I bet), even though I had guessed the ending before I saw it. If you haven't seen it, and have been wanting to see a warm Christmas movie instead of the trash that has been produced in recent years, I certainly recommend it.

Ah well, back to work. The famous Neo vs. a billion Agent Smiths is on and that just can't be missed! Hopefully I'll finish before dawn. I'll probably pop in Spiderman II after this.

Also, has anyone ever noticed how some of the music in the Matrix seems to have been inspired by Phillip Glass' work in Koyaanisqatsi?