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Mark is working on his cluster, and I just finished watching House of Flying Daggers. I forgot how hot Takeshi Kaneshiro is. The plot is stupid (I hate love triangles), but the scenery and fights are so very, very pretty. And it's funny - the Wikipedia article mentions that Chinese critics hated it because it didn't have any sort of "message" to it, and that's the one thing I really liked about the movie. Because in every other Chinese movie that has a message - it's always about how the individual has to sacrifice their own needs and wants for the good of the nation (see Hero) and I'm always thinking, fuck the nation. Go run away with your lover/take revenge for your father/live a carefree life, etc.

One thing I didn't know was that Anita Mui was supposed to be cast in it, and it was supposed to be her last film appearance. She passed away before they started filming, and they wrote her role out of the movie. It's too bad. I suspect that she would have been slated to play the new leader of the House of Flying Daggers.

(Someone really needs to edit the Anita Mui Wikipedia page, too. The trivia at the bottom make no sense.)

Last night we watched Find Me Guilty. While Mark and I hardly ever agree on movies to watch, we can always agree on Vin Diesel. And he acts! I don't feel guilty about liking this movie. It's directed by Sidney Lumet, who did 12 Angry Men, which Mark and I both watched in our government classes in high school. Maybe it was a requirement? I highly doubt that juries are actually that fascinating to watch, but 12 Angry Men did keep my attention. Anyway, like I said, Vin Diesel acts!