24: Legacy (3:00 - 6:00pm)

Before we get started (thanks to the “previously on”) I just realized I forgot two crucial events that happened earlier. The first is that while Shifty Eyes was blamed for the leak (that led to the Rangers getting killed) it actually turns out that Rick Simon was behind the whole thing (Headface’s dad). We don’t know why yet but it probably has something to do with helping his son reach the oval office.

The second thing (and now I know why I forgot all about it – it’s RI-DI-CU-LOUS) is that while Dre is, you know, trying to prevent a major terrorist attack, his wife calls him and says something along the lines of “I think there’s something hinky going on here.” Dre does not respond how I expected him to  -- Instead of hanging up on her and rolling his eyes -- he takes her seriously, has CTU hack into the phone records and then takes the time to text his wife a recorded phone call between Foxy Cleopatra and the drug dealer that Stringer Bell went to meet. Stupid, right? But anyway…

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Bee. Bee. Bee. Bee. Be. Be. Be. Be. B. B. B. B…..

Going My Way (1944)

Directed by: Leo McCarey
Written by: Frank Butler and Frank Cavett (story by Leo McCarey)

Man, is this movie a bore.

As you know, I technically consider any Oscar winner "required viewing" (although nothing had moved me to watch this before, so I am a little full of it). This movie was somehow nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won 7, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor, and 2 writing awards--one for Best Screenplay and one for Best Story.

Do not be fooled by this; it is inexplicable. It seems there is a consensus that The Greatest Show on Earth is the worst Best Picture winner of all time. Well that is probably true; it is a ridiculous and decidedly *not good* piece of shit. But at least it is entertaining. Going My Way is so saccharine, so lethargic--there is no way to enjoy it (unless you somehow believe Bing Crosby singing in a clerical collar is on par with Jimmy Stewart dressed up as Buttons the Clown).

<spoilerish> At the very end--like, last minute--they pulled a dirty old trick and made me shed an actual tear even though I had been completely disengaged for its over 2-hour (!) run time. Because of that tear, I am not only bored by this movie, I am now mad at it, too.

The "plot" of this film is perfectly suited for List Anything. There is nothing to it but a list of things that happen, most of which result in someone singing for no reason.

Synopsis and spoilers after the jump.