What else did we see recently? The highly over-rated Mystic River, which tried to cover too much and seemed to think it was very deep. I was particularly annoyed by the non-talking wife, together with the mute brother, and the suspect who wouldn't make it clear he was innocent. Then there was the notion that the long-ago crime inevitably led to the modern tragedy--except it didn't have too. It was just a misunderstanding. Anyway, I found it was just too long and ponderous.

Chinese movies: Hero: I liked the comic-book, Matrix-like flavor of some of the scenes, but the praise of Qin Shihuang was really a little disgusting; Blind Shaft was pretty good for an art movie; Together, about the kid with the violin wasn't bad, either.