War for the Planet of the Apes, 2017 – ★★★★

I enjoyed War very much. Moving, thoughtful, and beautiful to look at. Andy Serkis as Caesar was terrific. Recommended.

Spider-Man: Homecoming, 2017 – ★★½

I’m not a fan of the Spider-man films but this one got such good reviews that I gave it a shot. Still don’t like Spider-man films. To sum this one up:

“Woah!” “Ouch!” “Aw shucks” “Whoops!” “Hi there!” “Sorry!”

All too flip and silly for my taste.

:s/folks/people/g

Blow-Up, 1966 – ★★★★

Mostly an interesting artifact from the 60s. I half expected Austin Powers to jump out any moment. Less a murder mystery than a reflection of art, reality, and something else I haven’t yet figured out. I also can’t decide if I loved or hated the tennis court scene at the end.

Heavy on the grain with HP5+ at 1200 in Diafine. (Leica M6. Summicron 50mm)

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The Conversation, 1974 – ★★★★★

Wonderful. I’d never seen it and it’s wonderful. Sound design makes it. Really loved it.

I don’t mind grain so much but HP5+ @1200 in Diafine is pretty darn grainy.

(Leica M6. 50mm Summicron. Pakon scan.)

American Made, 2017 – ★★★★

I want to dislike Tom Cruise but I keep enjoying the films he’s in so ¯_(ツ)_/¯. This was good fun.

Josie enjoying a sunny day in the yard

Uninstalled NeoVim until I have my regular Vim configuration nailed down. Switching between them was muddying the waters.

Why I switched to [new thing] from [old thing] in 2017

I spent the afternoon wrangling Vim into just the way I like it for writing. Could use maybe a touch more contrast, but it’s darn close.

You know how people fight about Vim vs Emacs? I’ve been doing it with myself for weeks now. Actually yelled at myself today. I contain multitudes.

A problem with apps that depend upon their own convenient “cloud” library is when they won’t launch, like with Ulysses right now.