* Dark Days, a documentary about homeless people who build a functional little society in an abandoned railroad tunnel, had an intriguing premise but bored me to tears.

* Likewise, The Motorcycle Diaries is gorgeous, but I just couldn't make myself pay attention. I really only got the gist of the plot, and that's only because I just got done editing a book on Che for a local Greensboro publisher.

* 50 First Dates is expectedly stupid, but not the worst movie I've ever rented.

* I screened Slaughterhouse-Five and The Unbearable Lightness of Being for class recently as well. They're both excellent. I used a bit of Slaughterhouse -- I like the way they filmed the ruins of Dresden a lot -- but there wasn't really anything from Unbearable Lightness that I wanted to use, and I'm pressed for time with this book as it is.