Movies: Batman Begins

Rented and watched Batman Begins earlier this week in case we go see the Dark Knight in the theater. It had ninjas! I didn't really get emotionally engaged with the characters, but it was fun to watch. And there were ninjas! I was kinda distracted by trying to figure out if the girl was Katie Holmes (she was) and trying to divorce enjoying her performance with disliking the whole TomKat phenomenon. "But she's cute and spunky!" I told myself. Then my interior self did a perfect Ed Asner imitation and growled, as he did in the premiere episode of Mary Tyler Moore, "I hate spunk."

But there were ninjas!

Book: Lieutenant Hornblower

Finally broke down and bought Midshipman Hornblower some months ago when I realized that I wasn't going to find our copy any time soon, and I really wanted to read it. Enjoyed it a lot. Found a copy of Lieutenant Hornblower at a used bookstore during our most recent trip to Houston and just finished that. Very enjoyable!

I've seen/heard versions of the events described in that book (it's the one with the mad captain who falls down the hatchway) on A&E and on two different sets of radio-theater recordings. It was nifty to read the original at last. And I didn't realize the whole thing was told from Bush's POV, which sometimes lent remarkable insight, sometimes delightful humor.

We've got all the rest, I think, so I'll be reading Hornblower and the Hotspur next. I know I should be reading Highly Worthwhile Serious books that I have on the pile, like The Kite Runner or Inkheart, but I don't feel like it. This is what I feel like, so this is what I'm reading. Darnit. :-)