Saturday, July 2, 2016

"The Usual Suspects" revisited

It's a holiday weekend and of course there are  no holiday weekends for those of us in the hospitality industry.  Hospitality equals ......(expletive deleted here) and we all know that. And it also means working weekends. That's a fact, that's life.  No big deal. 

Tonight I grilled a chicken breast and some squash perfectly and needed to watch something on TV.  There is so much to watch but it was time for something other than CSI or The Blacklist or crap like Bloodlines. After clicking around and trying on several things, I settled on watching "The Usual Suspects" which I have seen several times. I guess I needed something a bit familiar and it does not disappoint. 

You have already seen this movie but watch it again.  I promise you this: you will be surprised at what you forgot, things you missed, things that will catch you off guard. It's complicated, of course. It's not just Verbal Kint and Agent Kujan. It's not just the beautiful Dean Keaton (Gabriel Byrne) or any of the usual suspects.  It's a really good movie, full of betrayal and dishonor and trickery. Totally worth watching again.  Check it out.  Free to stream on Netflix, of course. 

More tomorrow.

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