{"id":2622,"date":"2013-01-05T22:48:06","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T03:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2622"},"modified":"2013-01-05T23:00:33","modified_gmt":"2013-01-06T04:00:33","slug":"movies-on-the-plane-recently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2013\/01\/05\/movies-on-the-plane-recently","title":{"rendered":"Movies on the plane recently"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Arc de Triomphe by byte, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/byte\/8337490104\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8500\/8337490104_2fdc5a19ec_n.jpg?resize=320%2C320\" alt=\"Arc de Triomphe\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Having a few long journeys, I got to catch up with the latest Hollywood had to offer.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2006810\/\">Papadopoulos &amp; Sons<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; show about an entrepreneur who goes thru trials &amp; tribulations, then learns whats important in life<\/li>\n<li>How I Spent My Summer Vacation (aka <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B008M34INW\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=colincharles-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B008M34INW\">Get the Gringo<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=colincharles-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B008M34INW\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>) &#8211; you won&#8217;t think much from the title, but this Mel Gibson show isn&#8217;t half bad. I don&#8217;t recommend going out of your way to watch it, but it&#8217;s a good way to pass time surely. Action, murder, revenge, love, and crime are all covered here\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B009AP3HQK\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=colincharles-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B009AP3HQK\">Arbitrage<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=colincharles-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B009AP3HQK\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>&#8211; Richard Gere stars, also about an intensely wealthy entrepreneur, about to sell his company, cover up his problems, while having an affair. There are several themes &amp; plots here, so you&#8217;ll enjoy it overall\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00A95Q7SK\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=colincharles-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00A95Q7SK\">The Words<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=colincharles-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00A95Q7SK\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> &#8211; about a writer who placed his name on his best work, only to find out that he has to live with such a secret. Turns out its a lot harder than expected.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I notice that the plotlines in the last two movies seem to end with a bit of a cliffhanger. Leaves the watcher to understand or continue thinking about what might have been. Unlikely that you&#8217;ll see a part two, but maybe that&#8217;s how modern movies tend to end.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Upon arriving home, I did turn on cable and caught <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B006MGDVFM\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=colincharles-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B006MGDVFM\">Senna<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=colincharles-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B006MGDVFM\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. If you like the Formula One (F1), you surely know whom Ayrton Senna was. You probably also know that Senna was the last F1 driver to die while racing. 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