Word: decentered
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Ghost looks at me with pity and informs me of what awaits thereafter. “You will still find a decent job, you will still find happiness and financial stability and you will still adopt a baby girl and name her Starr with two Rs. Were you to ever mention what you got on your thesis—whether you did good or bad—you would be labeled an asshole. You see, naive boy, your thesis means nothing but what you want it to mean. It is merely a footnote dropped at a cocktail party...
...need to prime the credit card for a decent three-course lunch in Ho Chi Minh City: the streets of Vietnam's southern capital are lined with choice selections from the country's larder, available for marvelously small sums. Take a stroll from Ben Thanh market, along Le Thanh Ton street, and stop off at a street-side phó bo stall for your appetizer. Vietnam's signature dish of beef noodles-flavored with star anise, cilantro and fish sauce-is a soupy snip at $0.30 per bowl...
...have a pretty decent shot of becoming the next president and vice president of the Harvard Undergraduate Council simply because we connect to the students,” he says. “We operate with respect, and I think that as long as you do that, you’ve got a good chance...
...kind diamond and then jetting to a tropical island paradise to enjoy their retirement. Unbeknownst to them, FBI agent Stanley Lloyd (Woody Harrelson), still simmering from his botched attempt to prevent their robbery, has tracked them down and means to nab them with a brilliant scheme.There are a few decent comic moments thanks mostly to Harrelson who seemingly takes on the daunting task of playing himself, and the occasional stunning shot compositions. But the sad truth is you would be better served catching up on some sleep than finding out what happens in this mind-numbing...
...wish I had not. The movie is lacking something. It definitely was not Jon Voight, the consummate professional, who came through with a performance that rivals the one he turned in for The Karate Dog as his personal best in 2004. Maybe what it lacked was a good script, decent plot, and solid acting. Step it up, Jerry...