twas important (for/to me) to note the start of reading the steve martin novel because i watched "cheaper by the dozen" monday morning before work. except for a few idiot scenes and unnecessary puking, it was a solid family comedy. martin's bad form during his macho jogging entrance during the credits was pretty much the first thing that struck me. happily, it was pretty much uphill from there.

tuesday morning was "conspiracy" time. when i spotted the dvd, i thought it was about the plot to assassinate hitler. didn't bother reading the summary on the back. turned out to be a reconstruction of the meeting that resulted in the "final solution." very awesome film. krista's seen it five times! it was only as i babbled about it at jim during our wednesday evening walk-and-talk that i realized the full import of the story kenneth branagh's character recounts near the close of the film. it connects back to something about his father that i had thought was never fully resolved -- but that was only because i didn't understand the point of the story. i guess i was somewhat like stanley tucci's evil eichmann in that regard. fortunately, i seem to have unraveled it. powerful dialogue-driven flick, highly recommended.