For the last few weeks, I was annoyed by the fact that some of my directories on my Windows XP Pro machines cannot be deleted and they have been taking up lots of storage space. I kept getting the message: “Cannot delete xxxx: Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and the the file is not currently in use.” I didn’t know how it got to this state; it was really frustrating. My google search gave me a few tips including changing the file/directory permission and ownership. They didn’t work until I ran into the Unlocker software. This program really did the trick for me. I still don’t know how Windows XP managed to put these file folders in this “locked” state.
Daily Archives: May 23, 2009
Movie Review: “The Bucket List”
Two men met at a hospital. Both were dying with cancer. One (Jack Nicolson) was rich but lonely and owns the hospital and its empire. The other one (Morgan Freeman) was poor and surrounded by his family but was burned out from the family and the relationship with his wife. Before exiting the hospital room which they both shared, they came up with a “Bucket List,” a list of things to do before kicking the bucket.
They both proceeded to cross out the bucket list including sky diving, car racing, safari hunting, climbing to the top the Egypt Pyramid, almost reaching the top of the mountain (Himalaya). The poor guy was tempted with sex by a professional hired by the rich guy. During the encounter, he finally realized how rich he was with his family. He returned home. On the way home, he tried to get the rich guy to find the joy of his life by getting him to see his own daughter, who had many years before refused to see him due to his intervention into her relationship with her abusive husband. The friendship came an abrupt stop and then the poor guy died. The rich guy fulfilled his friend’s wish to see his daughter and found his joy and kissed the most beautiful woman in the world – his own grand daughter.
The story line is safely predictable and is nothing but a different and opposite spin of the hero’s journey. But the acting by the two old and skillful actors was simply phenomenal and believable. The roles fit the their personalities rather well. There were so many traveling for the shoot; I bet they had a good time shooting the movie. It’s heart warming to see how a friendship develops so quickly at the time of their personal crises. It probably would never happened normally. And yet the friendship took a turn when a conflict arose and once they resolved the conflict and friendship moved to a higher level, even beyond their own mortality.
I enjoyed the scenery and the movie.
