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[Félix]

I agree, Jim.

[Sally, la reina]

I don't really get what it is about her that you all enjoy so much. She looks nice and all...

[Félix]

She's just hot, Sally.

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Sally wrote: "I don't really get what it is about her that you all enjoy so much. She looks nice and all..."

Anne Hathaway
Tina Fey
Holly Marie Combs

Maybe its just a guy (or Jim) thing.

[Sally, la reina]

We watched Reservation Road last night. The first half was painful and horrific and terribly sad. Nice acting skills all around, good script. The second half was painful and horrific because it was so tedious.
I actually just decided to take a little couch nap while it jibber jabbered on. Then when I was brushing my teeth Sweeeter filled me in: Juaquin goes and buys a gun and...Wait, maybe you haven't seen it.
I think I'm not a fan of Jennifer Connelly. And maybe not Marc Ruffalo, either, although I like him in some things.

[Félix]

I want to see that, too.

We watched Doubt the other night. I thought everyone in it was super good. I had no idea what it was about before seeing it. Meryl is amazing. No doubt.

[RandomAnthony]

Anne Hathaway is hot, smart, and well-mannered. You could take her anywhere.

[Félix]

I could? Oh ... no. You didn't mean it that way. never mind.

[RandomAnthony]

She's too well-mannered for that. But we can dream...

[Félix]

Probably too smart, too, for that.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I watched Transformers last night, and give it 3 stars. I got bored with the Transformer battles, I think it should have been 30 minutes shorter. And boy, were the names of the Transformers lame!
But I loved loved loved the astoundingly smart and funny dialog. And I loved the parents' characters.

[RandomAnthony]

Funny, you didn't mention Megan Fox...

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Was she the ridiculously hot love interest, I suppose? She was fine. I liked the Australian computer whiz girl more, though.
Hey, did you notice Tom Lenk was in this movie? He played Andrew in Buffy the Vampire Slayer!

Tucker's brother? Who raised the hell hounds to attack the prom goers?

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Okay, I will be going to the 7 p.m. IMAX showing of the new Star Trek movie.

Larry?

[Félix]

Sorry, Jackie. No luck here.
Have a great time not in uni.

[Heidi]

I saw the Star Trek movie this weekend. I liked it okay.

[Félix]

Just okay, Heidi?

[Heidi]

Okay, I liked it alot.

[Dave]

Just a lot, Heidi?

[Heidi]

Okaaaaay. Gosh. I was seriously drooling over the sexy boys in the movie, weirded out over the Spock kissing scenes, on the verge of tears every time old Spock would show up, and all that was kept in check with some of the more tense moments. It all evened out in the end. It was an emotional rollercoaster for me.

[Félix]

But did you really like it?

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I saw it too, Heidi, and I liked it a lot. Especially the guy who played Dr. McCoy - he really got McCoy's style down. He was really funny, too. So was Simon Pegg as Scotty! (Not happy about him having a little sidekick, though).

The plot started off really strong introducing us to Kirk's dad in a sequence that was really moving. All the character introduction stuff was great, too. As for the evil villain part, well, it was ridiculous if you stopped and thought about it - Star Trek physics have never been all that believable - but it moved so fast you didn't have time to say "hey, what?" And it had a few too many resemblances to Star Wars.

But it got the characters where they needed to go, and it was very clever in getting them in that alternative timeline so they could go someplace completely new. As the critics are saying, it was a "reboot".

There were a few too many fistfights for me, considering this is supposedly an enlighted age of civilization. But then, this is a return to "classic" Trek. Poor Kirk was a punching bag for half the movie! Oddly enough, he kept his shirt intact the whole time... The actor playing Kirk was great - handsome and cocky and believably rash, and while he wasn't doing an impersonation, he captured Shatner's style of issuing orders perfectly. Yay!

The only one who didn't work for me was young Spock, and that's probably due to my Spock fixation. Zachary Quinto might be cute, but he didn't resemble original Spock (not angular enough), and he didn't sound right, either. His voice wasn't deep enough, and he didn't catch Spock's cadences. More Spock-like dialog would have helped. He only got ONE "Fascinating".

The audience at the theater loved it, and applauded at the end. I can see this movie having a LOT of repeat business.

Even me! I missed a lot the first time through, because of the fast pace, so I'm considering seeing it again, maybe with mom in a couple of weeks.

[Sarah]

I saw it last night. Sat right behind the jerk who kept checking his e-mail. My sister and I played good cop-bad cop (I kicked his chair, she politely asked him to stop) for half the movie.
Other than that, I enjoyed it. Like Jackie said, if you stop to think too much, you start noticing some flaws...but I think it was a clever way to reboot the series.
(And Jackie -- I agree about the little sidekick. Too Jar Jar for me... but I think I saw a tribble in that Federation outpost.)
A friend who saw it Saturday night said it was "too Michael Bay" for his taste, but I thought the budget was well spent. I liked the look and feel.

[RandomAnthony]

I forgive you because of the excellent Simpsons reference:)

[Heidi]

Koeeoaddi wrote: "Just saw Star Trek and I know y'all are going to hate me, but I thought it was almost literally unwatchable. Once I realized that the camera cut every 7 seconds, like a metronome, I found it very d..."

I don't hate you. You're all good in my book.
Interesting perspective/analysis, Koeeoaddi. :) I'm not a big Trekkie fan. I've never followed any of the other movies or the tv show except watching it on early Sunday morning with my parents (because it was the only tv station that didn't have church on it at the time), and I don't remember much about that. The only thing I remember about it vividly is an SNL spoof when someone said, "Dammit Jim! I'm a doctor, not a proctologist."

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

No worries, Ko! It was most definitely a Michael Bay movie. I found the fight scenes impossible to follow, myself.

And I wanted them to all really go with the impersonation thing, and channel the original actors. Because I LOVE the original crew! The closer, the better, to me. But only some of them did, which bugged me a little.

[Lori]

Oh my I disagree with my 60s sister Ko? I loved Star Trek. And I'm an utter Trekker too.
Maybe I'm used to fast action due to all the testerone in my house and I've seen far worse, where I got disgusted because I couldn't follow anything that was happening. I followed this quite easily.

[Félix]

Saw The Visitor tonight and enjoyed it immensely. Richard Jenkins, whom I had only seen in Six Feet Under before, was terrific.

Lots of great NYC scenery and culture. Emotionally draining yet uplifting at the same time.

I give it two thumbs up.

[Heidi]

Randomanthony wrote: "So I still want to see that Nick and Norah thing. And La Dol...(how do you spell it?) Vida is coming from Netflix, too."

HA HA!!! I saw it! I saw it! And what's funny is that I'm borrowing Undeclared, the Apatow television series, too... and alot of the peeps on that show are also in Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist (and also, I'm recognizing quite a few from Freaks and Geeks). I'm enjoying both. I plan to watch the movie one more time and finish the series within the next couple of weeks.

[Sally, la reina]

We watched Breach last night.


Review/opinion to come, P.C. I'm unable to produce sentences until I have at least one cup.

[Félix]

::holds breath::

[Sarah]

RA - Undeclared is lots of fun, though the continuity is sort of confusing. Not quite as good as Freaks & Geeks, but I liked it a lot.

[Sally, la reina]

I don't care enough about Ryan Phillippe to write a review of the movie we watched last night.
It was a netflix I can't remember wanting to see, except for the fact it has Chris Cooper in it.
I ♥ Chris Cooper. (Adaptation + Bourne Identity = *sigh*)

Except I couldn't recall that C.C. was in it - when describing it to Sweeter all I could say was "Don Cheadle is in it." So I know Sweeter was disappointed with it too.





In related news, did everyone know that C.C. DeVille recently had his 47th birthday?

[Sarah]

CC DeVille, like from Poison? Time flies when you do a lot of drugs.

[Sally, la reina]

Once upon a time he was the dreamiest of them all.

[Sarah]

He never really did it for me. I liked all of the girly looking frontmen: Bret Michaels (yikes now...), Jon Bon Jovi, Sebastian Bach, Mark Slaughter, etc.

[Sally, la reina]

But the movie last night was based on a true story: the story of Robert Hanssen. Which explains the dullness, but not why Mr. Cooper appeared to be wearing lipstick the whole time.

[RandomAnthony]

I've watched two movies in the last few days...

1) Fanboys. I'm not finished, but I feel ok calling this movie a complete mess with some funny Star Trek/Star Wars rivalry scenes.

2) Kill Your Idols. This is a documentary on New York's "No Wave" scene. The doc was decent, and the music definitely overlooked, but I was surprised at some of the connections the creators pushed between No Wave and bands like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I don't quite see the connections, honestly, other than they're both from NY or whatever. Still, I'm glad I watched the doc, and I'm even more glad the film was on my free movie channel:)

[Félix]

Saw Vicky Cristina Barcelona last night. This film was very easy on the eyes, if you know what I mean. The music was nice, too. Unfortunately, when Vicky (and some other characters) talked I frequently pictured her as being Woody Allen.

Enjoyable. Somewhat predictable. Beautiful women. Intriguing romantic scenarios.

3 stars.

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1776...

[RandomAnthony]

Larry wrote: "Saw Vicky Cristina Barcelona last night. This film was very easy on the eyes, if you know what I mean.

I, uh, didn't notice...maybe I should watch it again...

:)

[Sally, la reina]

That movie was full of sex.

I had to watch it with my in-laws and it was very uncomfortable.

[Dave]

I don't know about full of sex. There are some sex scenes, but no nudity (and believe me I looked.)

[Sally, la reina]

If you're on the sofa next to your mother in law and new husband, believe me, that three way was waaaay to graphic.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I saw MirrorMask last night. The graphics were amazing, if not exactly beautiful. It was a slight story, more a fable than anything.
It's about a family that runs a circus. The mother falls ill, and her daughter falls into a dream world based on her own drawings.
Worth seeing for the visuals.

[RandomAnthony]

Yeah, I didn't think much of MirrorMask. But I have WAY high standards for Neil Gaiman's work, so I don't know that my viewing was fair.

[Sarah]

I loved the visuals. (Hi! Bye! Off the computer again!)

[Connor]

over the past few weeks i've seen three bad action movies: Star Trek, Wolverine, and Terminator. Star trek was at least bearable, but wolverine and terminator were just terrible. it seems as though teenage action fanatics took a hold of the scripts and mixed whatever they thought would look cool with some ridiculous romance, which is why both times, i came out of the theater with my friends laughing at how bad they were rather than reviewing scenes we thought were cool. oh well, entertaining i guess..

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Popcorn movies don't have the best plots, do they?

[Félix]

Watching Benjamin Button tonight. Will let y'all know what I thought of it.

[Sally, la reina]

We watched X Men last night. Thought I'd be a bigger fan, but no. Anna Paquin tied up and breathing hard despite her "superpower" of touch was lame. Wolverine was lame. Storm, with her white eyeballs was lame.

Lame.