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Jun 23, 2010 10:24PM
For some unknown reason I added New Moon to my Netflix queue a while back. It's been lying in a drawer for several weeks so I decided to watch it the other afternoon. It was 2 hours and 20 minutes long but I thought, "How bad can it really be?" Let me tell y'all: pretty fucking bad.
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It can never be worse than the book, NEVER (although I haven't seen it).
Sarah Pi wrote: "Mona wrote: "ms.petra wrote: "Mona, I put American Crime on hold. :)"Ms. Petra: Did you put American Crime or An American Crime on hold? The one I mentioned was the one with Catherine Keener. Fai..."
BOTH!
Sarah Pi wrote: "Mona wrote: "ms.petra wrote: "Mona, I put American Crime on hold. :)"Ms. Petra: Did you put American Crime or An American Crime on hold? The one I mentioned was the one with Catherine Keener. Fai..."
those title provide education of a different sort. :) An Education with Carrie Mulligan was good.
I LOVE Jack Black and School of Rock every time I see it!
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I went to the premier of The Last Airbender a few nights ago. I haven't seen much of the show, but I liked what I saw, so my friend and I decided to go. Honestly, the best part of the whole thing was seeing people dress up as the characters. The movie was just kinda bad and really disappointing. The cartoon was much better.
Gabby81 wrote: "Watched " The Prince of Persia"(PoP) and "Splice" over the weekend. Splice was utterly rubbish and sorta sick. PoP was just ok.Waiting anxiously for "Inception" and "Salt""
me too!
not yet.. I am not a big Tom Cruise fan so I will probably wait for the DVD. Have you seen it?
I just saw Toy Story 3, and it was a great story - strong characters, a suspenseful plot, and extremely moving. Yes, I cried at the end. Heck, I cried at the beginning little a bit. Why can't they make movies about real people as real and moving as these movies about plastic toys?
I just finished watching the surprisingly, uh, watchable She's Out of My League. The "hot" girl's best friend, Krysten Ritter, has got that "cute alternata-girl" thing down to a science:http://www.whowhatwear.com/website/ad...
Watched Invictus last night. Very well done. Amazing story. Dialog hard to follow quite often -- but a good movie nonetheless.
I saw Eclipse Friday night with a group of library friends. We have no pretensions about being movie snobs, we'll go see things like Eclipse, no problem!We went to the non-IMAX version. Please, IMAX for Eclipse? It's not like they spent a lot on the fancy special effects. Hee!
The audience was all very happy to be there. They clapped at the BEGINNING of the movie! They awwwed at Edward and Bella's true love forever. And they whistled at Jake's first appearance, sans shirt. I love crowds like that, there just to have a good time. Pure mass appeal.
I enjoyed myself thoroughly. I'm still laughing over the wonderful goofiness that is Eclipse style. What is it about being a vampire that makes most of them decide to do their hair and makeup like department store mannequins? Hee! Bleached blonde hair and black eyebrows is not a good look for anyone. I especially loved when the Cullen clan are arraying themselves pre-battle in their cool designer clothes. I guess if you don't look good, you're not giving it your best effort.
I also enjoyed the evil vampires rising out of the water after walking from Seattle to the peninsula along the bottom of Puget Sound. I guess vampires don't like ferry boat rides?
I guess if I have to declare, I'd be Team Edward. Jake is just SO full of himself. Plus, he has weird slopey shoulders I don't care for. However, I have decided I like the werewolves, despite their obvious fakeness. At least they look like WOLVES, not some weird wolfman thing with slavering jaws and crazy ears like you see on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Raina, one of my library friends, thought they should green screen in real trained wolves, but I disagree. If you have sparkling vampires with fake hair, you've got to have equally cheesy looking werewolves.
By the way, there is no need to wait through all the credits. There's nothing extra at the end.
I watched Invictus last night too Larry, I thought it was a pretty good movie, and well done.
Yesterday was lots of movies in between naps on the couch, and they were ALL awesome:Pirate Radio (kick ass music soundtrack, I'm sure)
The Foot Fist Way
The Blind Side
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
I'll bring them all back except The Foot Fist Way because that one had me in tears from laughing so hard... and I could stand for a bit more of that.
Pirate Radio did have a kick ass soundtrack. And Cirque du Freak was campy fun. We watched the A Team last week, can't remember if I said that. The editing is blinding - I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with seizures. Other than that, it was a confusing and overlong but fun romp.
Yesterday in some heat-wave induced madness we watched an awful teen comedy called It's A Boy Girl Thing or possibly It's a Girl Boy Thing in which an ancient Aztec statue curses two teenagers who hate each other to switch bodies. The highest recommendation I can give is that after the gross out slapstick stuff it actually allowed the nerdy girl to be smart, confident, and pretty, and the jock to have some layers as well. That said, don't see it.
Also watched Taking Woodstock, which I thought was sweet and smart and understated, though the soundtrack was surprisingly weak and somewhat sitar-heavy.
Saw Eclipse this weekend with my mom. We have so much fun with those movies.
Mona wrote: "ms.petra wrote: "Mona, I put American Crime on hold. :)"Ms. Petra: Did you put American Crime or An American Crime on hold? The one I mentioned was the one with Catherine Keener. Fair warning: it..."
OK, so I just watched American Crime.... it was interesting and a little creepy. It is thundering and lightning and the house is all dark, so that contributed to the atmosphere. I should receive AN American Crime in the next few days and hopefully it is better. Remember the Alfred Hitchcock movies? Now those were disturbing in a let's make some popcorn and scare ourselves silly sort of way.
My husband forced me to "watch" It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World tonight; he laughed like a hyena through the whole thing and I messed around on the computer.
Mona, just for the record... American Crime is done documentary style (think District 9) and is the name of a news magazine like 48 hours mystery. There are a couple of murders in a small town and a young news anchor, her producer, and her videographer solve the case. A couple of twists, but overall average movie.
Barb (Lady of the Glass Box) wrote: "Mary wrote: "My husband forced me to "watch" It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World tonight; he laughed like a hyena through the whole thing and I messed around on the computer."Have you seen Rat Race? Wh..."
OH, yes, Rat Race is hilarious.
I watched two movies with my daughter on the weekend
1. Strictly Ballroom - I love this movie. For those who don't mind an ugly duckling tale.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strictly...,
2. Ratatouille - It was pretty good too, I haven't watched a pixar movie for a while, oh the break has been nice.
1. Strictly Ballroom - I love this movie. For those who don't mind an ugly duckling tale.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strictly...,
2. Ratatouille - It was pretty good too, I haven't watched a pixar movie for a while, oh the break has been nice.
my sister came over last night and we watched singing in the rain. we had a lot of fun.
My favorite part in Strictly Ballroom is when the grandmother teaches them how to properly do the Paso Doble with her son. Gives me chills and makes me cry happy tears every time.
I heard that in toy story three that they made a lot of references to other movies and stuff
The book Diary made me think of a really interesting foreign film "Talk to Her." Both revolve around relationships with a comatose loved one......
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We watched Zombieland and Up Friday night. I loved Up; Zomieland was Ok, pretty cliche except that whole weird Bill Murray part. I did cry when Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) talked about Buck.
It's hard to pick a favorite part of Strictly Ballroom. I like the parts Heidi and Bun mentioned, and I love where they show the horror of getting boxed in on the dance floor, which led to the debacle of making up steps. Aaaaah! :D
I FINALLY got to watch Tyson... the documentary about Mike Tyson. It was absolutely fascinating!!!... just like I expected it would be. Tyson's so very open and honest with the good AND the bad - he doesn't cut himself any slack - that it makes for a spellbinding story. His life's been unbelievable.
just finished the documentary The Cove
Ooh. Now I want to see Tyson. Not The Cove. I don't need to see that.
We went to see the new Karate Kid, which is apparently called Kung Fu Kid in the rest of the world, according to Jackie Chan. That makes way more sense.It was fun enough. There were some absolutely gorgeous settings, and they did give Jackie Chan one scene to show his stuff. I don't know how it was such a long movie when they basically scrapped all of the wax-on wax-off type stuff for a single silly "put the jacket on" move.
Also, all of the kung fu looked pretty awesome until the very very very last move (their variation on the one everybody knows), which looked fake.
"Toy Story 3." Cried my eyes out at the end, thinking of that day in the not-too-distant future when my three kids will all leave the fold. The twins are wild as all get out, but it's hard to imagine our house without them loosening plaster and drywall with their screaming and bickering.
"Grown Ups." Well, the kids loved it. I thought Rob Schneider stole the show. Some hit, but mostly miss.
"Grown Ups." Well, the kids loved it. I thought Rob Schneider stole the show. Some hit, but mostly miss.
Whip It was cute, though the theatrical derby moves kind of disappointed me. Real derby isn't scripted like wrestling.
Sarah Pi wrote: "Real derby isn't scripted like wrestling."
It's not? Shit, you learn something every day around here.
It's not? Shit, you learn something every day around here.
Gabby81 wrote: "Sarah Pi wrote: "Whip It was cute, though the theatrical derby moves kind of disappointed me. Real derby isn't scripted like wrestling."have you watched a real one ?"
Hells yeah. Most of the east coast leagues are flat track, not curved, though. All the rules are still the same, but two different governing bodies.
The book it was based on was written by a derby girl too, so it had a solid foundation.
Barb wrote: "Gabby81 wrote: "Watched "Whip it" ... Early one, though with a predictable storyline and a simple plot, was interesting enough to grab one's attention with more than decent acting from the mother ..."Barb: I assume you've seen JUNO? Have you see HARD CANDY? I have WHIP IT on my to-watch list.
I just heard today that one of my favorite books of the last couple of years, Water for Elephants is being made into a movie with Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson.
I'm fascinated that Ms. Pi went to see The Karate Kid.I'd love to see a movie this week. I could go, my family are out of town, but there's nothing I want to see in the theaters.
I think Inception starts this weekend. That looks interesting.
@Gabby81 - I loved 500 days of summer so much i bought it :)
also I can't wait to see Inception
yes, Salt as well. My daughter has Lara Croft: Tomb Raider on the tv right now. Those will both be must see for me in the near future.
I watched Eclipse with my daughter on the weekend. I wonder if I can get her to go with a friend to the next one? She enjoyed it. :)
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