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Dec 28, 2010 10:45AM
I enjoyed Salt.
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On Christmas Eve, the family watched The Princess and the Frog, which is the first Disney movie I've really loved since Beauty and the Beast. On Christmas Day, we watched Despicable Me, which I hadn't seen and really enjoyed. On Boxing Day, Mom, my SIL, my nieces and I went to see Tangled, which is good, but without the great music of The Princess and the Frog. I'm pretty sure I'm caught up on animated movies for a while.
Barb, I am SO jealous--my nieces got that movie for Christmas, but they definitely did not get any minions, inflatable or otherwise!
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Photography was spectacular. Abbie is s..."
I want to scrub the makeup off that girl's face. Ick.
Sally wrote: "I want to scrub the makeup off that girl's face. Ick. "I have always felt that way about Tammy Fay Bakker.
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I finally saw HP Deathly Hallows Part 1 tonight. It did not seem like a 2hr+ movie. It was fantastic! I wish part 2 would have played right after a short break, like a 7th inning stretch.
Wow, that Abbie woman looks way better in 3004.I watched Exit Through the Gift Shop last night. Has anyone else seen it? Can we discuss? It was entertaining, but I'm confused.
Barb wrote: "Sarah Pi wrote: "I watched Exit Through the Gift Shop last night. Has anyone else seen it? Can we discuss? It was entertaining, but I'm confused."Sorry, I've never even heard of it."
It's a documentary that starts out seeming to be a documentary about Banksy by a French filmmaker who Banksy then sends out to become a street artist called Mister Brainwash, who may or may not be a real artist, and it is either a hoax or not a hoax, and the film is actually by Banksy. It's very entertaining, and I guess it goes well with my Week of Upturned Reality that began with Black Swan and Inception and Mr. Nobody.
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I bonded with a second grader over Kung Fu panda.
I really enjoy Michael Sera.
That video game with him was great, but it makes me want to watch Eternal Sunshine.
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Sally wrote: "I like her hair and her skin."Sally wins 2010's TC award for Comment That Might Also Be Attributed to A Serial Killer
Australian, yes. I like her hair and skin, too. She can act, too. She did an incredible scene in this film after she learned that John Keats (her love) had died.
It puts the lotion on its skin...
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Sally wins 2010's TC award for Comment That Might Also Be Attributed to A Serial Killer"
Uh...thanks again?
Sarah Pi wrote: "Wow, that Abbie woman looks way better in 3004.I watched Exit Through the Gift Shop last night. Has anyone else seen it? Can we discuss? It was entertaining, but I'm confused."
I have it on my TBW list.
I watched THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT last night. Awesome movie and performances.
today, I watched three movies with my daughter.Black Swan - over-rated and predictable although Natalie Portman was good.
Easy A - shades of John Hughes 80's coming of age movie. FUN!
Despicable Me - delightful!
It was great to do absolutely nothing today but hang out with my girl.
Yes, indeed. My wife is keen to see Black Swan. I'm more interested in checking out True Grit, but we'll probably see both.
I took my son and one of his friends to see "Gulliver's Travels" today. They were entertained, so it was money well spent. For me, it was just another Jack Black movie. He's been the same guy in so many movies now that you know exactly what to expect.
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Sorry, I've never even heard of it...."
They discussed this on one of the Slate Culture gabfests.
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Lobstergirl wrote: "I want to see The King's Speech."Me too.
I saw True Grit last night. It was great, Jeff Bridges was perfect as Rooster Cogburn, a man who you wouldn't want to live with, but who you would trust with your life. He did have grit, and grime, and he drank too much, and he had no compunction about killing, but he also had compassion and a code of ethics. If Bridges doesn't get an Oscar nomination for the role, I'll be shocked.The girl who played Mattie was great, too. She had the right mix of determination, intelligence, and youthful naivete, and nothing was going to stop her. And she had a wonderful horse. And that's all I'm going to say about that.
It was a Coen brothers movie, so there was some strikingly graphic violence, but it was a violent place and time, so it was fitting. I seem to prefer the movies they didn't write themselves.
Interestingly, the language was formal, with no profanity at all that I can recall, and no contractions! I am guessing that is the way the book is written. I read it so long ago, I can't recall. It gave the movie the feel of a story being told, which it is. It was distracting at times, and the artificiality of the speech clashed with the authenticity of Jeff Bridges portrayal of the Marshall. But I kind of liked it, the tone it gave to the movie.
I give it four out of five stars. :)
Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "He did have grit, and grime, and he drank too much, and he had no compunction about killing..."Now I really want to see this movie. Sounds great, Jackie.
Jackie, thanks for a great review! I am planning on seeing it with my sister later this week. I was a little disappointed with Black Swan, I think because it has been so hyped. I was expecting more depth from the characters and would have liked to have seen a bit more of the mother/daughter relationship. That said, the movie made think of The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger, and how an artist can become obsessed with/within a role/project.
Black Swan reminded me of Roman Polanski's Repulsion (with the gorgeous, very fragile Catherine Denuve.)I watched Temple Grandin. Clare Danes is frickin' amazing.
More 80's cable fodder starring a slew of lower-level, almost-bratpackers, Rick Moranis with one hell of a Flock of Seagulls 'do, and a Ron Wood party-scene cameo stealing cold chicken from the fridge.
It's casual...
Jammies wrote: "Lobstergirl wrote: "I want to see The King's Speech."Me too."
The movie theater in my town is never one of those "select theaters"
Same here, Britt, and I realllllllly want to see "The Tempest" with Helen Mirren. :(
Saw Black Swan (loved), then came home and ended up watching The Order on IFC which was absolutely terrible though it did star Heath Ledger.
Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "And she had a wonderful horse.."Jackie, does the horse survive the movie?
I want to see The King's Speech and The Tempest and True Grit and Megamind.
Oh! And the Fighter. Has anyone seen that?
Also Rabbit Hole and Blue Valentine.
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But all the way through the last half I was thinking of warning you away,4.13.
Horses are shot.
Jackie warned me in a private message, but thanks, Sally. It's offa my list.
Saw "Cadillac Records" last night with my youngest daughter. I enjoyed the actors who played Howlin' Wolf and Little Walter. The Muddy Waters character was not particularly likable. I am even less enchanted with the likes of the Beach Boys, Led Zepplin and Elvis after watching this film. The rip-offs they did of Chuck Berry, and several other black artists where reprehensible.Oh and the guys in this film portraying the Rolling Stones looked like a Wanker convention.
Wanker convention. I like that.We saw It's Complicated last night. I was surprised how much I liked it.
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I watched SALT last night. It was FANTASTIC! I do have a girl crush on Angelina, but that aside, it was a great spy thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat.
I watched CYRUS and THE TOWN last night. I hate when all my movies come in at once from the library. At least I was off work, so I was able to squeeze most of them in before they were due back.CYRUS was quirky and odd. Marisa Tomei was solid. It was weird seeing John C Reilly in a more serious role. I think of him as a Will Ferrell sidekick. THE TOWN was excellent. Ben Affleck directed and it was one of those gritty wrong side of the tracks movies.
Full disclosure: I'm not much of a Steve Carell fan and even less of one after watching this steaming pile of horse feces.
Clark, there is absolutely no need to be mean to horse feces. >:(
I love Paul Rudd, and I normally like Steve Carrell, but there's something about that wide eyed stare that makes me know I don't want to go near that movie. Ms. Petra, I thought Salt was pretty fun.
Dinner for Schmucks was pretty terrible. I don't recall laughing once in that movie, and possibly only cracked a half smile twice. However, I think I might be one of the only people on the planet that actually did like Date Night. Carrell is sort of hit and miss with me. I like 40 year old virgin and mildly like some episodes of The Office.
The shit-movie gods must be speaking to me. That "Dinner for Schmucks" pop-up - and Carell's false overbite - is about to drive me around the bend.
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Calling all heshers... Along with Kiss, Ted Nugent, and Aerosmith, Rush formed the Four Horsemen of the Midwest Hockey Barn Apocalypse back in the mid-70's, the lyrics of their first handful of albums permanently stamped into the genetic memory of an army of denim-jacketed, nicotine-fragrant, high- school kids in Trans Ams, Camaros, and Mach-1 Mustangs torching up in the parking lot before first hour, along with the exact price of a sixer of Molson, including tax.
Then they discovered keyboards and were whisked away on a magic carpet of fame and - in Neil Peart's case - were cursed with unspeakable tragedy and shithouse luck ala Led Zeppelin, to whom they were often compared early on.
Godhead for most I suspect will be footage and memories of the years when they toiled semi-anonymously in nowheresville outposts like Battle Creek, Michigan and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, their often head-scratching lyrics and time signature shifts falling on deaf, dimwit rock-critic ears. But the kids understood. The less said about their ill-advised switch from kimono robes to new-wave togs during the MTV years the better.
Bloodied but unbowed, the Toronto Tornado swirls on.
Calling all heshers... Along with Kiss, Ted Nugent, and Aerosmith, Rush formed the Four Horsemen of the Midwest Hockey Barn Apocalypse back in the mid-70's, the lyrics of their first handful of albums permanently stamped into the genetic memory of an army of denim-jacketed, nicotine-fragrant, high- school kids in Trans Ams, Camaros, and Mach-1 Mustangs torching up in the parking lot before first hour, along with the exact price of a sixer of Molson, including tax.
Then they discovered keyboards and were whisked away on a magic carpet of fame and - in Neil Peart's case - were cursed with unspeakable tragedy and shithouse luck ala Led Zeppelin, to whom they were often compared early on.
Godhead for most I suspect will be footage and memories of the years when they toiled semi-anonymously in nowheresville outposts like Battle Creek, Michigan and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, their often head-scratching lyrics and time signature shifts falling on deaf, dimwit rock-critic ears. But the kids understood. The less said about their ill-advised switch from kimono robes to new-wave togs during the MTV years the better.
Bloodied but unbowed, the Toronto Tornado swirls on.
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