Movies Seen:
3:10 To Yuma-------Excellent. I've never been huge on westerns but this was just incredible.
The Sentinel-----Better than expected, a lot of twists and turns, a good solid thriller.
The Devil and Daniel Johnston-----Aaron said it best: "How is this guy different than any other creative person who had shitty parents and took drugs?". I think the documentarians could have made any subject interesting. I loved the guy's drawings and some lyrics were cool but his singing voice was horrendous. Of course Austin is the town that launched Edie Brickell. Go figure.
The biggest revelation was that ubiquitous frog with the two eye stems I see on shirts all the time was one of his.
I felt bad for his father, his mom was just a bitch.
Cassanova-----Charming movie. Good fun! How he could have gone after the redhead in leiu of the blonde is beyond me though.
Candy----Another Heath Ledger movie. A very clear depiction of addiction. Painful to watch, but very good at the same time.
The Marine---- complete and utter crap, couldn't even watch five minutes worth.
Christmas with the Kranks----- couldn't get into it. Jamie Lee Curtis' character was such a whiny bitch. If someone offered me a $6,000 cruise I don't think I'd be bitching about it.
Off The Black---- really good, but Nick Nolte playing an alcoholic, what a stretch! It was good but you could pretty much see the ending a mile off.
Saw IV ----LOVED IT! It is amazing that they can keep turning out these movies and keep it so fresh and believable.
Failure to Launch----VERY cute, no brainer and holy cow was Zoey Dechanel freaking hot!!
You Me, and Dupree----see above. Same thing only with Owen Wilson.
Blood Diamonds----very good, very intense
Pollack-----loved the visuals but the story didn't do much for me.
Before Sunrise-----yeah, it was way too talk-y and Ethan Hawke came off as a major douche but for some reason I really liked this film. I had seen Before Sunset before this and didn't get much out of it, having not seen this one first.
Idiocracy-----BEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR!!!
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Friday, September 14, 2007
So far this week I have seen:
SEXY BEAST with Ben Kingsley and another guy who looks exactly like the guy who runs the storage space I rent from. You'd never know Kingsley played Ghandi by this performance as an absolute bastard.
But then again, without the captioning on, his British accent is so strong, it's like trying to decypher an interview with Oasis.
The Great New Wonderful was just that and I am becomming more and more a fan of Maggie Gyllenhall every day. Good movie, quirky at times and very sad during others. The only thing was the entire time I was watching Tony Shaloub, all I could think of was Monk.
Man About Town was pretty damn good considering it was a Ben Affleck movie. Not the best thing in the world but if nothing else is on it is at least enjoyable.
This is more than I can say for The Matador.
If it had only been Pierce Brosnan being snarky and making snide comments and killing people it would have been fine but it also had Greg Kinnear sucking the life out of every single scene he was in! And NO ONE -------I don't care who you are........no one wants to see Greg Kennear having sex! Ew.
I saw two indy films that were both really good: Mind The Gap and Happy Endings. Happy Endings had the best of everything-------Maggie Gyllenhall singing, Tom Arnold NOT being completely revolting, hot boys making out and a good story.
Lisa Kudrow looked like a vole with that brown hair ------again, EW. But the movie was great.
Mind The Gap was much more serious and sad but it had a really sweet ending. I spent the entire movie wondering who was playing the character of Jody, a singer with a pacemaker who was travelling to NY for her first real gig. The voice was incredible and she looked so familiar.Turned out it was Jill Sobule, the girl that had that novelty song (that, well, changed my life) I KISSED A GIRL, in the early 90's. Good to see her around still, she's awesome.
The movie was sad and disturbing at some points and there was girl with red hair that I was so sure was Heather Graham but actually wasn't. Her name is
Elizabeth Reaser
Alan King was also wonderful in this movie.
A lot of the time when people do movies about "Seven people whose lives converge unexpected", a lot of the characters just get lost in the jumble. In this one every one stood out and you felt for each one of them.
SEXY BEAST with Ben Kingsley and another guy who looks exactly like the guy who runs the storage space I rent from. You'd never know Kingsley played Ghandi by this performance as an absolute bastard.
But then again, without the captioning on, his British accent is so strong, it's like trying to decypher an interview with Oasis.
The Great New Wonderful was just that and I am becomming more and more a fan of Maggie Gyllenhall every day. Good movie, quirky at times and very sad during others. The only thing was the entire time I was watching Tony Shaloub, all I could think of was Monk.
Man About Town was pretty damn good considering it was a Ben Affleck movie. Not the best thing in the world but if nothing else is on it is at least enjoyable.
This is more than I can say for The Matador.
If it had only been Pierce Brosnan being snarky and making snide comments and killing people it would have been fine but it also had Greg Kinnear sucking the life out of every single scene he was in! And NO ONE -------I don't care who you are........no one wants to see Greg Kennear having sex! Ew.
I saw two indy films that were both really good: Mind The Gap and Happy Endings. Happy Endings had the best of everything-------Maggie Gyllenhall singing, Tom Arnold NOT being completely revolting, hot boys making out and a good story.
Lisa Kudrow looked like a vole with that brown hair ------again, EW. But the movie was great.
Mind The Gap was much more serious and sad but it had a really sweet ending. I spent the entire movie wondering who was playing the character of Jody, a singer with a pacemaker who was travelling to NY for her first real gig. The voice was incredible and she looked so familiar.Turned out it was Jill Sobule, the girl that had that novelty song (that, well, changed my life) I KISSED A GIRL, in the early 90's. Good to see her around still, she's awesome.
The movie was sad and disturbing at some points and there was girl with red hair that I was so sure was Heather Graham but actually wasn't. Her name is
Elizabeth Reaser
Alan King was also wonderful in this movie.
A lot of the time when people do movies about "Seven people whose lives converge unexpected", a lot of the characters just get lost in the jumble. In this one every one stood out and you felt for each one of them.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Hong Kong Hustle
We have been watching a lot of Hong Kong movies, starting with Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer. Both were very cute, tongue in cheek, slap stick type films. Both reminded us a lot of the films Jackie Chan started out doing.
On the opposite end of the spectrum were the films of Chan-wook Park , Lady Vengeance, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Old Boy.
While Old Boy was my favorite of the three, the ending of Lady Vengeance was more than enough to put it up there as one of the most satisfying endings of all time and probably the only Hong Kong flick with a somewhat happy ending.
I was prepared for Old Boy to be very violent, and while it was mildly violent, the taboo sex and incest were the things you really had to watch out for. If you're squeamish about these subjects, this is not the film for you.
Lady Vengeance was a lot more experimental and surreal, with lots of flashbacks and hallucinations and jumps in time and place. The ending was just so incredible, I would really recommend it above all the others, even for the squeamish because the movie is just that damn good.
On the opposite end of the spectrum were the films of Chan-wook Park , Lady Vengeance, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Old Boy.
While Old Boy was my favorite of the three, the ending of Lady Vengeance was more than enough to put it up there as one of the most satisfying endings of all time and probably the only Hong Kong flick with a somewhat happy ending.
I was prepared for Old Boy to be very violent, and while it was mildly violent, the taboo sex and incest were the things you really had to watch out for. If you're squeamish about these subjects, this is not the film for you.
Lady Vengeance was a lot more experimental and surreal, with lots of flashbacks and hallucinations and jumps in time and place. The ending was just so incredible, I would really recommend it above all the others, even for the squeamish because the movie is just that damn good.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
This week so far
We've seen The Libertine, The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie and Rob Zombie's Remake of Halloween.
The Libertine started out strong with Johnny Depp playing a 19th century Jim Morrison. Lots of sex in this one. Johnny Depp and sex. Can't go wrong there. But once it started focusing in on Pygmalion type of plot where he falls in love with a homely actress, it sort of went downhill.
I FREAKING LOVED Rob Zombie's Halloween. It's not so much a remake as it is an origin story on the early life of Mike Myers. The kid they got to play him was creepy as hell. And let me say that Sheri Moon is still a babe.
The montage set to Love Hurts was awesome!
And for fans of really odd animation, there's the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie.
If you don't watch the series, then don't see the movie. You won't get it.
But it was worth the cost of admission just to hear Mastadon singing the movie rules at the beginning.
The Robot from the Glenn Danzig episode is back and sex starved and we find out about Frylock's past.
Take your quote book because there are all kinds of great sound bites like:
"I'm really a woman----er, I mean IT'S really a woman!"
"Plastic Novelty Vagina!!"
On the docket for the next few days is Mr. Vengance and Lady Vengance.
The Libertine started out strong with Johnny Depp playing a 19th century Jim Morrison. Lots of sex in this one. Johnny Depp and sex. Can't go wrong there. But once it started focusing in on Pygmalion type of plot where he falls in love with a homely actress, it sort of went downhill.
I FREAKING LOVED Rob Zombie's Halloween. It's not so much a remake as it is an origin story on the early life of Mike Myers. The kid they got to play him was creepy as hell. And let me say that Sheri Moon is still a babe.
The montage set to Love Hurts was awesome!
And for fans of really odd animation, there's the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie.
If you don't watch the series, then don't see the movie. You won't get it.
But it was worth the cost of admission just to hear Mastadon singing the movie rules at the beginning.
The Robot from the Glenn Danzig episode is back and sex starved and we find out about Frylock's past.
Take your quote book because there are all kinds of great sound bites like:
"I'm really a woman----er, I mean IT'S really a woman!"
"Plastic Novelty Vagina!!"
On the docket for the next few days is Mr. Vengance and Lady Vengance.
Monday, August 27, 2007
Lately
I wanted to start posting all the movies I've watched and whether I liked them or not just for the hell of it.
Between having good cable and Netflicks both, I'm getting to watch more movies than ever.
The last three I watched were Melvin Goes To Dinner, Sherrybaby, and XX/XY.
Melvin Goes to Dinner is not for everyone. It's a very indie film, lots of flashbacks and odd shooting styles and jumpy editing. But it was pretty enjoyable. Nothing too heavy, but entertaining. It had this girl who played Frasier's female deejay on Frasier and there was a special appearance by Jack Black.
Sherrybaby was heartbreaking but it was so good. It had
Maggie Gyllenhaal in it and was about a woman from a broken home who was back in her hometown after getting out of prison. Her daughter has been taken in by her brother and his family and no one really wants to help her get back on her feet. It was really sad.
XX/XY was just a waste of two hours. Mark Ruffalo was ugly as all hell and even though it had this actress named Kathleen Robertson who was incredibly sexy, it was just boring and .......well boring! It was awful and seemed to go nowhere.
We rented the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie which was worth the price just for the first five minutes alone. It was hysterical but you had to have watched a lot of the series (which I haven't) to get most of it. But hey! You can't go wrong with a guest appearance by Neil Peart.
Lastly, on Netflicks we finally saw Old Boy. I had read a lot about this in Entertainment Weekly and had been dying to see it. It was EXCELLENT but extremely uncomfortable and twisted in parts. I thought it was going to be violent but I think I was getting it mixed up with Ichi The Killer. An innocent man is imprisoned in what appears to be a mental institution for fifteen years and then just as myseteriously he is let go after he has lost his wife and daughter. He has five days to find out who killed his wife, imprisoned him and why.
It was very good but like most hong kong/asian flicks, don't exepect even a remotely happy ending!
Between having good cable and Netflicks both, I'm getting to watch more movies than ever.
The last three I watched were Melvin Goes To Dinner, Sherrybaby, and XX/XY.
Melvin Goes to Dinner is not for everyone. It's a very indie film, lots of flashbacks and odd shooting styles and jumpy editing. But it was pretty enjoyable. Nothing too heavy, but entertaining. It had this girl who played Frasier's female deejay on Frasier and there was a special appearance by Jack Black.
Sherrybaby was heartbreaking but it was so good. It had
Maggie Gyllenhaal in it and was about a woman from a broken home who was back in her hometown after getting out of prison. Her daughter has been taken in by her brother and his family and no one really wants to help her get back on her feet. It was really sad.
XX/XY was just a waste of two hours. Mark Ruffalo was ugly as all hell and even though it had this actress named Kathleen Robertson who was incredibly sexy, it was just boring and .......well boring! It was awful and seemed to go nowhere.
We rented the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie which was worth the price just for the first five minutes alone. It was hysterical but you had to have watched a lot of the series (which I haven't) to get most of it. But hey! You can't go wrong with a guest appearance by Neil Peart.
Lastly, on Netflicks we finally saw Old Boy. I had read a lot about this in Entertainment Weekly and had been dying to see it. It was EXCELLENT but extremely uncomfortable and twisted in parts. I thought it was going to be violent but I think I was getting it mixed up with Ichi The Killer. An innocent man is imprisoned in what appears to be a mental institution for fifteen years and then just as myseteriously he is let go after he has lost his wife and daughter. He has five days to find out who killed his wife, imprisoned him and why.
It was very good but like most hong kong/asian flicks, don't exepect even a remotely happy ending!
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