I am so tired but:
I will be in chatty on friday and saturday so hang out with me!
also :
if you go see one movie this week make is Zathura. I will review it (and like 6 others! at length later) but for now just see that shit. It was unbelievibly amazing. The best kids movie since The Incredibles. Think Goonies for the '00 generations.
November 10, 2005
November 6, 2005
November 4, 2005
review
Chicken Little:1/2*
this got a half a star because there is a fish with a glow stick. Other than that this was the worst animated movie I have ever seen and it is definetly in the 10 worst movies I have EVER seen. It was nothing but trite movie bullshit. Think of it as the Scarey Movie of Animation, except without all the funny. THis movis had NO original ideas. It was every movie that had come out and been popular in the last 2 years...the problem with that is, those movies already existed and there was no need to make this movie. Shrek 2, War of the Worlds, StrongBad....and many others. The story was a mess and thrown together like it didn't matter...oh wait, it didn't.
Jarhead: ****
I can't think of anything to dock this movie for. Peter Saarsgard is a genius. It was wonderful. I don't want to ruin it but, if nothing else, you will get some cool new curses. Beautifully shot, excellent story telling. It was the mess of war and life and the joy of being bonded to something. The joy of being needed and the loss that comes with not being needed any longer. This is a good one.
this got a half a star because there is a fish with a glow stick. Other than that this was the worst animated movie I have ever seen and it is definetly in the 10 worst movies I have EVER seen. It was nothing but trite movie bullshit. Think of it as the Scarey Movie of Animation, except without all the funny. THis movis had NO original ideas. It was every movie that had come out and been popular in the last 2 years...the problem with that is, those movies already existed and there was no need to make this movie. Shrek 2, War of the Worlds, StrongBad....and many others. The story was a mess and thrown together like it didn't matter...oh wait, it didn't.
Jarhead: ****
I can't think of anything to dock this movie for. Peter Saarsgard is a genius. It was wonderful. I don't want to ruin it but, if nothing else, you will get some cool new curses. Beautifully shot, excellent story telling. It was the mess of war and life and the joy of being bonded to something. The joy of being needed and the loss that comes with not being needed any longer. This is a good one.
October 27, 2005
movies (finally)
Stay: ***
Although I am still unsure as to what happened in this movie, or what it was all supposed to mean (blah, blah, blah) It was gorgeous. I haven't seen anything else quite like it. The color and contrast of the movie was astounding. The way that sometimes the camera was as we expect it to be and sometimes it was just a view from Ewan McGreggor's face. There was so much silver and chrome. I don't want to ruin this movie so don't read beyond if you don't want to but, I took this to be what happened in the last 20 seconds or so of Ryan Goslings life. The people who are trying to save him became intertwined in a fairytale his brain created for him just before he died. One last story to tell-so to speak.
Domino: **
The movie was visually stimulating in that kind of Fear and Loathing sort of way. Everything is a little fuzzy, a little blurred. To be honest I find Kiera Knightley's voice-overs to be a little grating. The story is interestingly told, and it does leave you wondering what of it was true. The movie is, at best, slow in the beginning, however, it is worth it for the last 45 mintues. There is a scene in the desert with a "street preacher" character that is mind blowing, if only in a dialogical (yeah, I made that word up) way. Go see it, Don't.... I don't think it really matters either way with this one.
Thumbsucker:***1/2
This movie was unfuckingbelivable. I loved it. Keanu Reeves was good! I don't mean he was just passable, or that you could stand to watch him...he did a great job. It is, of course, a coming of age story but, told about someone rather unusual. A kid who learns to grow up by being on the debate team. A kid who realizes he doesn't need to win everything to make his father proud. A kid who realizes he is just as lost as his father where it concerns his mother. Yeah...this is the movie to see. Of course, he must also come of age sexually and it isn't good. It isn't the nice sexiness that ends up with everyone being friends and still harboring that tiny bit of a crush for the rest of their lives. It is fucked the fucked up. Thank God. Thank god we realize that sex can be a messy and fucked up thing...and of course the girl (or boy) you always wanted isn't anything like you make-believe them to be.
Reading:
Finished:
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (again) (Rowling)
Confession of an Ugly Step-sisiter (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
The Sally Lockheart Books (Pullman)
In the Middle of:
Until I Find You (Irving)
Will be reading:
Eldest (Paolini)
Shalimar the Clown (Rushdie)
Movies to be seen:
Zorro, Saw 2, Dreamer, Prime
Movies I WANT to see:
Goodnight and Good luck
Everything is Illuminated
The Weatherman
Although I am still unsure as to what happened in this movie, or what it was all supposed to mean (blah, blah, blah) It was gorgeous. I haven't seen anything else quite like it. The color and contrast of the movie was astounding. The way that sometimes the camera was as we expect it to be and sometimes it was just a view from Ewan McGreggor's face. There was so much silver and chrome. I don't want to ruin this movie so don't read beyond if you don't want to but, I took this to be what happened in the last 20 seconds or so of Ryan Goslings life. The people who are trying to save him became intertwined in a fairytale his brain created for him just before he died. One last story to tell-so to speak.
Domino: **
The movie was visually stimulating in that kind of Fear and Loathing sort of way. Everything is a little fuzzy, a little blurred. To be honest I find Kiera Knightley's voice-overs to be a little grating. The story is interestingly told, and it does leave you wondering what of it was true. The movie is, at best, slow in the beginning, however, it is worth it for the last 45 mintues. There is a scene in the desert with a "street preacher" character that is mind blowing, if only in a dialogical (yeah, I made that word up) way. Go see it, Don't.... I don't think it really matters either way with this one.
Thumbsucker:***1/2
This movie was unfuckingbelivable. I loved it. Keanu Reeves was good! I don't mean he was just passable, or that you could stand to watch him...he did a great job. It is, of course, a coming of age story but, told about someone rather unusual. A kid who learns to grow up by being on the debate team. A kid who realizes he doesn't need to win everything to make his father proud. A kid who realizes he is just as lost as his father where it concerns his mother. Yeah...this is the movie to see. Of course, he must also come of age sexually and it isn't good. It isn't the nice sexiness that ends up with everyone being friends and still harboring that tiny bit of a crush for the rest of their lives. It is fucked the fucked up. Thank God. Thank god we realize that sex can be a messy and fucked up thing...and of course the girl (or boy) you always wanted isn't anything like you make-believe them to be.
Reading:
Finished:
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (again) (Rowling)
Confession of an Ugly Step-sisiter (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked (Gregory Maguire)
The Sally Lockheart Books (Pullman)
In the Middle of:
Until I Find You (Irving)
Will be reading:
Eldest (Paolini)
Shalimar the Clown (Rushdie)
Movies to be seen:
Zorro, Saw 2, Dreamer, Prime
Movies I WANT to see:
Goodnight and Good luck
Everything is Illuminated
The Weatherman
October 24, 2005
"I got beat up."
- franny berry
- franny berry
 | You scored as Existentialist. Existentialism emphasizes human capability. There is no greater power interfering with life and thus it is up to us to make things happen. Sometimes considered a negative and depressing world view, your optimism towards human accomplishment is immense. Mankind is condemned to be free and must accept the responsibility.
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October 22, 2005
Thank you Jack White for that Fiberoptic Jesus that you gave me
I am in Chattanooga and I am sooooo tired! Last night was the fake wedding and it turned out to be a blast. Horray for silliness and drinking. As for the other thing, that thing none of you will know what I am talking about....well as to that thing, it seems to be getting better kind of. It is very dark in this room and also I got like 3 seconds of sleep last night and I am hungry. My tummy is making that grrrrowwwling sound....
October 15, 2005
By the way
I will talk about movies next post but for now
The Chancellor approved my petition for the class switch thing. That means I am an offical graduate of college. Now if someone wants to pay for me to go to grad school.......please do.
The Chancellor approved my petition for the class switch thing. That means I am an offical graduate of college. Now if someone wants to pay for me to go to grad school.......please do.
October 10, 2005
this is mine.
It is a Chrysler Sebring LXI Sedan. 2002. Leather, 4 cd changer, seat warmers, 80,000 miles. I can't believe I bought a car!
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