i give all my money to hollywood
for some reason i have already seen 3 (THREE!) movies this week and it's only friday.
i don't know what's wrong with me, but here's what i thought about what i saw:
MONDAY:
ME YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW
this movie is great. go see it. there's the most amazing child actor in it ever who has one scene that had me laughing until tears were coming out of my eyes.
it's written by/directed by/stars the artist miranda july and she's pretty cute and awesome, but in that girl who's-cute-and-awesome-but-probably-a-little-crazy sort of way.
if you don't like this movie, YOU are crazy.
there, i said it.
WEDNESDAY:
WAR OF THE WORLDZ
i went with two other folks and they didn't like it that much. i, on the other hand, did like it. but then i wasn't expecting anything more than a cool-looking alien invasion movie.
i remember buying the original orson welles radio show from B. Dalton in high school. i loved listening to that thing.
this film is pretty much like that, but with a few twists and tweaks and some super badass alien death rays. oh, and tom cruise is in it too.
i wasn't even annoyed that much by him either. though there is this scene where he goes into and then comes out of this giant alien anus-like thing. i couldn't help but snicker at that.
final grade: a good solid B
THURSDAY:
BATMAN BEGINS (IMAX version)
alright, yes, i already saw this once. but not on the almighty IMAX. i think the last time i was in one of these theaters was in high school and they played something about beavers.
when this thing started last night, i was floored by the complete all around badassery that i was watching. obviously, the screen is just retardedly huge, that's a given. the thing that really surprised me though was the quality of the audio and the picture itself. both were just perfect and loud and cah-razy and almost too much to handle.
i was giggling to myself the whole show.
oh, and all that batman stuff is pretty fun too.
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ok, so that's that. now i must go and pay some rent, prepare to go to yoga, and then figure out what i am going to do with my weekend.
if anyone has any suggestions/ideas for me, i'm all ears.
happy fourth of july everybody!
(ps. you might be wondering what the first thing that i did when i got to work this morning was? well, i blasted neil diamond's 'america' super loud to all of my co-workers to get them into the spirit of the holiday.
it was the least that i could do...)
for some reason i have already seen 3 (THREE!) movies this week and it's only friday.
i don't know what's wrong with me, but here's what i thought about what i saw:
MONDAY:
ME YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW
this movie is great. go see it. there's the most amazing child actor in it ever who has one scene that had me laughing until tears were coming out of my eyes.
it's written by/directed by/stars the artist miranda july and she's pretty cute and awesome, but in that girl who's-cute-and-awesome-but-probably-a-little-crazy sort of way.
if you don't like this movie, YOU are crazy.
there, i said it.
WEDNESDAY:
WAR OF THE WORLDZ
i went with two other folks and they didn't like it that much. i, on the other hand, did like it. but then i wasn't expecting anything more than a cool-looking alien invasion movie.
i remember buying the original orson welles radio show from B. Dalton in high school. i loved listening to that thing.
this film is pretty much like that, but with a few twists and tweaks and some super badass alien death rays. oh, and tom cruise is in it too.
i wasn't even annoyed that much by him either. though there is this scene where he goes into and then comes out of this giant alien anus-like thing. i couldn't help but snicker at that.
final grade: a good solid B
THURSDAY:
BATMAN BEGINS (IMAX version)
alright, yes, i already saw this once. but not on the almighty IMAX. i think the last time i was in one of these theaters was in high school and they played something about beavers.
when this thing started last night, i was floored by the complete all around badassery that i was watching. obviously, the screen is just retardedly huge, that's a given. the thing that really surprised me though was the quality of the audio and the picture itself. both were just perfect and loud and cah-razy and almost too much to handle.
i was giggling to myself the whole show.
oh, and all that batman stuff is pretty fun too.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
ok, so that's that. now i must go and pay some rent, prepare to go to yoga, and then figure out what i am going to do with my weekend.
if anyone has any suggestions/ideas for me, i'm all ears.
happy fourth of july everybody!
(ps. you might be wondering what the first thing that i did when i got to work this morning was? well, i blasted neil diamond's 'america' super loud to all of my co-workers to get them into the spirit of the holiday.
it was the least that i could do...)
posted by anthony at 10:39 AM
4 Comments:
SUMMA MOVEES:
Wars of the Worldz:
I have to admit Tony that I was super excited to see this film - and with such great hopes comes the fear that one might build the movie up to be something
that it can not be and then you are only left with your sad expectations. But I really got sucked into this fluffy alien invasion film. So badass. I agree with you tony - a good solid B (except for the fucking ending with the unscathed happy family in their sunday best greeting the return of the little daughter. booo!)
Batman:
Well - I have to say this one underwhelmed me. the fucking batmobile? come on! The whole premise of Batman is that he is stealthy and sly and suave, and this mechanical behemoth of transport was just laughable. I can accept some twisting of the laws of physics but that mobile and the way he flew around in it sucked the fun out of the escape. Double boo! - However it was just a fluff movie so it gets a few points for doing an ok job.
who wrote this? it sounds like vince or brian to me...
reveal yourself!!
yeah, i totally hate the new batmobile. i even more so hated the car chase on the rooftops...retarded. and yes, i like the batman to be all spooky and invisible and swooping outta nowhere to get you. i didn't like it as much the second time, but it's pretty good. also, i am such a batman nerd, that i was just happy to not have danny devito or jim carrey in it.
also, i couldn't believe that they wussed out and made that kid survive at the end of war of the worldz. give me a goddamn break. the whole audience groaned too...
but i thought those tripods were pretty evil.
anyways...
THEY FILMED THAT IN MY NEIGBORHOOD. WELL, PART OF IT. TOM CRUISE WAS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. EEEEEEEEEEEEW! GROSSER THAN SUPER-ROACHES.
-lib
aaron is summa movees.
so it is revealed.
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