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lookingland) wrote2008-12-06 08:32 am
lookingland) wrote2008-12-06 08:32 am
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some random movieness ~
i thought i would apprise you of the recent movies i've watched. not for any particular reason. just felt like posting something different.
for turkey day i went to the theater and saw Australia. this was fun and epic and pretty much in keeping with baz lehrman's usual schtick (maybe even a notch or two toned down compared to his previous efforts). i am not a fan of nicole "the stick" kidman, but she wasn't terribly offensive in this ~ and who's bothering to look at her when hugh jackman is on the scene. i'd never paid much attention to jackman in the past (he's not really my type), but wow was he an eyeful in this movie. ladies, do yourself a favor this cold season and see something you wouldn't mind cuddling up with. rawr. the movie sprawls and sometimes feels a little long, but it's got a little bit of everything. the plot is fairly basic, but there's so much eye candy i actually appreciated getting to just look at the scenery and not think too much about what was going on.
i also saw Twilight which i found to be a huge crashing emo-bore. several people had told me that the book wasn't half bad, though rather overwritten, so i decided to give the flick a chance. i thought the girl was dumb, the vampire boy was ugly, and the plot whiny and repetitious. i liked the vampire boy's dad ~ he was an interesting character, and, interestingly, bella's father as well. the rest of it was just glossy teen time-wasting. feh.
lastly, I watched The Mist which is not something i would have ever picked up except that i kept reading reviews about "omg the ending!!!!", so of course i had to check it out. this is a film based on a stephen king novella and king's success with films is very 50-50 in my book (if even that). surprisingly, however, i really thought this was a decent horror film (and yes, the ending was great ~ a real element of true horror for once). i loved the creepiness of the mist itself and the critters hiding in it. some of the plot threads were a little pointless and the carmody bible-thumping woman got to be a nuisance, but overall this was played with generally good realism. there are a couple of stupid moments throughout, but the special effects are fun enough to make them forgivable. i would watch this again on a halloween night just for giggles.
today's picture is some lovely mist from the amazing gallery of jon miller whitney:
it's wretchedly windy today, unfortunately ~ can't even enjoy the little snow there is! hope everyone is having a good saturdy. it's time for me to get to work.
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for turkey day i went to the theater and saw Australia. this was fun and epic and pretty much in keeping with baz lehrman's usual schtick (maybe even a notch or two toned down compared to his previous efforts). i am not a fan of nicole "the stick" kidman, but she wasn't terribly offensive in this ~ and who's bothering to look at her when hugh jackman is on the scene. i'd never paid much attention to jackman in the past (he's not really my type), but wow was he an eyeful in this movie. ladies, do yourself a favor this cold season and see something you wouldn't mind cuddling up with. rawr. the movie sprawls and sometimes feels a little long, but it's got a little bit of everything. the plot is fairly basic, but there's so much eye candy i actually appreciated getting to just look at the scenery and not think too much about what was going on.
i also saw Twilight which i found to be a huge crashing emo-bore. several people had told me that the book wasn't half bad, though rather overwritten, so i decided to give the flick a chance. i thought the girl was dumb, the vampire boy was ugly, and the plot whiny and repetitious. i liked the vampire boy's dad ~ he was an interesting character, and, interestingly, bella's father as well. the rest of it was just glossy teen time-wasting. feh.
lastly, I watched The Mist which is not something i would have ever picked up except that i kept reading reviews about "omg the ending!!!!", so of course i had to check it out. this is a film based on a stephen king novella and king's success with films is very 50-50 in my book (if even that). surprisingly, however, i really thought this was a decent horror film (and yes, the ending was great ~ a real element of true horror for once). i loved the creepiness of the mist itself and the critters hiding in it. some of the plot threads were a little pointless and the carmody bible-thumping woman got to be a nuisance, but overall this was played with generally good realism. there are a couple of stupid moments throughout, but the special effects are fun enough to make them forgivable. i would watch this again on a halloween night just for giggles.
today's picture is some lovely mist from the amazing gallery of jon miller whitney:
it's wretchedly windy today, unfortunately ~ can't even enjoy the little snow there is! hope everyone is having a good saturdy. it's time for me to get to work.
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so yeah, i guess darabont's kings are at least worth a watch.
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i never wish bad on other writers, but i do remind myself from time to time that it's not always great writers who make it big ~ it's great marketing.
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I saw the promotional photos for the movie and I thought, "They couldn't have found someone who was actually pretty to play Edward?"
Like...Hugh Jackman. Tasty, tasty, tasty. :)
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i couldn't figure out why she cared about him in the movie either ~ nor why he cared about her (except as a snack). it all seemed so absurdly superficial.
ah well ~ !
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