Yes, I'm One of *Those* Dog People
The little natural pet foods store I get Ferguson's food at got a shipment of Doggles in, and I had to get a pair for Ferguson. He looks super cute with them on, but he's not too keen on keeping them on for long periods of time. They restrict his peripheral vision.
After finishing Michael Ende's The Neverending Story, I searched high and low on the internet for a replica of the AURYN from the book and movie. Surprisingly, I found one and bought it for only a few bucks.
I'm afraid I've turned into one of those film snobs. Jason is tough on movies, but I'm even worse than him. And I compare everything to Tarkovsky and von Trier, so nothing can measure up properly. I've even snubbed my nose at all of the movies being released this summer. Yes, that includes The Dark Knight. I want to get excited about it, but it just doesn't look interesting, which is strange because that shit is right up my alley. What happened to my carefree love of action movies? Jason and I watch at least three movies every weekend. In the last couple years, we've watched hundreds of them. At last count, there were only a handful (less than 10) of those hundreds which rated above an eight on my scale of one to ten. Don't get me wrong - I enjoy most of the movies I watch. But I always find so many faults, for which I detract points. A load of people loved Cloverfield. What did I rate it? One. I thought it was abysmal. The romantic storyline was ridiculous, contrived, and completely unnecessary. The action sequences were boring and predictable, not to mention it having a formulamatic plot and pacing. The characters were uninteresting and, at times, unlikeable. The "monster" was poorly thought-out and felt thrown together with elements added for no apparent reason other than to facilitate stupid points in the plot that were unnecessary and embarrassingly bad. The only reason it got a one was because some of the work with the hand-held camera was done well, and I give them props were even trying that. So, yeah - movie my flist loved, and I thought it was on par with some of the worst movies I've ever seen. Why can't I just enjoy movies?
Oh, and question for the anime lovers on my flist... What are your thoughts on Neon Genesis Evangelion? I've seen so many top ten anime lists with it at the top or quite near the top. I just don't get it after having watched the series. It thought it was pretty damn bad on several counts. Am I missing something?
After finishing Michael Ende's The Neverending Story, I searched high and low on the internet for a replica of the AURYN from the book and movie. Surprisingly, I found one and bought it for only a few bucks.
I'm afraid I've turned into one of those film snobs. Jason is tough on movies, but I'm even worse than him. And I compare everything to Tarkovsky and von Trier, so nothing can measure up properly. I've even snubbed my nose at all of the movies being released this summer. Yes, that includes The Dark Knight. I want to get excited about it, but it just doesn't look interesting, which is strange because that shit is right up my alley. What happened to my carefree love of action movies? Jason and I watch at least three movies every weekend. In the last couple years, we've watched hundreds of them. At last count, there were only a handful (less than 10) of those hundreds which rated above an eight on my scale of one to ten. Don't get me wrong - I enjoy most of the movies I watch. But I always find so many faults, for which I detract points. A load of people loved Cloverfield. What did I rate it? One. I thought it was abysmal. The romantic storyline was ridiculous, contrived, and completely unnecessary. The action sequences were boring and predictable, not to mention it having a formulamatic plot and pacing. The characters were uninteresting and, at times, unlikeable. The "monster" was poorly thought-out and felt thrown together with elements added for no apparent reason other than to facilitate stupid points in the plot that were unnecessary and embarrassingly bad. The only reason it got a one was because some of the work with the hand-held camera was done well, and I give them props were even trying that. So, yeah - movie my flist loved, and I thought it was on par with some of the worst movies I've ever seen. Why can't I just enjoy movies?
Oh, and question for the anime lovers on my flist... What are your thoughts on Neon Genesis Evangelion? I've seen so many top ten anime lists with it at the top or quite near the top. I just don't get it after having watched the series. It thought it was pretty damn bad on several counts. Am I missing something?