It's been a quiet year for movies, because Greg and I upgraded our DirecTV to the HD/DVR receiver, which allowed us to watch movies in HD on PPV, which was AWESOME. For the movies we weren't really sure about, or the movies that one of us wanted to see and the other didn't, it was a perfect solution, as the HD PPV version is essentially the cost of ( Read more... )

It's that time again, when I sit and do mini-reviews of all the movies I saw during the year. As always, I'll try to keep the reviews short and sweet and spoiler-free, so let's get started.

( Movies: A Year in Review )

Is it me, or does this particular TWILIGHT poster make Bella look like more of a vampire than Edward does?


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So this is absurdly late, but I can't just not post it. That's right, it's finally time for my annual thoughts on the movies I watched the previous year. I keep saying I should compose this as the year goes on, but do I ever do it? No. So forgive me if my reflections are a wee bit vague or if I accidentally slip in a spoiler (I'm pretty sure I didn ( Read more... )

Another reason why I simply adore John Scalzi's Whatever blog: he's so unflinchingly honest, and fortunately for me (and for him, because otherwise, I would've never read his work and recommended it to a billion people), I like a lot of what he says. His snarky attitude doesn't put me off at all. And usually, it's a lot of fun ( Read more... )

It's no fun being distracted if I can't distract the rest of you, so consider yourself...distracted...

The weekend was full of all kinds of visual entertainment. First on the list:

Zodiac: Greg is a huge David Fincher fan, and hey, you can't go wrong with the genius who brought Se7en and Fight Club to the big screen. And while Zodiac was ( Read more... )

There were quite a lot of things I wanted/needed to do before I left for residency. One of them was watching The Descent on DVD with Greg. The other was catch Children of Men in theaters. The first I couldn't do because I just didn't have time, and the second I couldn't do because the movie wasn't released nationwide until I was already in PA ( Read more... )

This is so much fun to do every year, though I'm staring to think that I should start the file at the beginning of the year and type my commentary as the year goes on. That way, I know exactly what I thought of the films. :) Oh well, I like looking back on movies too, cause my opinion has a chance to settle ( Read more... )

Greg and I were going to see The Fountain on Wednesday night, but I was sickly and tired, so we passed. Saw that the Maryville theatre was showing it, so we decided to make an afternoon out of the movie, Quizno's, and ink-cartridge shopping.

Spoilers behind the cut:

( The Fountain )

First and foremost, an important question: has anyone else had any trouble with LJ emailing comments? I'm trying to figure out if this is an LJ-issue or if I accidentally screwed something up on my end, cause I haven't been getting comments.

Now, for various ramblings...

( The Norton Book of Science Fiction: 1960-1990 )