"Them. Them are the real losers."
Yesterday is a weird blur. I don't really remember what I did. I'm okay with that.
Today! Went with horty_pie to see Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters and Hot Fuzz. A few quick words:
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters is exactly what you would expect, provided you expect an episode of the show that's about 90 minutes long. They weren't kidding in the trailer when they said the movie has "five characters and two new backgrounds." There are more than five characters (though not many more), but most of it looks like it was just lifted directly from the show. Including the animation. It's probably not a good introduction to the concept and the characters-- any 12-minute episode will do, really-- but for rabid fans it should more than suffice that this was actually produced by a major studio and released in theaters.
Hot Fuzz is the new film from many of the people who made Shaun of the Dead. It's excellent, although the pace is much more leisurely than Shaun of the Dead. After how well-received Shaun was, expectations were high for this film. It wasn't as frenetic as I was expecting (the trailers helped feed into this), since the first hour and a half is basically all setup for the last act. Which actually is ridiculous action-movie eye candy. The flair that Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg showed for creating great characters the audience really feels invested in has carried over from the first film, which is fantastic. I'm anxious to see it again-- Shaun of the Dead was loaded with references and background jokes that took several views to catch, and I'm sure Hot Fuzz is no different.
joanofarrgh and I watched the first part of the recent Masterpiece Theatre production of Bleak House (starring Gillian Anderson and a bunch of British people, including one guy who kind of looks like Crispin Glover and Ian Richardson-- the very definition of British Badass). I admit I'm hooked and can't wait to see the next part next Sunday night. Or, failing that, get it from Netflix. The way the film is shot is very contemporary, which is interesting. There are a lot of long tracking shots that look as though they were shot handheld (which is cool) and some weird quick-cut scene transitions (which can be a tad jarring). I'm not usually into this sort of thing-- or am I? Again, I should probably get more of it from Netflix.
I watched the first half of Street Trash the other night before I realized I was completely exhausted and went to bed. I have yet to finish it, and I'm completely exhausted again. So not tonight, then.
So sleepy.
Today! Went with horty_pie to see Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters and Hot Fuzz. A few quick words:
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters is exactly what you would expect, provided you expect an episode of the show that's about 90 minutes long. They weren't kidding in the trailer when they said the movie has "five characters and two new backgrounds." There are more than five characters (though not many more), but most of it looks like it was just lifted directly from the show. Including the animation. It's probably not a good introduction to the concept and the characters-- any 12-minute episode will do, really-- but for rabid fans it should more than suffice that this was actually produced by a major studio and released in theaters.
Hot Fuzz is the new film from many of the people who made Shaun of the Dead. It's excellent, although the pace is much more leisurely than Shaun of the Dead. After how well-received Shaun was, expectations were high for this film. It wasn't as frenetic as I was expecting (the trailers helped feed into this), since the first hour and a half is basically all setup for the last act. Which actually is ridiculous action-movie eye candy. The flair that Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg showed for creating great characters the audience really feels invested in has carried over from the first film, which is fantastic. I'm anxious to see it again-- Shaun of the Dead was loaded with references and background jokes that took several views to catch, and I'm sure Hot Fuzz is no different.
joanofarrgh and I watched the first part of the recent Masterpiece Theatre production of Bleak House (starring Gillian Anderson and a bunch of British people, including one guy who kind of looks like Crispin Glover and Ian Richardson-- the very definition of British Badass). I admit I'm hooked and can't wait to see the next part next Sunday night. Or, failing that, get it from Netflix. The way the film is shot is very contemporary, which is interesting. There are a lot of long tracking shots that look as though they were shot handheld (which is cool) and some weird quick-cut scene transitions (which can be a tad jarring). I'm not usually into this sort of thing-- or am I? Again, I should probably get more of it from Netflix.
I watched the first half of Street Trash the other night before I realized I was completely exhausted and went to bed. I have yet to finish it, and I'm completely exhausted again. So not tonight, then.
So sleepy.