movies
ratings:
1 - no one should watch this, ever
2 - hated it
3 - wish I hadn't watched it
4 - disliked it
5 - meh.
6 - okay
7 - liked it
8 - would like to watch it again
9 - loved it
10 - obsessed with it
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 7 [7 discs]
There are a few good episodes, maybe 1 per disc, and the finale is pretty cool. But mostly it kind of sucked a little. The beginning of the 15-year period of crappy-ass Star Trek. 6/10
The Omega Man
Charleton Heston's 1970s version of I Am Legend. Really, really terrible. And I love 70s science fiction. 2/10
The Smurfs: Season 1: Vol. 1: Disc 1
Wait... why do people like the Smurfs? 3/10
The Darjeeling Limited
Extremely disappointing. Well-performed and well-shot, but it's just not entertaining. 5/10
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From IMDb's Top 250:
[formerly] #250. Harold and Maude, Hal Ashby (dir.), Colin Higgins (wr.), Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, 1971.
Cute movie. We originally saw it about five years ago, and it's good for watching every five years, but I certainly wouldn't call it the 250th best movie of all time. But it is pleasant and funny. Afterwards I couldn't resist putting on a Cat Stevens LP. 7/10
#246. In Cold Blood, Richard Brooks (wr./dir.), Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, 1967.
The adaptation of Truman Capote's book. It's a bit long, but it pulls you in. The violence -- there's very little of it, and it's off screen, totally PG-13 -- is startlingly stronger than any modern movie I can think of. There's a lot of focus on the cinematography being dramatic and atmospheric; Jim Jarmusch probably loves it. Now we want to see Capote. 7/10
1 - no one should watch this, ever
2 - hated it
3 - wish I hadn't watched it
4 - disliked it
5 - meh.
6 - okay
7 - liked it
8 - would like to watch it again
9 - loved it
10 - obsessed with it
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 7 [7 discs]
There are a few good episodes, maybe 1 per disc, and the finale is pretty cool. But mostly it kind of sucked a little. The beginning of the 15-year period of crappy-ass Star Trek. 6/10
The Omega Man
Charleton Heston's 1970s version of I Am Legend. Really, really terrible. And I love 70s science fiction. 2/10
The Smurfs: Season 1: Vol. 1: Disc 1
Wait... why do people like the Smurfs? 3/10
The Darjeeling Limited
Extremely disappointing. Well-performed and well-shot, but it's just not entertaining. 5/10
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From IMDb's Top 250:
[formerly] #250. Harold and Maude, Hal Ashby (dir.), Colin Higgins (wr.), Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, 1971.
Cute movie. We originally saw it about five years ago, and it's good for watching every five years, but I certainly wouldn't call it the 250th best movie of all time. But it is pleasant and funny. Afterwards I couldn't resist putting on a Cat Stevens LP. 7/10
#246. In Cold Blood, Richard Brooks (wr./dir.), Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, 1967.
The adaptation of Truman Capote's book. It's a bit long, but it pulls you in. The violence -- there's very little of it, and it's off screen, totally PG-13 -- is startlingly stronger than any modern movie I can think of. There's a lot of focus on the cinematography being dramatic and atmospheric; Jim Jarmusch probably loves it. Now we want to see Capote. 7/10