hmm...apparently i never posted last week's movie entry...
i wrote it, but it's just been sitting in my gmail waiting to be posted. so here it is (once i copied it i realized that i never did finish it...): well it's finished now of course.
So animated week part two didn't really last as long as it should have. I forgot to send a movie back so we didn't get one on Thursday and Spring Fling stuff started at UNCG on Friday so I got movies that I wanted to watch instead of continuing on with animated ones that we both wanted to watch.
We went to a play at the Triad Stage last Sunday night. Since Curtis can't go on Tuesday we changed our day to Sunday. It was called Syncopation and it starred two people. It was very cute and fun. Such a different play than the last one (The Caretaker) which didn't make any damn sense (even though the artistic director said that was the point). If I'm going to see a play, I'd much rather see a comedy but really The Caretaker was the only drama we've seen at the Triad Stage so far that I haven't liked (we've seen Anne Frank and The Old Settler).
I got to use my OCD at work this weekend and organize graduation overstock and make it pretty.
The movies for this last week were The Secret of N-I-M-H (we'd both seen it but figured it was a must-see if we were doing an animation week), The Sword in the Stone (we'd both seen this as well but I wanted to see it and make sure it was still as awesome as it was when I was little, this was another one of my favorite Disney movies...probably my third growing up--until Lion King came own when it got bumped down to fourth--now they are (traditionally animated): Lion King, Little Mermaid, Robin Hood, and Sword in the Stone)), Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (this was more for Curtis than me, :-P), SLC Punk, and Donnie Darko the Director's Cut. I also rented the first disc of Undeclared and I've only watched one episode so far...Fox is stupid for cancelling such a great show!
The Secret of N-I-M-H 1982 - Based on the children's book Mrs. Brisby and the Rats of NIMH, director Don Bluth's animated adventure chronicles the trials of a widowed field mouse (voiced by Elizabeth Hartman ) who must move her family-- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plough. Aided by a crow ( Dom DeLuise ) and a colony of superintelligent escaped lab rats, the brave Mrs. Brisby struggles to move her home to firmer ground.
The Sword in the Stone 1963 - T.H. White's children's tale The Once and Future King gets the full Disney treatment in this 1963 animated classic. A humble young squire named Wart allies himself with the powerful magician Merlin and soon learns that destiny and a legendary sword trapped in a churchyard stone will transform Wart into England's next king. Mixing sorcery, heroics and humor, the Arthurian legend has never been more entertaining.
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie 1994 - Although most of the characters from the popular Street Fighter II video game make cameos in this animated film, four young favorites -- tough-guy Ryu, rich-kid Ken, bad-boy Guile and boy-toy Chun Li -- take center stage to bring down the evil Bison, who has plans to destroy the world. Plenty of fast-action fight sequences keep this movie plugging along. But while it's animated, it's not child's play.
I wasn't really paying all that much attention when we were watching this. What I did see seemed okay...except for the one character looking really different in the dark than in the light.
SLC Punk 1999 - Recent college grads Stevo (Matthew Lillard) and Heroin Bob ( Michael Goorjian) sport blue Mohawks, listen to hard-core punk and live according to their own rules. Not a problem in many places, but in Salt Lake City they're total outcasts. Add to the mix Stevo's father ( Christopher McDonald), who wants his son to study law at Harvard (just as he did). Stevo must decide whether to stay true to his own ideals or start planning for his future.
Pretty good movie...I love Matthew Lillard. There was a particularly hilarious scene when they had to drive to Wyoming to buy real alcohol.
Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut - 2001 Writer-director Richard Kelly revamps his debut film, an edgy psychological thriller about a suburban teen coming face to face with his dark destiny. Jake Gyllenhaal plays a delusional high school student visited by a demonic rabbit with eerie visions of the past … and deadly predictions for the future. This cult favorite boasts a stellar supporting cast including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle and Jena Malone.
It just had a few extended scenes and some transitions in between scenes. Also pages of the Time Travel book were shown onscreen during various scenes and the soundtrack was all mixed around. I'm still happy just owning the regular cut but it was definitely worth checking out.
So animated week part two didn't really last as long as it should have. I forgot to send a movie back so we didn't get one on Thursday and Spring Fling stuff started at UNCG on Friday so I got movies that I wanted to watch instead of continuing on with animated ones that we both wanted to watch.
We went to a play at the Triad Stage last Sunday night. Since Curtis can't go on Tuesday we changed our day to Sunday. It was called Syncopation and it starred two people. It was very cute and fun. Such a different play than the last one (The Caretaker) which didn't make any damn sense (even though the artistic director said that was the point). If I'm going to see a play, I'd much rather see a comedy but really The Caretaker was the only drama we've seen at the Triad Stage so far that I haven't liked (we've seen Anne Frank and The Old Settler).
I got to use my OCD at work this weekend and organize graduation overstock and make it pretty.
The movies for this last week were The Secret of N-I-M-H (we'd both seen it but figured it was a must-see if we were doing an animation week), The Sword in the Stone (we'd both seen this as well but I wanted to see it and make sure it was still as awesome as it was when I was little, this was another one of my favorite Disney movies...probably my third growing up--until Lion King came own when it got bumped down to fourth--now they are (traditionally animated): Lion King, Little Mermaid, Robin Hood, and Sword in the Stone)), Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (this was more for Curtis than me, :-P), SLC Punk, and Donnie Darko the Director's Cut. I also rented the first disc of Undeclared and I've only watched one episode so far...Fox is stupid for cancelling such a great show!
The Secret of N-I-M-H 1982 - Based on the children's book Mrs. Brisby and the Rats of NIMH, director Don Bluth's animated adventure chronicles the trials of a widowed field mouse (voiced by Elizabeth Hartman ) who must move her family-- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plough. Aided by a crow ( Dom DeLuise ) and a colony of superintelligent escaped lab rats, the brave Mrs. Brisby struggles to move her home to firmer ground.
The Sword in the Stone 1963 - T.H. White's children's tale The Once and Future King gets the full Disney treatment in this 1963 animated classic. A humble young squire named Wart allies himself with the powerful magician Merlin and soon learns that destiny and a legendary sword trapped in a churchyard stone will transform Wart into England's next king. Mixing sorcery, heroics and humor, the Arthurian legend has never been more entertaining.
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie 1994 - Although most of the characters from the popular Street Fighter II video game make cameos in this animated film, four young favorites -- tough-guy Ryu, rich-kid Ken, bad-boy Guile and boy-toy Chun Li -- take center stage to bring down the evil Bison, who has plans to destroy the world. Plenty of fast-action fight sequences keep this movie plugging along. But while it's animated, it's not child's play.
I wasn't really paying all that much attention when we were watching this. What I did see seemed okay...except for the one character looking really different in the dark than in the light.
SLC Punk 1999 - Recent college grads Stevo (Matthew Lillard) and Heroin Bob ( Michael Goorjian) sport blue Mohawks, listen to hard-core punk and live according to their own rules. Not a problem in many places, but in Salt Lake City they're total outcasts. Add to the mix Stevo's father ( Christopher McDonald), who wants his son to study law at Harvard (just as he did). Stevo must decide whether to stay true to his own ideals or start planning for his future.
Pretty good movie...I love Matthew Lillard. There was a particularly hilarious scene when they had to drive to Wyoming to buy real alcohol.
Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut - 2001 Writer-director Richard Kelly revamps his debut film, an edgy psychological thriller about a suburban teen coming face to face with his dark destiny. Jake Gyllenhaal plays a delusional high school student visited by a demonic rabbit with eerie visions of the past … and deadly predictions for the future. This cult favorite boasts a stellar supporting cast including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle and Jena Malone.
It just had a few extended scenes and some transitions in between scenes. Also pages of the Time Travel book were shown onscreen during various scenes and the soundtrack was all mixed around. I'm still happy just owning the regular cut but it was definitely worth checking out.