Well.

That was certainly worth it.

Also, KJ and I went to see Mr. Holmes at a little non-profit theater. I recommend it very much if you're a Holmes fan. It's respectful of the canon without taking itself too seriously. The ending was a little weird to watch, but narratively it fit. If you're not a Holmes fan, it's still a good movie. I won't say great, because it isn't as good as a ( Read more... )

Just saw it in 3D. Quite good, all around. Good acting, good character moments (whether they were accurate is a question I leave to others), plenty of good action, good dialogue, good special effects.

I had a few minor quibbles, but I don't remember most of them. ( Spoilers )

KJ took me to see The Hunger Games at the Mills. Pretty good movie and from what I hear they stayed pretty faithful to the book. It also didn't encroach on the space of that book I keep never getting around to writing, so all my concerns about being warped or whatever were needless. I hope. My hopes of being spurred to write something also appear ( Read more... )

No, it's not real, but it looks pretty good.

There are so many other -opolys out there (Wineopoly anyone? Mizzouopoly?) that this would probably be considered profitable enough to print if TPTB wanted to do it.

Watchmen has very good camera work, but it's very sordid ( Read more... )

Taken from calliopes_pen, it's the Animated Movies You Have Seen Meme

(X what you've seen)

( Just to establish that I'm still alive and all that jazz. )

Try the "Star Wars" link. They run through a bunch of "Star Wars" lines while a-capellaing (Is that a verb? It is now!) at least four different movie themes.

At least hang around for the first 'movement'. They do a rather impressive job of singing the "Close Encounters" theme.

Pants confuse me ( Read more... )

The instructions are simple: Put an X by the movies you've seen.

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