Movie blurbs
Friday, August 13, 2010, 4:21 a.m.: Lying in bed, trying to bore myself to sleep, I finally realize where the term "spaghetti western" comes from. The directors were often Italian! Brilliant.
I'm starting to wonder if my recent Clint Eastwood binge is a subconscious guilty reaction to my Scotophilia. (Haha! Even Wikipedia's like, I'm pretty sure that's not a real thing.)
The Outlaw Josey Wales - I always have a hard time completely siding with the "hero" when that person supports the Confederacy. I know the Union wasn't saintly, but it still bothers me. There are a couple houses around my city that drape Confederate and German flags (together) from their porches and it just enrages me--especially the German flags. I'm not advocating just forgetting World War II, but there is so much more to Germany than Nazism.
But I digress. Here, have something light I found on Google Images:
Pale Rider - Get it, underage girl in love with Clint Eastwood's character even though he respects her too much to have sex with her. That was a gorgeous appaloosa, by the way.
Unforgiven - In trying to figure out when I would not have sex with Clint Eastwood, I've discovered that I would go up to at least Unforgiven, and I'm not sure how I feel about that. I don't remember much of the movie because I was too busy wondering what to do with myself.
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Factory Girl - Rented it for Guy Pearce. Needed more Guy Pearce. AND OH MY GOD WAS HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN SUPPOSED TO BE BOB DYLAN? I'M NOT A BOB DYLAN FAN, BUT I WAS INSULTED. WHAT THE FUCK, CASTING DEPARTMENT?
The Time Traveler's Wife - I read the book imagining Eric Bana as Henry (because I knew about the movie), but when I watched it, it felt all wrong. He looked like a mash-up between Christian Bale (good) and Corey Feldman (bad). Rachel McAdams was prettier than he was handsome. I don't know. I still have problems with the fact that Clare was conditioned to love him since she was 6 years old, even though Henry wouldn't know who she was if she hadn't met him in the library when she was 20 and he was 28. (Note: MINDFUCK.) Also, he had a few years to sleep around while she always felt she needed to be faithful to him even during her adolescence. And then they met and Clare's like, "Henry, do we have too much sex?" and I'm like, Shut the fuck up.
And even after he dies, she never remarries. I'm all for fidelity, but you're 35! After a reasonable grieving period, wouldn't it have been healthier to at least date again?
TL;DR: I liked the book better, but I still enjoyed seeing how the story was put to film.
Born Romantic - I watched this because a) The Outlaw Josey Wales wouldn't load one night, and b) Craig Ferguson was in it. Smoking a cigarette. Thick accent. Pretending to be Dean Martin. To quote Mystery Science Theater 3000: "Sentence fragments! Just phrases!"
I hate "MEN AND WOMEN ARE DIFFERENT TROLOLOLOL" romantic comedies, but this gets a pass.
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Dinner for Schmucks - To make a long story short, I ended up going to a midnight showing of this with my brother for his birthday. It looked ridiculous, but I had my hopes up because it starred Steve Carell and Paul Rudd.
I was disappointed. I guess I suspected more subtle humor, and fewer clitoris jokes.
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Fantastic Mr. Fox - Two of my friends from high school, Courtney and Kristy, and I got together on Wednesday. We went for ice cream, caught up on each others' lives, and when Kristy left for work, Courtney and I rented Fantastic Mr. Fox. I liked it a lot better than I thought I would. It was very cute, although some of the characters were a little too anthropomorphic for my taste and creeped me out.
I'm starting to wonder if my recent Clint Eastwood binge is a subconscious guilty reaction to my Scotophilia. (Haha! Even Wikipedia's like, I'm pretty sure that's not a real thing.)
The Outlaw Josey Wales - I always have a hard time completely siding with the "hero" when that person supports the Confederacy. I know the Union wasn't saintly, but it still bothers me. There are a couple houses around my city that drape Confederate and German flags (together) from their porches and it just enrages me--especially the German flags. I'm not advocating just forgetting World War II, but there is so much more to Germany than Nazism.
But I digress. Here, have something light I found on Google Images:
Pale Rider - Get it, underage girl in love with Clint Eastwood's character even though he respects her too much to have sex with her. That was a gorgeous appaloosa, by the way.
Unforgiven - In trying to figure out when I would not have sex with Clint Eastwood, I've discovered that I would go up to at least Unforgiven, and I'm not sure how I feel about that. I don't remember much of the movie because I was too busy wondering what to do with myself.
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Factory Girl - Rented it for Guy Pearce. Needed more Guy Pearce. AND OH MY GOD WAS HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN SUPPOSED TO BE BOB DYLAN? I'M NOT A BOB DYLAN FAN, BUT I WAS INSULTED. WHAT THE FUCK, CASTING DEPARTMENT?
The Time Traveler's Wife - I read the book imagining Eric Bana as Henry (because I knew about the movie), but when I watched it, it felt all wrong. He looked like a mash-up between Christian Bale (good) and Corey Feldman (bad). Rachel McAdams was prettier than he was handsome. I don't know. I still have problems with the fact that Clare was conditioned to love him since she was 6 years old, even though Henry wouldn't know who she was if she hadn't met him in the library when she was 20 and he was 28. (Note: MINDFUCK.) Also, he had a few years to sleep around while she always felt she needed to be faithful to him even during her adolescence. And then they met and Clare's like, "Henry, do we have too much sex?" and I'm like, Shut the fuck up.
And even after he dies, she never remarries. I'm all for fidelity, but you're 35! After a reasonable grieving period, wouldn't it have been healthier to at least date again?
TL;DR: I liked the book better, but I still enjoyed seeing how the story was put to film.
Born Romantic - I watched this because a) The Outlaw Josey Wales wouldn't load one night, and b) Craig Ferguson was in it. Smoking a cigarette. Thick accent. Pretending to be Dean Martin. To quote Mystery Science Theater 3000: "Sentence fragments! Just phrases!"
I hate "MEN AND WOMEN ARE DIFFERENT TROLOLOLOL" romantic comedies, but this gets a pass.
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Dinner for Schmucks - To make a long story short, I ended up going to a midnight showing of this with my brother for his birthday. It looked ridiculous, but I had my hopes up because it starred Steve Carell and Paul Rudd.
I was disappointed. I guess I suspected more subtle humor, and fewer clitoris jokes.
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Fantastic Mr. Fox - Two of my friends from high school, Courtney and Kristy, and I got together on Wednesday. We went for ice cream, caught up on each others' lives, and when Kristy left for work, Courtney and I rented Fantastic Mr. Fox. I liked it a lot better than I thought I would. It was very cute, although some of the characters were a little too anthropomorphic for my taste and creeped me out.