August Media
Movies:
The International Let’s see. I fell asleep twice. Multiple times I randomnly shouted “I just don’t BUY you” at Naomi Watts. PG was practically shaking with anger by the end, he hated it so much. It was….not a good movie.
Yes Man Surprisingly good. I mean…really surprising, and really quite good. For a movie I never heard of, I was surprised that I even put it in my netflix queue, since I don’t usually respond well to Jim Carrey. But I was in the mood for what I thought was a silly comedy. But it was really enjoyable, and Zooey Dechanel was as adorable as ever, and of course I went the next day and bought the book it was based on, and can’t wait to read it. The movie spoke to me, what can I say? Reminded me a bit of my Year of No Regrets.
17 Again I was actually annoyed at myself for putting this in my queue, and even more annoyed when it came, as I was so not in the mood for a stupid teen movie. But damnit if that Zac Efron is not adorably charming. I found myself thinking repeatedly throughout the movie “huh. He’s a really good actor!” And then I would get mad at myself for thinking that. But he was. So there.
Cool Runnings I got this movie because a) I went bobsledding last year, so I felt like now I could fully appreciate it, and b) I’m going to Jamaica! It was cute, but not NEARLY as good as I remember it. Man did I love that movie when I was a kid!
Julie & Julia I didn’t want it to end.
Sex & The City Not as good the second time around, but not a bad way to kill 2 and a half hours.
Rent I mean really. Like I’m gonna say anything bad about this movie. Fools, all of you!
No Day But Today: The Story of Rent This was a feature length documentary that covered Jonathan Larson’s life from childhood till death, his early works, interviews with his friends, family, producers, teachers, cast…anyone possibly connected even remotely to him. It was so fascinating, and so unbearably heartbreaking to watch. But for ME, the ultimate Renthead, to come out of this saying how much I learned about Jonathan and Rent…well, that is a sign of a damn good doc.
Books:
The Man Who Ate The World: In Search of the Perfect Dinner - Jay Rayner Jay Raynor was one of the judges on Top Chef Masters, and I didn’t know who he was or understand why he was qualified to judge. Well, this book answered that! He went around the workd searching for the perfect dinner. Some parts were hysterical, like being forced to eat at Robuchon in Vegas with Joel Robuchon watching every bite go ointo his mouth. Some of it was just him whining about having to eat another ridiculously expensive gourmet dinner that half the world would kill to get the chance to eat. Towards the end I kind of wanted to punch him and yell STOP WHINING! But iverall, I really learned a lot about food, and have a far greater appreciation for food critics (at least…GOOD food critics)
Fifteen Minutes of Shame- Lisa Daily It should have been called 120 minutes of shame, as that is what I felt during the 2 hours I spent reading this piece of trash
Finger Lickin’ Fifteen - Janet Evanovich Borrowed from my mom. Typical Janet Evanovich - basically the cotton candy of “literature” (I know, I even had to put literature in quotes. Sad)
Fire - Sebastian Junger WTF, Sebastian Junger? Your last book was so awesome! Why did this one feel like reading a textbook? A really boring textbook?
The 7th Target - James Patterson Yeah yeah, more James Patterson. I know.
Bookends - Jane Green This was the weirdest book. It started off so mesmerizing I couldn’t put it down., Then it did some weird switch to a dark place, a place that, without ruining the book for anyone, I should have enjoyed. But not in my frothy summer reading! Give me back my frothy summer reading! And then the last chapter they tried to turn it around and make it all happy happy joy joy again, but it was too late. WEIRD.
The International Let’s see. I fell asleep twice. Multiple times I randomnly shouted “I just don’t BUY you” at Naomi Watts. PG was practically shaking with anger by the end, he hated it so much. It was….not a good movie.
Yes Man Surprisingly good. I mean…really surprising, and really quite good. For a movie I never heard of, I was surprised that I even put it in my netflix queue, since I don’t usually respond well to Jim Carrey. But I was in the mood for what I thought was a silly comedy. But it was really enjoyable, and Zooey Dechanel was as adorable as ever, and of course I went the next day and bought the book it was based on, and can’t wait to read it. The movie spoke to me, what can I say? Reminded me a bit of my Year of No Regrets.
17 Again I was actually annoyed at myself for putting this in my queue, and even more annoyed when it came, as I was so not in the mood for a stupid teen movie. But damnit if that Zac Efron is not adorably charming. I found myself thinking repeatedly throughout the movie “huh. He’s a really good actor!” And then I would get mad at myself for thinking that. But he was. So there.
Cool Runnings I got this movie because a) I went bobsledding last year, so I felt like now I could fully appreciate it, and b) I’m going to Jamaica! It was cute, but not NEARLY as good as I remember it. Man did I love that movie when I was a kid!
Julie & Julia I didn’t want it to end.
Sex & The City Not as good the second time around, but not a bad way to kill 2 and a half hours.
Rent I mean really. Like I’m gonna say anything bad about this movie. Fools, all of you!
No Day But Today: The Story of Rent This was a feature length documentary that covered Jonathan Larson’s life from childhood till death, his early works, interviews with his friends, family, producers, teachers, cast…anyone possibly connected even remotely to him. It was so fascinating, and so unbearably heartbreaking to watch. But for ME, the ultimate Renthead, to come out of this saying how much I learned about Jonathan and Rent…well, that is a sign of a damn good doc.
Books:
The Man Who Ate The World: In Search of the Perfect Dinner - Jay Rayner Jay Raynor was one of the judges on Top Chef Masters, and I didn’t know who he was or understand why he was qualified to judge. Well, this book answered that! He went around the workd searching for the perfect dinner. Some parts were hysterical, like being forced to eat at Robuchon in Vegas with Joel Robuchon watching every bite go ointo his mouth. Some of it was just him whining about having to eat another ridiculously expensive gourmet dinner that half the world would kill to get the chance to eat. Towards the end I kind of wanted to punch him and yell STOP WHINING! But iverall, I really learned a lot about food, and have a far greater appreciation for food critics (at least…GOOD food critics)
Fifteen Minutes of Shame- Lisa Daily It should have been called 120 minutes of shame, as that is what I felt during the 2 hours I spent reading this piece of trash
Finger Lickin’ Fifteen - Janet Evanovich Borrowed from my mom. Typical Janet Evanovich - basically the cotton candy of “literature” (I know, I even had to put literature in quotes. Sad)
Fire - Sebastian Junger WTF, Sebastian Junger? Your last book was so awesome! Why did this one feel like reading a textbook? A really boring textbook?
The 7th Target - James Patterson Yeah yeah, more James Patterson. I know.
Bookends - Jane Green This was the weirdest book. It started off so mesmerizing I couldn’t put it down., Then it did some weird switch to a dark place, a place that, without ruining the book for anyone, I should have enjoyed. But not in my frothy summer reading! Give me back my frothy summer reading! And then the last chapter they tried to turn it around and make it all happy happy joy joy again, but it was too late. WEIRD.