October Media (2 weeks late. Whoops)
Movies:
Couples Retreat The credits started rolling, and even though there were still scenes being shown under the credits, people were practically racing to get out of the theatre. I think that about says it all.
Paranormal Activity I definitely APPRECIATED this movie. I thought the acting was good for people we had never seen before, I thought the idea was interesting, I like the story about how the film got made, I liked everything about this film…except the film itself. I know I am kind of hard to scare, but I was kind of bored. :(
Definitely, Maybe Just as good the second time. Ryan Reynolds is romantic comedy gold.
Saw This was our annual Halloween horror movie. It was OK. Not nearly as bad as I thought it would be, I just didn’t find it all that scary, or all that...worthy? Does that make sense? I felt like the concept wasn’t really paid off in the film. How they got 5 more out of this franchise is beyond me. And the acting made me want to slap someone.
Books:
This Is Where I Leave You - Jonathan Tropper It’s really weird. I haven’t posted this yet because for 12 days now, I have been unable to formulate the thoughts I wanted to say about this book. I have been a Jonathan Tropper fan since his very first book. My goal with this one was to wait until it was released in paperback, as I hate carrying hardcovers on the subway. But then Entertainment Weekly said it was the Book of the Year. And then they gave it this review And then I just couldn’t wait any longer. When the National Book Awards nominees were released last month, EW took to the blogosphere to moan about how this wasn’t up for Book of the Year. And I totally get why. Was this book a brilliant piece of contemporary fiction? Probably not. Was it by far one of the bets books I have read all year? Um, yeah.
The Thief Who Couldn’t Sleep - Lawrence Block OK, so I get that this book was written in the 1950’s, and therefore some stuff just...doesn’t make much sense nowadays. But that doesn’t change the fact that I just didn’t care one bit about the main character, and thus could not seem to connect to the story.
Wild Justice - Philip Margolin This was the book PG said got him back into reading again, so I REALLY wanted to like it. He has given me a bunch of other books by this author, and while none were the best books ever, they were enjoyable. This one was still enjoyable, just...predictable I guess. As soon as they introduced a particular character, around chapter 2 - I knew he was the killer. There was just no other reason for him to be in the book. So that kind of bugged me. And I hate when male authors try to right a “relationship” scene from a female perspective. They never sound anything remotely like authentic.
Couples Retreat The credits started rolling, and even though there were still scenes being shown under the credits, people were practically racing to get out of the theatre. I think that about says it all.
Paranormal Activity I definitely APPRECIATED this movie. I thought the acting was good for people we had never seen before, I thought the idea was interesting, I like the story about how the film got made, I liked everything about this film…except the film itself. I know I am kind of hard to scare, but I was kind of bored. :(
Definitely, Maybe Just as good the second time. Ryan Reynolds is romantic comedy gold.
Saw This was our annual Halloween horror movie. It was OK. Not nearly as bad as I thought it would be, I just didn’t find it all that scary, or all that...worthy? Does that make sense? I felt like the concept wasn’t really paid off in the film. How they got 5 more out of this franchise is beyond me. And the acting made me want to slap someone.
Books:
This Is Where I Leave You - Jonathan Tropper It’s really weird. I haven’t posted this yet because for 12 days now, I have been unable to formulate the thoughts I wanted to say about this book. I have been a Jonathan Tropper fan since his very first book. My goal with this one was to wait until it was released in paperback, as I hate carrying hardcovers on the subway. But then Entertainment Weekly said it was the Book of the Year. And then they gave it this review And then I just couldn’t wait any longer. When the National Book Awards nominees were released last month, EW took to the blogosphere to moan about how this wasn’t up for Book of the Year. And I totally get why. Was this book a brilliant piece of contemporary fiction? Probably not. Was it by far one of the bets books I have read all year? Um, yeah.
The Thief Who Couldn’t Sleep - Lawrence Block OK, so I get that this book was written in the 1950’s, and therefore some stuff just...doesn’t make much sense nowadays. But that doesn’t change the fact that I just didn’t care one bit about the main character, and thus could not seem to connect to the story.
Wild Justice - Philip Margolin This was the book PG said got him back into reading again, so I REALLY wanted to like it. He has given me a bunch of other books by this author, and while none were the best books ever, they were enjoyable. This one was still enjoyable, just...predictable I guess. As soon as they introduced a particular character, around chapter 2 - I knew he was the killer. There was just no other reason for him to be in the book. So that kind of bugged me. And I hate when male authors try to right a “relationship” scene from a female perspective. They never sound anything remotely like authentic.