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What a feeling!
Sam's Song - Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin, it's so cute.
Flashdance - Jennifer Beals is a welder with dreams of being a dancer.
I wasn't really expecting to but I rather enjoyed this movie. I think it was fun, even if it didn't pull off 'gritty' as much as it wanted. Jennifer Beals was excellent, very fragile and angry, and she seemed to be playing a real young woman with flaws which was nice (even if you couldn't buy her as a welder - I was constantly reminded of a certain part of The Full Monty which you will know if you've seen the movie). Obviously it was a very formulaic and predictable movie but I still cared about what happened to the main character. I almost didn't notice that it wasn't Jennifer Beals in the dance parts ;) okay, I totally noticed, but the dances were the highlight - they were well choreographed, very artistic and emotional and clever. They made up for a lot of the plot failings. I mean, scenes don't get to be as classic as the first and last dance numbers without there being something decent to them.
The biggest failing in the movie to my mind is the completely chemistry free, stale love story. I was happy when I thought she'd broken up with him and I was hoping that the movie would just end during her audition. perhaps it's a little too women's-lib of me, but I really felt it was more interesting that she was going at it alone, and that we shouldn't find out whether or not she got in - the fact that she had the cajones to go after her dreams alone should be the point. It's pretty much a given she got in and going out to see him there was just blech. Also, he's creepy.
I love the 80's. Can you believe people got away with looking like that for a whole decade? Just the worst fashion ever. I LOVED the soundtrack, it was almost entirely 80's 'inspirational' dance synth. Fantastic stuff.
Verdict: Worth seeing for the great dance numbers and Jennifer Beals, but let down by formulaic plot and poor love story.
6 out of 10
Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb: a general goes batshit crazy and decides to bomb Russia during the Cold War, while most everyone else of power in the country panics about stopping it in order to prevent nuclear holocaust.
I'm counting this as the first time I've seen the movie as I've only seen a couple of the funnier scenes from it in the past. Wow. This is probably the single most fascinating movie I've ever seen. It cuts from the absurdly hilarious to the absolutely horrifying, sometimes having both in one scene or even one line. It's nuts. There's these absolute caricatures in every single department - the general who orders the attack because he believes that flouridation of water is a plot to impurify our precious bodily fluids, his overly talky and ridiculously British second-in-command, the war-happy general who advises the president (who was also General Patton in Patton, which is vaguely ironic), the well-meaning but spineless president himself. His insane conversations with the Premier of Russia were the funniest part of the movie for me.
"Why do you think I'm calling you? Just to say hello? Of course I like to speak to you! Of course I like to say hello!" LMAOOOO.
In spite of all these insane characters, the idea of the movie is that the whole possibility of a nuclear war starting this way in an atmosphere of tension such as they had at the time was entirely possible. I mean, they even used the possibility of a second Cold War and more nuclear weapons to get people interested in invading Iraq. The scenes of battle where two teams supposedly on the same side are made to fear and kill each other are disturbingly real, and the last montage of nuclear mushrooms going off to "We'll Meet Again" is hilarious and scary at the same time.
If you're looking for a black comedy, this is as black as they come. Some parts of it will have you in stitches, but it's not played crazy - the threat is real.
Oh, hell, just read about it on Wikipedia, it'll explain better than I can.
Verdict: Everybody has to see this movie. And I'm not even a Kubrick fan.
9 out of 10
I also played around with my new Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Y Tu Mama Tambien DVDs that I bought instead of clothes I need. I could watch those movies a million times and never get bored of them. Also, the making-of on the YTMT DVD is adorable.
Snakes on a Plane trailer with caps. OMG THAT IS GOOD SHIT. The best part is the snakes coming down with the oxygen masks.
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grrliz, so you know they're good.
I've just been watching Jon Stewart on YouTube. He pwns on other people's shows. Huzzah for people yelling at each other on TV about politics! There's another (VERY LONG) interview of him here that's very interesting. I don't know a huge amount about American politics but it's sill interesting.
ETA: Speech after the September 11 attacks. He nearly made ME cry. It doesn't even matter if you agree with him or not, he's incredible.
Fun, wanky rant on fanfiction: Fan fiction is unworthy of you. Don't do it. What do you all think of fanfiction?
Anyone for somegay sex soccer practice?
Dude, the Robert Pattinson fansite has job openings. They have jobs. I have me and hoping people email me when something exciting happens and they have jobs. Am I a bad webmistress? Should I have jobs?
ETA: LMAO Go MacGuyver!
Meme gacked fromindilime: List your six favorite TV shows:
1. Lost
2. Firefly
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
4. Supernatural
5. Veronica Mars
6. Red Dwarf
1. Who is your favorite character from #2? (Firefly)
Zoe Alleyne
2. Who is your least favorite character from #4? (Supernatural)
Dude, there's only two regulars and one recurring character, so I guess John Winchester.
3. What would a crossover between #1 and #5 include? (Lost & Veronica Mars)
EVEN MORE pretty people abandoned on an island! Logan would, of course, join Team Sexy, while Duncan would suck up to Captain Judgmentalpants Jack and Veronica would be outcasty trying to solve all the mysteries of the island.
4. Who is your favorite ship from #6? (Red Dwarf)
Rimmer/Lister
5. If you were to set one person from #3 and one person from #6 on a blind date, who would they be? (BtVS & Red Dwarf)
Holy shit. Um. Cordelia and Lister, just to see what would happen.
6. If you could meet one person from #4 and spend the day with them, who would it be, and what would you do? (Supernatural)
I'd meet Dean. And then I'd shag him in the Impala all day. Sam could join in if he were really good.
7. If you could change one thing about #2's plotline, what would you change? (Firefly)
I would NOT CANCEL IT. That'd change the plotline by actually letting Joss finish one.
8. Explain a relationship between two people (not necessarily romantic) from show #5, and why you like the relationship between them.
I think Veronica/Logan is possibly the hottest het ship on television and should be returned to us immediately.
9. If the lead title characters (first name in the credits) from #1 and #3 were both drowning, and you could only save one, who would it be? (Lost & Buffy)
Adewale's first because Lost has the credits alphabetically, right? Easy, I'd save Eko. Drown, Buffy baby, Eko > everything.
10. If you could change the title characters' order in the credits for #4, what order would you choose? (Supernatural)
Stop picking Supernatural. There's TWO OF THEM. Who the fuck cares what order they're in?!
11. If you were able to add a new character, any kind of character you wanted, to the storyline for #6, what would the character be like and what would their role be?
I would restore the old, pre-season 6 Kochanski. She rocked.
12. What happens in your favorite episode of show #2? (Firefly)
The crew pulls off their best heist and it's all Simon's idea so we, the audience, can find out why River's so fucked up. Jayne betrays them but shows some kind of honour and prevents Mal from killing him. Every single shot is pretty beyond belief.
13. If you could kill off one of the characters of #1, who would it be and how would you do it?
I don't know. I mean, I'd say Jack but then no more Foxy and I do like Foxy, just not Jack. Ana Lucia, I suppose. I don't hate her as much as everybody else but she still isn't serving much of a purpose yet and she killed off my poor wife. Can I bring Shannon back instead?
14. If you got the chance to visit the set for either show #3 or show #5, which would you choose? (BtVS of Veronica Mars)
Easy, Veronica Mars. Not much point visitng a deserted or non-existent set, is there?
15. If you could date anyone from any of these shows, which show and which person?
Charlie from Lost. I'm still helplessly biased.
Dom at the Lost Season 1 DVD release, August 16 2005
I've had it with these snakes!
Green Queen
Sam's Song - Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin, it's so cute.
Flashdance - Jennifer Beals is a welder with dreams of being a dancer.
I wasn't really expecting to but I rather enjoyed this movie. I think it was fun, even if it didn't pull off 'gritty' as much as it wanted. Jennifer Beals was excellent, very fragile and angry, and she seemed to be playing a real young woman with flaws which was nice (even if you couldn't buy her as a welder - I was constantly reminded of a certain part of The Full Monty which you will know if you've seen the movie). Obviously it was a very formulaic and predictable movie but I still cared about what happened to the main character. I almost didn't notice that it wasn't Jennifer Beals in the dance parts ;) okay, I totally noticed, but the dances were the highlight - they were well choreographed, very artistic and emotional and clever. They made up for a lot of the plot failings. I mean, scenes don't get to be as classic as the first and last dance numbers without there being something decent to them.
The biggest failing in the movie to my mind is the completely chemistry free, stale love story. I was happy when I thought she'd broken up with him and I was hoping that the movie would just end during her audition. perhaps it's a little too women's-lib of me, but I really felt it was more interesting that she was going at it alone, and that we shouldn't find out whether or not she got in - the fact that she had the cajones to go after her dreams alone should be the point. It's pretty much a given she got in and going out to see him there was just blech. Also, he's creepy.
I love the 80's. Can you believe people got away with looking like that for a whole decade? Just the worst fashion ever. I LOVED the soundtrack, it was almost entirely 80's 'inspirational' dance synth. Fantastic stuff.
Verdict: Worth seeing for the great dance numbers and Jennifer Beals, but let down by formulaic plot and poor love story.
6 out of 10
Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb: a general goes batshit crazy and decides to bomb Russia during the Cold War, while most everyone else of power in the country panics about stopping it in order to prevent nuclear holocaust.
I'm counting this as the first time I've seen the movie as I've only seen a couple of the funnier scenes from it in the past. Wow. This is probably the single most fascinating movie I've ever seen. It cuts from the absurdly hilarious to the absolutely horrifying, sometimes having both in one scene or even one line. It's nuts. There's these absolute caricatures in every single department - the general who orders the attack because he believes that flouridation of water is a plot to impurify our precious bodily fluids, his overly talky and ridiculously British second-in-command, the war-happy general who advises the president (who was also General Patton in Patton, which is vaguely ironic), the well-meaning but spineless president himself. His insane conversations with the Premier of Russia were the funniest part of the movie for me.
"Why do you think I'm calling you? Just to say hello? Of course I like to speak to you! Of course I like to say hello!" LMAOOOO.
In spite of all these insane characters, the idea of the movie is that the whole possibility of a nuclear war starting this way in an atmosphere of tension such as they had at the time was entirely possible. I mean, they even used the possibility of a second Cold War and more nuclear weapons to get people interested in invading Iraq. The scenes of battle where two teams supposedly on the same side are made to fear and kill each other are disturbingly real, and the last montage of nuclear mushrooms going off to "We'll Meet Again" is hilarious and scary at the same time.
If you're looking for a black comedy, this is as black as they come. Some parts of it will have you in stitches, but it's not played crazy - the threat is real.
Oh, hell, just read about it on Wikipedia, it'll explain better than I can.
Verdict: Everybody has to see this movie. And I'm not even a Kubrick fan.
9 out of 10
I also played around with my new Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Y Tu Mama Tambien DVDs that I bought instead of clothes I need. I could watch those movies a million times and never get bored of them. Also, the making-of on the YTMT DVD is adorable.
Snakes on a Plane trailer with caps. OMG THAT IS GOOD SHIT. The best part is the snakes coming down with the oxygen masks.
Snakes on a Plane icon - by
grrliz, so you know they're good.I've just been watching Jon Stewart on YouTube. He pwns on other people's shows. Huzzah for people yelling at each other on TV about politics! There's another (VERY LONG) interview of him here that's very interesting. I don't know a huge amount about American politics but it's sill interesting.
ETA: Speech after the September 11 attacks. He nearly made ME cry. It doesn't even matter if you agree with him or not, he's incredible.
Fun, wanky rant on fanfiction: Fan fiction is unworthy of you. Don't do it. What do you all think of fanfiction?
Anyone for some
Dude, the Robert Pattinson fansite has job openings. They have jobs. I have me and hoping people email me when something exciting happens and they have jobs. Am I a bad webmistress? Should I have jobs?
ETA: LMAO Go MacGuyver!
Meme gacked from
indilime: List your six favorite TV shows:1. Lost
2. Firefly
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
4. Supernatural
5. Veronica Mars
6. Red Dwarf
1. Who is your favorite character from #2? (Firefly)
Zoe Alleyne
2. Who is your least favorite character from #4? (Supernatural)
Dude, there's only two regulars and one recurring character, so I guess John Winchester.
3. What would a crossover between #1 and #5 include? (Lost & Veronica Mars)
EVEN MORE pretty people abandoned on an island! Logan would, of course, join Team Sexy, while Duncan would suck up to Captain Judgmentalpants Jack and Veronica would be outcasty trying to solve all the mysteries of the island.
4. Who is your favorite ship from #6? (Red Dwarf)
Rimmer/Lister
5. If you were to set one person from #3 and one person from #6 on a blind date, who would they be? (BtVS & Red Dwarf)
Holy shit. Um. Cordelia and Lister, just to see what would happen.
6. If you could meet one person from #4 and spend the day with them, who would it be, and what would you do? (Supernatural)
I'd meet Dean. And then I'd shag him in the Impala all day. Sam could join in if he were really good.
7. If you could change one thing about #2's plotline, what would you change? (Firefly)
I would NOT CANCEL IT. That'd change the plotline by actually letting Joss finish one.
8. Explain a relationship between two people (not necessarily romantic) from show #5, and why you like the relationship between them.
I think Veronica/Logan is possibly the hottest het ship on television and should be returned to us immediately.
9. If the lead title characters (first name in the credits) from #1 and #3 were both drowning, and you could only save one, who would it be? (Lost & Buffy)
Adewale's first because Lost has the credits alphabetically, right? Easy, I'd save Eko. Drown, Buffy baby, Eko > everything.
10. If you could change the title characters' order in the credits for #4, what order would you choose? (Supernatural)
Stop picking Supernatural. There's TWO OF THEM. Who the fuck cares what order they're in?!
11. If you were able to add a new character, any kind of character you wanted, to the storyline for #6, what would the character be like and what would their role be?
I would restore the old, pre-season 6 Kochanski. She rocked.
12. What happens in your favorite episode of show #2? (Firefly)
The crew pulls off their best heist and it's all Simon's idea so we, the audience, can find out why River's so fucked up. Jayne betrays them but shows some kind of honour and prevents Mal from killing him. Every single shot is pretty beyond belief.
13. If you could kill off one of the characters of #1, who would it be and how would you do it?
I don't know. I mean, I'd say Jack but then no more Foxy and I do like Foxy, just not Jack. Ana Lucia, I suppose. I don't hate her as much as everybody else but she still isn't serving much of a purpose yet and she killed off my poor wife. Can I bring Shannon back instead?
14. If you got the chance to visit the set for either show #3 or show #5, which would you choose? (BtVS of Veronica Mars)
Easy, Veronica Mars. Not much point visitng a deserted or non-existent set, is there?
15. If you could date anyone from any of these shows, which show and which person?
Charlie from Lost. I'm still helplessly biased.
Dom at the Lost Season 1 DVD release, August 16 2005
I've had it with these snakes!
Green Queen
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I watched the post 9-11 show this week too. For the first time. I needed some time after it to get back to what I had to do. It was so emotional.
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I'll try to be a good girl and keep my opinions here brief:
Fanfiction = good.
That fanfic wank =
pissypettyjust plain wankybaaaad.*ahem*
However, the wank was totally overshadowed by this answer:
I'd meet Dean. And then I'd shag him in the Impala all day. Sam could join in if he were really good.
which I think is probably the best idea anybody ever had in the history of everything. (Of course I'm not a Dean/Jensen fangirl, whatever would make you think such a thing?)
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*Hemmorages*
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*Twitch twitch* I needs the snarky humor. Needs it.
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