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This'll be one of my last posts before Christmas, because I'm leaving for Sydney pretty much straight after work tomorrow and my internet access is limited when I'm away. I'll try to do a Christmas post, though!
Dollhouse sneak peek! It's only a sort of extended scene from some bits we've seen before, but I like it.
Harris Eager For Horrible 2, Dollhouse. Fans eager for more Neil Patrick Harris.
TV.com Top Ten: Most anticipated of early 2009. Dollhouse should be #1.
Kristin Chenoweth already has a job lined up for after 'Pushing Daisies', like someone as awesome as her could be unemployed for long. Knowing that 'Pushing Daisies' is ending prematurely still makes my heart hurt.
'Lost' Travel Posters Promise a Vacation Full of Sex, Death and Smoke.
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I forgot to review the three movies I've seen in the last couple of days!
The Day of the Triffids
Uh, to be fair, I didn't hear much of the dialogue in this (SO MISOGYNISTIC OMG) movie, but I can't imagine it was more entertaining than the talking we were doing over the top of it. It was actually less predictable than we thought (although, salt water? Really?) but it also had very little plot - it was mostly just Men Being Manly and Women Being Useless in the face of evil carnivorous plants from outer space. Suspense was built well as long as we DIDN'T see the plants. It was on the same disc as 'Little Shop of Horrors', which caused me to remark upon the fact that there exist two movies about evil, carnivorous plants from outer space, and one of them is a musical.
2 out of 5
Resident Evil: Extinction
I haven't seen either of the other two, but this sucked way less than I thought it would. The way it turned out it was very much a women vs. men with women prevailing kind of a movie, and Ali Larter is so pretty. The setting was pretty cool for a zombie flick, the desert heat added a visceral ickiness to the already icky zombies, and the crow stuff was ok. It got kind of boring and stupid when Milla Jovovich went after the evil corporation and enlisted the help of her clones, though.
2 out of 5
Twilight
Also sucked way less than I thought it would, which was vaguely disappointing, because it probably would have been more entertaning if we could've mocked it mercilessly all the way through. I feel like I've read too much about it, too, because I totally saw it the way RPattz has been talking about it - Bella's this normal, if kinda bland, girl who completely loses her shit over a boy. It's obsessive and creepy, and if you look at it as kind of tragic instead of 'romantic' it works better (especially that part in the hospital when he's like 'we should break up!' and she's like 'WHAT HOW NO I CAN'T WHAT OMG *HYPERVENTILATES*' and he's like 'Yeah, ok, me too.') Alice is awesome, and I thought Esme was sweet. I would like a movie about Alice being awesome and Edward being whiny and Bella being...preferably not there. Also, if they replace that totally adorable Taylor Lautner kid with this guy the decision will be met with my derision. See what I did there?
The cinematography was beautiful (you can see why you'd stay in Forks), but man, those flashback sequences/fantasy sequences/whatever the fuck else where it was like EYES!!! were terrible. At one point I actually said 'Move the camera forward! POKE HIM IN THE EYE!' because the close-up was so damn tight.
In short: yes, it improved greatly upon the book, although it would've improved upon the book more if they'd written completely new dialogue, and not set the feminist movement back a million years. WOMEN'S SEXUALITY IS SO DANGEROUS, FOR REAL. BELLA SHOULD BE CAREFUL! EDWARD CAN'T HELP HIMSELF, HE IS ONLY A MAN AND SHE IS WEAK. Augh. I also made a lot of 'no sex/cuddling/hand-holding/whatever else before marriage and/or vamping!' jokes. It wasn't bad enough for me to justify giving it a really low grade, but it wasn't good, either. So...middle-of-the-road.
2.5 out of 5
In case I don't get a chance to post the other one :)
Anyone want some bread?
Green Queen
Dollhouse sneak peek! It's only a sort of extended scene from some bits we've seen before, but I like it.
Harris Eager For Horrible 2, Dollhouse. Fans eager for more Neil Patrick Harris.
TV.com Top Ten: Most anticipated of early 2009. Dollhouse should be #1.
Kristin Chenoweth already has a job lined up for after 'Pushing Daisies', like someone as awesome as her could be unemployed for long. Knowing that 'Pushing Daisies' is ending prematurely still makes my heart hurt.
'Lost' Travel Posters Promise a Vacation Full of Sex, Death and Smoke.
My favourite icon maker made icons.
I forgot to review the three movies I've seen in the last couple of days!
The Day of the Triffids
Uh, to be fair, I didn't hear much of the dialogue in this (SO MISOGYNISTIC OMG) movie, but I can't imagine it was more entertaining than the talking we were doing over the top of it. It was actually less predictable than we thought (although, salt water? Really?) but it also had very little plot - it was mostly just Men Being Manly and Women Being Useless in the face of evil carnivorous plants from outer space. Suspense was built well as long as we DIDN'T see the plants. It was on the same disc as 'Little Shop of Horrors', which caused me to remark upon the fact that there exist two movies about evil, carnivorous plants from outer space, and one of them is a musical.
2 out of 5
Resident Evil: Extinction
I haven't seen either of the other two, but this sucked way less than I thought it would. The way it turned out it was very much a women vs. men with women prevailing kind of a movie, and Ali Larter is so pretty. The setting was pretty cool for a zombie flick, the desert heat added a visceral ickiness to the already icky zombies, and the crow stuff was ok. It got kind of boring and stupid when Milla Jovovich went after the evil corporation and enlisted the help of her clones, though.
2 out of 5
Twilight
Also sucked way less than I thought it would, which was vaguely disappointing, because it probably would have been more entertaning if we could've mocked it mercilessly all the way through. I feel like I've read too much about it, too, because I totally saw it the way RPattz has been talking about it - Bella's this normal, if kinda bland, girl who completely loses her shit over a boy. It's obsessive and creepy, and if you look at it as kind of tragic instead of 'romantic' it works better (especially that part in the hospital when he's like 'we should break up!' and she's like 'WHAT HOW NO I CAN'T WHAT OMG *HYPERVENTILATES*' and he's like 'Yeah, ok, me too.') Alice is awesome, and I thought Esme was sweet. I would like a movie about Alice being awesome and Edward being whiny and Bella being...preferably not there. Also, if they replace that totally adorable Taylor Lautner kid with this guy the decision will be met with my derision. See what I did there?
The cinematography was beautiful (you can see why you'd stay in Forks), but man, those flashback sequences/fantasy sequences/whatever the fuck else where it was like EYES!!! were terrible. At one point I actually said 'Move the camera forward! POKE HIM IN THE EYE!' because the close-up was so damn tight.
In short: yes, it improved greatly upon the book, although it would've improved upon the book more if they'd written completely new dialogue, and not set the feminist movement back a million years. WOMEN'S SEXUALITY IS SO DANGEROUS, FOR REAL. BELLA SHOULD BE CAREFUL! EDWARD CAN'T HELP HIMSELF, HE IS ONLY A MAN AND SHE IS WEAK. Augh. I also made a lot of 'no sex/cuddling/hand-holding/whatever else before marriage and/or vamping!' jokes. It wasn't bad enough for me to justify giving it a really low grade, but it wasn't good, either. So...middle-of-the-road.
2.5 out of 5
In case I don't get a chance to post the other one :)
Anyone want some bread?
Green Queen
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