Friday, April 30, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
(500) Days of Summer
Anyone who tells you that (500) Days of Summer is a romcom might be an "evil, emotionless, miserable human being" or a "robot." (Romantic comedies have rules, we're not in 'Nam...am I wrong?). We are told in the first few minutes by the narrator that we should be warned that this is no love story, yet I was a sucker and ignored the warning. This resulted in an emotionally draining and painful movie experience in which any experienced adult will relive at least one horrifyingly painful memory of the ghosts of relationships past. I wish I could say I hated this movie and that it was horrible. I can't. It's really good storytelling in the spirit of "Eternal Sunshine", which I absolutely loved. Everything about the movie was great...except how it made me feel at the end. Unfortunatley, a movie is ultimately judged on how it leaves me not on how it got me there.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Marty Fist Pump for the Oscars.
- NPH is obviously next years host. Billy is not coming back. Time to let go and move on.
- Ditch the dancing and bring back the Best Songs. Some of Oscar's best moments have been these performances. Don't need to look farther than The Swell Season and "falling slowly."
- Time for the movie montages to go. Once you've resorted to a tribute to horror movies it's time to retire the bit. Also, I threw up a little in my mouth when they included "Twilight" as a horror movie.
- Spread the love. Was one camera dedicated to Clooney? I'm guessing there was plenty of man candy in that room.
- If you are going to include Dom Deluise then you better include Bea Arthur.
- Last of all. Learn something from the Globes. Booze = Better Speeches.
Friday, February 26, 2010
my movies that really tied the 00's together
Obsession. Addiction. Redemption. The true testament of this bio pic is that if you take out all the musical numbers, the movie still stands on its own with its dynamic performances and story that relies on the characters not the music. Plus, I have a sizable man crush on Johnny Cash.
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Juno- "Oh, and she inexplicably mails me a cactus every Valentine's Day. And I'm like, 'Thanks a heap coyote ugly. This cactus-gram stings even worse than your abandonment."
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The reason I loved "Moulin Rouge" was its surreal and over the top productions and sudden bursts into song. The reason I loved "Chicago" was the opposite way it transitioned into song by exposing the inner thoughts of the characters.
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Leonidas- "Haven't you noticed? We've been sharing our culture with you all morning."
3. "The Dark Knight" (2008)
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Mark It! "24" jumps the shark (again)
Friday, February 5, 2010
Strikes & Gutters: "Crazy Heart" movie review
- Look for the not so subtle Lebowski references in the opening 30 minutes. Bad's first gig is in a bowling alley and ends up fishing his sunglasses out of a circular receptacle.