Saturday, February 25, 2006
recently finished:
recently watched:
- lost city (clive cussler): amusing male brain candy. fun read, but borders on formulaic. darkly handsome main character, sidekick, impossible trouble/evil, female bombshell, good guys win. but they are fun. even though when you read a dirk pitt and a kurt austen at the same time, you can easily mix up the characters with no real impact.
recently watched:
- serenity: can't stop the signal. defenite own. action, adventure, sci-fi, thriller - a la joss whedon. based in the firefly universe (had heard of firefly - after having seen this i will be actively hunting for firefly on dvd.) and is a supposed finale for the dropped tv show. if you like joss' sense of humour (buffy the vampire slayer, angel, firefly, click on his name above for more details) you'll love this irreverent, quirky, action packed escapade. and the outakes are funny.
- star wars iv, a new hope: must own/cult classic. saw them in the theatre. owned them on video. saw the re-release in the theaters. bought the box set (still unopened if anyone thinks they're a collector's item and wants to make an offer ;) recently bought the dvd box set. haven't watched them in 10 years since the re-release. still great. good story. good effects. bad hair. oh well.....
- catch me if you can: solid renter. dicaprio is pretty good, hanks plays fbi so straightman works, chrisopher walken and a spielberg to boot. story is good, fun, and tragic all rolled up - not to mention based on real life (or at least inspired). "did you want to hear me tell a joke? sure.... knock, knock... who's there? go fcuk yourself."
Sunday, February 19, 2006
recently started:
- pilgrim (timothy findley) i'm a chapter in, and so far it's delicious: a man commits suicide by hanging, is declared dead by 2 doctors, and starts to breathe again 7 hours later. he is then treated by c.g. jung. but then, i'm a big findley fan (started with not wanted on the voyage and never looked back).
- pushing tin (john cusack, billy bob thornton, angelina jolie, cate blanchette) - like it. own it. dark, romantic comedy. if you saw grosse pointe blank and enjoyed it, you'll find this one has the same feel.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
recently finished:
- pattern recognition (william gibson): fabulous. 'classic' gibson depth and texture blended with a not too distant future that has tendrils into the near and distant past. marketing phobia and global obsession over art that hovers on the verge of product. cutting edge for it's believability as much as for it's gaze into the probably future.
- rachel and leah (orson scott card)
- the fantastic 4: solid renter - may rent a second time. while i think it was a well done movie, i have to admit that i never really read much of the fantastic 4 as a kid - so the adaptation may have left something to be desired to die-hards. the effects were good. strike that - i'm verging on great to great plus. pretty sure i counted around 9 special effects companies in the credits.
Saturday, February 11, 2006
finished:
- fww issue 165
- the vile village, book the 7th (lemony snicket) starting to get tedious, but still pretty amusing at this point. same orphans, same villain, same bad luck - but they're starting to make some progress.
- fww issue 166
- the hostile hospital, book the 8th (lemony snicket)
- valiant (with voices by john cleese, ewan mcgregor, tim curry, jim broadbent.) amusing, solid renter - couple more watches will tell if it was a good buy tim curry still kicks ass as a bad bird.
- the brothers grimm (directed by terry gilliam - 'nough said) must must must watch again. i'm pretty sure that they crammed damn near every fairy tale they could in here. a quick look at the project gutenberg list for the brothers grimm book shows aprox 209 stories. i'm still sure they made at least oblique references to all of them.
- hidalgo (vigo on a horse, again! but this time it's a period piece) ok, i was surprised a little by this one. decent story line - based on a true story, but presented pretty realistically. solid renter, not sure i have the urge to see it a second time soon. the feel good ending is only slightly gooey.
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
recently started:
* the vile village, book the seventh (lemony snicket)recently finished:
* the ersatz elevator, book the sixth (lemony snicket)
* the austere academy, book the fifth (lemony snicket): same three orphans, same villain, some stupid adults. what's different this time for these two books? some new friends kidnapped by the villain, a little hope dangled and snatched, dangled and snatched. fun fun fun.
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