35 posts tagged “movies”
Seems like with every turn I made in the mall this morning there was this poster staring at me and motivating me to move a little faster.
Because if some sassy Southern loud talking wealthy white lady takes me in (Dear God, Please!!! I's needs a magical white lady in my life!!!) and convinces me that football is my way to better life (or I get an unexpected invite to The 25th Annual White Party), I can't my ass looking as big, broad and bright enough to burn out a stadium full of people's corneas because of the glare. Seriously, you wouldn't think that Sandra Bullock would let herself go like that.
Reading
The narrator kind of reminds me of Joe Pitt from Huston's other books, just a little less hard-boiled but a bit of an ass just the same. Still it is an entertaining read and got to find out why he has an aversion to buses.
Listening to . . .
I discovered King Britt and Sister Gertrude Morgan through True Blood (whose music department is doing a heckuva of job this season.) This album is ambient dance music meets Sunday morning praise service. Even more entertaining are the unadorned version of these tunes of Sister Gertrude's Let's Make a Record, but this remixed version makes for good walking music.
Here's my favorite remixed track that I usually queue up when I got a hill trying to stare me down.
Seeing (and saw)
I saw LeAnn Rimes last week at the Wolf Trap. The weather wasn't as nightmarish and brutally humid as it was last year when I went there to see Donna Summer. It was a cool night full of cool music country-- and classical! She was performing with the National Symphony orchestra. I wasn't too excited about the pairing, but the tickets were free. However LeAnn and the NSO meshed pretty well and it was an entertaining night.She sounds just as good in person as she does on her recordings.
Saw Bruno. There a few laugh out loud moments, but it was a bit of a disappointment. On Da Ali G my favorite segments with Bruno were when he was taking the piss out of the fashion and entertainment industry. There some of that here but not enough. And I don't if exposing America's homophobia. It seems more like he's exposing people's (surprisingly high) threshold for dealing with bullshit. For example, I think I may have had a similar reaction that one hunter had when Bruno kept pestering him in the middle of the night and trying to get into his tent. It had little to do with the fact that Bruno's gay and more to do with the fact that he is an un relenting pest.
Both Bruno and Terminator: Salvation were disappointments. Here's hoping Harry Potter (seeing it tomorrow) doesn't disappoint.
Trying to Avoid
Flamin' Hot Funyuns! *drool* Damn you litterbugs! I wouldn't have known this existed, if someone gave a hoot and didn't pollute. I went walking around the lake and saw an empty bag of these along the path. Of course, I could've picked up the bag and searched for a trashcan, but didn't. I was too afraid that before I had the chance to find one. I would've ripped open the bag and licked out the crumbs.
"In the role of a lifetime . . . Gary Oldman." Mmmkay!
What do you plan to do when you retire?
Rig my house with balloons and fly to South America with the aid of chubby and gregarious Asian kid.
(or 2nd, if you count his Star Trek appearance) and this it. I'm really eager to see a project with Tyler Perry's name attached to it.
March is Humor Society Awareness month, so what are you waiting for? Show us something that will make us laugh!
By the way, I think I'm going to co-sign with God-- and the guy in the middle. I took extremely extended lunch on Monday (Must. Stop. Playing. Heart. Attack. Card.) and saw it. It left a little cold, aside from the opening credits and Patrick Wilson. Even a schlubby Patrick Wilson sporting a little extra padding in the gut and chunky oversize glasses from Hour Eyes' Child Molester line is sexy Patrick Wilson.
Not that I'm complaining, but outside of Lakeview Terrace (Samuel Jackson is such Charismatic Unique Nervy
Another movie that featured him and Jackie Earl Haley-- and a steamy laundry room scene. Well, the steamy laundry room scene wasn't between the two of them. Although that isn't something I'd be adverse to seeing, after seeing what was jumping with Jackie from the neck and below in Semi-Pro.
Because I refuse to believe that I'm that big of a weepy sap to cry from the beginning to the end of Slumdog Millionaire. Happy tears. Angry tears. Sad tears. These-motherfumpers-are-just-trying-to-manipulate-you-and-you-know-where-they're-going-with-this-so-BUCK UP- breathe and keep it together-Boo-hoo!-I Can't! tears. Yeah, this one is at the top of favorites for 2008.
Will Ferrell as Buddy the Elf, Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas, James Stewart in It's A Wonderful Life... There are so many great Christmas movie characters. Show us your favorite.
A lil late, but does Jarhead count as Christmas movie?
If not, and still relying on the cuteness factor more than anything else, I'd have to go with Gizmo from the Gremlins.
