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Feb 9th – Day 40 – Watch it
I read/watched multiple mediums of media today on my day off…so here are those reviews.
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Jan 21 – Day 21 – Up and Out
I saw the film “Up in the Air” yesterday and it was exactly what I needed on a lazy Wednesday afternoon. The movie stars George Clooney as a corporate termination terminator who is always flying from one corner of the states to the other firing people for companies that don’t wish to burden themselves with the complicated and delicate process of letting someone go from their employ.
Why “Julie and Julia” matters
Julia Child is and always will be a legend. A cooking legend in her later life she has captured the imagination and hearts of amateur and professional cooks everywhere. She is the quintessential quirk in everything that she did. Her show and life inspired a exhibit in The Smithsonian. And the top it all off, she inspired a burned out writer to take Julia Child’s cook book and cook through the year with the idea that it was something to finish after not finishing so many different things in her life.
It is a great movie. Meryl Streep is Julia in every sense of the word. By the end of the film you have fallen in love with her several times over and simply want to reach out and hug her over and over. Then have her cook for you because she was on helluva cook. The Julie character is less perfect and more flawed than Child and it’s an interesting study in perspectives. Halfway though the movie (it’s long but well worth it) Julie sends her husband into a righteous rage about her self centered selfish ego that nearly destroys their marriage. It is a moment of brief seriousness that brings us all down a bit from the half cocked smiled we’ve all had since the credits rolled.
Raising
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I’m a sucker for movies. Mostly romantic comedies. And action blockbusters. It’s the reason why my number one movie of all time is actually two tied for first. Serendipity and Jaws. If that doesn’t tell you what you need to know, then perhaps the next in my long list of movies I like will. You can see the current list here. Mind you, that list is the random, sometimes obscure mixed in with the mainstream. I still need to compose a list of my top ten or twenty.
Anyway, my next movie that you should watch is a movie I originally didn’t really have much appreciation for when I originally watched it. Like a fine wine (as opposed to milk) age has helped bring this film to a warm reception in my film senses. It’s the story of a woman who loses her sister and husband and by the wishes of her sister is given care of the three children. Aged from kindergarten all the way to high school they present a unique challenge for this youngest of the family. Life lessons, challenges, making your way and finding the truth with a little romance and comedy mixed in makes this movie something everybody should try and watch.
If by the end you’ve not poked your eyes out with your Red Ryder BB Gun and swallowed your tongue, then I’d say you liked it. If you did experience said reaction then I pray for your soul. It obviously has no love left in it.
I’m only slightly kidding. What is this movie? Continued after the break…
Ultimate Ultimatum
There are few films on God’s green Earth that deserve certain words that I cannot print here on this family friendly Jesus lovin’ blog. So I will allow you to imagine those words as I write this review. The Bourne Ultimatum is the rockin’ sockin’ mind blowin’ knee shakin’ gut bustin’ edge o’ your seat thriller that absolutely grabs you by the (pardon the language) balls and refuses to let go until the last frame.
I wish that short review would do this movie justice. It couldn’t even begin to try. Matt Damon has perfected this character to precision that defies any kind of microscope comparison. The blockbuster is helped with an array of supporting characters including the return of Pam Landy and the inclusion of another high powered man in the FBI and even takes the story to the Director of the FBI. David Strathaim plays a worthy bad guy to Landy’s idealism and true blue heart.
It also had me scratching my head when the head of the FBI appeared on the screen and only through the miracle of IMDB did I find out it was Scott Glenn. Each of the players (including a Brian Cox looking Albert Finney from Big Fish) exude beyond the paper cut out characters they may have had if someone else had helmed the film. The director from the previous in the series is back and his frenetic camera style (which I loved in the middle film) is back but now it’s with purpose and focus.
Double Oh Seven
Since it’s 07-07-07, I figured I’d declare it Jams Bond Day!
Tonight I’m going to hang out with my friend Kim who is as ardent fanatical fan as I am of the “shaken, not stirred” secret agent on Her Majesties Secret Service. We’re going to try to watch as many of the movies as we can (probably topping out at two since we both have lives to live and can’t simply Die Another Day. Heh.) and enjoy the awesome roar of her parents big screen TV.
Needless, I have my personal favorites. “Goldeneye” is the best of the best in my opinion. Just all the right pieces to the puzzle make it a rollicking ride through the world of James Bond that we hadn’t had in some time. Any of the movies with JAWS in them because he was simply the guy you loved to hate. I have a love of the opening scene in “The Living Daylights” along with the entire “The Spy Who Loved Me” because the entire submarine set was just awe inspiring and fun to watch.
Anyway, what’s your favorite Bond Movie and why?
Bring it!
Best line of the trailer, immediately preceded by Optimus Prime in a “Come Get Some” pose.
Cannot. Wait. For. This. Movie.
Yippikayeh…
This movie season is looking bettah’ already!
Bourne to…
be awesome, if the newly released trailer is any indicator. Thanks to The CinemATTIC for this.
I loved the first film because it was such a welcome breath of fresh air when we needed just that in the world of movies. The second one just blew me away with the seriously cool cinematography and tightly focused plot with an ending that just sent chills down my spine and had me opened mouthed the whole time he told the girl the terrible truth.
The final scene with him and the lady agent in charge set me spinning because of the sequel chances it opened up. I’ve been waiting for the trailer, hoping it would rock. And yes sir, it did. These are the kind of movies Hollywood needs to make. I’m very excited for the third (and I don’t know if there are more, I heard it’s just a trilogy but what do I know) and will be in seat and with popcorn when it lights up the big screen.
Woot and stuff.
Robots in Disguise
I was gonna have a dinner thing with someone, but that got rainchecked so I had to come up with something to do tonight. I wandered over my neighborhood Target (pronounced Tarjhei, hah!) and decided it was time to find some good DVD’s to watch.
And in that moment, a ghost from my television past came back and slapped me back and forth about the face. You know what I’m taking about.
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