Yeah, so 3 weeks have gone by. It's easier to do than you might think. And what's worse is that I still don't have a heck of a lot to write about.
Finally got around to watching Precious last night. Definitely the feel-good, laugh-out-loud, uproarious comedy of 2009! I can't believe that was Tyler Perry playing Precious! Seriously though, you can put that one squarely in the category of "really good movie that I never want to watch again." Still to this day I don't know when a good time to watch a movie like that is. You don't wanna watch it when you're in a great mood 'cause it'll certainly put a stop to that and I'm not sure you wanna watch it if you're already feeling crappy 'cause then you'll really feel awful. Still, probably better off with the latter as opposed to the former. Then again, if you're a big fan of schadenfreude, then this is definetely the movie for you! In any case, very good performances all around and I believe this marks the first appearance of Mariah Carey in a non-terrible movie. Funny side story; her role was originally to be played by Halle Berry, but she had to cancel at the last minute due to a scheduling conflict. I would have loved to have sat in on that casting session:
"Guys, bad news. Halle Berry's out."
"Great; who are we gonna get to replace an Oscar-winning actress on short notice?"
"I've got it: Mariah Carey!"
"Perfect!"
In other news, if you've got even a tinge of sci-fi nerdish tendencies I recommend that you head over to http://www.redlettermedia.com/ and check out the 70-minute Phantom Menace or 90-minute Attack of the Clones reviews. Both are pretty hilarious and are easily more watchable (and rewatchable) than the films themselves. I can't really explain them in any way that actually will mean anything to the uninitiated; it's one of those things that has to be experienced. Most people watch the first one (they're divided into 10-minute chunks on Youtube) and are like "huh?!?" but you develop this weird compulsion to keep going. By the end of about the 3rd or 4th, though, you'll "get it" and be able to decide if it's your cup of tea or not. He's also done some Star Trek reviews too, and they're really good too but since I'm not as big of a Trekkie I like the Star Wars ones better.
That's it for now. I'll try not to make it another 3 weeks again.
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My face hurts.
70 minutes well spent.
And this from a guy who saw Phantom Menace 5 times opening day.
(Yes, 5 times. It was because a girl asked me. A girl who I wanted to shack up with in High School liked Star Wars enough to see it 5 times on opening day. I slept through most of the 4th showing, and never did hit that. Waste of a day.)
Hilarious stuff. Although the 'original' type comedy when he went off of the review was quite bad.
I totally agree about the original comedy, and unfortunately there's even more of that in the AOTC review. In fact, that review is a step down overall; mainly because that movie has a lot of the exact same problems as the first one and it gets repetitive. Still enjoyable and well worth watching though.
My favorite part is when he asks the various people to describe the new characters vs the ones in the original trilogy. Just a perfect illustration of how not even one-dimensional (non-dimensional?) they are. And my favorite line is "Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi should have been combined to form a new character . . .called Obi-Won Kenobi".
I just love the guys voice, it makes me laugh by itself before he even says anything funny.
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