Me, Her, the Boy and a Dog
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Screw New Moon. Here’s my favorite vampire!
Clash of the Titans remake! I can’t WAIT for this movie to come out! Growing up, the 1981 version was one of my favorite movies, stop motion et al.
Every time I turn around there’s a new movie or TV show featuring romantically distraught teenage wannabe vampires. Enough already.
I have this movie (Watchmen) in my briefcase via Netflix and hope to watch it tonight. Wait … there’s a book?
I watched Watchmen last night for the first time. It was certainly more thought provoking than I expected, and I think I’m going to need to read the book now.
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Meh. There were certainly some funny moments in the movie, but too much of it was over-the-top and in-your-face. It was insulting how they forced a lot of the jokes to the point they were terrible and not funny. Jamie Pressley and Jon Favreau were hysterical in supporting roles, but the main character, Peter Klaven (played by Paul Rudd) was such an idiot that he was beyond believable. He reminded me of Ben Stiller or Will Farrell - too stupid to be believed.
It wasn’t a horrible movie - it was a good movie, but it could’ve been so much better if the director would have had more respect for his audience’s collective intelligence. What could have been a smart and funny comedy turned into another “Pineapple Express” or “Superbad.” Shock value comedies aparently will never completely fade as a genre. Pity.
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“Prologue - Book II & Escape From The Dursleys”
Harry Potter & The Chamber Of Secrets (2002)
We went to see Disney-Pixar’s latest hit “Up” yesterday at The Lyric in downtown Blacksburg and it was really good. Nic enjoyed it for the brilliant animation, slapstick humor and the talking dogs, while the adults in the theatre enjoyed the jokes to which only adults can relate - such as when Carl Frederickson tells Russell, a young Junior Wilderness Explorer, that they’re going to play a game called called “Let’s see who can stay quiet the longest,” to which Russell exclaims with glee, “My mom LOVES that game!”
This was a very well-done Pixar movie that had a little bit of everything. You fell in love with the characters very quickly thanks to the superb story-telling of Pixar’s writers and the fantastic voice acting by the entire cast. Per usual, there was one minor character that stole the show a bit and his name is Dug. He is a loveable dog outfitted with a high-tech collar that allows him to speak to people.
If you are a fan of the Pixar films, I highly recommend “Up!” And so does Nic!
Great news for fans of the acclaimed 2001 HBO mini-series Band of Brothers! Producers Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg have teams up again to produce The Pacific, a 10-part mini-series telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America’s battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II. (Source: IMBD.com)
According to several entertainment Web sites, the mini-series will be 10 hours long and will begin airing in 2010. Production on the series began, according to HBO.com, in summer 2007.
The mini-series stars James Badge Dale (“24,” “The Departed”), Joe Mazzello (“Jurassic Park,” “Raising Helen”) and Jon Seda (“Close to Home”) head the cast of “The Pacific.” It’s based on two books by Marines who served there, Robert Leckie’s “Helmet for My Pillow” and Eugene Sledge’s “With the Old Breed,” as well as interviews with veterans. (Source: Zap2it.com)
I love Band of Brothers - it is hands down my favorite movie and/or TV show of all time. I can’t tell you how many times I have watched the entire 10 hours. Even my dad, who is not and never has been a big movie buff, loves Band of Brothers. I will order HBO just to see The Pacific.
