December 9, 2007
The Golden Compass
Aidan's statement as we left the theater sums it up nicely: "All I ask ... is that they completely re-shoot the movie to make it remotely like the book."
The casting was superb. The look was very nice. The font used in the credits was lovely.
Not only was the movie badly written, it had the distinction of making me want to retch during the final scene. And then, oh, how we laughed! We had to laugh, because it was. that. bad.
And hey! If you scroll down, you'll see a cute post about the cute things my cute kids say. I'm only mentioning it because Ami said it got lost in all the math.
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November 8, 2007
"See, there's this great warrior in Scandinavia ..."
So, how does one pitch "Beowulf" to the movie studios?
Angelina Jolie as a nude lizard? I don't know that I'm going to hold my breath for this one. I am an English major, and I do know the story.
(Hat Tip to Mark)
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October 14, 2007
Get Your Daemon
You can take the quiz to determine if you think my daemon fits my personality. Or, get your own.
They're wrong. My daemon is a lynx, and we all know it.
If you don't know what this is all about, please go read Philip Pullman's "The Golden Compass." You'll thank me.
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November 19, 2006
Dumbest Decision Ever?
New Line dumps Peter Jackson as director of the theoretical Hobbit movie.
Lawsuit or not, this has got to be a really, really dumb move. It would take a great deal of convincing to get me to see "The Hobbit" directed by someone else. And a LOTR prequel? I know there's Tolkien material for one, but ... I'm scared.
In better news, IMDB lists that in the upcoming The Golden Compass movie, Nicole Kidman really and truly has been cast as Mrs. Coulter. I was rooting for that casting - she'll be perfect. Now, if we can only get them to cast Nathan Fillion as Lee Scoresby ...
(Hat Tip to Mark.)
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October 25, 2006
Everyone Hail to the Pumpkin Song
I'm not generally a Marilyn Manson fan, but this really works.
This is one of our family's favorite movies. And it's back out in the theaters, in 3-D. The 3-D part means nothing to me, as my eyes don't see it, but regardless, Nightmare Before Christmas is back out in theaters.
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July 18, 2006
Dead Man's Chest
Brian mentioned it down in the comments. Yes, we saw it. And afterwards Jeff and I turned to each other and said, "Oh, it was "Back to the Future II!"
It's not nearly as good as the first one. The best part was the ending (if you haven't seen the movie and plan to, just stop reading right now and go on with your life). Barbossa was such a great character in the first movie; I'm so glad he'll be back. For the life of me, though, I can't figure out how Barbossa is still alive, but the Monkey is undead. What gives?
Aidan and I thought the stunt directors must have a hamster hangup. First the stars ran in the hamster ball, then on the hamster wheel ...
The only quotes we added to our repertoire were "Hide the rum!" and "Squawk! Don't eat me!"
So, disappointing movie. I have hopes for the third one, though. Maybe Barbossa has invented a flux-capacitor and we'll get to go through movie I again.
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November 30, 2005
Avast!
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me!
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November 21, 2005
Goblet of Fire
I honestly don't think I've enjoyed a Harry Potter movie as much as this one. (For the record I thought the first was okay, I hated the second, I liked the third but did not get to see it in the theater.)
They cut the parts that needed cutting to tell the story that needed telling. Ron was not whiny. There were no wholly unnecessary special effects. I was sad when Cedric died, nervous when zee grindylows attacked, disturbed by Moody's demonstration of the unforgivable curses, and by Voldemort. And I laughed many times inbetween. Nicely done.
Go see this one.
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May 17, 2005
And now for some fluff!
It's not quite 9 am. I haven't had any coffee, and I've already done far too much pre-caffeine thinking this morning.
The kiddos have been studying the War of 1812 and Napoleon via "Story of the World." Well, what is that but the perfect excuse to get out the Hornblower DVDs? That's a fine week of family viewing, that is. After watching it this time, I have decided that the award of "Best Sea Captain in any Cinematic Work" goes to Robert Lindsay's Sir Edward Pellew. Lindsay does such a fabulous job in that role that I'm dying to see him in anything else. Luckily he just happens to have played Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing" (a favorite); it is available on DVD and I am waiting for the ILL to come in.
Speaking of movies, a couple of weeks ago we watched "2001: A Space Odyssey."
You remember "2001," don't you? It's long. It's quiet. It's full of classical music and stretches of silence, or silence and breathing. It's not exactly action-packed. It's gorgeous, and it's slow. And my 7 and 9 year old boys watched the whole thing.
When it was over, they asked if there was a sequel.
My boys are cool.
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