Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Yeah, I watched the last installment (so far) of the Indiana Jones franchise! I have to say, with all the memorable lines by Connery and the quick steps of young Indy and Ford's Indy, "The Last Crusade" is my favorite. Sure, who can forget "Anything Goes" in Chinese from Temple of Doom, or how asps are very dangerous (and Indy should go first) from Raiders. I still love the three trials Indiana must complete at the end of the movie. HAWT. It's fun, playful, full of Nazis to hate, and Christian symbols to make your head explode (or at the very least, decompose really quickly if you don't choose wisely!) "I knew I should have sent it to the Marx Brothers!"

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Well, I'm glad I saw this film for free. 21 the movie was less interesting than its book counterpart, "Bringing Down the House." I guess more stuff happens in the book, and you can watch the movie for a cliff notes version of the book. And why are MIT based movies never filmed at MIT? No one wear a brass rat in the movies, and dangit! We don't run towards the Great Dome to get to class, that courtyard ain't a shortcut to anywhere on campus! :)

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Wow. Really cute period piece! Love Frances MacDormand's lead character Miss Pettigrew, and of course Amy Adams plays the spoiled slighty dillusional socialite (a period piece Giselle). Lots of fun! and the soundtrack is pretty awesome.

Iron Man

Dun dun dun-dun-dun! Danna danna dan-dan dun-dun-dun!

piggy

You know what, not that bad but not that good. I'm sure in a few weeks I'll forget I ever saw this movie. McAvoy's blue eyes were far more hypnotising and memorable than this forced fairy tale movie. Some parts were pretty funny, tho I felt they were written and directed while the crew wasn't too tired of the movie. Poor O'Hara.... will she always play a mom of a unique child? :P

Cloverfield

Cloverfield, Cloverfield, Cloverfield! Haven't seen it.... yet. Update - I saw it and I puked at 44mins in. Ugh.

Like the city in Alaska...?

Juno was adorable. (And yes, I know the city in Alaska is spelled differently!) I can see how people thought the characters were a bit forced or the dialog was trying way too hard to be kitchy (see: Jennifer Garner's performance). I thought Ellen Page was adorable and a great actress for this part. Michael Cera, of course, played the gentle awkward kid who tries hard and is not annoying while he does it! Very real. I'm afraid he's getting typecast, though. That's okay. Hollywood is all about the Beta Male these days. He had some of the best one-liners in the film.

Walk Hard

Over the top and pretty funny! The songs are catchy and the lyrics are so witty... "Let's... Duet!" John C Reilly is great, and so it Jenna Fischer. Go see!

Shave and a haircut.... Two slits!

Sweeney Todd

Wow...more gory than I thought it would be, even with the fake looking blood! Go Helena Bonham Carter! She is growing old gracefully and man, her character of the meat pie making Mrs Lovett is just wry, witty, graceful and sinister all rolled into one. And Johnny Depp.... sigh, hard to believe he's also Jack Sparrow, but the characters leaked into each other a little bit more than i would have liked. Lots of interesting romantic ties between characters (like whoa, you're way too young! Oh dear, you're WAY too old!) Fun ride. Gratz to Burton for a non Danny Elfman scored movie!

I! AM! LEGEND!

Okay, sorry for bringing in that sparta language.... But seriously, what a fantastic performance from Will Smith - he has built his career on doing the comic relief thing, such as ID4, MIB franchise, Bad Boys. Now take those humorous lines when he's talking to a mannequin because he's lonely... it makes for a poignant, strange, voyeuristic experiences ever. "I Am Legend" was surprisingly good. Tour de force performance from Will Smith! And gosh, that puppy dog is adorable. Can't say I liked the VFX - the bluescreens were poorly integrated, and the vampire thingies are just.... ugh. The transformation of NYC was smooth and wonderful. Scientifically methodical at the beginning, then a smooth transition to a different type of movie. I liken it to Jurassic Park in pacing and overall feel. img from RT.

pie.... i like pie!

I loved the character driven dramedy of "Waitress." The movie touched on a lot of interesting topics like cooking, abusive husbands, affairs with hot doctors, childbirth, and what it means to be an independent woman in the american south. Great acting from Kerri Russell of Felicity fame!

Cinematic Titanic

img from rottentomatoes. Oh wow. Thanks to the cast of MST3K "Brain of Blood" was made more bearable :) also see wikipedia's entry for Cinematic Titanic!

Golden Compass

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I think this bunny cartoon sums up what I feel about it: http://bunny.frozenreality.co.uk/index.php?id=1051

Enchanted enchants!

Self effacing meta genre hasn't been done better than Enchanted in a long long time. Sure, I was like you, I thought I'd hate it and only like the McDreamy parts. BUT! It's witty, Amy Adams is a doll, and the animated forest creatures gave me constant giggles. Go see it!! (And I have Gisele's creature call song stuck in my head. ARGH)

Modern Classics

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No Country for Old Men	Wow. Amazing. Tension, suspense, gore, amazing acting, dialog, creepiness, casting.... It didn't ever feel boring, I never looked at my watch, never did I look away from the screen. I was completely tense and nervous for the entire time. /shiver/
Blade Runner : The Final Cut	Saw it this past Monday. Amazing, amazing! Rutger Hauer is scary and both him and Harrison are quite fit :) ha! "You have such wonderful..... toys." "Were there.... men? Were they... Police... Men?" "That's the spirit!!" We managed to get one of 20 prints, and it was digital! Woohoo!