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Wish the humor was up to par with the visuals because that movie was beautiful.
The humor is pretty 'eh', but that's sort of par for the course with Dreamwork's films imo.
Wish the humor was up to par with the visuals because that movie was beautiful.
In the case that it doesn't, there's a Hyperbole and a Half book now at least!I've been meaning to ask: do blogs count? I've wanted to start Hyperbole and a Half for years.
Yeah I have it on my wish list. It's only a best of with new material.In the case that it doesn't, there's a Hyperbole and a Half book now at least!
I'm just going to assume that Jessica Lange will be my favorite character in any season of this show she appears on.
Yeah...no. :\ Season 3 is all over the place, and even though I started out LOVING Lange at the beginning of the season, by the middle I couldn't stand her. By the end...ugh. I'm very glad she'll only be a supporting character in Season 4.Oh, and not really relevant to the main challenge, but I finished the second season of American Horror Story. I'm just going to assume that Jessica Lange will be my favorite character in any season of this show she appears on.
I had decided to limit myself to monthly updates, but I feel inclined to talk about Frozen.
Yeah...no. :\ Season 3 is all over the place, and even though I started out LOVING Lange at the beginning of the season, by the middle I couldn't stand her. By the end...ugh. I'm very glad she'll only be a supporting character in Season 4.
Her character is terrible in season 3. (though everything about season 3 is terrible, so)
As for books, I'm working my way through the Malazan Book of the Fallen series, which are fantastic, but very long and not really suited to a challenge like this. I've taken to reading one a month, with three of four shorter books in between to help me keep pace. I know I could count them as two books, but that feels like cheating!
I'm doing all of Malazan later this year. Well, Gardens won't count as I've already read it. I'm blasting through a ton of shorter stuff now in preperation.
Just watched Monsters today. Decent movie, but holy hell did it ever slap you upside the face as hard as possible with the allegory. If it wasn't for the fact that it was restrained (likely more due to budget than artistic expression) in the use of the creatures, the movie would've been a ham-fisted pastiche of various other movies. One part rom-drama, one part science fiction and over-salted with one dimensional social commentary.
The principle actors swung from pretty damn good to eye-rolling, likely due to the directors insistence that close up, extra-long shots of character faces with sun glare and wind effects is the same as character development. When the director allowed them to speak the movie was generally better for it, sans again, for forcefully inserted social commentary dialogue in places where it made zero sense and was never brought up again.
2.5 stars for being a science fiction movie that had aliens and no laser pulse rifles and some decent acting
how do you know they haven't seen it Necrovex
Cyan - 6/50 books | 4/50 movies
Her is the best scifi movie I've seen in a long time. I have a lot of minor nitpicks with it (a few bits feel unnecessary and self-indulgent), but on the whole it accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do: it tells a love story between a human and an AI that feels real, and true, and honest. It mostly focuses on one actor doing mundane things, and if it cheats a little by using the voice of a very sexy actress, it's still an impressive accomplishment that it's so damn interesting and watchable. The ending... feels somehow right as well. I don't know if they could've done it differently and still had it feel like a complete story.
how do you know they haven't seen it Necrovex
So I have never completed a novel within 24 hours of starting it, but today, I accomplished such a feat. Vonnegut, you're a special man, and I love you and your writing. A Man Without a Country is a phenomenal book that every person should read. I need more recommendations of books written by him!
★★★★★
Yes! Yes! Yes!
That man was a king among men. I'm also partial to God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian, Armageddon in Retrospect, and Breakfast of Champions.
Also, every other book he ever wrote.
I'll probably go through all of them. His writing is so smooth that it is extremely easy and addicting to continue constant readings. I love his opinions, and I find myself agreeing with him on most points.
I set my moral compass to Vonnegut and he's never steered me wrong.
You watched the wrong Monster, sir. Mumei can guide you to the correct Monster.
Is there a different one that wasn't a film student's first try?
Thor: The Dark World was a long episode of a TV show. Saw it, promptly forgot it. 1.5 stars
Thor was a pretty meh film. I only liked it when Loki was on screen.
I planned on showing you the opening to (real) Monster, but the Youtube deities decided America isn't worthy for Monster's opening. So you'll have to make do with this incredible opening song of it.
lol, oh. Got it. I am wholly unfamiliar with anime
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You should watch it.
How does one just watch anime movies anyway. Is there a Netflix for anime? What is Monster about?
Is it allowed to do a late entry? The Movies are easy to reach, but the push to get to fifty books or more is interesting.
So I have never completed a novel within 24 hours of starting it, but today, I accomplished such a feat. Vonnegut, you're a special man, and I love you and your writing. A Man Without a Country is a phenomenal book that every person should read. I need more recommendations of books written by him!
★★★★★
Yes! Yes! Yes!
That man was a king among men. I'm also partial to God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian, Armageddon in Retrospect, and Breakfast of Champions.
Also, every other book he ever wrote.
Monster was on Netflix at one point, though I'm not certain if it still is (and I can't check at work). I'm sure it's streaming somewhere legitimate!
Monster is actually a television series, so it wouldn't count for this challenge. Monster was on Netflix at one point, though I'm not certain if it still is (and I can't check at work). I'm sure it's streaming somewhere legitimate!
And uh... It's about a Japanese doctor (Kenzo Tenma) living in Germany who makes a fateful decision to save a boy's (Johan Liebert) life over the life of a more 'important' patient who came after against the orders of the hospital director. Then drama happens, then time skip to nine years later, then the reappearance of said boy - now young man, then more drama, then Tenma starts investigating into Johan's background.
This is basically the first... five or six episodes, maybe.