Thursday, May 31, 2007

Two for the Money

So, another night, yet another movie.  At this rate, I'll either finish all the movies on my hard drive, or stop watching cause I'll get to the depressing ones... either way, this one was not depressing, but rather one of the sport type movies I'm so fond of.  The main guy is a sports lover, and becomes a picker for some kind of 900 number system, but he picks and sells.  So, he's got this nice upward winning streak, but then he loses it.  I'll let you watch the movie to find out what happens, but I will say it is predictable, and only watch if you like this kind of thing.

Inside Man

Wowsa.  I think this type of movie is my favorite, where it is absolutely completely unpredictable.  Ok, so he kept saying he'd walk right out the front door, but still.  It had a wonderful ending, and when I say that I don't necessarily mean a happy one, but just one written and acted out well enough that satisfies the movie in itself.  Definitely watch it or put it on your list to watch, and I'll go on and watch some more in the meantime.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Little Manhattan

 The movie?  The cutest thing I've ever seen, and sweet as all else.  Watched late at night, as usual, but it was worth all the extra time and the sleeping in the next morning.  About a boy and girl aged 11, who fall in love, or at least the boy who does.  They are fantastic in this movie and it seems so real.  About the true first love where boys and girls aren't seperated any longer.  Watch it.  :D

Happy Feet

So, I watched this movie after falling asleep watching it on an airplane before.  My grandfather has poor vision, so any movie with a light colored background makes the cut, and he admitted that it was the first movie that he actually saw for a long time.  He didn't hear a word they said, but that's besides the point.  I never thought I'd actually watch it, much less enjoy it, but it was cute enough to watch just the one time.  Never again, admittedly, but the specials were good, with the choreographer doing a bit of dancing, and some extra cartoon.  Do I recommend it?  er... perhaps if you like the cartoon/animated genre.

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Slacking

Wow. I've been slacking on my blog in the year 2007, but that stops now. My media update has been finished and that's what was really holding me back in a sense. It's summer and I'm waiting to hear from a job or two, and then I'll leave Ft Lauderdale and move on to some other place. It's warm here, and sunny, which is a nice change from California (but only in one sense or two) and my grandparents are the same as usual.

Big Media Update

Shrek 3: Not worth your money. Typical sequel to the first two, with less laughter than it should have had.

Spiderman 3: Go see only only if you LOVED the first two, otherwise, skip this one too.

Pirates 3: Oh so long, I fell asleep. I know, I do that a lot, but never in the movies! It dragged on, the fighting especially and there were some loose ends that were not very clear.

Lucky You: Classic romance story with poker as the headlining feature. Seeing as how I do understand all the poker, it was just cute enough. The previews before this movie made me cry, so obviously there are more important movies I'm waiting for.

Away From Her: Absolutely fabulous even though I only saw half. Why? The power went out in Santa Monica halfway through the movie and didn't come back on so we decided to leave. Perhaps this summer I'll just spend all my money watching independent films, since I do love them so.

Dreamgirls: Tia told me she fell asleep, but Jinsun told me to watch it. My grandmother actually owns it, so she and I watched it together, and when I say that, I mean I watched it and she napped. Well... the singing was fantastic and the costumes and set was beautiful. She and I went over all the parallels to real life after the movie.

Blue Shoes and Happiness (a No. 1 Ladies... book): I do love these. I'd suggest to you to pick up the very first one, and then read on from there. She solves mysteries -- but not in the Agatha Christie kind of way, but a lovely one nonetheless.

Future Housewives of America: A story about the wives of Air Force personnel and their "everlasting" friendship. Very well written I'll say, but a heartbreaker and full of sadness and depression for all the characters.