10 Word (or less) Film Review
Review: This game was terrible, but I enjoyed watching it played. (B-)
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This is pretty neat - it’s a side by side comparison of LOST’s plane scene in the pilot and the final season. Now you can examine all the little differences and wonder what they mean - Like, what’s up with Jack’s hair! WHY IS IT SO LONG IN SEASON SIX!!! (Yes, out of all the things to wonder about, this is what confuses me.)
Party Party Party
Hey all, are you coming to The Snootiest Night in Town (It’s free and awesome, and you should be there). Are you ready? Do you have your monocle polished, your top hat topped off, your dandiest suit all dandy? Here’s hoping so.
Before you come though, here are a few things you need to know:
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
7 p.m. - Movie
9 p.m. - Party and No Cash Auction
Later than your bedtime a.m. - The end of the party
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1. I live in an apartment building that looks like three other apartment buildings right next to it. There will be a big 551 above the door though – that one is mine.
2. My apartment building has no buzzer, and if you knock on the door, I will not hear you. I cannot keep the door open, or the people in my building will shoot me
This means you need to either call me to get in (at 413-478-9549, and no, that’s not a misprint, it’s a 413 area code), or walk down the little incline to the right of the door and tap loudly on the windows that are closest to the ground. This is my apartment and I will come let you in.
3. There is plenty of parking on the street, and you can park on either side. As long as you’re not blocking a driveway, no one is going to care.
4. I will have alcohol and food, but if you wanted to bring some, I’m not going to say no.
That’s it. See you Friday!
-Alex
We’re watching all of AFI’s Top 100 films in one year (and blogging about them RIGHT HERE). This is a little video I made for #95 - “Pulp Fiction.” It basically sums up the movie in one word, with a couple blogger cameos. NSFW due to some people with potty mouths (including myself).
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
Song of the Day: “Cape Cod Kawassa Kawassa” - Peter Gabriel and Hot Chip
This cover of Vampire Weekend’s best song is maybe, possibly, almost-certainly THE GREATEST THING I’VE EVER HEARD! *cry of happiness*
Uggggggggggggggggghhhhh...
I didn’t want to believe it could happen … and now it happened … and now I am sad.
The giant blue Na’vi lovers have outdone Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Titantic’s historic benchmark fell early Monday, and the 3-D Avatar is Hollywood’s new champion. James Cameron’s latest film overtook its predecessor’s record of $1.242 billion with a total of $1.292 billion worldwide through Sunday. It was the sixth consecutive weekend thatAvatar grossed more than $100 million on the foreign circuit. Key locations included France, Germany, the U.K., South Korea, Japan, Australia, and Spain.Avatar is now the biggest-grossing film of all time in China, Spain, Russia, Hong Kong, and Chile. If you take inflation into account, however, then Gone with the Wind (which grossed at least $6 billion in today’s dollars) is still Hollywood’s king. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Now, I have made it no secret that I didn’t particularly enjoy Avatar. Sure, it was pretty, but, really, nothing more than pretty. (If you removed all dialog from this film, you would have the exact same movie - and if that doesn’t say anything about it’s weak cliche-filled plot, then what does?) At least Titanic had a story - not a story I ever needed to see more than once, mind you, but a story none-the-less. Avatar, you and you 3-Dness can go straight to film hell.
In fact, I’m so annoyed by this, here are Alex’s Top 10 List of Blue Things Better than Avatar:
- Captain Planet - The power? Why, it’s yours!
- The Ocean - It’s like a gigantic aquarium.
- The Sky - It’s like The Ocean, but in reverse.
- The Smurfs - One chick, 800 dudes - I don’t like their odds for survival.
- The iTunes Logo - Yay for music that I promise is not stolen illegally… Super promise.
- Bloo from Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends - Someone’s imagery friend was the color Blue. That’s one seriously messed up child.
- Emotions - Like how I felt when I read this article. Saaaaaaaad.
- Jeans - Not genes. Blue genes, come on now, that’s just weird…you’re weird.
- …
Ok, I can’t think of anymore. That’s how depressed this thing has made me. ARE YOU HAPPY JIM? ARE YOU!
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I’m not happy.
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
Song of the Day: “A Heady Tale” by The Fratellis.
I downloaded a crap load (offical unit of measurement) of indie rock over the weekend. This was one of the highlights. I’m loving The Fratellis more and more, plus how can you hate the lyrics: “Pull me up a chair and keep your money / There’s no guarantees / Won’t you please forgive me, but you know / Cold blooded women make me sneeze.” Awesome.
