Ramblings of an Anonymous Coward

It's Been A While

it has only been a week, but it feels like i haven't written here for much longer! i must admit that there have been plenty of times i have just wanted to write here, but for a number of reasons i've chosen not to. for the better? time will tell. just balancing out those good-feeling / bad-feeling curves that were described to me the other night along with the decrease in some sort of neuro-receptors. it wasn't quite a mind hacks explanation, but i was glad to see some scientific basis that adds some level of corroboration to my feeling that when good things happen i had best brace myself for an equal amount of shit to hit the fan.

on the music front, i have been happy with the new 3 doors down and weezer cds, but i am absolutely thrilled knowing a new foo fighters cd will be out on 6/14. with any luck i will manage to weasle my way into an early release copy.

movies! i've watched far less of them lately. i am beginning to wonder if it makes sence to have the blockbuster-pass or not. it sure makes renting easy, but at just under $25/month is it cost effective? right now, barely; however, many movies i'd have never rented on a pay-per-rental basis so i'm not so sure. here is a quick review since last time...

• Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason -- yawn. i'll say it up front, this rental was not my idea and after watching it... well, now i have a concrete reason for it not being on my watch list. frankly, it wasn't even a very good "chick flick".
  
  
• Word Wars -- interesting. this documentary-ish movie followed a handful of guys that play competitive scrabble. yeah, you read that right. they use timeclocks, study for hours every day, and if you are good you can make a few bucks. it is certainly a good movie to watch if you enjoy learning more about the lives of quirky people.
  
  
• Spanglish -- disappointing. i don't know what i was expecting out of this movie really, but i was disappointed none the less. sure, it had it's cute moments, but much too slow for my tastes.
  
  
• Birth -- abort. ok, that sounds mean. really, i liked the plot of the movie, but damn it was slow. they could have cut the movie in half and you wouldn't have missed a thing. well, except for some time staring at nicole kidman.
  
  
• Meet The Fockers -- good sequel. meet the parents was amusing and this is one of the few sequels that doesn't tank. they certainly had the cast to make it work and casting barbara streisand as mrs. focker (a sex therapist) made it all the more appealing. i could only see bette midler doing any better. i mark this one down as a must see.
  
  
• Finding Neverland -- excellent. i admit it, i completely expected this movie to suck. i got it for my daughter to watch and figured, hey depp is a good actor, i'll watch it myself before returning it. i am glad i did. i have no idea if they tried to be historically accurate, but it was interesting to see how james barrie turned his experiences with the davies into the play peter pan. i found this to be a good guy-friendly chick flick and would gladly watch it again.
  
  
• Closer -- boring. no, make that fucking boring. i could point to a few reasons i shouldn't have rented this film, but my daughter made a good call on finding neverland, i figured maybe she know something i don't about this flick as well. bzzzzzt! long, boring, and five minutes went by each time they changed time frames before i noticed. if i were in the editing room i'd have suggested we cut a lot of scence and perhaps add one with natalie portman and julia roberts in a heated lesbian encounter. if nothing else it would have been more interesting.

in the movie queue are two i have been trying to get for the past week -- suspect zero and darkness. of course, at my current pace, i'll say a little something about them in june.

Posted by ac at May 4, 2005 03:02 PM