May 28, 2008

Just realized I completely forgot to update this thing this week, so here's what I'm up to...

Watching:
Bedazzled: I didn't realize this was the same thing as the 2000 remake with Brendan Fraser, and had in fact completely forgotten about that one altogether. I really enjoyed this old version though. Old British humor (aka dry with a lot of barely veiled sex jokes), and a clever execution of a plot that may have not been so clever. Peter Cook is (was) a total cutie, and a fantastic actor, and Dudley Moore compliments him perfectly as the shy dorky guy that just wants a piece of tail (why he didn't just wish for *that*, I wouldn't know).

Reading:
nothing. blarg.

Listening:
Rocky Votolato: Not the most exciting, but it's enjoyable. If you're a fan of say The Format or The Get Up Kids, you'll enjoy Rocky Votolato.
"Please slow it down
There’s a secret magic past world
That you only notice when you’re looking back at it
And all I wanna do is turn around"
Rocky Votolato - White Daisy Passing

May 19, 2008

Watching:
Fools Rush In: I took an allergy pill and knew I'd be immediately falling asleep, so I put this movie in. I slept through probably 90% of it, and could still tell you exactly what happens.

Reading:
The Maxx: I recently got volume #6, so I am re-reading the series from the beginning. (I also just got my economic stimulus dollars from the government, so I am ordering the cartoon series adaptation on vhs. SQUEEEE!! I'm so excited.) On a side note, when I searched amazon for 'The Maxx,' Terror Toons came up in the search results. Good lord, if you want to see something horrible, watch Terror Toons. haha, or Head of the Family. or Weird TV.

Listening:
Devendra Banhart: sometimes classified as 'freak folk,' he's definitely folk of some sort, some times. He's amazing and strange and difficult to describe, as he changes completely from one track to the next.
This track reminds me a little of The Doors, at about the Strange Days point...
"I'm high and I'm happy and I'm free
I got my whole heart
Laid out right in front of me
And I finally can see
The way it's always been
The need for peace
Starts from within

So I leave my possessions to the wind
And I'm done with ever wanting anything
Well I can die satisfied
No desires do I hide
Not today, not today
Nor for the next one thousand lives"
Devendra Banhart - Sea Horse

*Robot Movies*

Years of planning are finally almost coming into actuality. This is the list for the great Robot Movie Marathon. Genres range from sci-fi to rom-com to campy horror. If you have any to add, please add a comment. Also, if you have any I can borrow, let me know, since I don't have cable or netflix or any of that fancy stuff.

2001: A Space Odyssey **L
A. I. **L
Batteries Not Included **N
Bicentennial Man **L
The Black Hole **N
D.A.R.Y.L. **N
The Day the Earth Stood Still **L
Electroma
Eve of Destruction **N
Flight of the Navigator **N
Forbidden Planet **L
Futurama: Bender's Big Score **B
Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla **N
Heartbeeps **N
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy **L
I, Robot **L
Iron Giant **L
Logan's Run **N
Lost in Space **H
Metropolis **L
RoboCop (sequel) **L
Robot Carnival
Robot Jox **N
Robots **L
Robots of Death
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians **B
Saturn 3 **N
Short Circuit (sequel) **L: sequel
Sleeper **L
Star Wars (sequels) **B
Terminator (sequels) **H
THX 1138 **N
Transformers **B
War of the Robots


L= at library
H = at home
B = can be borrowed
N = available through netflix

May 12, 2008

Watching:
Lust, Caution: I rather enjoyed it. It's almost three hours, and I got a really long phone call in the middle of it, so I did get a little tired towards the end, but I liked it. A straight-forward presentation, no surprises just to keep your attention. Kind of sad, but very sweet.
Short Circuit 2: I can't help making fun of a movie like this while I watch it, but then isn't that the fun of it? (See movie list below)

Reading:
Still nothing. I need to pick up a book this week, because it's starting to depress me.

Listening:
Lykke Li
like listening to candy... but that candy that has the weird fizzy 'soda' in the middle.
Lykke Li - Little Bit

May 5, 2008

Watching:
Bonnie and Clyde: Not bad, interesting. I did kinda start dozing off near the end despite the gallons of Mountain Dew I had had. I'm guessing it's not the most accurate depiction of the story; it's the totally Hollywood-ed version.
The Secret Life of Words: Pretty good. I think there's this drive in movies to throw in something weird or wacky that people will for sure not understand, just for a the sake of being weird (think David Lynch movies). So other than that little factor, which seemed to have no point, I mostly enjoyed this movie.
Men In Black: the Sunday afternoon movie on network tv cause hey why not.

Reading:
Nothing this week.

Listening:
Jens Lekman
"Would you stand up for this kind of beauty?
Cause this kind of beauty won't stand up for you.
It won't lift a finger for some lazy dreamer.
Here it comes the average dirty word, pardon my French"
Jens Lekman - F-Word