June 17, 2008

(updated Tuesday the 17th because I wasn't working yesterday)

Watching:
The Iron Giant: Cute. I liked that it was the older style of animation, like in the movies I watched as a kid (think The Rescuers Down Under). The plot was the usual, the voice cast was kind of refreshing, even though I'm not a huge fan of Jennifer Aniston or Vin Diesel. The 'lesson learned' (cause doesn't there *always* have to be one in a kids' movie?) wasn't too forced, it fit into the plot nicely without seeming like an afterthought.
I, Robot: I wasn't expecting to think much of this one, but it wasn't terrible. It did seem to get the whole way to the end before getting on with the point, but that's kinda the way of a sci-fi I guess. The fight scenes with the robots were a little 'ehhhh ok already get on with it'/'seriously? he's gonna fight a bazillion really freaking agile/strong robots pretty much by himself? and win?' but so it goes in an action movie (with robots).
Can't Hardly Wait: the Sunday afternoon movie on network tv, so edited out the wazoo. I forgot how many b-list 'stars' were in this movie, so watching it kind of became 'what's she in?' and 'hey that guy's in freaks and geeks.'
The Missing: Pretty good. Strong cast, strong story. Not completely predictable.

Reading:
Battling the Inner Dummy: The Craziness of Apparently Normal People: Still reading this one.

Listening:
Leonard Cohen
Totally love the crap out of this guy. A fantastic poet who's been around for many a decade, I can listen and re-listen to his cd's endlessly and they never get old.
Leonard Cohen - Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye

side note: Song downloads will now only be available from the current and previous month, because having all these mp3s on my website is threatening to blow it up.