June 9, 2008

Watching:
Juno: Blah. Blahhhhhh. 'Quirk' and a soundtrack full of indie music do *not* a good movie make. I didn't hate Ellen Page as much as I expected to (I find her totally irritating usually), but her acting fit the part. The plot was so incredibly mediocre, and the dialogue was so contrived, I can only compare it to flowery poetry that's heavy on the 'flowery' and light on the 'poetry.' But hey, if you liked it, watch Dan in Real Life, because obviously you like movies that pose in the independent genre but are really formulaic and boring. Oh, I did totally love the crap out of that hamburger phone though.
Flight of the Navigator: Fantastic, durr. Classic, of course.
Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla: Hilarious in that way that it doesn't mean to. Once again, it's the kind of movie I can't help making fun of, but isn't that the fun of it? I kind of wish I'd been able to get the 1974 Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (which is a completely different plot, by the way), simply for the cheese-factor, but my resources were limited.
Futurama: Bender's Big Score: It's Futurama, of course it's great.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Hilarious in that way that it doesn't mean to. Once again, it's the kind of movie I can't help making fun of, but isn't that the fun of it? (Yeah, this one too.) It was entertaining, but it was by no definition 'good.' And it seemed like they were opening themselves up to a series of Mutt Jones and the Adventure of the Something Cheesy's.
Side note: Did you know the Addams Family is on dvd now? Cause I didn't, and that's pretty rad.

Reading:
Battling the Inner Dummy: The Craziness of Apparently Normal People: Holy crap, I'm actually reading something! Well sort of anyway, I haven't gotten far enough into it to say much about it, since I rented like twenty robot movies, and then had to wrestle with myself about do I watch these movies before they're due or read this book which is crazy interesting, and doing both at the same time doesn't really work that well.

Listening:
Nicole Reynolds
Upbeat, folksy, cute, easy-going, light. Like listening to a honeysuckle bush.
Nicole Reynolds - When We Meet Again