*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