- Saw "Vampires Suck". It was funny but I wouldn't hurry to see it again. They got Bella's twitch acting down for sure. #
Just a quick note that I’m closing all my Heroes related fanlistings, including the one for actor Sendhil Ramamurthy, because I simply don’t like the show anymore. This way someone who wasn’t embittered by the final 2 seasons can run them, not that anyone’s joined them in the last year or so anyway. So if anyone would like to run fanlistings for episodes: 1.16, 1.19, 2.10, or Sendhil Ramamurthy, keep an eye out at The Fanlistings for them to go up. I’m to lazy to mess with adopting them out. Sorry.
I’d tried watching this another time, about when the remake was coming out, and got bored. The begining is great then it kind of drifts off into a (boring) episode of “Law and Order” and for the last 10 minutes picks back up as a horror movie again. I actually prefer the remake.
And also was distracted by: is the soundtrack what they used as the “THC Surround Sound” sound that builds up? It sounds EXACTLY the same.
I don’t feel like there’s alot I can say without giving things away. I didn’t NOT like it, I just didn’t like it and wouldn’t watch it again. I’d been told by all the guys at work to see this; it’s great! Blah, blah. I’m conviced it’s a “guy” movie because I went with a female co-worker/friend and we both thought they made to many rules at the drop of a hat and then didn’t always adhere to them. It was like a little kid who made up a game and when they were losing “remembered” this one rule that put them on top.
The effects are impressive though at times to much. You can totally tell they had an uncapped budget and did everything they could to take advantage of it.
And DAMN, Cillian Murphay is NOT aging well! Poor Cillian.
This is the most recent book in the Rizzoli/Isles mystery series that’s premiering as a tv show tonight I believe? I no longer have cable so I hope I can catch it on Hulu.
Anyway, this book is mostly Maura Isle’s story with only a small bit of the other characters. I’ve noticed alot of the books seem to do that, focus mostly on one woman or the other and give the other a smaller plot. In this one, Maura’s going to a pathology conference in Wyoming. She’s still having problems with her “secret” luvah (seriously, does anyone not know?), the whiney and not very dedicated to his vows priest, Daniel. So they part on crappy terms. Maura decided to be more spontaneous and so when a former college acquaintance invites her on an overnight sky trip in a nearby town, she accepts.
It’s a mess and they never make it. They end up in a deserted town, with no way of contacting anyone. A few plot leaps later, Maura’s friends start looking for her, think she’s dead, hold a funneral, stop just in time realizing she’s not (sounds like a soap opera), head back to look for her.
It’s a pretty fast read. Once I sat down, I read it in a few hours. It’d make a good beach read I think. There are a few eye rolling moments, as I’ve noticed happen in this series, but mostly a good book. And I’m hoping after the end it’s the last time we see Daniel. I can’t stand him. I do however adore Maura’s other love interest, Anthony Sansone, the eccentric, rich leader of the Mauphisto Club (he showed up in the book with the same title). He’s in this one briefly though in my opinion, still comes out as a better man the Daniel who seems to be such an emo man-child it just disgusts me.
I saw this Friday night in a surprisingly not very full, small theater. Maybe everyone but my group went opening night? I enjoyed it very much. They’ve fixed several problems: The wolves look more like actual wolves and not obvious CGI (I mean, you can still tell it’s CGI but they look much better). The Jacob and Seth wolves are actually quite adorable. Kristen Stewart didn’t show every emotion by stuttering and odd facial ticks. However, they kinda made Edward MORE of a douche. In the book he is at the beginning and mellows fairly fast. In this, it’s douche city the whole way through. And Robert Pattinson’s acting seems to have regressed. This isn’t his finest work.
For true purists – they DO change a few things. Imprinting talk is minimal (no kid imprinting yet), Riley is made more of a central character, there’s not as much Bella babysitting, and there were a few other things. I didn’t feel it effected the story negatively.
My sister wanted to go again today and I almost did but I didn’t like the time. We will be going again next weekend though. I saw the 1st one 2 or 3 times in theaters but the 2nd got pulled from our local after only a few weeks so we only saw it once.
- Went and saw "Toy Story 3" today. It's cute. I suggest those who enjoyed the other 2 movies see this one. You'll enjoy it. #
Basically last season of “Supernatural” only with the cliché ”save the pregnant lady, baby is the key to the future!!!” plot. It even has Jess, Sammy’s bbqed girlfriend from season 1 as said pregnant lady. As well as Addision from “Grey’s”/”Private Practice” as an apparently unstable mom, Brenda’s husband from “The Closer”, and the dude who played the albino in “The DaVinci Code” and Chaucer in “A Knight’s Tale” as Michael. Only he’s super buff so it took me a sec to realize. There’s other familar “hm, I’ve seen them on tv or something” faces in there too.
The plot itself is as I said, cliché. Almost boring several times, maybe because it’s so done. If you want quasi-evil angels re-watch last season of “SPN” or rent the first “The Prophecy”. Although Albino Chaucer’s abs are almost worth the rental fee. I got this for free from the Redbox so I’m not out anything myself. 