- Went to my eye dr app. & ended up having to take a cat to the vet for a blockage too.
They always get sick when I can't afford it. # - I hate when you're tracking a package and it's gone 1 place and leaves and comes back to the same place. It's so annoying. #
- Converses + snow = wet cold feet & fail. #
- Got bored and watched "The Net" for the first time in years. That movie doesn't age well AT ALL. The use of the internet is laughable. #
- I've had "Watchman" from Netflix for over a month & have yet to watch it. Maybe I should do that today… #
This is one of those movies I watch every so often when I’m bored. It’s been a few years – and man does it not age well! Especially if you know a bit about computers this movie will drive you nuts!
So Sandra Bullock is Angela Bennett, a computer programing guru who works from home and seems to have some sort of issue meeting people face to face and basically lives as a hermit. We see early use of the internet, although I really don’t remember the internet ever being like it is in this. I’m no hacker but much of what we see the characters do computer wise looks largely suspect and it kinda bugged me this time around viewing. And on that same vein, I HATE when characters are typing on a computer and fucking talk about loud what they’re typing! Who does that? Drives me insane!
Anywho, Angela is sent some shitty looking (well, it’s ok for the time I guess) computer game that has, what we’re told, a virus somehow put there by this cyber-terrorist group. My question – why/how did it get there in the first place? Because said group spends the whole movie trying to get the disk back. So this “virus” allows someone with the know-how to access info they shouldn’t be – FBI files, government files, that sort of thing. So they steal Angela’s identity while she’s on vacation and make her life a living hell trying to get back the disk, which is destroyed early on anyway so I don’t know what they wanted from her.
Basically, you have to turn off any knowledge you have of technology at all while watching this or it will bother you. I used to really enjoy it but this viewing drove me nuts.
This movie is the Americanized ”La Femme Nikita”, the movie not USA show, although that’s based on that movie too. This was pretty good. Bridget Fonda looks rough for the first 15 minutes or so, while her character is still a druggie. Her character, Maggie, is convicted of murdering a cop and sentenced to death. But a secret government operation sees what a fighter she is and decides to fake her death and train her as an assassin. Her handler is Bob, played by Gabriel Byrne, whom I’ve had a crush on since my high school days, even though he’s older than my parents. They have a rough time of it at first but after the higher ups threaten to terminate Maggie, she gets trained in record time.
She’s relocated to L.A. I think? Somewhere in California. She quickly shacks up with some guy who’s her landlord. She has to keep her job a secret. Oh, and did I mention there’s HUGE sexual tension between her and Bob? He shows up from time to time to give her new assignments. She tells her boyfriend he’s her uncle but I’m pretty sure we’re supposed to assume he knows that’s not true.
Well, eventually Maggie gets sick of the life and struggles to get out and walk away from it all. And Bob doesn’t get any loving! That irked me more than anything…but I think I just wanted to see Gabriel Byrne in a sex scene.
I watched this with the family on Christmas day. We all enjoyed it. Some people I know who saw it found it to be boring and drawn out but I didn’t. I wouldn’t hurry to watch it again because it is long. But both Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law do well in their roles. I did feel Rachel McAdams was a tad mis-cast – which I hate saying because I love Rachel McAdams. She did well but…I don’t know.
The mystery and it’s solving was a tad over reaching but it is Sherlock Holmes. My brother was annoyed at how grand the villain’s scheme was but again SHERLOCK HOLMES.
The movie did further convince me Holmes/Watson were hitting it though. Watson getting engaged indeed!
- "Sherlock Holmes" was very good. Go see it over this holiday weekend, people! It's fun. #
- Going with the family to see "Sherlock Holmes". Hope it doesn't suck. #
- The local CW channel is playing a picture of a fireplace with lousy piano Xmas music from now until 4:30 am. With commercial breaks. Hm. #
- I just now did my wrapping. No, scratch that, I did my MOM'S wrapping and 3 of mine. The other stuff never got wrapped, just handed over. #
- I was looking forward to sleeping in today but woke up when my alarm would go off by habit & can't get back to sleep. #
- Brittany Murphy died this weekend! That's crazy. I just watched something with her in last weekend. http://tr.im/IcAV #
- Those from last night's festivis will be glad I had my own chip/salsa bowl – I've now got a raging head cold. Ick. Woke up with it. #
- Got 1 of my 3 cavities filled, go back in Jan. for other 2. The drilling was fine, it's the numbing that's weird. I'm numb in my ear even. #
- "Christmas Shoes". Ick. Shut up, 97.3 #
- I just got 97 dollars worth me stuff for 62 from Fashion Bug! Awesome! #
- The drive through clerk at McDonald's is in a lovely mood. You have a nice day too ya jerk #
I started reading this but ended up switching to audio CD just because I’m lazy.
I really enjoyed it. I hate to admit it, but I’ve never read the original. I was always more of a Bronte girl myself. I had seen the Kiera Knightly movie a few years back. That’s all I had to go on.
It’s almost scary how easily the zombies and martial arts and ninjas are slid into the original story. And ball jokes. Darcy likes to make innuendos frequently.
I think if you’re a Austen or zombie fan you’ll probably like this. If you like both you’ll love it.
And I apparently finished it just in time because they’ve announced they plan on adapting it into a movie. I thought while listening to it that it would make a good one. I guess Natalie Portman’s going to play Lizzie? Should be fun!
- Urg! Why doesn't the JCPenny in Glenbrook have a Sephora counter? Other JCPenny's do!!! http://tr.im/GLzn #
- Man I love Google, you can find anything, even something you haven't thought of in YEARS. Whatsa "Bing"? #
- Urg. The 4 day weekend went to fast. I don't want to go back to work yet but I do. Does that make sense? #
- Got 2 of my people done at Wal-mart's Black Friday sale. We went late & there were still crazy, rude people out. #
- Watching some ABC soap for lack of better to do. The acting is amazing. It's like a high school play. #
- Got home a while ago from a pre-Thanksgiving outing with the majority of the art department. Had lotsa fun, hope everyone gets home safe! #
- Just about hit some SUV doing a legal u-turn. Oops. #
- I didn't much like "Transformers 2". It made me bored and annoyed how they clearly were trying to blow up as much as possible. #
- Watching Transformers 2 & confused. How are they protecting earth if they're destroying entire cities while fighting? #
- I watched "Candyman" last night. It doesn't really hold the test of time very well. It feels very dated. I jumped more than I remember. #