Netflix #31 – 1408 – Suggested by Michelle and Dave S.
I don’t watch scary movies much, but when I do, I usually really like them. Perhaps because I’m easily scareable? Probably. Anyway, I really liked 1408. No big scary monsters or serial killers. Just a hotel room scaring the poop out of me. John Cusack and Samuel L Jackson were awesome. I loved Samuel L Jackson so much, especially his delivery of the line: “It’s an evil fucking room.” Classic! There was a sequence towards the end that took you out of the movie (if you’ve seen it, you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about) and lasted a bit too long, and it was hard to recover from. But other than that, I’d definitely recommend this if you want a scary movie to watch.
Netflix #32 – The Ten – Suggested by Robin and Josh
Yes! Yes! Yes! I loved this movie. It’s from the makers of the movie Wet Hot American Summer, which is one of my favorite movies ever. As a sidenote, I like to test potential boyfriends (HA!) with Wet Hot American Summer to see if they’re worthy (HA!) of me. If they don’t don’t like it or don’t laugh at all the right parts, they’re out! Anyway, The Ten isn’t as good as Wet Hot American Summer, but it’s still awesome. It’s a collection of 10 loosely related short stories hosted by none other than Paul Rudd, each one dealing with a different Commandment. Each of the stories just had the most random humor, you really need to see it to appreciate it. For those of you who have seen it, I think my favorite story was Gretchen Mol’s trip to Mexico. Oh and Kerri Kenney (who plays Deputy Trudy Wiegel from Reno 911) was in it! What more do you need?
The Incredible Hulk
Let’s start this review by saying that no adaptation of the Hulk character could ever compare with those of Batman and Superman (not Spiderman because the Spiderman movies sucked major ass). So now that we have that out of the way, The Incredible Hulk was the best movie the Hulk could be. This may sound like a backhanded compliment and that I didn’t like it very much, but that’s not true. I really liked it. It’s just that it can’t compare with the Batman and Superman franchises due to the nature of the character. There’s just not that much to him. Yes, I’m sure the Hulk comics give the character loads of depth, but those are books. They can do that. But I really enjoyed it. Edward Norton was awesome as usual, and the action was all top notch. People complain about the CG Hulk, but it didn’t really bother me that much. It wasn’t any different than Transformers. And I really don’t think makeup could have done the job. Does anyone remember the awfulness of the Juggernaut from X-Men 3? Oh, and every time Liv Tyler opened her mouth, the audience laughed. She’s so awful. In a recent interview in Entertainment Weekly, she complained about being considered too “ethereal” because of her role as Arwen in The Lord of the Rings. Hey Liv, you know what might make people stop thinking of you as ethereal? If you stop whispering all your lines!
Get Smart
Get Smart was my favorite movie of the summer. There. I said it. Yes, better than Iron Man, better than Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and better than Sex and the City. Unless I was in some sort of euphoric state of being, which tricked my mind into thinking that everything I saw was ten times better than it really was, I loved every bit of this movie. The humor was great, the action was incredible (considering it was a comedy), and the story was interesting enough to keep things going. Let’s talk about the action for a minute. It was amazing. Some of the action pieces (I’m talking in particular about the final one) were more impressive than the overly computer generated jungle chase scene in this summer’s Indiana Jones. And then there was always the humor to add that extra touch of wonderfulness. Steve Carell was born for this role and I was thrilled that they didn’t make his character a moron. These days it seems like whenever writers try and do slapstick, they translate it into being a moron. But he wasn’t. He was obviously an agent for good reason. It’s just that bad (and wonderfully silly) things kept happening to him. So for now, I proclaim Get Smart the best movie of the summer. Until The Dark Knight comes out.
Keep your recommendations coming!
Craig: Totally forgot that you’ve mentioned Tina as the voice of Vagina Girl before. Good choice, that one.
That reminds me… my best friend calls her queue her queer.
That’s it. lol.
Nicky: What were some of your recommendations? I will check my queer.
I don’t remember! If Kate Winslet is in it, I probably recommended it. lol.
Here’s my favorite movie list from Facebook…
Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2
Dancer in the Dark
Requiem For A Dream
Transamerica
Spirited Away
Pan’s Labyrinth
American History X
Howl’s Moving Castle
Hard Candy
Thirteen
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Science of Sleep
Once
Gone Baby Gone
Knocked Up
Running With Scissors
Juno
Tape
The Shape of Things
AND the other day I saw “Away From Her” and LOVED IT. If you like really sad movies with older people that some people would consider ‘slow,’ see it. lol.
Sheesh…I’ve only seen three on Nicky’s list — “Eternal Sunshine” (great), “Knocked Up” (good), and “Spirited Away” (awful).
Has anyone seen “Billy the Kid”? It was a documentary from maybe a year ago about a developmentally challenged kid’s first year in high school (or something like that). It looked really great, but after seeing a preview for it, I never heard about it again.
I don’t get to many movies it seems but Gone Baby Gone is excellent. Not quite as good as the book because they had to skip some stuff but I highly recommend it.
Exastris mentioned Female Trouble. I’ll give that movie a second vote for pure camp, hilarity and of course the fact that it stars Divine.
Divine: “I better get those damn cha-cha heels I asked for Christmas!”
The summer I started dating Ben, my friend and I threw a Wet Hot American Summer party. We had awesome 80s outfits and hair, and camp counselor clip boards. I invited Ben. This was the first social event that he was invited to with my friends, so we were both a bit nervous. So get this: he shows up dressed as Coop from the scenes where he and Chris Meloni are doing all the training. Half-sweatshirt, with the sleeves and bottom cut off, wrist bands, little running shorts, and striped tube socks. I was totally mortified. But he also totally passed the friend test. I think all potential boyfriends should be willing to dress as Coop. And if they aren’t, tell them “You taste like a burger. I don’t like you anymore.”