.:What I'm Watching:.
Batman: Gotham Knight. [Batman takes on Deadshot, Killer Croc and other deadly foes in six
anime-inspired short films. Together, the interlocking tales bridge
2005's Batman Begins and its 2008 sequel, the Dark Knight, and
illuminate our anti-hero's troubled psyche. The powerhouse writing team
includes Oscar nominee Josh Olson, Batman Begins writer David S. Goyer,
comic book writers Greg Rucka and Brian Azzarello, and "Batman Beyond"
creator Alan Burnett. ~netflix]
it was awesome. loved it. 5 stars. totally amped me up for The Dark
Knight... which i won't see opening weekend because i hate crowds, but
i definitely want to watch in the theater...
Frisky Dingo, Season 1.
[In this animated series from "Sealab 2021" creators Matt Thompson and
Adam Reed, a bored villain and a superhero who refuses to retire square
off over the former's plan to destroy the world. As Killface deals with
the unpleasant bureaucratic details of eliminating the planet, Awesome
X -- the superhero alter ego of billionaire action figure maker Xander
Crews -- contemplates coming out of retirement in this clever superhero
spoof. ~netflix]
i want to be Killface when i grow up. it is seriously hilarious. the
writing is AWESOME. i love it. thanks to
charlie 5-0 for recommending
it! 5 stars!
Samurai Jack.
[An evil shape-shifter named Aku brings destruction upon the land. As
the citizens' last hope, a young samurai warrior is trained to defeat
Aku. But when he returns as an adult to confront Aku, the warrior is
flung into the future through a time portal. The locals help "Jack" in
his quest to return to the past and fight Aku. ~netflix]
so... i wish someone told me that the movie prequel Samurai Jack was
just the first few episodes of the TV series. cuz i totally already
watched it. whatever. maybe i didn't read the netflix reviews closely
enough. i just wish i didn't waste my time getting the movie when i'd
already watched the first season. it's still good, but i'll only give
it 4 stars. because you really should just get the whole first season
instead of this disc.
The Sarah Jane Adventures.
[Investigative
journalist Sarah Jane Smith and her 13-year-old neighbor Maria form an
alliance to combat evil alien forces. ~imdb] another spin-off of
Doctor Who. it's really cute. totally geared for a younger audience,
but it doesn't mean that it's not good. it really is quite enjoyable
and fun. 4 stars. also, sarah jane sure is aging well! she is 60, but
definitely looks like she's in her 40s.
The Tracey Fragments.
[On a quest to locate her missing brother -- who believes he's a dog
after she hypnotized him -- Tracey Berkowitz (Ellen Page) traverses a
city full of hazards. Meanwhile, her neglectful parents (Ari Cohen and
Erin McMurtry) make plans to send her to an equally dysfunctional
therapist. Unhappy and insecure, Tracey consoles herself with rock 'n'
roll fantasies about the new boy at school, Billy Zero (Slim Twig), in
this quirky indie drama. ~netflix]
UGH. they were just trying SO HARD to make it all artsy. and it was
just annoying. i could only watch about 10 minutes of it before i
started feeling nauseated. the edits and the camera work were literally
making me sick. dude, i don't know what ellen page is going to do when
she's like, 30 and can't get work because she won't look 15 anymore.
you know, because she is totally typecast as the "precocious teenager."
2 stars. no. wait. 1 star.
The Virgin Suicides.
[Responding to the lax moral milieu of the mid-1970s, Mr. and Mrs.
Lisbon (James Woods and Kathleen Turner, respectively) keep their five
alluring, adolescent daughters on a short leash. When the youngest,
13-year-old Cecelia (Hannah Hall), unaccountably commits hara-kiri and
wayward elder sister Lux (Kirsten Dunst) violates curfew, Mom puts all
the girls under virtual house arrest. But her overreaction has
unintended -- and dire -- consequences. ~netflix]
first of all, i love the soundtrack. and the movie itself was really
good. and sad. also, the thought of mia hitting puberty scares the crap
out of me. heh. not that i think she will attempt to commit suicide or
anything... but puberty is still a scary, scary thing. 4 stars.
.:What I'm Listening To:.
PJ Harvey:
White Chalk.
okay. absolutely none of this album sounds like PJ Harvey. i had to
keep checking the text to make sure that it indeed WAS PJ Harvey. i
have mixed feelings about this album. while i didn't DISLIKE it, i
didn't really LIKE it. maybe i need to give it another spin, but i
don't know... 3 stars... i guess.
Comments
dude!! i didn't know Azzarello wrote one of the Gotham Knight stories. he does "100 Bullets" which is fresh. you think steve can burn me a copy of that?
we don't have it anymore. :( can rodger netflix it? sorry!
The first thing I do when I get a "normal people job" is netflix.
I've decided. ahaha!!
oohhh.. nanananananananan betmen!!
"nanananananananan betmen!!" - hahaha! i'm hearing that in my head.
No you big sloppy man, I just want Cat Party!
The Virgin Suicides is one of those things I remember always seeing around/hearing about, but I never got around to watching it... I'm gonna have to check it out.
By the way I started watching Burn Notice yesterday. And oh em gee I LOVE IT! I love the concept, I love Michael Westen, I even like Fiona (is she supposed to be Irish? The actress is English IRL). Thank you for recommending it to me. If you come across any other good shows, send them my way, please! :D
haha! now i have that in my head, damn it.
holy shit, dude, i was cracking up and hitting steve the whole time i was watching. hehe.
when's second season coming out, damn it?
i know what you mean! i can't stand the thought of sitting next to some sweaty, smelly person. who is all loud and noisy and eating greasy popcorn and some other foodstuff. i have a hard time enjoying a movie when i'm all cramped and crowded and annoyed. hehe.
re: The Virgin Suicides, same here! i always meant to watch it and it FINALLY came up on my netflix queue... i'm glad it finally did. i enjoyed it.
i think they were just trying too hard to be artsy. it was annoying. maybe if they used that just for the beginning credits or something, i would've been able to watch. but man, i was seriously getting sick. and the premise seemed interesting. too bad it sucked. hehe.
as far as ellen page goes... i think she just got too much overexposure with Juno. i thought it was cute. i don't know that it deserved awards, but i DO like ellen page. maybe because i saw her first in Hard Candy. and she and patrick wilson are AWESOME. if you don't hate her too much by now, watch that movie. it was pretty awesome. that's where i fell in love with the both of them.
omg, i LOVE bruce campbell in Burn Notice. hehe. fiona is definitely the weak link in that show. but i don't hate her. i think in the pilot episode, it tells us that she's supposed to be irish. and i guess the accent wasn't working for them, so in the second ep she says something about changing her look and accent to fit in more in Miami. so that's why she's got the american accent. (if you'd like, check out steve's review on burn notice.)
fiona's in the show The Tudors. if you're interested at all in Henry VIII (or even if you're NOT) you should give that show a watch. that's a really good show, too. love it. here's a link to steve's review.
i know. i'm pimping steve's reviews. but you really should read them. they're a lot better than mine and more in-depth. :D
I saw Patrick Wilson in that movie with Kate Winslet...I forget the name now. Something Children, or whatever. Little Children. That's it. Seen it? If not, you should. Awesome stuff.
After I wrote that comment to you, I watched the second ep where she said she wanted to sound more American. So I get it now. But she's so bad at sounding American. Ugh.
I read Steve's reviews. He sounds very...professional. Like a proper movie/TV show reviewer. He should have a column in the paper. :)
she is DEFINITELY the weak link in the show. but she's tolerable. i don't HATE her.
hehe. he writes really well. actually, his site is linked to the real site that he writes for. maskedmoviesnobs.com. it's a good site with all sorts of really good reviews. but of course, all biases aside, i think steve's reviews are the best. hehe.