4 posts tagged “avatar: the last airbender”

.:What I'm Watching:.

Avatar: The Last Airbender: Book 3, Volume 3. [As the third season of this Emmy-winning animated series unfolds, Aang wakes up to two significant surprises: The first is that he's trapped aboard an enemy ship of the Fire Nation, and the second is that he has a full head of thick, black hair. Meanwhile, as Aang's fellow prisoners Katara, Sokka and Hakoda explain the series of events that brought them to their current circumstances, Prince Zuko journeys home to face his father. ~netflix] seriously one of the best shows ever. it's in its 3rd (and i guess final) season. it is SO awesome. i loooove it. 5 out of 5 stars. also, steve got me a second plushie to go with my appa. it's MOMO!!! :D i love them both. hehe.

Bee Movie. [Comedian Jerry Seinfeld stars in this animated comedy as recent college grad Barry B. Benson, a worker bee stuck in a dead-end job making honey who files a lawsuit against humans when he learns they've been stealing the bees' nectar for centuries. Renée Zellweger, John Goodman, Matthew Broderick and Chris Rock are among the all-star cast members who contribute their vocal talents. ~netflix] cute and some lines made me laugh out loud. i think i liked the movie previews of it more than the actual movie. you know... when the people are dressed up as bugs... no? doesn't ring a bell? anyway, 3 out of 5 stars.

The Hitman. [Fu (Jet Li) is a down-and-out ex-soldier trying to scrape together a living in Hong Kong, all the while supporting his mother in mainland China. When an elderly business tycoon is murdered by "The King of Killers" -- and posthumously offers a sizable reward for anyone who brings his killer to justice -- Fu is recruited by slippery cop Norman Lu (Eric Tsang). Together, they track down the elusive villain using drop-dead martial arts maneuvers. ~netflix] it was all right. nothing special at all. gosh, but jet li looks young! the DVD cover makes it look like it's supposed to be a comedy, but it's not. 3 outta 5.

Iron Man. [After ultrarich inventor and weapons maker Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) escapes from kidnappers using makeshift power armor, he turns his invention to good by using it to fight crime. But when he must face the evil Iron Monger, his skills are stretched to the limit. Based on the Marvel comic, this captivating superhero tale from director Jon Favreau co-stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges and Terrence Howard. ~netflix] LOVED it. hey, was terrence howard's speaking voice always that annoying? or was it just for the movie? oh, and jon favreau's a genius! how'd he make gwyneth NOT annoying?! amazing!!! hehe. 5 out of 5 stars. looooved it.

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse. [Royston Vasey is in danger of being annihilated. The inhabitants must find the creators of the show in the real world in order to save it.] i didn't like it as much as the other League of Gentlemen shows. it was still good, though. 3 out of 5 stars.

Lion King 1 1/2. [Timon and Pumbaa are best pals and the unsung heroes of the African savanna. This prequel takes you back -- way back -- before Simba's adventure began. You'll find out all about Timon and Pumbaa (where they came from, how they met, etc.) and tag along as they search for the perfect home and attempt to raise a rambunctious lion cub. Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick and Ernie Sabella provide the voices in this entrancing musical tale. ~netflix] i guess it was all right. nothing new and original. they make it sound like it's an all new movie, but it's really not. it's like they just used the lion king's stuff and just added pumba and timon into the animation cels or something. kinda lame. but i love me some disney, so i'll give it 3 out of 5 stars, anyway. what? i'm biased.

• Living Goddess. [Filmed in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley, Ishbel Whitaker's documentary examines the lives of three girls thought to be reincarnated goddesses whose story unfolds amid the country's political and religious strife. Worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists alike, the three share a common divinity, but while Chanira and Preeti are sheltered from the outside world, Sajani's parents strive to create a normal life for their daughter. ~netflix] this netflix synopsis is totally misleading. first of all, i don't recall there being 3 goddesses. i only remember there being 2. if they did show a 3rd, they sure did her an injustice because i don't know who it's supposed to be. while the subject matter is fascinating, the execution was well... to be honest, not so good... the direction was kinda messed up. screwed with the flow of things. this could've been such an amazing documentary, but instead it just came across as just... ordinary and uninspired. 2 out of 5 stars. mostly for the poor execution.

Made. [In this comedic crime drama -- Jon Favreau's directorial debut -- aspiring pugilist Bobby (Favreau) and pal Ricky (Vince Vaughn) head to New York as representatives of Los Angeles mob boss Max (Peter Falk). Things aren't going well with Bobby's job, his boxing hopes or his girlfriend (Famke Janssen), and he hopes that helping out Max will fix it. But trouble hits when the two meet up with Ruiz (Sean Combs) and the gangsters of New York. ~netflix] it was all right. but vince vaughn's character? i have never wanted to punch a character in the face so many times. i used to like vince vaughn, but the older i get, the more he annoys me.

.:What Mia's Watching:.

Kipper: Kipper Helps Out. [Kipper, that agreeable dog with the sunny smile, learns some valuable life lessons in a series of six animated films in which he helps out various friends, both new and old. Episodes include "The Visitor," "Pig's Present," "The Butterfly," "The Bleepers," "Pig's Cousin" and "The Little Ghost," in which Kipper prevails over a fearsome haunted house. Great stuff for toddlers. ~netflix] it's a really gentle cartoon and very sweet. and mia and i really like it a lot. i would definitely recommend this for toddler viewing. 4 out of 5 stars. :)

The Wonder Pets! Save the Unicorn. [Linny the guinea pig, Ming-Ming Duckling and Turtle Tuck join forces to save a new crop of animals in distress in this family-friendly program that employs the fascinating technique of "photo-puppetry." In this collection of exciting rescue episodes, the Wonder Pets jump into a storybook to help a unicorn whose horn is lodged in a tree. Later, they head to the South Pole to save a baby penguin who's stranded on an ice floe. ~netflix] this has the episode Save the Penguin! yay! hehe. it's cute as usual. and mia loves the wonder pets... if she was rating it, she'd give it 5 stars, i'm sure. but she's not rating it, i am. hehe. and with the exception of the penguin episode, i'm only giving this one 3 stars.

.:What I'm Listening To:.

DJ Icey: Y4K. one of my early mother's day gifts! loved it. mia and i especially enjoyed our "dancey dance" time with it.

Supreme Beings of Leisure: 11i. SBL is music to chill out to. they've still got their trademark sound (which is a little like morcheeba) but this time around, it's a lot less trip-hop and a little slower. there are some tracks that i wasn't that fond of, but overall, it's a pretty good album. better than their second, but not as good as their first.

all my lists will have to be alphabetized. i just can't put them in an order...

.:BEST MOVIES:.
300
Futurama: Bender's Big Score
Grindhouse
Knocked Up
Paprika [technically out in 2006, but i think those were just film fest dates]
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
Superbad

.:Biggest Guilty Pleasures:.
DOA: Dead or Alive
Shoot 'Em Up

.:Biggest Disappointment:.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

.:Out in 2006, but I just had to mention them:.
Air Guitar Nation
Borat: Cultural Learnings of American for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Idiocracy
The Last King of Scotland
The Prestige

.:BEST TELEVISION:.
30 Rock
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Battlestar Galactica
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dexter
Doctor Who
LOST
The Office
South Park
The Tudors

.:BEST KIDS' TELEVISION:.
[and this is based on what dvds will give me enough time to take a shower or clean the house while my child sits saucer-eyed in front of the tv. hehe.]
The Backyardigans
Hello Kitty: Stump Village
Higglytown Heroes
The Koala Brothers
Wonder Pets!

.:Biggest Guilty Pleasures:.
Dirt
Survivor
Yamada Taro Monogatari

.:BEST MUSIC:.
Bjork: Volta
Blonde Redhead: 23
Crowded House: Time on Earth
Erasure: Light at the End of the World
Krafty Kuts: Fabriclive.34
LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver
M.I.A.: Kala
Nine Inch Nails: Year Zero
Radiohead: In Rainbows
White Stripes: Icky Thump

.:Honorable Mention:.
Air: Pocket Symphony
Daft Punk: Alive 2007
Duran Duran: Red Carpet Massacre
El-P: I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Stanton Warriors: The Remixes

.:BEST COMICS:.
Ex Machina [Brian K. Vaughan]
Fables [Bill Willingham]
Girls [The Luna Brothers]
Hatter M [Frank Beddor]
Jack of Fables [Bill Willingham]
Mouse Guard [David Petersen]
The Nightly News [Jonathan Hickman]
Runaways [Brian K. Vaughan]
Usagi Yojimbo [Stan Sakai]
Y: The Last Man [Brian K. Vaughan]

.:BEST VIDEO GAMES:.
[i'll be honest, i don't know what year these came out. but i had fun with them this year...]
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Brain Age 2
Cooking Mama
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
Picross and Illustlogic
Singstar 80s

and i have it on good authority that Call of Duty 4 is the game to be played, although i haven't even tried it...

.:What I'm Watching:.

Knocked Up. [A one-night stand results in an unexpected pregnancy for entertainment reporter Alison (Katherine Heigl) in Judd Apatow's romantic comedy. Determined to be a good mom and keep her career on track, Alison decides to try to make things work with the baby's father, slacker Ben (Seth Rogen). It's anything but smooth sailing as the odd couple gets acquainted, but Alison finds there's more to Ben than she originally thought. Paul Rudd also stars. ~netflix] it was pretty darn funny. we watched the unrated version. i think that was why we got to see the baby's head crowning. *shudder* i didn't even want to see my OWN baby's head crowning. i know it wasn't real, but it was still gross. hehe. i think judd apatow's amazing. lah-lah-love his work.

Tekkon Kinkreet. [Based on Taiyo Matsumoto's popular manga serial "Black and White," this surreal anime adventure follows two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggling to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. When a megacorporation threatens to tear down the town to build an amusement park, Black and White engage in the fight of their life. Directed by Michael Arias, this dazzling tale comes from the creators of Animatrix. ~netflix] really good. confusing at times, but isn't all anime confusing? hehe. we just got the manga yesterday. i know i should read it. but it's really thick and long. (that's what she said! heheh. sorry. couldn't resist that.) i just don't know if i'm going to have the time to read it. i even have LAST month's comics to read. i am behind!

Vacancy. [A young couple (Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson) stranded at an isolated hotel are shocked to find that their room is wired with video equipment -- but their anger turns to terror when they realize that they may become the star attractions in a snuff film. As the two struggle to escape, they find evidence that the murderous filmmakers have been producing these twisted movies for quite some time. Frank Whaley also stars. ~netflix] i don't watch much horror. so this movie kinda freaked me out. i guess in hindsight, it wasn't that scary, but while i was watching it, i was pretty scared. heh. also, it didn't help that i was alone because steve and the boys went to oktoberfest and i was alone.  heh. it kept me tense, but for not much payoff. i didn't DISLIKE it. i just didn't think it was great.

and i'm still watching:
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Doctor Who
Jekyll

and don't forget new TV:
Bionic Woman
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Desperate Housewives
Heroes
Prison Break (which i was going to give up after last season... but it somehow sucked me back in. even though it angers me! GAH!)
Robot Chicken
The Simpsons
South Park

i know there's more... but holy cow. addiction, thy name is television.

.:What I'm Watching:.

Avatar: The Last Airbender, Season 1. [With a crop of new friends, instant celebrity status and the ruthless Fire Nation on his tail, can a 12-year-old boy stay the course on saving the world? In the first book of the Avatar saga, siblings Katara and Sokka discover a mysterious boy named Aang who's been frozen in a block of ice. But the minute they thaw him out -- and the world learns he's the Avatar they've been waiting for -- his destiny takes a dizzying turn. ~netflix] so cute! i really liked it a lot. it's fun and funny. also, the little boy's voice is pablo's voice from the backyardigans. and i love that kid's voice. he's adorable. well, at least his voice is. the netflix description is much more boring than the show really is. hehe.

Dragon Heat. [Jaded lawman Kong Long (Sammo Hung) finds himself the reluctant leader of a ragtag Interpol squad out to capture vengeful terrorist Petros Angelo (Michael Biehn), whose group has kidnapped an infamous crime lord. A war of wills and a blood-drenched urban showdown ensue in director Dennis Lee's kinetic Hong Kong thriller featuring pop star Vanness Wu as a Taiwanese cop and Maggie Q as a sexy Chinese sniper. ~netflix] what.the.hell. i'm still SO confused. yes, i realize that hong kong movies don't typically make sense as far as the storyline goes, but... this one was just retarded. also, what's up with the "sharpshooters?" none of them could even connect. the worst snipers ever. it was just bad. almost bad enough to be good. but not quite. heh. ultimately, it just ended up annoying the crap outta me.

Doctor Who. [More than 15 years after "Doctor Who" went off the air, the venerable sci-fi series got a well-received 21st-century makeover, complete with younger actors, modern editing and CGI animation. In the revamped show's first season, the Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) meets his new sidekick, a department store clerk named Rose (British pop star Billie Piper); then, the duo travels to Victorian England to help a beleaguered Charles Dickens. ~netflix] i've only watched the first disc, but it was fun. i enjoyed it. the special effects are... pretty bad. heh. but it's definitely worth watching. :D also, you may recognize The Doctor as the guy in Heroes who can be invisible whenever he likes. yeah. that guy.

The Jungle Book 2. [It's time to go back to the jungle in this sequel to the animated classic based on Rudyard Kipling's beloved book of the same name. Mowgli (voiced by Haley Joel Osment) is a young man who's developed a crush on a girl named Shanti. But Mowgli misses his old life and, more important, his pals, and returns to the woods to find Baloo (John Goodman). But awaiting his homecoming is his old nemesis, Shere Khan (Tony Jay). ~netflix] so, this movie takes place after mowgli goes to the village. it was... just okay. i was a little disappointed, probably because i loved the first one so much.

TMNT. [Turtle power is back with a vengeance in this slickly animated adventure based on the popular comic books by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird and the live-action film by the same name. This time, New York City is teeming with trouble again, and it's up to Leonardo and the venerable Master Splinter to whip Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo back into shape. ~netflix] i've only watched a few of the tv show episodes and none of the movies, so it's not like i'm some kind of TMNT expert by any means. this was the newest one and i thought it was well done. but what the hell do i know?

Transmorphers. [Three hundred years ago, alien machines landed on Earth, wiping out civilization and driving mankind underground. Now, after three centuries of oppression, a small band of hardened resistance fighters leads the charge to the surface, where the final battle against the giant robots will decide the fate of the world. Amy Weber, Matthew Wolf, Eliza Swenson, Shaley Scott and Griff Furst star in this postapocalyptic techno-thriller. ~netflix] that was exceedingly bad. heh. acting? bad. dialogue? retarded. effects? terrible. but i guess if you're making a movie on a shoestring budget, it wasn't THAT bad. for a while, i turned the volume down so i wouldn't have to listen to the bad script, but then i ended up having to watch the actors "act" and that was even MORE painful. the general or whoever she was... the one who in the movie who has some facial features that resemble angelina jolie's? i think she watches too much porn. because whenever anything would happen, she'd have her mouth open and she'd be breathing all hard so that her chest was heaving. trust me. that is a LOT less hot than it sounds. it was just a bad movie. it brings to mind the matrix and battlestar galactica and starship troopers... and i'm sure about a hundred other sci-fi movies but... it's not as good as any of those. that's right. i said starship troopers was good. in a good b-movie sort of way. anyway, this movie just didn't make the grade. it was pretty painful. but i finished it! and i won't give it a 1-star rating on netflix. i'll give it two. only because i actually finished it. hehe. oh, being the superficial person that i am, i have to say that most of the cast was fairly easy on the eyes. but they weren't that hot. anyway, i think that being KINDA good looking was the ONLY requirement to getting a role in the movie. well, the main guy was all right. but the girls were all BAD. BAD. BAD. OH! and one more thing. don't be fooled by the title. it's really just to get people interested in the movie. okay. i'm done now. hehe. .... okay. wait. i'm not done. i was on imdb reading some of the threads that the director has participated in... he is kinda funny. but he's arrogant. he's got to be so frustrated with some of the dumbasses who just lambast him. i don't particularly agree with some of his political views, but i do agree with him when he says that it's a lot harder to become a director than someone might think. uhm. gosh. who knew that i would go off on this huge rant about this little flick???