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[trinityvixen]

I was upstate. Yes, I TiVo'd more movies, mother and I watched them. (And I'll probably head back up there again soon to finish the ones I haven't done yet. I need not to sleep or something to get through all of them.)

Lucky Number Slevin: Great dialogue and fun story does not mean I forgive this movie for making me hot for Josh Hartnett (wtf!).

Shooter: They could have made the full version of the fake trailer for Machete; they made the exact same movie with Mark Wahlberg instead.
(Bonus review! feiran was in the room the entire time for Shooter. I started to talk about the upcoming film version of Max Payne and how I think Mark Wahlberg will be good in it. feiran: "Who's Mark Wahlberg?")

Next: This is why you should never care about anything if you have superpowers, banging Jessica Biel notwithstanding.

John Carpenter's Village of the Damned: I'm sorry, but crazy homicidal alien psycho children aren't half as scary as Mark Hamill, Priest.

The Rules of Attraction: Dawson got it on with Boone; Jessica Biel will never be associated with 7th Heaven again; and not even hinting about Patrick Bateman could save this movie.

The Number 23: I thought it was a joke. It wasn't.
(Okay, that's two sentences.)

I missed getting to see The Invasion and Smokin' Aces because I accidentally TiVo'd them from the Spanish-language channel. Next time, Gadget! Oh, and The Faculty? Still fabulous.

Comments

[kent-allard-jr.livejournal.com]

feiran's comment reminds me of my late grandmother, a tiny woman (a shade under 5' tall) who would fall asleep at odd moments. She joined us to watch Raiders of the Lost Ark, spent 90 minutes slipping in and out of consciousness, and then, during a climatic battle scene, finally said something about the movie. "Oh, I get it now. Indiana Jones is the good guy!"

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Her defense is that she wasn't watching the movie. I tease, but it's a fair point in that she's the only one I know who can literally osmose none of what's playing around her when she reads. I wish I were so skilled.