The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Corwood, a friend just recommended that book to me but when I asked what it was about he very cryptically said "I'm not going to tell you, you just have to read it knowing nothing about it". So I'm torn about getting it. Is it interesting in a "wow, that's good" way or in a "wow, I'm depressed" way.
In looking at Allieann's summer movie list, I realize that I've seen ads or trailers for many of them but they haven't stuck in my head. I've seen the Fantastic Four trailer at least twice, you'd think it would have at least registered. I'm sorta dreading Madagascar because Dreamworks is hit-and-miss with animation for me (loved Shrek I, so-so about Shrek II, hated Shark Tails). I had forgotten about Lords of Dogtown, filming of it caused tons of detours between home and work, causing me to be very late to work several days. I've seen the trailer and at least 4 ads for it in the last couple of weeks... my brain she is a marketing sieve!
Corwood, a friend just recommended that book to me but when I asked what it was about he very cryptically said "I'm not going to tell you, you just have to read it knowing nothing about it". So I'm torn about getting it. Is it interesting in a "wow, that's good" way or in a "wow, I'm depressed" way.
I don't think I would have presented it that way, but the plot is definitely confusing and hard to summarize. Here's my short review: [link]
Edit: oh, to answer your question: good, not depressing.
Star Wars: RotS as a case study in bad management. (Chicago Tribune reg req'd.)
I liked this:
[D]on't become the kind of boss who rules through fear, intimidation, secrecy and appeals to greed and arrogance.
Unless you're really good with a lightsaber.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith is the only trailer that made me want to go, so far. Seems there are fewer and fewer(Maybe because I'm so broke it seems like a committment, or maybe it's the kindness of Netflix.)
It is apparently accepted as Star Wars canon that the Rebel Alliance was in its beginning stages in Episode IV
Hmm. It's been a long long time since I was up on Star Wars canon, but during my heyday I knew an awful lot. I was pretty sure that Bail Organa was working on the Alliance for the vast majority of Leia's life, down to having her help him politically behind the scenes, preparing for the seemingly inevitable dissolution of the Senate, since she was less than ten years old.
Also, I thought the point of the Leia/Luke "feelings, really" and "I have no memory of my mother" was to point out that they had been separated before their mother died. Something which I'm gathering doesn't actually happen in Sith.
Not good V for Vendetta news.
Eh, he's just being cranky. He's mostly mad that Joel Silver used his name in promotions after Moore had expressly stated he wasn't to be associated with any movie adaptations. It's not like he's commenting on the script or rushes.
It made me wonder -- is it a straw breaking his back, or does he think this'll come out worse than his other stuff that was adapted?
My takes:
The Longest Yard - Pass
Madagascar - Might be good
Batman - Like we need another Batman movie
Bewitched - Looks lame
Cinderella Man - Ron Howard Films = Eww
Land of the Dead - Cool-looking
Herbie: Fully Loaded - Yuck
High Tension - Could be good, could be a generic horror movie
Honeymooners - Barf
Lords of Dogtown - Zzzzzzz
Mr. and Mrs. Smith - This one looks good
The Perfect Man (Hillary Duff vehicle) - More Vomit
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Looks cute
War of the Cruise - Spielberg's a good director, but this movie's so unnecessary
Bad News Bears - This didn't need to be remade either
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - I like Tim Burton too, but - yeah - unnecessary remake. Though I'm more likely to see this than War of the Worlds
Dark Water - Pass
The Devil's Rejects - Pass
Fantastic Four - Pass
The Island - Pass
Night Watch - This looks awesome from the trailer
Sky High (Disney) - Meh
Stealth - God, no!
Wedding Crashers - Owen Wilson stopped being funny quite a few years ago
Deuce Bigalow 2 - Yuck
Dukes of Hazzard - Maybe I'll watch this when it's on TV, so I can mute it.
Pink Panther - Yet another unnecessary remake, but I do like Steve Martin
Red Eye - This looks cool
Skeleton Key - Makes me wanna laugh in Kate Hudson's face
Valiant - Hmm. I haven't heard of this one before.
The 40 Year Old Virgin - I haven't heard much about this one, either. Probably pass.
The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl in 3-D - could be good, could be stupid
It made me wonder -- is it a straw breaking his back, or does he think this'll come out worse than his other stuff that was adapted?
I'm thinking more straw. Though he probably has no faith in anybody doing film adaptations of his work at this point. (Terry Gilliam should've done Watchmen as an HBO miniseries, I say.)
But I'm thinking V for Vendetta might be the work closest to his heart.
