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Speaking of David Bowie, just got Labyrinth in the mail, courtesy of an amazon.com gift certificate. I forgot i ordered it until it got here, a very nice surprise.
It came with Season 1 of the Gilmore Girls, the latest book in the Gossip Girl series, and a book (hardcover, oddly) called "The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things." I suspect I may have been drunk when placing this order, but that's okay. A nice mix.
Not very many sexy female vampires, tho. Gotta give that one to Catherine Denueve.
Unless you watch a lot of trashy Euro-horror movies. Then? There are tons of them.
I saw The Island tonight.
Ewan and Scarlett and Sean and Djimon are very pretty.
I am very glad I saw it for free.
Unless you watch a lot of trashy Euro-horror movies. Then? There are tons of them.
Blood and Roses...
Daughters of Darkness...
I am very glad I saw it for free.
Did Michael Bay blow shit up? I like it when they blow shit up.
Yeah, shit was blown up. And then more shit was blown up. And then, oh, some shit? Blown up.
Lather. Rinse. Explode.
I don't think I've ever been so bored by a chase scene in my life. (Note: roughly 85% of this movie is chase scene.)
Ewan has one extremely adorable scene. But it was not worth $10.
I saw The Island tonight.
Ewan and Scarlett and Sean and Djimon are very pretty.
I am very glad I saw it for free.
Sigh. I knew this was coming ever since I read this line in the EW feature this week:
Then Scarlett Johansson read the Tredwell-Owen version of the script, loved it, and agreed to do the movie without even meeting Bay. ''I had just come back from London,'' says Johansson, who became the first person in history to go straight from working with Woody Allen to working with Michael Bay. ''I went into Michael's office in Santa Monica and he said, 'Hi! I'm Michael. We're working together! I want you to know that we made a couple of character changes. You're not pregnant, you never meet your clone, and your name is changed from Esther to Jordan.' I was, 'Oh! Ooookkkayyy.'
The fact that the original script was apparently very dark, edgy, different, and interesting was mentioned several times. Also, the fact that Michael Bay completely changed it. After firing the original screenwriters. My guess? They didn't want to screw up their baby with too many explosions and a super-long chase scene.
Come on! Ewan! Scarlett! Djimon! Clones! This could've been one of the most interesting sci-fi movies of the last few years, perhaps, given proper handling! So why give it to Michael Bay, Mr. Spielberg? Why?
Unless you watch a lot of trashy Euro-horror movies. Then? There are tons of them.
Are any of them sexier than Catherine Denueve?
Dude, is anything? Really?
I am very glad I saw it for free.
I'm sad. But I can't say I'm surprised by Michael Bay.