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I just walked out of The Ex. That's an hour of my life that I'll never get back. Or, possibly, several of the most painfully unentertaining weeks of my life.
Was this thing intended to be a comedy? That's how it's billed, and it stars a number of gifted comedic actors. Who never, ever do anything that's even slightly funny.
The next couple episodes of Scrubs better be side-splittingly funny—Zach Braff owes me some laughter.
Oh! That makes me sad, Matt. I hoped I'd wanna see that one. I just saw Never On Sunday Now I want to grow up and be hot like Melina Mercouri, although I'm ambivalent about the...Companion thing.
Saw 28 Weeks Later. The first one was better, although this had both its shocking moments, and its wrenching ones.
Those five most watched lists make me want to see what the ffista's look like. Mine looks (something) like this:
1. The Princess Bride
2. Fight Club
3. The Blues Brothers
4. All That Jazz
5. Jesus Christ Superstar
p.s. I'm just caught up after being more than a month behind and I had some comments re: those effing Captivity billboards. I'm sure it is NO coincidence that they "appeared" while the film's producers were all at ShoWest. The whole thing is so obviously a ploy to drum up some controversy/publicity for a very bad flick. As much as I despise the MPAA (even worse after seeing This Film Is Not Yet Rated [which I found to be a mediocre documentary at best but still chock full of interesting information]) I will be pleased as punch if they withhold their rating and nobody ends up seeing the damn thing.
pps. Finally saw The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. I have to say this is the first time I enjoyed a movie BETTER than I remember enjoying the book. I've always thought of Tumnus as a prancing nancy type and James McAvoy's portrayal brought a humanity (faunity?) to the character that was lacking even when I read the book as a child. Of course it doesn't hurt that he's a major hottie. I bet the furries lurved this flick.
The Blues Brothers was one of those movies I went into late, but having heard a million obsessive things about it. Thing is, I went into it unannoyed. Came out unimpressed. No click for me.
The Princess Bride definitely tops my most watched list. Judging by how many times I've seen them, Terminator and Grease are up there too--but Grease I could die content without having seen again. Not all of those viewings were exactly my first choice.
I'm not sure how many times I've seen Running Scared, but I can't imagine tiring of seeing it. Love that flick. Adore. So it's on my "want to see again a lot" list.
I'm blanking on other movies, but I'm going to blame that on the pain meds. There are movies that come to mind as liked a lot, but say, The Crow I've only seen once. It's just in the same spot in my head as the excessive repeats. And I'm not eager to see it again, although I probably will.
Oh. Fuck. How am I forgetting the LotR trilogy? Much watched, and I need to shanghai a friend of mine and sit him down in front of the extended versions. So I could roll them all into one slot.
I'm not sure how many times I've seen Running Scared, but I can't imagine tiring of seeing it. Love that flick. Adore. So it's on my "want to see again a lot" list.
Oh no. He did not know the answer was ipswitch clams....
Yes, I adore Running Scared, too. And seen it way more times than I can count.
Oh no. He did not know the answer was ipswitch clams....
Sean beat me to it (although it's Ipswich, as in the town).
I've seen Ghostbusters so many times I've lost count.