The commercials have actually made me want to see it. I don't expect it to be *good,* per se, but it looks entertaining.

Anybody seen The Vampire's Assistant ? I'm intrigued because I think John C Riley could really chew the scenery....

I want to see it, but I refuse to until I get a report from someone who has. Not to find out if it's *good*, but to find out if the plot point of the GIANT PSYCHIC TELEPATHIC SPIDER is absent from the movie. That's why I didn't read the books.

I paged through Jake's copy of the first book, and it looks like they changed the tone quite a bit for the movie -- made it campier and funnier. No idea about what Jilli said, though.

I had started reading the first book, and I get the idea that I would have found the series a lot of fun, if it weren't for that thing I mentioned.

It came off too young for me to enjoy, but yeah, I can see where it would not be your thing thanks to ... that thing.

Saw District 9 yesterday. What an amazing movie. A few people walked out, but I'm not surprised in this town. They probably saw the name Peter Jackson and weren't expecting something so grim. The scene where they made Wikus test the weapons was harrowing.

I'm on a Tim Roth kick and only sort of watched Reservoir Dogs, because I mostly despise Tarantino. What a beautiful love story...

Am watching Skellig now, and... how refreshing! Not awesome, not great, but between how unformulaic the dynamics of the family and friends are (well, up until bff goes all commando and the fight and argument becomes rather adult) and the sense of humour, me likey. Also, I might be getting a wee sniff of nostalgia for Jim Henson's The Storyteller whenever I see the wings.

I saw Where the Wild Things Are and...don't think I "got" it. It was interesting to watch and sad at times, and the monsters were done really well, both the animatronics and the voices, but the movie didn't really do a whole lot for me otherwise. I found myself distracted through most of it.

I finally saw Crank 2. It lags a little in the last third, but when a movie ends with a flaming Jason Statham giving the audience the finger, I'm willing to overlook any other flaws. Actually, I was ready to overlook just about anything after the Godzilla fight.

The Crank movies are so much more grindhouse than Grindhouse was. Bless their hearts.

Mom and I saw Julie & Julia on Saturday at the discount theather. Good film, and the Julie section of the story was better than I thought it'd be--it got a lot of laughs from the audience, and Amy Adams was really fun to watch in the role.

Meryl Streep was, of course, amazing as Julia Child, and Stanley Tucci was terrific as Paul. I so believed them as their characters that I got a bit uncomfortable when they were getting it on, because at first, thinking of Julia Child having sex is sort of like thinking of one's grandparents having sex, just an "I don't want to imagine that!!" reaction. Then it became just a wonderful relationship to observe, so loving and supportive.

Jane Lynch was absolutely perfect as her sister!! Hilarious performance. I'll have to go to IMDB and look up who played Erma Rombauer, because she was really familiar but I'm having a hard time placing her.

I might end up getting the dvd for this, especially if they have some good extras on it.