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Movies I saw on the planes:
Clash of the Titans. OH MY GOD WHAT AN ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS PIECE OF SHITE!!!!!! And despite doctoring the trailers to make it look like a shot for shot remake, it bore almost no resemblance at all to the original.
Book of Eli -- I liked it a lot. Good performances all around, and I thought a really awesome story.
Edge of Darkness -- Also really liked it a lot, even though I was expecting not to because Crazy Mel.
P-C, what were the boring parts of Let the RIght One In to you?
I can see people thinking the two trips Oskar makes to his father's being boring. But after reading the book I see all the stuff with Oskar's father being in the movie to show why Oskar went back to Eli after he finds out Eli's a vampire.
My favorite parts of the movie are all the scenes of Oskar and Eli together That's some amazing child acting there. It's almost like it's two movies - the vampire stuff and the Oskar/Eli stuff, until the two plot-lines come together towards the end.
P-C, what were the boring parts of Let the RIght One In to you?
Everything but the actual vampire attacks, I think. I was really tired and sleepy, and it was hard to pay attention. I know the Oskar/Eli stuff was interesting at points, though. And disturbing and confusing.
Despite an onslaught of scathing reviews, casting backlash and negative publicity, M. Night Shyamalan's "Airbender" grossed a respectable $16.4-million Thursday at the domestic box office -- the fifth-biggest Thursday opening ever.
Crap. Looks like Night'll be getting more studio funding.
CJ and I are heading out to see The Last Airbender with a bunch of ninjas from the dojo. Looks like I'm going to go into it with low expectations, like I did for Eclipse.
I'm watching Avatar: The Last Airbender on the Roku box (Netflix) and I just pumped my hand in the air and shouted: "I want a flying bison!"
I am definitely going to skip the movie.
Crap. Looks like Night'll be getting more studio funding.
Plus a hearty round of "movie criticism doesn't matter".
Though I bet the receipts (I wanted to say BO, except I don't think the stench is coming off of this one anytime soon) drop off precipitously by next weekend.
I'm watching Avatar: The Last Airbender on the Roku box
How appropriate.
Btw, Raq, your name came up this morning.
Emmett came out into the living room playing with the letter opener/dagger you sent him.
Matilda asked what it was and he explained, but he didn't remember who gave it to him.
"That's from Raq," I said. "Her husband's a diplomat and she got that in Greece. Or maybe Turkey."
"Really? That's badass!"
I went in with low expectations. And I was disappointed. CJ enjoyed it.
Now we are home and watching Precious.