The latest trend of woman-with-an-attitude movies is quite interesting. If you’ve seen the previews for Coyote Ugly, Bring It On and Love and Sex, you’ll know what I mean. Although I haven’t had the pleasure of seeing Bring It On, yet, I’ve seen the other two and they were less about sex than the preview hinted. Actually the entire plot of Coyote Ugly was skipped in the preview. Do you think that says something about what moviemakers think attracts a viewer to a movie?
Oh and let’s not forget about Whipped, opening this weekend.
Quite a selection we’ve got.
Last night, we watched Cider House Rules. As a huge fan of John Irving, I was not really sure why I put off watching this movie as long as I have, but last night the reason became clear. The movie, as always, wasn’t nearly as good as the book. I know Irving wrote the screenplay and it is much more similar to the book than Simon Birch was to A Prayer for Owen Meany, but still it’s nowhere near the real thing. I love Irving’s style of telling a story and how attached to his characters the reader gets. Cider House Rules is a particularly long and involved story and the beauty of the story on paper didn’t, for me, translate to the movie. I guess I just shouldn’t watch movies of books I loved.
We also watched BASEketball which I don’t really think should qualify as a movie.
Happy Birthday Cheryl!
I read this article about Famke Janssen in the New York Times a week ago and decided to keep an eye on the movie. Last night, I finally got to see Love and Sex and have mixed feelings about it. While I agree with NYT that Famke acted well and certainly shined in the movie, I also agree with the comments which point out that this movie wasn’t exceptionally original. It seems this Times review agrees with me about the movie being kinda cute and recognizable. You can also read the article on women and sex, a subject more and more explored in today’s movies. If you’re a fan of the Bond lady, this is a neat movie to see, as long as you aren’t striving for extreme originality.
In other, really bad, news, Zapata corp decided to focus away from word.com. As a fan of word, I find this news quite terrible.
Right now, we’re watching The Big Lebowski for the second time and, I must tell you, this move is awesome. My favorite line is: “Lebowski? Dude, that’s your name!” You really must see it.
Watching the Fox Choice Teen Awards last night, I realized that I can’t tell the difference between the members and songs of In Sync, 98degrees and Backstreet Boys. I wonder if that’s a sign that I’m not a teenage anymore. That’s what I get for watching Television when I should be reading I suppose. The thing is, I can differentiate between Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears, so maybe it’s not me. Oh well.
I’ve seen the Monster ad about kids telling they want loser jobs many times before but each time I smile and enjoy it over again. That, to me, is the real power of an ad. Most quirky ads are interesting the first time around but as repeated they get annoying. If it has lasting power, then the company did a good job.
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monthly projects from previous years
some of my previous projects
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