Holiday movie season is full throttle!!!
To recap November, I did pretty well for myself. I purchased Gilmore Girls season 7 and Hairspray (I passed on Waitress, but will buy it eventually). I saw August Rush in the theaters and generally really liked it, although I acknowledge the unbelievability and it's teetering on the edge of cloying sweetness.
I wholeheartedly look forward to this December and all the movie goodies it brings! (quickly searches on various movie data-bases to recheck facts and avoid false premiere dates . . . not that I've ever done that . . . )
December 2 - Tin Man (3-part mini-series on Sci-Fi; wow that's a lot of hyphens!!) - I watched part 1 on Sunday, and while it was interesting and intriguing, I am not 100% hooked. I like the premise and I love the look of it, but some of the "effects" and fight sequences were a little hokey, and the dialogue was less than stellar. I'll watch the next two parts, as all the good TV is going off the air shortly . . . stupid ANTPT!!
December 4 - Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End - I liked this much better than the second one, but I think I am going to wait until the price goes down (I know, all this "waiting" is unlike me, I normally buy DVDs compulsively, but I am trying to be more frugal as I am trying to save to buy a condo in the spring . . . more about that later).
December 5 - Juno - I really hope I get to see this before it leaves the theaters, it looks amazing. I love Ellen Paige's dry delivery style in the previews and Michael Cera can do no wrong (especially 'cause he was on an episode of Veronica Mars!).
December 7 - The Golden Compass - At last!!! I am going on Friday and I can't wait! Even as the lukewarm reviews trickle in, I refuse to let them hinder my excitement. BUT, if I hear one more person try to dissuade me from going because Philip Pullman is an atheist and in the movie two kids kill God, I swear I cannot be held accountable for my actions. To set the record straight, yes, the books may be somewhat atheistic in nature, but who cares? I get emails telling me to boycott the movie, and that makes me angry. God forbid anyone publish a view different than your own. Oh yeah, and nobody kills God. Read the books and find out for yourself instead of passing around small-minded emails. Oh, and as a side-note, how does an atheist kill God anyway? I thought God didn't exist?
Forgive my little rant . . . it's just something that keeps coming up and making me angry. Back to our regularly scheduled program . . .
December 7 - Atonement - It could be good, or spectacularly bad. I would try to see this in the theaters, but realistically I don't think I will be able to make it, since there are SO many good movies coming out.
December 11 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD - Can't wait! This will be a day-of purchase!
December 11 - The Bourne Supremacy DVD - Again, I will probably show great restraint and not purchase this one . . . although seeing it next to Harry Potter will be tough . . . I just have to think of my condo . . .
December 14 - The Kite Runner - It keeps getting pushed back, and now it's only a limited release, with no nationwide release planned yet? That's a little troublesome. But, currently, Marc Forster is on my list (a good list, I really like him as a director). I've recently come to be interested in specific directors, and he is definitely one to pay attention to, I think.
December 18 - The Simpsons Movie DVD - Oh hell yeah, that's a keeper!
December 18 - Stardust DVD - Yup, there will be no restraint on this day, condo be damned!
December 21 - SWEENEY TODD!! - It gets all caps and exclamation points. I'm that excited. Opening night, here I come!! And this made me even more excited.
December 21 - National Secrets: Book of Treasures - My coworker can't wait to see this, I might wait until January, possibly even for DVD. I'm gonna miss me some Sean Bean.
Happy movie watching!
To recap November, I did pretty well for myself. I purchased Gilmore Girls season 7 and Hairspray (I passed on Waitress, but will buy it eventually). I saw August Rush in the theaters and generally really liked it, although I acknowledge the unbelievability and it's teetering on the edge of cloying sweetness.
I wholeheartedly look forward to this December and all the movie goodies it brings! (quickly searches on various movie data-bases to recheck facts and avoid false premiere dates . . . not that I've ever done that . . . )
December 2 - Tin Man (3-part mini-series on Sci-Fi; wow that's a lot of hyphens!!) - I watched part 1 on Sunday, and while it was interesting and intriguing, I am not 100% hooked. I like the premise and I love the look of it, but some of the "effects" and fight sequences were a little hokey, and the dialogue was less than stellar. I'll watch the next two parts, as all the good TV is going off the air shortly . . . stupid ANTPT!!
December 4 - Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End - I liked this much better than the second one, but I think I am going to wait until the price goes down (I know, all this "waiting" is unlike me, I normally buy DVDs compulsively, but I am trying to be more frugal as I am trying to save to buy a condo in the spring . . . more about that later).
December 5 - Juno - I really hope I get to see this before it leaves the theaters, it looks amazing. I love Ellen Paige's dry delivery style in the previews and Michael Cera can do no wrong (especially 'cause he was on an episode of Veronica Mars!).
December 7 - The Golden Compass - At last!!! I am going on Friday and I can't wait! Even as the lukewarm reviews trickle in, I refuse to let them hinder my excitement. BUT, if I hear one more person try to dissuade me from going because Philip Pullman is an atheist and in the movie two kids kill God, I swear I cannot be held accountable for my actions. To set the record straight, yes, the books may be somewhat atheistic in nature, but who cares? I get emails telling me to boycott the movie, and that makes me angry. God forbid anyone publish a view different than your own. Oh yeah, and nobody kills God. Read the books and find out for yourself instead of passing around small-minded emails. Oh, and as a side-note, how does an atheist kill God anyway? I thought God didn't exist?
Forgive my little rant . . . it's just something that keeps coming up and making me angry. Back to our regularly scheduled program . . .
December 7 - Atonement - It could be good, or spectacularly bad. I would try to see this in the theaters, but realistically I don't think I will be able to make it, since there are SO many good movies coming out.
December 11 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD - Can't wait! This will be a day-of purchase!
December 11 - The Bourne Supremacy DVD - Again, I will probably show great restraint and not purchase this one . . . although seeing it next to Harry Potter will be tough . . . I just have to think of my condo . . .
December 14 - The Kite Runner - It keeps getting pushed back, and now it's only a limited release, with no nationwide release planned yet? That's a little troublesome. But, currently, Marc Forster is on my list (a good list, I really like him as a director). I've recently come to be interested in specific directors, and he is definitely one to pay attention to, I think.
December 18 - The Simpsons Movie DVD - Oh hell yeah, that's a keeper!
December 18 - Stardust DVD - Yup, there will be no restraint on this day, condo be damned!
December 21 - SWEENEY TODD!! - It gets all caps and exclamation points. I'm that excited. Opening night, here I come!! And this made me even more excited.
December 21 - National Secrets: Book of Treasures - My coworker can't wait to see this, I might wait until January, possibly even for DVD. I'm gonna miss me some Sean Bean.
Happy movie watching!
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