The Dark is Rising

I had to watch this because of Sean.

Last year Sean drug Jason to the movies to see this craptacular piece of film because Jonathan Jackson was it in. That's him in the upper left hand corner of the movie poster.

You would actually think he was in this movie because he's on the poster, but he's not. Jason had to sit through hours of poorly written dialog, b movie special effects, and boring plot points for nothing.

This was the worst movie I've seen in years and I happen to enjoy really bad movies. This wasn't enjoyable. Christopher Eccleston wasn't even enjoyable. I sincerely hope the book was better than this "movie".

You know if you're going to make a movie that's going to compete with the Harry Potter franchise, it should be original and mildly interesting. Not everyone has the same budget as the HP movies but the special effects were just poor for something coming out this century.

This movie was just bad. No one should see it.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

I really can't stand Brad Pitt and I don't want to voluntarily give money to anyone who's name ends in Affleck, but this movie was just superb. Superb acting, beautiful shots, and just brutal violence.

It does have a slow pace at times so if you're trying to stay up past your bedtime to finish it, you just may very well nod off a few times. But I did want to finish it.

Basically it's about the last days of Jesse James, who shares my birthday, btw. At this point in his life, he's paranoid and worn from the years of leading a brutal life. Brad Pitt is good and a little frightening at times when he loses control. I am thankful that we have a violent media to desensitize us now.

Casey Affleck is just amazing as Robert Ford, who has his own personality disorders. He is just plain creepy. He should get an oscar for being creepy. And they do show the aftermath of the shooting on Bob and his own brutal murder.

The whole movie leads up to the moment when Bob shoots and kills Jesse. It does it well. I found myself holding my breath through the last five minutes.

Ok, so it brings up lots of questions like the portray of celebrities in the media and how a killer could possibly be portrayed as a saint. And did Jesse know about the plot to kill him and did he let it happen?

Cloverfield

It's taken me awhile to get back to this, but I absolutely loved Cloverfield. (Clovey is above. Isn't he a cutie? Rar!)

The shakey camera work did make me a little ill afterwards and my inner ear was very unforgiving. However, I don't recall the last movie that gave me an "oh, shit" moment as I cowered in my seat...maybe Aliens 4. And it wasn't scary like having to sleep with the lights on for two weeks after watching the Exorcist for the first time. I am really now a coward.

The absolutely best thing about this movie was that it was pretty much just the monster attacking New York. There was very little back story featured in the movie - you can find it online though. And you know, after sitting through the pain that was the Transformers Movie, I was just fine with that.

I also liked Hud who was filming. He made me giggle quite a few times and alas he is now just under three feet tall according to his myspace page.

'What is that?'
'It's a terrible thing.'

Rudy on Alien Attack

Let's go ahead and start bowing down to our alien masters if Rudy is elected.

We still need to know his policy on Zombies - fast and slow, and giant monsters.

Oh, really...

Harry Potter Personality Quiz by Pirate Monkeys Inc.

Tin Man

I like Zooey Deschanel. I like Alan Cumming. And now I really like Neal McDonough. I really never got into the whole Oz world but its sounded like an interesting concept.

But overall Tin Man was disappointing. There were some parts that kept me interested but I got bored...a lot. Especially during the young GeeDee, young Az scenes.

The characters were good. The actors were fine. I think it was just the writing. At one point GeeDee is crying after witnessing the events that led to Glitch/Ambroise losing his brain. When my reaction was, so what? I'm not really attached to any character.

If they do turn this into a series - which at this point, I don' think the story is strong enough to hold up a series - they really need to bring in someone in who can do more than just retell facts and add some emotion.

What Jen Wants for Xmas

(Sorry, Marissa, this is only xmas picture I have on my computer.)

• Laptop
• Another hard drive
• That brownie pan that only makes edges
• Cookie sheets
• Vacation - anywhere
• Larger Mp3 player or maybe one that I don't have to keep plugged in all the time.
• Larger computer monitor
• Wii and all the games I want
• New chucks or docs
• Playmobile Rome set and I'll share!
• The new Harry Potter or Potc or Futurama
• Season 4 being the last season for David Tennant as the Doctor
• A U.S. NIN Tour - It's been more than a year, buddy.
• A new xmas tree because the 41/2 foot "Montana pine" that I bought 10 years ago at a yard sale for $5 now has a permanent lean.
• A new tree skirt. The uber cheap felt one I have has become ratty.

Yeah I suck. But you keep asking me.