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May 25, 2010Movies
1. Cinderella (1950)
2. Three Amigos (1986)
3. How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
4. Mystery Men (1999)
5. Kinky Boots (2005)
6. Magic Mike XXL (2015)
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February 5, 2010They were not made in 2009, but they made my year.
3. I Could Never Be Your Woman ( 2007)
I swear to God, I only watched this movie because David Mitchell has a cameo. It’s a fine cameo, but it’s a more than decent movie surrounding his bit part. In the best scene ever, Paul Rudd DANCES. He does not stop, he does not limit your enjoyment to one silly move. He COMMITS and he DANCES DAMMIT. The supporting cast is fun, doing a farce of a high school mini drama, the daughter says naughty grown-up things, and the least fun person in the movie in Michelle Pfeiffer. It is one of the few romcoms I think I’ll ever approve of. Well done, you fun stupid movie. [and then suddenly…]
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December 31, 2009This review contains spoilers, I guess.
I LOVEThe Last Crusade. It is one of the movies that you should not watch with me unless you love people saying lines right before they happen, and little “eeeee!!!” noises all through the hours. I am only annoying fangirl like that with Dead Poet’s Society and State and Main, but nothing is as bad. Examples of little girl explosions:
- “We’re turning around, they’re taking us back to Germany”
- Vintage dirt bikes with sidecars!
- World War II Tanks!
- X marks the spot!
- Nazis! (I have a theory all movies with Nazis are good, including Illinois Nazis)
- “The penitent man shall pass.”
- (not) dying off the cliff.
- The leap of faith.
I LOVE it, ok? [and then suddenly…]
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June 2, 2008Occupation: TSA employee who sits at security checkpoint exit making sure no one comes in that way.
When I finally got to PDX after waiting 3 hours after missing my 6am flight from SJC, these are the thoughts that came to me when I walked past that guy. [and then suddenly…]
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March 25, 2008So I walked with Bryan to the St. John’s Theater to see The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and it was raining. I had made previous comments about how I felt we were in a movie, and I decided that the rain would make more sense if we were in a romantic comedy. That isn’t possible, gender preference-wise, but it did make sense at the time.
The movie was good, I had heard about it for months from NPR Movie podcasts, it sounded fascinating from the beginning. The sewn eye was something I immediately looked away from, but the scene where his father calls him and neither can visit the other is heartbreaking in a terrible wonderful way. The alphabet is repetitive, but I had been told for months that it was amazing, so I did love it. [and then suddenly…]
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March 15, 2008