Video Games and Rock N' Roll and Film
Last time Netflix came in we saw Barton Fink, which was supposed to be funny- but just came out to me and hubby as being odder than Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice. I think that was one of John Goodman's best performances. The part fit his personality quite well.. *snicker* I can't really say what I want without spoiling it, but it's a hoot and I loved how he played the character. Turturro came across as being too played down beside Goodman, I felt that all in all, I didn't really care what happened to him or motivated him. I was really dissapointed that he was the main focus.
We have the Quiet American waiting on us still.
The last batch of Netflix was Good Morning Vietnam, which I heartily enjoyed. War is really cruel and it didn't back away from that cold harsh reality- but that was definitely a movie rich with the personality and humanity that Robin Williams instills in a lot of his signiture early filmography. I can see why so many people can find common ground in the middle of no-where with ANY one of the hilarious ad libs that were spewed forth. God Bless you, Robin.
It was also a batch of Oliver Stone, we had Born on the Forth of July- which was really funny, but I hate people that waffle on their political standing and that unfortunately plays a really heavy role in the movie. To be expected around the heavy subject of the Vietnam war. I appreciated it for its humanity though, our tenacity and stupidity, as well as the glory. Aside from the politics, I liked it and thought Cruise did a great job with the character. He needs to lay off the crazy, and Katie Holmes.
Any Given Sunday, I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. I started off to compare it solely to Jerry Maguire, but it turned out to be a lot deeper and gritter and more personal than I could believe something with the label of 'guy football flick'. I gotta give my appreciation also for the months time since I've seen this film and I still get delightful shock value from myself of an eyeball on the playfield.
I almost forgot Van Wilder too. It had a lot more serious and heartfelt stuff than I thought it would offer. But then, I felt the same about American Pie & etc. That's not to say there aren't plenty of college type prankish humor. Dick & fart jokes y'know to be honest. I still liked it, expressed a lot of teh insecurities college and life in general have- and how crazily enough people will go out of their way to help you out sometimes.
Had Ice Storm, an Ang Lee film. All star cast before a lot of them became stars. From before Tobey did Spiderman or Holmes did Dawson's Creek.
My damn husband kept cracking me in the middle of the oddest moments with Frodo jokes. It was a really odd film, touching, but odd. Pieces of April odd, only without the breast cancer photos. But lots of the same love/hate/growing up/strife things that lots of movies have a hard time making come to film without being hokey.
And no, none of these movies were planned around the oddness of Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise, or the recent Oliver Stone law-run-ins. I don't think he did anyway...
I think those were the last movies we had come to us. Whew.
WE also tried to play Thief, but I was the only one to play past the second mission, in which I grew frustrated with the sluggish controls and the unrealistic manner that I couldn't slug an npc to death with a blackjack. Yet I could one shot with a broadheaded arrow most times, go figure. I just wasn't buying how blind the npc's were to my presence some times, and could find me so easily in others. Yes I was mindful of my noise and how much light I was in. Not a good port to the XBOX.
Grew similarly frustrated with Hitman 2, only the controls were much worse than Thief. I wasn't getting into it, and my husband grew frustrated with it far before I myself did. I find a lot more fun in Soul Calibur 2 and Unreal Tournament. Don't know why. *shrugs*
We also finally got an iTunes account, downloaded the new Staind single *can't find the stupid thing to link it*, Oasis (Part of a Queue), and one other song. I'll fill in that blank later. Need to get more songs before we burn them to disk. I love music!! Maybe we'll get some Dream Theater, he promised me some Lisa Loeb though! Very excited about the new Our Lady Peace album!!
We have the Quiet American waiting on us still.
The last batch of Netflix was Good Morning Vietnam, which I heartily enjoyed. War is really cruel and it didn't back away from that cold harsh reality- but that was definitely a movie rich with the personality and humanity that Robin Williams instills in a lot of his signiture early filmography. I can see why so many people can find common ground in the middle of no-where with ANY one of the hilarious ad libs that were spewed forth. God Bless you, Robin.
It was also a batch of Oliver Stone, we had Born on the Forth of July- which was really funny, but I hate people that waffle on their political standing and that unfortunately plays a really heavy role in the movie. To be expected around the heavy subject of the Vietnam war. I appreciated it for its humanity though, our tenacity and stupidity, as well as the glory. Aside from the politics, I liked it and thought Cruise did a great job with the character. He needs to lay off the crazy, and Katie Holmes.
Any Given Sunday, I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. I started off to compare it solely to Jerry Maguire, but it turned out to be a lot deeper and gritter and more personal than I could believe something with the label of 'guy football flick'. I gotta give my appreciation also for the months time since I've seen this film and I still get delightful shock value from myself of an eyeball on the playfield.
I almost forgot Van Wilder too. It had a lot more serious and heartfelt stuff than I thought it would offer. But then, I felt the same about American Pie & etc. That's not to say there aren't plenty of college type prankish humor. Dick & fart jokes y'know to be honest. I still liked it, expressed a lot of teh insecurities college and life in general have- and how crazily enough people will go out of their way to help you out sometimes.
Had Ice Storm, an Ang Lee film. All star cast before a lot of them became stars. From before Tobey did Spiderman or Holmes did Dawson's Creek.
My damn husband kept cracking me in the middle of the oddest moments with Frodo jokes. It was a really odd film, touching, but odd. Pieces of April odd, only without the breast cancer photos. But lots of the same love/hate/growing up/strife things that lots of movies have a hard time making come to film without being hokey.
And no, none of these movies were planned around the oddness of Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise, or the recent Oliver Stone law-run-ins. I don't think he did anyway...
I think those were the last movies we had come to us. Whew.
WE also tried to play Thief, but I was the only one to play past the second mission, in which I grew frustrated with the sluggish controls and the unrealistic manner that I couldn't slug an npc to death with a blackjack. Yet I could one shot with a broadheaded arrow most times, go figure. I just wasn't buying how blind the npc's were to my presence some times, and could find me so easily in others. Yes I was mindful of my noise and how much light I was in. Not a good port to the XBOX.
Grew similarly frustrated with Hitman 2, only the controls were much worse than Thief. I wasn't getting into it, and my husband grew frustrated with it far before I myself did. I find a lot more fun in Soul Calibur 2 and Unreal Tournament. Don't know why. *shrugs*
We also finally got an iTunes account, downloaded the new Staind single *can't find the stupid thing to link it*, Oasis (Part of a Queue), and one other song. I'll fill in that blank later. Need to get more songs before we burn them to disk. I love music!! Maybe we'll get some Dream Theater, he promised me some Lisa Loeb though! Very excited about the new Our Lady Peace album!!
posted by Razorhoney at 17:17
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