Holiday
About to escape for a few days from my day job. Sadly, I'll be back in the office on Tuesday morning. Nevertheless, I'm hoping to catch "The Good Shepherd," "The Pursuit of Happyness" and "Dreamgirls" this long weekend.
There are still way too many films to see, including "Letters from Iwo Jima," "Little Children," "Volver" and "The Last King of Scotland." I can understand not getting a shot at "Letters" but the fact that "Little Children," "Volver" and "The Last King of Scotland" haven't screened here, much less made it to theatres is a crying shame. I'm also annoyed that LR isn't getting "Children of Men" on the 25th. Kenneth Turan (LA Times) and Dana Stevens (Slate) both had excellent things to say about it. Imdb.com reported that it opened nationwide, which I'm beginning to understand means "everywhere but Arkansas." My interest in "The Good German" has faded considerably, which is a bit of a bummer. It was supposed to open "nationwide" on the 25th as well. C'est la vie.
Not much else happening for me. Netflix' slow ass didn't get any of my shipments out before the weekend so I'll have to trot up to the video store and track down "The Proposition," "Heading South" and "Water," which are what I expected to have this weekend. The end of the year is always a rush, but why? Perhaps I should chill a bit.
Still engaged in Richard Ford's "The Lay of the Land." Beautiful book that I have not been able to spend much time with (yep, ending sentences with prepositions today). Perhaps that too will change this weekend.
I'll blog throughout the weekend. P. Martin hinted that his top 10 may appear in the Dem Gaz on the 24th which should provide for some interesting commentary. Other Top 10's will trickle in, I expect.
Oh, and it's Christmas. I did get the memo.
Joy and Peace.
There are still way too many films to see, including "Letters from Iwo Jima," "Little Children," "Volver" and "The Last King of Scotland." I can understand not getting a shot at "Letters" but the fact that "Little Children," "Volver" and "The Last King of Scotland" haven't screened here, much less made it to theatres is a crying shame. I'm also annoyed that LR isn't getting "Children of Men" on the 25th. Kenneth Turan (LA Times) and Dana Stevens (Slate) both had excellent things to say about it. Imdb.com reported that it opened nationwide, which I'm beginning to understand means "everywhere but Arkansas." My interest in "The Good German" has faded considerably, which is a bit of a bummer. It was supposed to open "nationwide" on the 25th as well. C'est la vie.
Not much else happening for me. Netflix' slow ass didn't get any of my shipments out before the weekend so I'll have to trot up to the video store and track down "The Proposition," "Heading South" and "Water," which are what I expected to have this weekend. The end of the year is always a rush, but why? Perhaps I should chill a bit.
Still engaged in Richard Ford's "The Lay of the Land." Beautiful book that I have not been able to spend much time with (yep, ending sentences with prepositions today). Perhaps that too will change this weekend.
I'll blog throughout the weekend. P. Martin hinted that his top 10 may appear in the Dem Gaz on the 24th which should provide for some interesting commentary. Other Top 10's will trickle in, I expect.
Oh, and it's Christmas. I did get the memo.
Joy and Peace.
Comments
I agree that there are still A LOT of movies to see. I've been stuck in DC until today, so in order to console myself I decided to get caught up and saw 6 movies over the last few days. They included The Queen, Volver, The Last King of Scotland, Bobby, The Departed, and Babel. I'll focus on the ones that haven't come here yet.
Volver was very nice. Great acting (but I've loved Penelope Cruz since Woman On Top). Nice story. A little soap opera-y. But I really liked it. Very Endearing. The Last King of Scotland blew me away. I mean from the first few minutes to the end, I was totally enthralled. It was a great story with really great directing and music and acting. Forrest Whitaker surely will get the oscar. That was such a hard role and he did it so well. I think Jack Nicholson probably deserves an oscar too but not as much as Whitaker. I'm pretty sure this will be my favorite of the year. I liked The Queen a lot too though. Well, I really liked them all to be honest. However, Babel is considerably below the others. And the other people in my theatre were very vocal about their dislike of the movie after it was over.
I have to go back after the New Year and am looking forward to Dreamgirls, Children of Men, The Painted Veil, Pan's Labyrinth, Notes on a Scandal, and Perfume. I'm just not sure how I'm going to fit them all in!
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December 25, 2006 12:16 AM