11 posts tagged “movie”

Lorelai and I went to see Kung Fu Panda and grabbed Chinese food after at Zao Noodle Bar.

Kung Fu Panda KICKED ASSSS!  First off, Kung Fu movies kick butt.  Quite literally and figuratively.  But this movie nailed it in the Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon sense.  There were some fight scenes that had me on the edge of my seat.  Fah real.  And it was funny.  Go see it.  It's a kids' movie you don't need to see with kids.

I went and saw this movie with Lorelai and a friend and her son last night. 

The movie was un-flipping-believable.  Now, granted, I don't read comics (but I'm going to!) and I don't know how true to the comic books the movie is, but that.movie.RAWKED!

Lorelai and I were giving each other high fives through the whole thing.  She loved it.

Now.

On a more Goldie level, Robert Downey Jr. was SO flipping HOT in this movie.  My love for him has gone on for some time now, but it was renewed post-Zodiac:

But.  Iron Man.  He's already good-looking.  But he was dirty and burly.  AND he was doing good by transforming to weapons-monger to super-hero-do-gooder-via-destroying-the-very-weapons-he-created?!

Three words, one universal meaning: I'd hit dat.

I'm really excited to see this movie!  Loud.  Explosions.  Will Smith.

In response and to correct any misunderstandings.  I'd actually wanted to post about my phone conversation with Kevin Wolf (don't hate, haters).  While this conversation did happen, most of the following is grossly taken out of proportion by yours truly.  The facts: I asked KWolf for advice on which movie to pick, he gave me great input (that I did not get frustrated at or deem over-analysis).  The rest?  Mostly me being silly.

It went like this:

Goldie (texting K.Wolf at 10:18 am): Should I watch 3:10 to Yuma or Assination of Jesse James?

K Wolf (calling 3 minutes later): Hi.  This convo is too complex to have by text.

Goldie: Ha!  Ok.

KWolf:  These two movies are both great Westerns, but you can't just compare them like that.  You have to view them separately.

Goldie:  Ok.  Well, I wasn't inquiring into which is the better Western.  I just moreso wanted to know which movie is better.

KWolf:  You say that, but you need to understand that these films are both great in different ways.  Yes.  They are both Westerns.  But you need to look at the bigger picture.

Goldie:  Well.  I mean, I know that.  I just kinda wanted to get your opinion cus you're one of the most cinematically-informed people I kinda know.

KWolf:  Yes.  I'm one of the most cinematically-informed people I know too. 

Goldie:  Ok.  Well, please, just help me figure out which movie I should watch. 

KWolf:  Don't pressure me, woman.  You're trying to squeeze blood out of a rock in comparing these two as Westerns alone, Goldie.  They.Are.Two.Different.Films.  Same genre?  Yes.  But you need to get over that.

Goldie:  But, I already said I underst--

KWolf:  If you're asking which movie has more coyotes howling at the moon, which has more covered wagons, which has more chaps, more ten-gallon hats, more dusty-shoot-offs, more spitoons, more saloons... I'm just not going to answer that for you.  You need to reach deep inside of yourself and find the truth - the truth is: these just both happen to be Westerns.  You can't ask which is the better Western.  I think you need to ask - which is the better movie.  Cus, they're different.  You can't rightly compare a salami sandwich on wheat and a peanut butter and jelly on wheat now, can you?  Same bread - DIFFERENT SANDWICHES.  I don't know why you don't get that.  I.  I don't even know why I called you.  This is a waste of time.  This is obviously going over your head.   

Goldie:  I.  Um.  I'm sorry?

KWolf:  Better had!  Now, go watch The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.  Because, - say it with me now - as a whole, it is the better of the two films that just so happen to both be Westerns. 

Goldie:  I said sorry.  I mean, I'm not quite sure why I'm sorry, but I just am.  

Goldie:  Kevin?  Are you there?  Did you hang up on me?

The end.   

If there's one thing I can rely on (aside from Lorelai's morning/evening fire-butt), it's that my cell phone will NOT ring unless it's Blockbuster (herein referred to as Ballbuster for their whack late-return-charge-your-credit-card policy) calling to ask for Grey's Anatomy, The Lives of Others and Deja Vu back. 

I mean, I guess it's better than my phone ringing off the hook (or at all)./feeling sorry for myself.

I just went and saw Bee Movie with Lorelai and Nyia.  It was funny.  It was a kids' movie.  This post isn't about our movie experience.

Bee Movie is computer-generated.  This does not mean Dreamworks is trying to be like Pixar.  That's like saying I <3 Lucy was trying to be like Lassie because they were both in black and white.  Grown people are getting all hyphy and claiming to have pwnt one another while arguing that Dreamworks sucks cuz it's trying to be like Pixar and it never, ever will and Shrek 3 sucked so hard and Dreamworks will never do anything like Toy Story.

I liked Shrek.  I liked Toy Story.  I didn't like Cars.  I didn't bother with Over the Hedge.  They can't all be hits, and sure: Pixar has a better track record, but in what other industry are production companies compared?  It can be done.  My dad's a movie buff and I'm sure he could wax philosophical and compare/contrast about different production companies in cinema history, but that's not the type of discussion that's going on on the imdb boards.

Oh.  And it's a FLIPPING KIDS' MOVIE.  Arguing over a kids' movie.  Sheesh.

I rented Zodiac this weekend.

It was long and pretty suspensful and I really dug it.  It took place in my home town and I totally knew the references/street names and such and I geeked.

However - there were SO many big stars in that movie.  I couldn't believe it.

Anyway, rent it.

M doesn't want to watch Shaun of the Dead.  I keep trying to convince him that he's bugging.  It's been months that I've been telling him to watch.

Anyway, he's coming over tonight.  Convo:

M: Do you want me to bring anything?

Goldie: I dunno.  Do you have any movies?

M:  I bought a bunch, but I don't think you'd like any of them.

Goldie: Surprise me.

M:  Oh.  We can watch that British zombie movie.  (grumble grumble)

Fin.

I don't know why, but he really doesn't want to watch it.  Whatever.  He's going to watch it tonight and he's going to love it.

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For some reason, Lorelai has been obsessed with zombies lately.  Fortunately, she's not scared of them, but she has so many questions:

Q: What are zombies?

• A: The undead.

• Q: Do zombies have hair?
• A: Yes.  It's kind of sparce thought.
• Q: Do zombies have bones?
• A: Yes.
• Q: Do zombies have brains?
• A: (no answer).  I don't know.  I mean, I know they go around looking for brains.  But, do they have them??

These are the same four questions she's been asking me for the past 2 weeks or so.  It must be because she's heard something about them in school. 

Anyway, how cool is my daughter cus she is into zombies?  SO COOL?

I'm gonna look for a kid-friendly zombie book.

 

I want to start this out by saying that I ordered my tickets on Fandango.  We knew we wanted to go and we knew we wanted to see a late show cus we were going to be at my brother's watching the fight.  I go to Fandango and select May 5.  There is a show at 10:something and 12:30 am.  12:30 am makes most sense cus the fight will end around 10 and we have to drive there and the line will be crazy, etc.  But is it 12:30 am on Saturday or 12:30 am on Sunday.  I thought about this, asked my parents, thought about it more for about 30 minutes.  I can't get the wrong show.  Why is Fandango trying to get me all messed up?!  I go to Fandango FAQs and that's the second question.  If it says the day and it's in the 12-1 AM hour, it is that actual day.  12:30 AM on Saturday is really 12:30 AM on Sunday. 

That said.

We saw Spiderman 3 at 12:30 on Sunday morning.  We got there about 1.5 hours early and it worked to our advantage cus there were hella people there.  We got the best seats all up in the middle of the IMAX theatre.  IMAX! 

I sat next to a couple and the convo went like this:

Lady: Are they going to give us the 3D glasses?

Goldie: No.  This isn't 3D.

Lady: Oh.  This isn't IMAX 3D?

Goldie: No.  It's regular IMAX.  It looks and sounds better than regular movies.

Lady: Oh.

Fin.  Poor lady. 

Anyway.  I realy liked the movie.  I don't get what people are ragging on it for.  It had great villains.  It sounded great.  I got all dizzy from the building-to-building jumps. 

I want to know why people hated it.  As we were walking out of the theatre, I overheard a clusterfuck of punk teens saying, "Uh.  That was SOOOO bad," but they didn't really give a reason.  I think it's cus they HEARD it was bad.  Why did they hate it?  Why do you hate it?

Cus I loved it. 

 28 Weeks Later. 

As the sequel of 28 Days Later, it has the potential of being fan-flipping-tastic. 

As a sequel, by the general definition of the word, it has the potential of being a flipping flop. 

I'm hoping the former is true.