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Goals for “vacation”

I’m on pseudo-vacation. The school where I work is on break from today until a week Thursday. I’m working on Monday morning, and Wednesday (all day). That leaves ten and a half days for me to do what I please. I’m making goals for this vacation, but they’re kind of lofty goals. Wanna suggest stuff? See people Visit my family1 Visit the Millers See Emily, tonight, post-Sadies, perhaps another time2 Visit Graeme and Heather3 Do some hangouts with Vince Concerts & Events See The Sadies, tonight Ron Sexsmith in-store The Weather Station at Holy Oak, FUCK that’s the second sedar night. Damn goyim. Go to at least one other show… Read More »Goals for “vacation”

Incendies

I want to say that Incendies was robbed at the Oscars, but the fact that I’ve seen none of the other “Foreign Language”1 films, I can’t judge well, however I must state how amazing and wonderful this film is. Denis Villeneuve is not a newbie to Franco-Canadian cinema, his previous films Maelström and Polytechnique have received huge praise, which I can easily pass on to the former. I’ve yet to see Polytechnique, but I’m looking forward to that. Incendies tells the story of two twenty-something twins who’s mother dies. During the reading of the will they discover her wish to have the son deliver a letter to his brother, and the… Read More »Incendies

Oscar 2011

This year, ten films are nominated for the award of Best Picture. I present to you in order of worst to best. 10. Winter’s Bone This film is the reason why the Academy Awards should not have been extended to ten films. Here we have a boring film about a girl wandering from house to house asking, “Have you seen my daddy?” 9. The Social Network Meh. It’s an okay film, but it’s surely not as AMAZING as everyone was saying it is. It’s an interesting tale, and it’s well filmed, and it’s well acted, but nothing in there is special. Worth watching at least. 8. 127 Hours I wrote… Read More »Oscar 2011

The Green Hornet

I didn’t even know that the Michel Gondry directed Green Hornet had already made it to theatres, let alone playing in rep cinemas. So I was happy for the opportunity to see the film on the cheap. I’m generally fond of Michel Gondry films, and Seth Rogen films, I was curious how the two would mix. I was pleasantly surprised. Gondry’s style works great for a superhero film, and the relationship between The Green Hornet and Kato was well constructed and fun to watch. Jay Chou and Seth Rogen were great in their roles, and even better were Christoph Waltz as the German baddy, and Edward James Olmos as the… Read More »The Green Hornet

127 Hours

I’ve given a link to my blog to two people today, and in both instances, felt the need to apologize for the lack of current content, and as such, I should actually write something here. We’re going to start with the backlog of film reviews. So, ladies, and gentlemen, boys and girls, it’s time to review… 127 Hours Alright, so this slightly annoying, dude1 goes out to the middle of nowhere, playing in this series of caves, and rocks, and shit, he falls, his arm is pinned between a rock, and the stone wall. He spends 127 hours alone, until he finally cuts his arm off and gets to freedom.… Read More »127 Hours

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Banksy’s film tells the story of Thierry Guetta, an immigrant in Los Angeles from France, who started filming graffiti artists, and with a push from Banksy emerged as an artist. I went into this film without any preconceived notions, I didn’t really know what to expect, hell, I thought it was a documentary on Banksy. The film was funny and interesting, and an absolutely fabulous watch. The story of all these graffiti artists who Guetta trailed with his camera, and his quest to finally meet the shy Banksy is intriguing, but it’s not until the last half hour of the film, where Guetta decides to become an artist himself, does… Read More »Exit Through the Gift Shop

Oh hi, Mark.

I went to see The Room on Friday night. I don’t really know how to describe this film. Let’s let a scene from the film help you out. It’s one of the worst films ever made. It’s hard to watch, but fortunately if you see this film in a theatre, you won’t hear much of the dialogue, as the audience is screaming at the screen, asking questions about continuity, or saying “Hi Danny,” whenever Danny walks into shot, throwing plastic spoons in the air whenever you see a framed photo of a spoon in the set decoration. Fortunately at key points in the film, there were a few people with… Read More »Oh hi, Mark.

Film Roundup

True Grit A young girl’s father dies, and she heads to the town to finalize his affairs, and hire a US Marshall to track down the murderer. While it seems that Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon are the stars of the film, within a few minutes of watching, you see that their only purpose is to support the real star Elizabeth Marvel who plays Mattie Ross, the young girl. Her performance is brilliant, and it’s quite the gripping film. While the Coen brothers can be hit or miss, this might be their best yet. In my mind their only competition is O Brother, Where Art Thou? See this as soon… Read More »Film Roundup

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

For a long time I’ve refrained from seeing the final instalment of the second Star Wars trilogy. I was under the impression that the only way the trilogy could redeem itself after the catastrophes that were The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones was if they did two things: Yoda is a Muppet again. Yoda says “Wocka wocka!” While I knew neither of these things would happen, I could pretend they did if I didn’t watch the film. I would hear others bandying about complimentary terms like “surprisingly good,” “not bad,” and “could be worse;” these compliments were said in vain. I think Revenge of the Sith can best… Read More »Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

How To Train Your Dragon

A tale of a Viking boy, who’s not quite the Viking-image his father wishes for him. While his village is filled with the strong, big warriors, he’s the weakling of the bunch. More clever than strong, Hiccup is the inventor of the group, but brute strength is what they believe to be the only way to conquer the invading dragons. Hiccup captures a dragon and learns from it. Eventually leading to the discovery that the dragons are enslaved by a mightier dragon, and that they only raid the village to get food for the King Dragon. The story leads to the obvious conclusion of the Humans deposing the King Dragon,… Read More »How To Train Your Dragon