Comments | dolphingirl: Until then, the balcony is closed.

dolphingirl

Until then, the balcony is closed.

Jan 05, 2010 03:03

I've been extremely remiss in posting about the books and movies I've read/seen lately. I did pretty well this past year with getting into reading books again and getting caught up on movies. I need to be better about posting about them, though, especially now that we've been watching Netflix movies every day ( Read more... )

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em_static January 5 2010, 14:55:41 UTC

And here I thought I was cool because we Netflixed Donnie Darko last week. :/

(A movie, by the way, I'm thoroughly convinced was written by someone traumatized by Watership Down as a child.)

I'm gonna check out The Orphanage though.

dolphingirl January 6 2010, 08:37:19 UTC

That's another one I took forever to get around to seeing. You get automatic cool points for life, though, for introducing me to Snatch (which is still one of my favorite movies, by the way!)

I think you might like The Orphanage.

em_static January 6 2010, 22:04:37 UTC

Haha. Thanks. Funny thing: The other night we were checking out movies to watch on Man's handy-dandy new PS3 and I whined and complained until "we" agreed on Snatch.

Is it funnier in Hi-Def? I say so. :P

steforama January 5 2010, 17:45:57 UTC

I also never recommend anything because people can be assholes and I hate when someone reads/watches something I like and then says it was terrible and anyone who liked it has no taste, or when I recommend it and later they're all "Thanks for wasting my time with that piece of crap."

I agree... It's like, dude, I'm not getting paid to recommend things to you, so can it.

dolphingirl January 6 2010, 08:36:28 UTC

I don't get it at all! So rude.

slytherin13 January 5 2010, 21:35:45 UTC

yeah, we bought The Orphanage! It's SO AMAZING!!! And creeeeeepy!! I loved it!

dolphingirl January 6 2010, 08:31:39 UTC

I really loved that movie. For about two days after, I kept expecting to see creepy little kids standing there, ha ha.

_boxinghelena January 6 2010, 02:32:13 UTC

I have The Orphanage. I had Let The Right One in for a time before I gave it to my sister because I liked it but not enough to watch it again. I loooved the book. I'll have to look into Joshua. I've never heard of it.

dolphingirl January 6 2010, 08:29:51 UTC

Joshua wasn't anything really fantastic, but as far as horror movies go, it was pretty decent. I've definitely seen much, much worse!

cosmosmariner January 6 2010, 04:44:12 UTC

Oh man. I miss Siskel and Ebert. Do you ever read Ebert's blog? Really, really intertaining.

Anyway.

Anything that Guillermo del Toro touches is brilliant. He made the underrated and incredibly amazing "Hellboy", which is also filled with small, beautiful touches that would be wasted in any other director's movies.

You gotta watch that Swedish vampire movie again with the subtitles. Always watch the movie with the subtitles. Even Rob, who hates to read and is mildly dyslexic, prefers the movie with subtitles over dubbing. Ever see "Life is Beautiful"? With the subtitles, it's a lovely film. With the English track, it's baffling. Same with "Der Blaue Engel." In German, it's erotic and unsettling. In English, it's annoying.

I must admit now that I'm a fan of foreign films. :p

dolphingirl January 6 2010, 08:28:46 UTC

I always watch the subtitled version, both because I'm a purist and because I'm a language nerd and I hope I'll pick something up. For some reason, this disc defaulted to the dubbed version and I didn't immediately see another option; I found out later it was under "special features" or something. I'll definitely have to watch it again the real way.

I love Hellboy! There was a lot in that movie I wasn't expecting. I also like all the cats :P There's a book he co-wrote that I want to check out.

I keep forgetting to read Ebert's blog. I miss Siskel and Ebert, too, and I tend to respect his reviews the most. I have Your Movie Sucks on my wish list.

cosmosmariner January 7 2010, 03:07:39 UTC

I have Your Movie Sucks. If you haven't actually read it, you can borrow it from me. I bought it not long after it came out. I also have I Hated Hated Hated This Movie, which is like my bad movie bible. I ALSO have a book of his "good" reviews, Alone in the Dark in hardcover.

I told Rob not too long ago that when Ebert finally kicks the bucket, I won't know who to trust to tell me if a movie is any good or not. I don't always agree with his reviews, but I know they are written by someone who loves movies as much as I do.

We just picked up "Hellboy" on BluRay. Awesome!