today's a no school day, it's decided

i just wish amelie hastie didn't almost always take role and that i hadn't been late to class twice already

i was really trying to psych myself up to go to coachella this year but the lineup was released and i have an unprecedented lack of interest in the headliners. great jack johnson and one member of a good band heres my four hundred dollars

our big dying fish is no longer a big dying fish.

i'd like to brag that my gamer score is not a multiple of five

here be an ordered list of films i watched during my ten days in burbank, in descending jake approval. a space indicates a big quality gap

1) there will be blood

2) the savages

3) atonement
4) walk hard
5) juno

6) dan in real life
7) margot at the wedding

i'm not there, which i saw just before the break, would probably take over number two or

if you loved the long takes in children on men, just wait until you see atonement. seriously.

the movies i've seen during winter break

there will be blood: see previous post. a+
walk hard: uneven, but at times extremely funny. john c. reilly is great. b
juno: okay, yeah, it's very "indie." the movie is much better if you don't read into juno (the person) as the voice of reason. strange dialogue and strong performances. think knocked up ( Read more... )

i tend to find something to like about most movies i see, but i only really love one or two movies a year. last year, it was half-nelson. this year, it's there will be blood.

it is not unfair to call it a modern day citizen kane; not because it's of equal quality, but because it tackles the same themes and concepts of american culture and human ( Read more... )

in the winter my father, being a wga writer, tends to receive screener copies of certain films so that he might consider them for oscars (he's not actually a voter, but that doesn't seem to stop the studios). i came home to burbank today to find, in the living room, copies of juno, the savages, and there will be blood. that is so awesome! (also ( Read more... )

i put six hours into mass effect today. i'm up to exactly 100 save states. WHAT HAS BECOME OF ME