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So, I thought it would be fun to write a top ten list of films that I saw for the first time and that were released in 2008. It's just for fun, not really a critical type thing. Here they are, running from 10 to 1!
10. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
I'll admit it: the first time I saw this movie, I didn't really care for it. Then, I thought about it, saw it again, and really liked it. I can't even remember why I didn't like it the first time... probs just being moody or something. It was very funny and different from many of the comedies that I've seen over the last couple of years.
9.Kung Fu Panda and Bolt
KFP I like animation, I like pandas, and I like noodles, ergo, I like this film. I don't know, it was really funny and just a good ride. It's a great kids film but I definitely think those of all ages will find enjoyment in it.
Bolt Great animation and a really fun story. And, I totally loved that hamster! My only complaint is the Miley-ness of it. It was like... Hannah Montana? Oh, no... it's just some animated chick.
8. Penelope
My only regret with this movie is that I didn't have the chance to see it in the theaters. It was really cute and just a bright and warm film about accepting who you are. Just a warning, if you're a guy and are straight, you're probably not going to want to see it. That's perfectly understandable.
7. Be Kind Rewind
I think this movie flew under the radar, but I absolutely loved it! I just thought it was so funny and different and it had a great message at the heart of it. Art is art, no matter the quality or the reason for making it, and if you're passionate about it, then stay with it.
6. Pineapple Express
"What’s down there, a fucking Rancor?" At some points, I was crying because I was laughing so hard. It was really great. Plus, love me some James Franco!
5. Sex and the City
Yes, I said the Sex and the City movie. Judge me if you wish, but I LOVED this movie. Whenever I'm in this particular down mood, it does the perfect job of making me feel better. A lot of it very beautiful and translates really great to film. Don't knock it til you've tried it.
4. Iron Man
Helllloooo Robert Downey Jr! I loved this movie, especially since I went into it with pretty low expectations. I think there's a great balance between comedy, action, and comedy. Favorite line? "Yeah, I can fly." I was tremendously entertained and don't think I was ever bored by it.
3. is a tie! The Dark Knight and Burn After Reading
First, is first. Why so serious? I'll admit that I can't watch parts of this movie because they bother me too much but I really did enjoy it. The fact that parts of it bother me have to say something about the power of the acting and directing in the film. Overall, I think I liked Batman Begins better, but they're both on my favorite movies of all time list.
I had to put Burn After Reading at number three because I just can't bring myself to put it any lower. This is probably my favorite Coen Brothers' film and I'm not ashamed to admit it! I think it's the perfect length and the acting is impeccable.
2. WALL-E
If you didn't at least like this movie, you don't have a soul. Who else would take a sweet love story and turn it into an environmental PSA but Disney/Pixar? Well, it certainly worked. Kudos. Also, what girl/gay man wouldn't love a boyfriend with the kind of dedication and loyalty that Wall-E has?
1. Slumdog Millionaire
Yes, Slumdog is my favorite movie of the year. I've heard from some people that say they thought it was predictable and just okay. While I may agree with the first part, I thought that the predictability was part of the charm of the story. It's supposed to be a happy ending- it ends with a goddamn Baliwood dance sequence for Christ's sake! On top of that, it's a piece of art. Really, I think it's beautiful just to look at it.
There they are! I'm sure I've forgotten one or two movies that I liked over the past year. Hope you enjoyed my thoughts.
Here are my worst, for those that are interested...
2. Ghost Town
Blah blah blah borrrrinnggggg and lame!
1. Twilight
Loved the books, hated the movie. Epic fail.
Yeah, only two.
10. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
I'll admit it: the first time I saw this movie, I didn't really care for it. Then, I thought about it, saw it again, and really liked it. I can't even remember why I didn't like it the first time... probs just being moody or something. It was very funny and different from many of the comedies that I've seen over the last couple of years.
9.Kung Fu Panda and Bolt
KFP I like animation, I like pandas, and I like noodles, ergo, I like this film. I don't know, it was really funny and just a good ride. It's a great kids film but I definitely think those of all ages will find enjoyment in it.
Bolt Great animation and a really fun story. And, I totally loved that hamster! My only complaint is the Miley-ness of it. It was like... Hannah Montana? Oh, no... it's just some animated chick.
8. Penelope
My only regret with this movie is that I didn't have the chance to see it in the theaters. It was really cute and just a bright and warm film about accepting who you are. Just a warning, if you're a guy and are straight, you're probably not going to want to see it. That's perfectly understandable.
7. Be Kind Rewind
I think this movie flew under the radar, but I absolutely loved it! I just thought it was so funny and different and it had a great message at the heart of it. Art is art, no matter the quality or the reason for making it, and if you're passionate about it, then stay with it.
6. Pineapple Express
"What’s down there, a fucking Rancor?" At some points, I was crying because I was laughing so hard. It was really great. Plus, love me some James Franco!
5. Sex and the City
Yes, I said the Sex and the City movie. Judge me if you wish, but I LOVED this movie. Whenever I'm in this particular down mood, it does the perfect job of making me feel better. A lot of it very beautiful and translates really great to film. Don't knock it til you've tried it.
4. Iron Man
Helllloooo Robert Downey Jr! I loved this movie, especially since I went into it with pretty low expectations. I think there's a great balance between comedy, action, and comedy. Favorite line? "Yeah, I can fly." I was tremendously entertained and don't think I was ever bored by it.
3. is a tie! The Dark Knight and Burn After Reading
First, is first. Why so serious? I'll admit that I can't watch parts of this movie because they bother me too much but I really did enjoy it. The fact that parts of it bother me have to say something about the power of the acting and directing in the film. Overall, I think I liked Batman Begins better, but they're both on my favorite movies of all time list.
I had to put Burn After Reading at number three because I just can't bring myself to put it any lower. This is probably my favorite Coen Brothers' film and I'm not ashamed to admit it! I think it's the perfect length and the acting is impeccable.
2. WALL-E
If you didn't at least like this movie, you don't have a soul. Who else would take a sweet love story and turn it into an environmental PSA but Disney/Pixar? Well, it certainly worked. Kudos. Also, what girl/gay man wouldn't love a boyfriend with the kind of dedication and loyalty that Wall-E has?
1. Slumdog Millionaire
Yes, Slumdog is my favorite movie of the year. I've heard from some people that say they thought it was predictable and just okay. While I may agree with the first part, I thought that the predictability was part of the charm of the story. It's supposed to be a happy ending- it ends with a goddamn Baliwood dance sequence for Christ's sake! On top of that, it's a piece of art. Really, I think it's beautiful just to look at it.
There they are! I'm sure I've forgotten one or two movies that I liked over the past year. Hope you enjoyed my thoughts.
Here are my worst, for those that are interested...
2. Ghost Town
Blah blah blah borrrrinnggggg and lame!
1. Twilight
Loved the books, hated the movie. Epic fail.
Yeah, only two.
Open your music player of choice. For each question, hit 'next' on shuffle and write the title of the song that comes up.
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IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Under Pressure
WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Slow Jamz
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Catch Your Wave
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY:
It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday (actually, I'm really looking forward to tomorrow so...)
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Concrete Angel (sad song :()
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Dreaming With a Broken Heart (that's very true)
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Lullaby
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
When I'm Gone
WHAT IS 2+2?
Stairway to Heaven
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Uptown Girl (nice!)
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
All I Care About
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
The Carpal Tunnel of Love
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
So She Dances (I do that now!)
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Four Seasons of Loneliness
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Anakin's Dream (haaa haaa)
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
I Won't Say I'm in Love (actually, I will say it if I'm getting married)
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
You'll Be in My Heart
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
We Are the Champions
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Put Your Dreams Away
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Mr. Roboto
WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Overprotected (The Darkchild Remix)
HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Shelter For My Soul
WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
What is This Feeling?
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Flash
WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
I'll Cover You
WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
A Million Years (AH HA HA)
WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Welcome
DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
You'll See
IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Everytime
WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Barbie Girl
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Heartbreaker
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IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Under Pressure
WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Slow Jamz
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Catch Your Wave
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY:
It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday (actually, I'm really looking forward to tomorrow so...)
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Concrete Angel (sad song :()
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Dreaming With a Broken Heart (that's very true)
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Lullaby
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
When I'm Gone
WHAT IS 2+2?
Stairway to Heaven
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Uptown Girl (nice!)
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
All I Care About
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
The Carpal Tunnel of Love
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
So She Dances (I do that now!)
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Four Seasons of Loneliness
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Anakin's Dream (haaa haaa)
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
I Won't Say I'm in Love (actually, I will say it if I'm getting married)
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
You'll Be in My Heart
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
We Are the Champions
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Put Your Dreams Away
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Mr. Roboto
WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Overprotected (The Darkchild Remix)
HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Shelter For My Soul
WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
What is This Feeling?
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Flash
WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
I'll Cover You
WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
A Million Years (AH HA HA)
WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Welcome
DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
You'll See
IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Everytime
WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Barbie Girl
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Heartbreaker
For them, there was no hope.
I need to get back to Fenway Park and quick.
Wooooowwwwwww.
Everyone needs to go see The Dark Knight now so that I don't give anything away.
Everyone needs to go see The Dark Knight now so that I don't give anything away.
http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNe ws/idUSN1338241920080614
He was only 58. The American press has lost an icon.

He was only 58. The American press has lost an icon.

I'm alive and well.
Just very, very shaken up.
Just very, very shaken up.
"I mean, certainly writing, painting, photography, dance, architecture, there is an aspect of almost every art form that is useful and that merges into film in some way."
Rest in Peace, Sydney Pollack.
Rest in Peace, Sydney Pollack.
Set yourself free.
You're the only one who can open the cage.
You're the only one who can open the cage.
My ten favorite songs that start with F...
Faithfully - Journey
Fever - Michael Buble
Forgot About Dre - Eminem
Fresh Feeling - Eels
For Always - Josh Groban
February Song- Josh Groban
Fat Bottom Girls - Queen
Fame > Infamy - Fall Out Boy
Flipside - The Click Five
Fighter - Christina Aguilera
Comment on the post, and I'll give you a letter. Then you pick your favorite ten songs that start with that letter, and "A" and "The" don't count
Faithfully - Journey
Fever - Michael Buble
Forgot About Dre - Eminem
Fresh Feeling - Eels
For Always - Josh Groban
February Song- Josh Groban
Fat Bottom Girls - Queen
Fame > Infamy - Fall Out Boy
Flipside - The Click Five
Fighter - Christina Aguilera
Comment on the post, and I'll give you a letter. Then you pick your favorite ten songs that start with that letter, and "A" and "The" don't count
IMDB keyword meme
1. Go to IMDB.com and look up a bunch of your favorite movies.
2. Post three or four official IMDB "Plot Keywords" for each.
3. Y'all guess the movies.
No cheating!
1. Sex Standing Up, Twins, Beach, Long TakeAtonement
2. Epic, Cremation, Love, Enslavement
3. Rise and Fall, Armed Child, Talisman, Bus Stop
4. Communism, Oven, Marriage, Scotch
5. Literature, Loss of Virginity, Jealousy, JapanMemoirs of a Geisha
6. Flirting, Panda, Insult, Voice Over
7. Nun, Famous Entrance, Music Festival, Gazebo The Sound of Music
8. Piano, England, Sarcasm, Class Conflict Pride & Prejudice
9. Quirky, Imagination, School Project, Aerobics Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
10. Indiana, Football, Ambition, Family Relationships
11. Knight, Guilt, Lust, Forbidden Love A Knight's Tale
12. Melodrama, Female Fighter, Lava, Brotherhood
13. Independent Film, Dance Contest, Pretty Girl, SpoofHairspray (the Original)
14. Irish American, Sex, Trust, Rat The Departed
15. Suburbia, Male Prostitute, Neighbor, DeathLife as a House
1. Go to IMDB.com and look up a bunch of your favorite movies.
2. Post three or four official IMDB "Plot Keywords" for each.
3. Y'all guess the movies.
No cheating!
2. Epic, Cremation, Love, Enslavement
3. Rise and Fall, Armed Child, Talisman, Bus Stop
4. Communism, Oven, Marriage, Scotch
6. Flirting, Panda, Insult, Voice Over
10. Indiana, Football, Ambition, Family Relationships
12. Melodrama, Female Fighter, Lava, Brotherhood
I need to read more. I need suggestions. I need copies of books to borrow. I need to get lost in a story. I haven't gotten lost in a story since I read Atonement.
Dude! You're 100% from Massachusetts!
Dude! Me and Sully and Fitzie and Sean are gonna hit Landsdowne tonight after the game, hang out at the Beerworks. I'll pick you up at the Coop at 6.
How Massachusetts are you?
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I should be asleep.
RIP Heath Ledger :(
1) Answer the questions below
2) Take each answer and type it into Photobucket (Ditto on the Google Images)
3) Take any picture from the first page of results and post. (click on the picture and copy the HTML code)
4) You can’t copy the persons answers who posted this before you!
1. The age you will be on your next birthday?

2. A place you’d like to travel?

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2) Take each answer and type it into Photobucket (Ditto on the Google Images)
3) Take any picture from the first page of results and post. (click on the picture and copy the HTML code)
4) You can’t copy the persons answers who posted this before you!
1. The age you will be on your next birthday?

2. A place you’d like to travel?

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HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!
In other news... it didn't snow at all and I'm a little pissed about it. And I got a check for $6.56. Score.
And, I'M GOING TO SEE PENGUINS AND SEALS ON THURSDAY! I am so excited.
In other news... it didn't snow at all and I'm a little pissed about it. And I got a check for $6.56. Score.
And, I'M GOING TO SEE PENGUINS AND SEALS ON THURSDAY! I am so excited.
HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT A VICTORY?!
I'm gonna love being able to tell my grandchildren that I saw the Patriots go 16 and 0.
I'm gonna love being able to tell my grandchildren that I saw the Patriots go 16 and 0.
Merry Christmas to all and to all... a good night!
So, I got two of my final grades! Only one of them is on Web4 so far, but I got my Art one from my professor. So...
Logic- 4.0
This must be by some sort of act by God. I was nearly positive I did HORRIBLE in this class. I hope that the 4.0 isn't a mistake!
Introduction to Studio Art- 3.7
Yay!
Logic- 4.0
This must be by some sort of act by God. I was nearly positive I did HORRIBLE in this class. I hope that the 4.0 isn't a mistake!
Introduction to Studio Art- 3.7
Yay!
