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the Oscar movies

Feb 24, 2008
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Juno - it was decent, it had a good message – most teen movies these days are about “ME” and “what am I going to do”, but pretty much everyone in Juno chooses to do the right thing for someone else. Ellen Page is Canadian so I’d be happy to see her get the Oscar for best actress.

Atonement - I haven’t seen it, but I can tell from the trailer it’s a massive chick flick. Maybe I’ll watch it when it comes out on DVD, I like war movies.

Michael Clayton - this is honestly the movie I enjoyed the most, when I saw the trailer I thought it looked like a cheesy John Grisham story, there was nothing cheesy about this movie. I like George Clooney, he usually plays smooth, James Bond type characters, but Michael Clayton is actually a bit of a loser.

There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson makes long movies, the first half hour is really good, but by halfway point you’ve had enough. This movie should have got a bigger release, it was only showing at 3 places in Toronto, when I went to see it, it was completely sold out and we had to sit in the third row ….. for 3 hours! It reminded me of the Aviator how Daniel and Howard Hughes are both pretty weird, eccentric characters, but it wasn't until they became billionaires that they went completely insane. Of the nominated movies, this is the most original.

No Country For Old Men - I think this will get the Oscar for Best Movie. You would be pretty sick if you said you enjoyed this movie, the two old ladies sitting next to me walked out 20 minutes into the movie. Whenever Tommy Lee Jones spoke all I could hear was the Charlie Brown teacher voice (wahhh, wahhh, wahhh), whatever the message of this movie was I didn't get it.

holy crap i've seen a lot of movies this winter, i can't wait for spring!

metal, zombies and Al Gore

May 28, 2007
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whoa, what a weekend. I finally got Guitar Hero II, there should be a warning label on that game that says 'this game is ridiculously fun'. I took my xbox over to Jamies on Saturday night and we played for 6 hours. I slay on easy level, I can usually get 95 - 100% but I'm still struggling to finish a song on anything harder than normal. My favorite song … Monkey Wrench by the Foo Fighters, the Pearl Jam is great too.

Also on Saturday night, Jamie & I went to see 28 Weeks Later. It's the sequel to 28 Days Later, which is about how a virus sweeps through England that turns people into cannibalistic-zombies. The sequel is a lot tougher to sit through than 28 Days Later, with scene after scene of people being torn apart …. 30 minutes into the movie the plot goes in a 180 direction from how I thought it would be from the trailer. I wouldn't say I enjoyed 28 Weeks Later, the whole time I kept checking my watch hoping for it to end (half because I was sickened, and half because I wanted to hurry up and get home for some more Guitar Hero II). But I will give 28 Weeks Later 5 waffles because it is an amazing movie (I want to give it an extra waffle because the star of the movie is a hot Aussie chick, Rose Byrne).

Our multiplex has 12 screens, and there were only 5 movies playing ... Pirates 3, Shrek 3, Spiderman 3, 28 Weeks Later and something else. I don't think I'm going to see any of the '3' movies, the reviews have been pretty crap. I have to say though the lines for Pirates 3 were massive, they were lined up out the door.

I also bought Al Gores new book, 'the Assault on Reason' on Saturday and it's great (don't worry Jordan, I'll send it with Barack if you want). Everyone keeps saying Al Gore should run for President (well maybe not everyone, but a lot are). After reading the first 100 pages I've realised the world doesn't need Al Gore to be the President of the United States … the world needs every single person to wake up and reflect on the real issues. I'm definitely going to start watching less TV and stop covering Paris Hilton news on 10 mInute blitz. Al Gore thinks its important for people to read newspapers and not get their news solely from TV and the internet. I stopped buying newspapers because I thought they weren't environmentally friendly. If the worlds biggest environmentalist says we should read newspapers I guess its ok …. newspapers are recyclable at least.