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Little did he know…
Posted in Reviewson Dec 4, 2006
Stranger than Fiction was a funny, original, and somewhat intelligent film that was mostly refreshing in these days where it seems just about every new film is the same old same old. The movie stars Will Ferrell as the IRS auditing main character, Maggie Gyllenhaal as the cookie baking Ana Pascal, Dustin Hoffman as an English professor, and Emma Thompson as the narrator. The premise of the movie is that that a novel writer is unknowingly narrating Harold Crick’s life, from work, to love, and even to death.
The movie is one of the most intelligent films I’ve seen, with many subtleties to be picked up on by intellectuals and smart people. If you want to see a movie with stupid humor, go see Borat or something, but if you enjoy finding humor in hidden subplots, then you might enjoy this movie.
This film is for the nerdy: math nerds, environmental nerds, space nerds, and literary nerds can all connect with some of the character traits presented. This provides for a lot of the humor as you can laugh at just how nerdy we all are as presented by the characters.
This movie, while rated PG-13, is not as uncomfortable as walking across a liberal college campus. It makes a great date movie, especially if you are going out with a that girl or guy from your English class who knows how to laugh.
You can pick up a copy of Stranger than Fiction in the Square Galaxy Store.
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Why does Superman have that curl?
Posted in Insightson Nov 2, 2006
After the recent Superman Movie, one of my friends asked about that little curl in Superman’s hair.
I have done extensive research into Superman’s hair. We learn from the October 1959 Superman comic book that his hair is indestructible and can neither be cut nor can it grow in Earth’s atmosphere. Only Superman’s X-ray laser vision is powerful enough to cut his own hair. Although this fact is somewhat refuted in Superman IV in which Lex Luthor snips a strand of Superman’s hair on display at a museum in order to create a Super-clone.
There may be many reasons why Superman has the curl. One person suggested that the curl was representative of action–that Superman was always springing into action to protect the innocent. One website suggested that Superman purposely wore a curl because Lois liked it that way and Superman is just another man trying to please a girl. Some people don’t know of a reason other than it is just a trademark. However, I speculate that the curl was really just to show how all around super he really was–that he could fly at supersonic speeds and keep his hair in place. Hair that stays in place–that truly is super!
Although the spit curl, as it is called, is closely associated with Superman, only 7 out of 10 superman characters actually wore a curl.
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Review of The Prestige
Posted in Reviewson Oct 28, 2006
I’m not sure what I think about all these “The” movies. I think they should come out with a movie called, “The Blogger” or “The Insomniac.”
The Prestige was one of those movies which tries to keep you in the dark about some fact only to reveal it to you in the end. Of course, I’m not going to tell you what it is, but it is a little better than, “Oh, the aliens don’t like water.” I figured some of their secrets out a little early, which either makes me think that they were too obvious or that I’m still missing something.
Overall, the movie was interesting, but it did some of that time jumping that I thought was overly excessive and confusing. It was so bad that I’m still not exactly sure the order of some of the events.
Two thematic elements of the movie are secrets and obsessions which I’m concluding are both bad.
This movie is not scary, not overly exciting during parts, but makes you think a little bit. Watch it with friends because you will probably want to talk about it when you are done. A movie to see, but I wouldn’t recommend haste to see it. I can’t remember any musical score, which probably means that it wasn’t exceptional. It is PG-13, probably because there is hatred and death in the movie.
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Superman Returns
Posted in Reviewson Oct 1, 2006
Last night I finally saw Superman Returns with some friends (who happen to be some really cute girls). I really liked it. The musical score was very well done. The casting was good, in fact, really much better than I thought it would be. The suspense was pretty good, but I didn’t exactly find myself biting my nails. Some of the parts were kind of predictable. For example, someone falls off the building… of course Superman is going to fly in and catch him just before he hits the ground.
The movie did a good job at explaining some of the Superman fundamentals, such as kryptonite, but left some other subjects as to why Superman is called Kal-El and who is Jor-El less discussed. It made me wonder if they were trying to tune the movie to those who had never seen anything Superman before, or those who have grown up with Superman.
The dialog was entertaining, especially some of Lex Luthor’s lines. However, “I forgot how warm you are,” made me want to gag.
Overall, it was a good movie. I don’t know if I will go out and spend $20 bucks to buy the DVD, but I’m likely to want to rent it and watch it again.
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American Express not accepted where advertised
Posted in Funnyon Jul 11, 2006
Yesterday I went to see the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie at the Wynnsong Carmike theater in Provo, Utah. When I went to pay for my ticket, I tried to use my American Express card, but was informed that they don’t accept American Express. So I had to borrow some cash from a friend to buy the ticket, no biggie.
So while sitting through and watching the 25 minutes of pre-feature trailers and commercials, I noticed that there was a commercial for American Express. I just think it is pretty for a place that doesn’t accept American Express cards to be showing an American Express commercial.
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Hypocrisy often comes when talking
Posted in Insightson Apr 9, 2006
Most people don’t like it when they try and watch a movie, and they have a hard time paying attention to the movie because someone nearby is talking up a storm.
Sometimes it is the same people who complain about this who are the ones that offend, although perhaps not during the same movie.
But since I’ve noticed this, and I am complaining, I probably offend as well. So if I do talk excessively during movies, tell me now, and I’ll forever keep quiet.
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