I watched these backwards, the proper order is Torso, Bust, Arms* and I learned a lot. Each video was 30-40 minutes and clearly showed the changes that could be made to ensure a perfect fit. I’m thankful that my library carries these, as they are quite expensive (and not worth that amount of money) to buy.
Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home.
*there is also waist and hips, but I’m doing a shirt so I didn’t get that one.
I go into Channing Tatum movies with no expectation because sometimes he is very good and sometimes he gets all clenchy-jaw-declaiming-lines type acting.* I’m happy to report that this falls into the very good category not just for CT’s acting, but for a very well-plotted action movie. It was incredibly fun to see how the story kept the characters in the White House the entire time, plus the rest of the cast was quite fun too.**
Cost: $7.00
Where watched: Living Room Theaters (which seemed odd, they are very art house/foreign/independent.)
*He’s been much better, of late, but Side Effects was a return to his bad acting of yore.
**Maggie Gyllenhaal was a complete bonus, Herc from Friday Night Lights was one of the terrorists, I love that computer guy whenever I see him and Richard Jenkins is always a welcome sight.
Just what the doctor ordered for a summer afternoon. Good songs, solid story, mostly female focus and excellent performances by all. It was also interesting to find out at the end of the movie that the actual people the story was based on were pretty big activists for aborigine rights.
Cost: $3.00
Where watched: Laurelhurst, with mom.
Aside from Julie Delpy being the bomb, I wanted to see this because the trailer led me to believe that Chris Rock was the straight man and that was a rather intriguing concept to me. And he was the straight man, standing up mightily to the comic turns of Delpy’s family. I found this amusing, though not laugh-out-loud; and I also discovered by watching the commentaries that this is a follow up to an earlier film which I’ve now also placed on reserve at the library.
Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home.
Sarah Polley has been on my “to watch” list since I saw the movie Go, so I was going to see this documentary anyway, even if it didn’t have a very intriguing premise. Polley did a great job of giving us glimpses of the key players without revealing too much information early on which paid off in that she kept pulling me further into her story as more details were revealed. I feel conflicted about the “footage” of her mother, but not so overly so that it detracts from this very, very good movie.
Cost: $4.00
Where watched: Laurelhurst Theater w/S. North.
What I can I say, it was hot. I was tired of driving and this was the next movie playing so I went. It wasn’t a laugh riot, but was amusing and the two leads worked well together.
Cost: $10.00
Where watched: Edwards theater in that funnily named place in downtown Boise.
I did a good job of keeping myself in the dark about this film so everything was a revelation, which made it that much more fun to watch. So I’m not going to tell you any details, but that this was enjoyable, if uncomfortable and I loved how real it was. Linklater/Delpy/Hawke said on the Fresh Air interview* that they have zero ideas for a sequel, but how could they have any idea where these characters will be in another nine years?**
Cost: $8.00? I was blithely spending vacation money at this point, so I didn’t pay attention. The web site doesn’t tell me the prices either.
Where watched: At the Flicks with Sara.
*Very good, but reveals much about the movie. I saved it for listening to after I viewed.
**And I’ll sit back and wait patiently for them to think of something.
My main problem with this movie was the various things that populated Mars were all too cute. My secondary problem was that it was rather long and boring. My third problem was that Taylor Kitsch was pretty much Tim Riggins* on Mars**, which was rather disappointing from an acting perspective.
Cost: free from Library, thank god.
Where watched: at S. North’s house, where I ate delicious popcorn as well as ice cream with strawberries and chocolate, which pretty much made up for the sad state that was this movie. No wonder that executive lost his job.
*for those of you who haven’t been indoctrinated, Tim Riggins is a character on Friday Night Lights.
**At one point, I couldn’t help myself and yelled “Texas Forever”*** after John Carter’s big speech.
***That would be a Tim Riggins saying.
Oh so many things happened in this season and I wasn’t really pleased with some of them. Still, I’m intrigued by Mr. Fellows’ unorthodox use of cast members (is he a British version of Joss Whedon?) and let’s face it, I was engrossed the entire time. I think with season four, I’ll make more of an effort to watch it in real time, because now everyone is over discussing what happened.
Cost: $4.00 (first disc watched Comcast On Demand, last two discs rented from Videorama)
Where watched: At mom’s house, with mom.
O! Season two, you abruptly ended when Tim Riggins was in full-on wooing mode. I found this season to be much more DRAMATIC than the first one, which I did not enjoy so much. However, they laid such a firm foundation in season one, I just kept coming back for drama-fest season two.
Cost: free from library (though I think I had to pay a few days worth of fines)
Where watched: at home with Matt.