I saw Superbad. It was pretty good and very funny. I loved Michael Cera in it, which isn't surprising.
I caught up on Season 3 of Top Chef. Casey grew on me. I hate Howie. Sara M. is rad. Sarah has a heart of gold. Brian is funny. Tre is cool. Daryl is a cutie. And I have mad love for CJ. And Ted Allen loves bacon.
I read the latest (and last?) installment of the Jessica Darling books. I don't find Jessica Darling very sympathetic as a character. I love Marcus Flutie, though, so I guess it balances itself out.
I listened to Icky Thump, the new White Stripes disc. It was fantastic and made me love them even more.
I know it's a drive-by update, but I wanted to stop by and tell y'all what was up.
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Summer Movie of 2007
We have a winner for Summer Movie of 2007. A hearty congratulations to Transformers who beat out Superbad to win the title.
Monday, February 26, 2007
I like an Oscar...
I was watching the Oscars last night and didn't have much to say about how things turned out, with the exception of one category--Best Supporting Actor.
In the spirit of full disclosure, I didn't like Little Miss Sunshine much. I didn't think it was a funny movie. I thought it tried to hard to be an indie film by trying to keep an air of "indie-ness" about it. In being intentionally bizarre, the film lost its funny.
For me, the one bright spot was Steve Carrell's performance as Frank, the foremost Proust scholar in the United States recovering from a suicide attempt. I thought that Carrell's performance was nuanced and that he was able to convey Frank's pain without being over-the-top like Greg Kinear and Adam Arkin. More importantly, though, I thought that Carell's performance was a stretch for him. After all, this is the guy who might be best known either from the US version of The Office or for voicing Hammy in Over the Hedge.
I was disappointed that The Academy overlooked Carrell's performance in Little Miss Sunshine. I was even more disappointed that they chose, instead, to nominate Arkin. I didn't feel like Arkin's performance was noteworthy in the least. I thought that his portrayal of the smackhead grandpa was heavy-handed and that we were never exposed to his character's private pain.
Imagine, then, my horror when Arkin won.
When you compare his performance to the other nominees, he falls short in my opinion.
I'm baffled and disappointed.
Then again, I thought that Will Ferrell should have been nominated for Stranger Than Fiction, so maybe my barometer is a little off...
In the spirit of full disclosure, I didn't like Little Miss Sunshine much. I didn't think it was a funny movie. I thought it tried to hard to be an indie film by trying to keep an air of "indie-ness" about it. In being intentionally bizarre, the film lost its funny.
For me, the one bright spot was Steve Carrell's performance as Frank, the foremost Proust scholar in the United States recovering from a suicide attempt. I thought that Carrell's performance was nuanced and that he was able to convey Frank's pain without being over-the-top like Greg Kinear and Adam Arkin. More importantly, though, I thought that Carell's performance was a stretch for him. After all, this is the guy who might be best known either from the US version of The Office or for voicing Hammy in Over the Hedge.
I was disappointed that The Academy overlooked Carrell's performance in Little Miss Sunshine. I was even more disappointed that they chose, instead, to nominate Arkin. I didn't feel like Arkin's performance was noteworthy in the least. I thought that his portrayal of the smackhead grandpa was heavy-handed and that we were never exposed to his character's private pain.
Imagine, then, my horror when Arkin won.
When you compare his performance to the other nominees, he falls short in my opinion.
I'm baffled and disappointed.
Then again, I thought that Will Ferrell should have been nominated for Stranger Than Fiction, so maybe my barometer is a little off...
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