i m N s h o

OK, so I lied. There was a bit of order imposed on this list. Turns out, most of the movies I DIDN'T care for ended up on the previous list . This one's got the better choices. P.S. I Love You Not that we're necessarily starting auspiciously. Let's face it, weepy romantic comedy ranks slightly lower then standard-issue romantic comedy on my "must see" list. But Dani really wanted to see this one, and that pretty much trumps. I didn't hate this one… Hilary Swank is almost always interesting to watch, and there were a lot of other good performances. And yes, despite the weepy nature of the movie, there were some genuinely funny moments. Overall, not terrible for a movie I wouldn't be caught dead going to on my own. I Am Legend Now this is more like it. I had my doubts going in to this one. I mean, I enjoyed The Omega Man years ago, but let's face it… it doesn't age well. And it's been far too many years since I last saw The Last Man on Earth...

Seriously… this is the name of the next Bond film? James Bond returns in 'Quantum of Solace' According to the article, it's based on the title of an Ian Fleming short story. I wonder what Ian was smoking at the time. Oh, wait… The crux is the emotional phenomenon… the Quantum of Solace, the smallest unit of human compassion that two people can have. As long as that compassion exists, people can survive, but when it is gone, when your partner no longer cares about your essential humanity, the relationship is over. Ah, it's all clear now.  

The holidays being what they are… weeks of madness to get the shopping done, the house decorated, then cleaned for the party, wrapping all those presents &mdash as well as the day-to-day work/chores/rest… and the studio's insistence on releasing all their really big holiday movies in one big chunk, the week between Christmas and New Years became time for our own little movie fest. In no particular order, here's my thoughts on some of the pics we saw. Fred Claus I'm cheating a bit here, since we actually caught this one before Christmas, but it's of the season anyway. Not terrible, but I'm getting really tired of Vince Vaughn's man-child shtick. We get it, it's cute/funny how you refuse to grow up until confronted with the repercussions of that childish behavior, then we all learn a lesson as you step up and become the adult we all knew you could be. Been there, done that, more than once, and he's on the verge of becoming as annoying/irrelevant as h...

I've REALLY been trying to avoid getting political lately. ALl it seems to do these days is make me angry, frustrated, annoyed and a generally hateful individual. But let's face it, the '08 campaigns are in full swing, and the California primary (along with, seemingly, most of the rest of the country) is only weeks away. It's not like I've had too much to stress about right now. The Democrats would have to run the second coming of Josef Stalin for me to consider voting Republican, so I don't even care who they're voting for right now. So it's really just a question of whether I want to vote for Hilary or Obama, right? And then along comes Iowa. I've really done a fine job of ignoring those damn Republicans — yadda, yadda, John McCain… mumble, mumble; Mit Romney… Don't care, don't trust either of you, so I don't need to know what you're going to say. But then along comes the uproar about Mit being a Mormon (and his disingenuous "d...