In a haze after a movie? Well do tell!

So. I just finished watching a movie called El Maquinista, ala The Machinist staring Christian Bale. I've heard a lot about the movie and decided, Chustzie, get to it and watch it. So yes. I did. It is interesting. It almost reminds me of Fight Club at one point. The only reason being because of the main characters insomniac and his thin body that was more skeletal than Edward Norton. Oh Norton, hwo can I count the ways? So yes. Maybe talk more of movie yes? There are moments when you want to yell what the hell is going on, which I admit I did, but all together good. It gives an idea how some people deal with tragedy and emptiness. Merging reality to fit into our molds and such...Anyways. I liked it. I feel a bit hazed in the head after watching so maybe this is why the text I am typing is a bit out...Anyways, a link to imdb for you peps and a trailer. Rent it, torrent it, whatevs, just watch it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361862/




Oh, and the music...it is okay. If you dig 1950s sci-fi music.

Neil and Batman!?!

Holy Crap.
Neil Gaiman is writing Batman comics.
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080727-dc-nation-2.html

Neil...Batman...sigh...amazingness.

They say of the Acropolis, where the Parthenon is...

New Batman Film Rumors

DAVID TENNANT... Who we all know as DR. WHO.
is wanting to play the Joker.
could possibly be true because Dr WHO will not be on till 2010.
..links and more info to come.

These Links are of possible villians in next film.
Apparently the director wants to put in villians that haven't had as much film time.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25681350/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25681350/page/2/ -has the joker on it and about david tennant

to save the time this is a quote from the second page.

"Anthony Michael Hall has been rumored to play the role, and “Doctor Who” star David Tennant reportedly would love to do it."

Oh and heres an article
http://www.movieweb.com/news/18/29618.php
It's an interview with Nolan.
Last thing he says, he doesnt know if hes going to recast Heath's part or not.

Apparently one of my friends says the director doesn't want to bring in Robin. Which if true.. I hate.

Oh also. Our lovely Sirius Black didn't want to be in the dark knight, but he had a contract.

Mamma Mia!

I saw Mamma Mia with my mom on Sunday. It was kind of wonderful. It was also pretty cheesy, but I mean that in the best way possible. I left the theater feeling all giddy and optimistic. I bought the soundtrack right away, of course. This is the song that I can't get out of my head:

Yes, that is the girl from Mean Girls. And her fiance is Dakin from The History Boys. I highly recommend the movie if you're in the mood for something light and happy and fun. At the very least, you should see it because Meryl Streep is in it, and she's gorgeous (Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth aren't too bad, either):

Project Runway?!

As I found out today, Project Runway Season 5 has begun! Since I missed the first episode, I had to watch it on Youtube. I have to say it look infinitely better than last season. For starters, it's airing at it's more normal time of the year, and they'll hopefully sync it with NY fashion week. Something they did not do last season (few weeks off). Also, they brought back a challenge from season 1! When they actually had interesting and creative challenges! The grocery store one, in case you were wondering. The designers are a very diverse group and seem like a good mix of quirky, crazy and talented, which will make for interesting tv. Oh, and they painted the sewing room back to it's original blue.

I have hope for this new season.

Wednesday. 9/8 central. Bravo

I'm in the mood for some Sheen

Thanks to the wonderful DVD selection at the library, I'm rediscovering my love for the West Wing. I'm noticing one not so great thing about it that I didn't notice when I first watched the series. Maybe I'll blog about that later. The wonderful things about the show heavily outweigh the bad things, though. So...here are some awesome West Wing clips!





One day I will own a t-shirt that says "paranoid berkley shiksa feminista" on it.



The clips that make me want to have Martin Sheen's babies:



"She was a real dame." John Spencer should have been a 1940's movie star.



What Aaron Sorkin had to say about the scene: "He made his peace with God. Mrs. Landingham's appearance in the penultimate scene wasn't a ghost. He was talking to himself, using her memory to coax himself in the right direction....And when the scene was done, he looked out at the storm that he was sure God had sent just to mess with him, and realized it was God sending him His strength. And he baptized himself in it. And as he passed by the church in the motorcade, a custodian, a child of God, picked the cigarette butt off the ground, and we cut back to Bartlet, who sensed something move inside of him." According to Sorkin, Martin Sheen started crying when he read through the scene.

Some of my favorite scenes with Leo because John Spencer was amazing:



From the end of the same episode (Bartlett for America):







Don't tempt the wrath of the whatever from high atop the thing!











I could probably post about 20 more clips, but I think I'll stop here...at least for now.

What Are You Reading?

The other day I finished Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh. It is the story of Charles Ryder and his relationships (romantic and otherwise) with the Flyte family and their grand English estate, Brideshead. More serious and less satirical than The Loved One, but still very enjoyable. Being well-schooled in Catholicism, I found the role religion plays in the novel to be very interesting. They're making a movie of it with Emma Thompson to be released sometime this year. Just from the trailer, I can tell they've blown up subtleties into major plot points. So, boo. The BBC also did a mini-series in the early 80's that is supposed to be good... I might check it out from the library.

I've also started The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.

What are you reading?

The Dark Knight

Am I the only one really.. truelly crying right now. Just to recall the fact that I don't want to come to grips with that Heath is dead, that he can not enjoy this night. I went to Rave. So many people wanted to tickets, all 15 showings played batman all of which were sold out. For some reason I can't stop crying. Which i half find pathetic because I didn't know the man. But when you hear that voice, just in commercials alone, you have to take a double take to make sure it's really him and he was just so incredibly talented not only in this film, but in any of his films.... I don't know... babbling... writing this pretty late or well early. Well I know fishyand christine have not seen the movie yet, so we can start the discussion on the movie once everyone has seen it. Other wise we can just comment on Heath, talk about our favorite movies by him.

Hunger or Hell?

"Sometimes I wonder about the karmic implications of these actions"
"There's too many people in the world and not enough food." -Motel Hell

Watching Motel Hell (1980), a hilarious dark comedy about using people as farm animals. This is a concept that has existed for centuries; from A Modest Proposal to futuristic dystopias. Why is it that humans and many other animals have a natural taboo against eating their own kind? Even in the dark ages when other races were viewed as inhuman, they were used as slave labor but never for a food source. The Donner party incident and the the practice of cannibalism after death in tribes is viewed as tragic and barbaric. Aborted fetuses are used as art projects but not for stem cell research? Simply musing in a rather bitter theme as I am home with Grandpa Tom today and disgusted by the behavior of previous caretakers. A good number of the women I interviewed for the position had a criminal history of stealing medication from their patients. Argh.

You Tube Frenzy

So this is what i originaly wanted to post.I just didn't see he embedded link at the top. I'll only post four, and if you like what you hear you should add him. Though most people already know about him, I still find his music very interesting.









He also does the flight of the bumblebee and sesemee street, inspector gadget and super mario brothers.. of course has a lot lot more videos. Just thought I'd post him see what yall thought about him, or if yall had ever heard of him before.

Immigration in the USA

Yea, I know I am posting 2 in a day, but I would like everyone's opinion on the topic. I am doing a research paper to get out of an English class and the topic is illegal immigration. I received the documents that will serve for the data, but do not know the question for it yet. So I ranted a bit on my blog. I'll post the link and if you could read it and post any comments would be te awesome.

Link!
http://humnaistblogger.blogspot.com/

You should read it all and then watch the video. *nods head*

Heath Ledger

So I don't know about ya'll, but i cry every time i see a dark night commercial. So much talent, I mean you could tell this was one of his biggest roles. He really got into it, he made his voice change. I thought The Dark Knight was his last film. I was wrong. Again, not sure how many know this, but he is in a film called The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. It is in post production at the moment, should come out next year. THe movie site still hasn't been fully developed. They do have a site, but all there is, is a picture at the moment.
http://doctorparnassus.com/


He stars with Johnny Depp and Colin Farrell.

Now according to http://imaginarium-doctor-parnassus-trailer.blogspot.com/


"Heath Ledger died before all shooting was done: the movie is jeopardized, under the threat of being put aside.

But director Terry Gilliam does not want to give up. So the opening of an official website for the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a good sign. Heath Ledger last role will not be lost.

Some rumors claim that by using a plot trick Johnny Depp may replace Heath Ledger for the last scenes of the movie. An other possibility mentioned by Terry Gilliam would be to use CGI (computers) to recreate an avatar in the image of Heath Ledger."

I hope its not terminated... and they are able to fix it. It's seems like something we'd enjoy.\



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"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" - "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present day. It tells the story of Dr Parnassus and his extraordinary 'Imaginarium', a travelling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom. Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Dr Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret. Long ago he made a bet with the devil, Mr Nick, in which he won immortality. Many centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for youth, on condition that when his first-born reached its 16th birthday he or she would become the property of Mr Nick. Valentina is now rapidly approaching this 'coming of age' milestone and Dr Parnassus is desperate to protect her from her impending fate. Mr Nick arrives to collect but, always keen to make a bet, renegotiates the wager. Now the winner of Valentina will be determined by whoever seduces the first five souls. Enlisting a series of wild, comical and compelling characters in his journey, Dr Parnassus promises his daughter's hand in marriage to the man that helps him win. In this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative race against time, Dr Parnassus must fight to save his daughter in a never-ending landscape of surreal obstacles - and undo the mistakes of his past once and for all...

We all wait to see what director Terry Gilliam does with the unfinished and final work of Heath Ledger. You'll recall, over a decade and a half ago, after the death of actor Brandon Lee, on the set of "The Crow," filming commenced with a body double, as it had been nearly finished before Lee's untimely death.

STARRING: Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Verne Troyer, Tom Waits
DIRECTOR: Terry Gilliam
STUDIO: TBD
RATING: R

_above was gathered from http://www.wildaboutmovies.com

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

During the writer's strike, Joss teamed up with his brothers, Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion to create this free, online mini-musical. It is the story of a low-rent super-villain, the hero who keeps beating him up, and the cute girl from the laundromat he's too shy to talk to. Today, is the day that the first installment of Joss Whedon's latest project is released. The three installments will be released online on the 15th, the 17th, and the 19th and then go offline midnight on the 20th. After that you can buy it for a small fee.

Right now, however, the website is experiencing technical difficulties. :( Here's the link anyway.

EDIT: It's working now!!! If you haven't tried to get there before, you should have no problem. If you have, try the address with or without the "www."

Also, here's the trailer:

Introduction

In coming here, you may have a basic idea of what this blog is about. Ideally, I want it to be a way for us to keep in touch while we are all separated (boston, savannah, wherever). I want it to be a place where we can share things that amuse and inspire us on a daily basis. We can discuss art, music, upcoming movies or events, politics, etc. We can rant or rave about things that affect us. We can share links to things on the internet or photos of things we see on our journeys. It does sound like we could do all this on facebook or livejournal, but this seems more personal and close-knit. Maybe I just have too much time on my hands?

If you chose to join us, then yay! Great! Awesome! You will be given administrative rights here. Layout and such are all under construction. Feel free to change anything yourself (although beware I may change it back :P) . Besides posting, I really want everyone to contribute to the lists/links on the side. If you have any questions, let me know. I hope to see you around! :)