Mini movie post:
The African Queen - 8.75/10
Platoon - 8.5/10 (mainly because I'm not a big fan of war movies)
The Black Dahlia - 6.5/10 (Brian De Palma had no idea how to organize this movie, and it showed)
Stalag 17 - 9/10 (Billy Wilder/William Holden win again)
9.25.2006
9.23.2006
9.21.2006
Lately I've been playing a lot of Kingdom Hearts 2, which is a PlayStation 2 game centering around Disney worlds/characters (Disney partnered with Squaresoft, AKA makers of the Final Fantasy games, AKA best games ever). The first KH was amazing and the second one is very addicting, but that's beside the point.
So playing the game just makes me more pissed off at the Disney "vault," which is defined as them selectively releasing certain movies for a short amount of time, then vaulting them up for years. Some examples include Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and The Little Mermaid. I've been wanting to buy, well, all of them, and today I was at Target. I saw a big poster above the DVDs for The Little Mermaid. It was next to a Prince poster (ugh), but didn't say anything like "music from the movie," so I was like "SCORE!"
But guess what? It was no where to be found. I searched every damn inch of their terrible DVD selection, and couldn't find it. Or the original Sabrina, which they had plenty of a few weeks ago. Sigh. Such is the life of a DVD buying addict.
Edit: Ok, either I'm a retard, or Target needs to properly label their items (and by "items" I mean "posters"). I checked their website, which says the DVD will be available Oct. 3rd. I guess this explains why I couldn't find it. Thank you for letting me know while I was there, Target.
9.19.2006
The other day I was studying on the first floor of the campus library with a friend of mine. This moderately cute girl came up to us and was like, "Can you help me find these books?" She said that there should be someone on the first floor to help her out, but there wasn't (there never is). I volunteered to help her, and she asked how the system worked. I explained that you just look at the cards placed on the sides of the aisles, which are in descending/ascending order, and go from there. She was like, "Oh," and I took her to where the first book should be.
"What's the book called?"
"Uh, I don't know."
"...well, it's not here, so maybe it's checked out. What did it say in the computer?"
"I didn't look it up, some guy upstairs gave me the call numbers."
So, she was an idiot, and I was getting annoyed. She asked again how to find the books, so I explained it AGAIN, and left her alone. Seriously, when you get into college, they explain all this to you, but how do you even get into college without knowing how to find a book in a library? The worst part was that she was a full-on Monet.
Hollywoodland: 7.5/10
The Philadelphia Story: 8/10
All About Eve: 10/10 (amending this previous score. What a perfect movie.)
9.12.2006
Top Three Most Overrated Movies (Ever?)
1) Scarface
Seriously... get a real gangster movie. There was nothing unique about this movie, and I'm so sick of seeing every male college room filled with posters from this movie. Al Pacino is a great actor, and this movie had a few moments, but overall a total snoozefest and waste of time.
2) The Boondock Saints
I finally watched this movie a year or two ago since people wouldn't shut up about it, and this is the epitome of a movie that is a failed attempt to be a "cult classic." It definitely isn't mainstream, and you know why? Because everything in this movie has been done before, and in much better ways. Seriously, if you like this movie, grow up.
3) Dodgeball
I know I'm going to get shit for this, but whatever. I'm sorry if people getting hit with objects and falling over doesn't amuse me more than once. And hey, sorry if I want running gags to actually be funny. Ben Stiller usually sucks, and this is one of those situations. His wife is hot, but that's not enough to save this movie. This movie was so bad I walked into another movie afterwards to get my dollars worth. Also, I believe this to be the cause of the Chuck Norris fad, which is fucking annoying, old, and terrible. Sigh.
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However, I did watch 'Roman Holiday' today and that movie was fantastic. Gregory Peck owns, and, you know, Audrey Hepburn <3 The ending was kind of disappointing, probably because I'm too used to the happy endings of modern cinema. Either way, some good laughs and very enjoyable. 9/10
P.S. I couldn't help noticing similarities between 'Roman Holiday' and 'Notting Hill.' There's quite a few.
9.08.2006
Yesterday I was taking the shuttle to my 10:30 class. All the seats were full so I was one of a handful of people standing. We were pulling out of my apartment complex when the shuttle came to a jerking stop (I almost fell on a few people, but luckily I was holding the handrail). I look up front and see our shuttle driver arguing with this black girl (this whole thing may sound racist, but I assure you it's not - the girl just happened to be black) because she sat in the front on this platform thing next to the driver's seat (technically you're not supposed to sit there, but when the shuttle's full, people always do and no one cares).
So the bus is stopped and I'm standing there, at this point still trying to figure out what's going on. The driver finally says, "I'm not going until she apologizes." What?! You drive a fucking bus, you're not our parent. It is your job to drive the bus, not to lecture us on manners. Yes, the girl was being idiotic and rude, but you don't have the right to make 50 people late for their classes because you want an apology.
So the girl was being a stubborn prick, and the driver got off the bus and made a phone call. This was after about five minutes. 90% chance he called one of his driver friends or his boss to ask if he would do what he was doing, and 100% chance they told him, "No, now go drive the fucking bus."
So he got back on and we went to campus. During the ride they both made phone calls and were both telling the situations in their own words, which was pretty funny since they were right next to each other. People like that suck.
Spirited Away - 9/10
Little Miss Sunshine - 8.5/10
Network - 8/10
Edit 10/18/2008: Network should be a 10/10, and Spirited Away as well. I failed at recognizing classics.
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