I drink your blog! I drink it up! Hoo Ha!

So... anyway. I've done a horrible, horrible thing. I lived at my boyfriends house for like 4-6 weeks. And then, I didn't blog for ... well... a lot of time. So here is a list of all the movies I've seen between the last list and now. I shall rant on some. And pick some favourite.

... I am currently watching Karate Kid for the first time ever ... why are the 12 year olds having an intense karate fight on the beach. Who would they do that? 12 year olds are idiots.

Ice Age 3.

I Know What You Did Last Summer.

Star Trek.

Der Untergang (the Downfall).

Dogma.

The Frog Princess.

Milk.

Adaptation.

Inception.

Shutter Island.

Raging Bull.

Good Will Hunting.

Lost in La Mancha.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

Scott Pilgrim vs The World.

The Prestige.

Predator.

Knight and Day.

Predators.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Chaplin.

... Now they are fighting people during a soccer game. If I were this kid, I think I'd be inspired to take up some form of disciplined combat... possibly. Anyways:

Highlander.

Dazed and Confused.

Scent of a Woman.

Primer.

Get Shorty.

Moonstruck.

Young Frankenstein.

National Lampoons Animal House.

It's Complicated.

Frost Nixon.

There Will Be Blood.

Tarzan (Disney's).

... Now they are fighting on motorbikes. For some reason Daniel hates California.

Now I shall rant. Given that my list has no order. NEITHER WILL I, BITCH.

LAUGHS: Firstly, American movie lists. Please STOP lying to me. Caddyshack was NOT funny. Animal House is NOT funny. It was possibly snigger worthy. And it was still better than Caddyshack. Young Frankenstein – that shit is funny – actual laugh-out-loud funny. Mel Brooks (Young Frankenstein director), I’ve always loved you. Scott Pilgrim VS The World – also funny.

TEARS: Disney (Tarzan) (Princess and the Frog). Stop killing cartoon animals. I’m seriously running out of tears.

ACTING: CHER (Moonstruck)! You gorgeous lady. Totes didn’t know you could act. Fab surprise for me! ROBIN WILLIAMS (Good Will Hunting)! He really is fabulous in that movie. My theory is that comedically inclined people will forever give the greatest dramatic performances by average. KEIREN CULKIN (Scott Pilgrim vs The World)! Please do more comedy. HUGH JACKMAN (The Prestige)! Perfect, simply perfect. Best cast actor ever. DE NIRO AND PESCI (Raging Bull)! You are De Niro and Pesci, you are inherently good at acting. AL PACINO (Scent of a Woman)! Hoo Haa! DANIEL DAY-LEWIS (There Will Be Blood)! I was told you were good, but never have I believed a man had drank another man’s milkshake than when you acted it. ROBERT DOWNEY JR (Chaplin)! Or was it actually Chaplin? I couldn’t tell. FRANK LANGELLA (Frost/Nixon)! Or was it actually Nixon? I couldn’t tell. NICHOLAS CAGE…

NICHOLAS CAGE: Dude. Dude. Dude… I’ve been way harsh on you in the past. You can act! Like… really well (Adaptation). Also. You were hot! (Moonstruck). I humbly apologise. P.S. I still hate John Cusack. Just thought I’d mention it.

YOU LET ME DOWN, YOU LET ME DOWN REAL BAD: Shutter Island! Your ending was predictable. I am not a detective. And I guessed it. You are lucky you had good costumes. And Boston accents. Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus! What the hell was that? Seriously? Highlander. You made me watch dudes with swords for over an hour. Also you made me get ‘Who Wants to Live Forever’ by Queen stuck in my head, which made me get mocked.

COOL: John Travolta (Get Shorty). You are cool. Defined. Predator alien (Predator). So are you. Please don’t kill me.

… Now they are Halloween fighting Daniel…. WHY IS CALIFORNIA SO DANGEROUS FOR 12 YEAR OLDS… The old Japan dude is kung fuing!

MY BRAIN, OW MY BRAIN!: Primer. One day, maybe I will understand you.

WOW: Inception.

Thankyou for making it this far.

List of favourites:

5. Good Will Hunting.

4. Scent of a Woman.

3. Raging Bull – IT’S A PERSONAL THING, DON’T JUDGE ME. … You fuck my wife?!

2. The Prestige.

1. Inception.

I will probably like raging Bull in time.

Until then, Chris Nolan (director – The Prestige, Inception) – you are a god.

… And so I leave, during wax on-wax off scene. I believe wax off follows wax on.

My Childhood Regression

Before I start some recording here, I want it to be known - this list seems to indicate that I not been mentally up for adult storylines (mostly, anyway). One of these movies is not like the others. One of these movies just doesn't elond. Can you tell which thing is not like the others. By the time I finish my e-song?

Monsters vs Aliens.

Toy Story 3.

Harry Brown.

A Fish Called Wanda.

Kung Fu Panda.

Tooth Fairy.

Bunny and the Bull.

The Men Who Stare at Goats.

Cry-Baby.

My Neighbour Totoro.

THE STATS:

5 comedies and attempted comedies.

4 baby movies.

1 Harry Brown.

TOP THREE:

There is a tie in here.

3. My Neighbour Totoro - [something in Japanese that probably wasn't expressed perfectly in English]

3. The Men Who Stare at Goats - 'Cloud bursting, it keeps me sharp'.

2. A Fish Called Wanda - 'It's K-K-K-Ken, c-c-c-coming to k-k-k-kill me! How are you going to c-c-c-catch me, K-K-K-Ken?'.

1. Toy Story 3 - 'Sunnyside is a place of ruin and despair, ruled by an evil bear who smells of strawberries!'

Special Mission: Operation - Death Proof Shining Scissorhands

Despite my aims of movie wankery, I am yet to watch the full catalogue of any screen personalities (directors/actors and such). I also decided I want to write some notes on my favourite films I have watched long ago and movie persons I like or hate (Cusaaaack). I have decided to embark on a mission inside my 'watch all movies ever' mission. At least that would mean I could win a battle, if not the proverbial war. Okay - so I figured I have the best chance of watching up all the movies of these three males - Director Quentin Tarantino, Director Stanley Kubrick, Actor Johnny Depp.

Quentin Tarantino - King of nonlinear blood and dialogue, God of 90's movie college students.
Tarantino is the reason I got into movie appreciation. Life aim - build own theatre in house like Tarantino. The first Tarantino I ever watched was Pulp Fiction which was an absolutely perfect introduction to a man I now admire (I base admiration on whether or not I would have a drink with a person). Pulp Fiction is one of my top ten movies. As is the next Tarantino I watched - Reservoir Dogs (despite the fact that one of my "friends" gave away the surprise end). Kill Bill is gorgeous with it's tasty blood and base vengeance. All I have left is one assumed blaxploitation style movie. DAMN YOU, Jackie Brown!! Tarantino is fun. Sometimes I think movies miss the ... 'should be entertaining in some capacity' element that meant that movies actually exist. Tarantino knows how to keep the audience watching.

Tarantino seen: Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, Death Proof, Inglorious Basterds (also, the Tarantino written - From Dusk till Dawn and Natural Born Killers).
Tarantino to watch: Jackie Brown (also special points if Tarantino written True Romance is watched).
STATS: 7 watched, 2 to watch.
Stanley Kubrick - Prime suspect in case concerning origin of the term 'Kubrickian'.
First Kubrick I ever watched - The Shining - by myself, when I was little. I was scared as hell. Nowadays I like to get drunk and watch 2001: A Space Odyssey (I like the part with the monkeys). I also like to use search engines late at night when I'm writing blogs so I can look up the proper spelling of 'Odyssey'. Full Metal Jacket is fepic (cool friends assure me this means 'fucking epic'). I should note - I think I have seen Spartacus but I can't remember anything bar people rowing a boat (is this from Spartacus)(or something else my history teacher made me watch)(OH! STORY - My Ancient history teacher used to make us watch 2001 when it was rainy - it would be either that, or Monty Python's Holy Grail), the 'I'm Spartacus' scene and the fight with the amusing music.

Kubrick seen: Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Clockwork Orange.
Kubrick to watch: (only full feature length film included)(only movies that I can actually access) Killer's Kiss, The Killing, Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Lolita, Barry Lyndon, Eyes Wide Shut.
STATS: 5 watched, 7 to watch (daunting, much?).


John Christopher Depp II - He is pretty.
I have watched a lot of things this guy has done. Annoyingly, I have just realise that I have watched everything that Johnny's partner in crime - Director Tim Burton - has made (apart from Pee wee's Big Adventure)(note: this Gen Y lady has no idea who or what this 'Pee wee' man/thing is, why he/it has such a horrible name, and why I would ever desire to watch a movie about he/it). Anyway, so, Johnny Depp is pretty. He is also. Seriously, really, being seriously serious here - one of the best actors of all time. I had a friend who once had a Johnny Depp sleepover. I believe the basis of the sleepover was spawned from something to do with Johnny Depp and prettiness. My favourite Depp is Ed Wood - it is amusing and eccentric - like the man it's based on. I also lurve Donnie Brasco, Pacino and Depp working together (squee much?). So - most of Gen Y would know Depp from his Pirates movies and nothing else, and I am not convinced that is a bad thing. The Pirates movies were great fun and I really hope they make more. Depp did a great job in that trilogy. In fact, he MADE the trilogy (made as in he pwned it)(Johnny Depp is not any form of incarnation of Gore Verbinski or Jerry Bruckheimer).

Depp seen: Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Finding Neverland, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, From Hell, Blow, Chocolat, Sleepy Hollow, Donnie Brasco, Ed Wood, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Edward Scissorhands, Platoon.
Depp to watch: Secret Window, Public Enemies, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Libertine, Before Night Falls, The Man Who Cried, The Astronauts Wife, Fearing and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Ninth Gate, The Brave, Nick of Time, Dead Man, Don Juan DeMarco, Benny and Joon, Arizona Dream, Cry-Baby, Private Resoirt, Nightmare on Elm Street.
STATS: 18 watched, 17 to watch (LAME)(although I am looking forward to Fear and Loathing).
Mescaline kills the pretty.

2010: MAY-JUNE - 'You say this gadget of yours is for ordinary people. What on earth would ordinary people want with computers?'

It's been a slow month in the Moviequest department with the university learning and the watching most of the seasons of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. My plan from here on in is to watch ten movies and then write some opinion of them as a group. So, here be the last ten movies I have seen. I think the Bad:Good ratio has changed significantly.

Ace Venture: Pet Detective.

Barton Fink.

Date Night.

French Connection, The.

Hot Tub Time Machine.

MASH movie.

Pirates of Silicon Valley.

Raise Your Voice.

Sicko.

Untouchables, The.

THE STATS:

2 "comedies".

1 actual comedy.

1 drama/comedy.

1 mindfuck/comedy.

Only one DeNiro movie - note: not a comedy.

TOP THREE:

3. The Untouchables - 'I want him DEAD! I want his family DEAD! I want his house burned to the GROUND! I wanna go there in the middle of the night and I wanna PISS ON HIS ASHES!'

2. Sicko - 'An educated, healthy and confident nation is harder to govern.'

1. Pirates of Silicon Valley- 'Get real, would ya? You and I are both like guys who had this rich neighbor - Xerox - who left the door open all the time. And you go sneakin' in to steal a TV set. Only when you get there, you realize that I got there first. I got the loot, Steve! And you're yellin'? "That's not fair. I wanted to try to steal it first".'

BEST SURPRISE:

Here I am going to have to go with my number 1, Pirates of Silicon Valley. Yes, I've chosen a made-for-TV movie over The Untouchables, but Al Capone is dead and he can't get me now. While Bill Gates, THAT guy is a king of the dollar in present society. Pirates of Silicon Valley is a biographical drama about how Bill Gates and Steve Jobs came to be as they existed in the late 90s. Bill Gates of course being the Microsoft guy and Steve Jobs being Mr. Apple himself. They compete. Steve Jobs gets pwned. I laugh at my Mac-loving boyfriend. I didn't expect much from this as I acquired it from people who I will describe as technophilic electronerds (they are similar to any group of people who believe their ideas are the ones to curb the future - young university socialists, indie bands, anyone with a beret or patterned fedora, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs). This movie presents a story that I wish more people knew. It isn't just a nerdfest movie. The story of Mac and Microsoft IS actually interesting, and if you are alive right now, it's probably impacting your life (she writes on her computer running from Microsoft XP - I really gotta update that). Plus, the movie dialogue and visuals (while inherently 90's and low budget) were fun. I suspect that, given the current iEra, a sequel to this movie would end with a much happier Mr. Apple. By happier, I mean richer.

Sicko was also fabulous (although, ALWAYS approach a Michael Moore movie with understanding that there may well be large doses of bias) and Date Night has functioned in the annual refreshing of my hope in American comedy.

THE 'OH MY GOD, KILL ME NOW, YOU'RE RUINING MY LIFE MOMENTS' AWARD:

I have four incongruent words to present - Hot Tub Time Machine. This is an example of a movie that you expect to be bad, and then, IT IS BAD. Not only was the movie bad, but my popcorn was burnt. The dialogue is bad, the concept is bad, and I hate John Cusack so much more now (I can never, and will never, explain the hatred for John Cusack I use as a general beacon of life). Did I mention - the word 'bad'? This movie may appeal to - people who think it is being ironic (a.k.a. people I hate), people who are my brother (a.k.a. people who are stupid jocks), and people who had non-burnt popcorn to eat (a.k.a. those who were able to be saved by the buttery kernels of distraction). If I ever have to see this movie again, I will ... probably have a more depressed outlook on life.

2010: MARCH-APRIL - 'You wanna fuck with me? Okay. You little co-co-roaches'

So begins my epic journey of movie wankery. My goal is simple – watch movies, be entertained. These blogs are to help me remember. If I do spend as many minutes watching screens as I wish I could – I AM going to forget things. I live my life with aims to not be shown up by movie nerds thusly proving my human inadequacy ONCE AGAIN. WATCH OUT, CUTE RAT!

MOVIES I HAVE WATCHED:

Analyze This.

Barbarella.

Being John Malkovich.

Duplex.

Dog Day Afternoon.

Twilight.

Blazing Saddles.

Casino.

Do The Right Thing.

Donnie Brasco.

Fargo.

Good Morning, Vietnam.

Heat.

Kick Ass.

Mighty Ducks.

Ratatouille.

Rushmore.

Romancing the Stone.

Scarface.

Se7en.

Stick It.

The Hurt Locker.

The Invention of Lying.

The Last Temptation of Christ.

The Long Kiss Goodnight.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

THE STATS:

26 Movies.

4 Pacino's, 3 DeNiro's.

7 Crime-based movies.

1 Romantic Vampire-based 'movie'.

TOP FIVE FAVOURITES:

5. Donnie Brasco - 'Forget about it'.

4. Do The Right Thing - 'If Mike Tyson beats my ass in a dream, he better wake up and apologize'.

3. Casino - 'When you love someone, you've gotta trust them. There's no other way. You've got to give them the key to everything that's yours. Otherwise, what's the point?'.

2. Dog Day Afternoon - 'Attica! Attica! Attica!'

1. Scarface - 'You wanna fuck with me? Okay. You wanna play rough? Okay... Say hello to my little friend!'

BEST SURPRISE:

I never know whether something Spike Lee makes or says will throw me off guard and overly confused me. And I never know if I'm just not going to understand something that is so far based in race relations. But, after watching Do The Right Thing, I found myself thinking about it for a week after which is always a sign that I've loved a movie. The relations in the movie, at first I thought, were really base - but towards the end of the movie it really gets into more conflicting ideas. Love the thought challenge. If I found someone less than enthused about watching a race-conflict based movie I'd say - don't be. Try it. I think that it may have been a nice intro to a genre of movie I should get more familiar with. Great dialogue, great visuals. Although, if I have to hear 'Fight the Power' one more time, I'm going to kill someone.

LETDOWN:

I hoped that this choice was going to be a simple outright, no-contest vote for Twilight - given the overall horribleness of the dialogue, plot and pasty white skin of the population of Forks. However, I EXPECTED it to be bad. And so when it was - I laughed. Lots. However, when I came away with a less than Academy Award winning feeling of inspiration after watching The Hurt Locker, I became quite embittered. I must have missed something that all the critics had seemingly identified as the inherent wonderfulness and awesome that is The Hurt Locker. I was bored. Fell asleep halfway through. There were a few nice visuals. But for the build up ... it's definitely not a movie I will be seeing again.

SCREENSHOTS OF AWESOME:

'Being John Malkovich'

'Dog Day Afternoon'

Shiny, happy vampires - 'Twilight'