I am going to go crazy if I do this everyday. I will still be watching movies a lot and post and about it when I do but I didn’t realize what a ridiculous commitment I had made here. There are times (like this last week) when there is way too much going on to [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Screw This
Posted in My Year In Film on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Day 55 – Indiana Jones And The Radiers Of The Temple Of Cheese
Posted in good movie, theater on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After revisiting all of the Indiana Jones films, I was really looking forward to The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. What I wasn’t prepared for was the full on cheese that awaited me. My friend and I went into the theater fully aware that we were watching an Indiana Jones movie but this exceeded our [...]
Day 53 – The Perfect Film Adaptation
Posted in good movie, television on June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I said recently, I love the Coen brothers. They have made so many fantastic movies it’s hard to pick a favorite (ok, not that hard…it’s The Big Lebowski). O Brother, Where Art Thou? is up there with their best work and is one of my favorite films. The music is superb. The cinematography and [...]
Day 52 – Revisiting Silicon Valley
Posted in good movie, other method of viewing on June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yeah, I know I just watched Pirates of Silicon Valley a couple of days ago but it’s chock full of nerdy goodness and I had to watch it again. It’s rare that a made-for-TV movie elicits that sort of response from me but this a great movie. Plus I have to get ready for WWDC [...]
Day 51 – I Can’t Believe I’m Watching This For The Third Time
Posted in dvd, ok movie on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s not that Semi-Pro is terrible, it’s just that it’s not that good either. I rented this because I thought my wife would want to watch (she’s a big Will Ferrell fan) but she is in a Star Trek DVD coma. So what do I do? Do I return the movie to the store unopened? [...]
Day 50 – Another Meeting With Tony Stark
Posted in good movie, theater on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today was the last day of school for my boys and they got out at 10:15 (7:45 to 10:15…why even bother?). Since it was a special day and they had both done so well in school all year, I let them decide what they wanted to go do for fun. It was unanimous decision to [...]
Day 49 – My Kind Of Pirate Movie
Posted in good movie, other method of viewing on June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My recent acquisition of a free Macbook and subsequent obsession over said laptop has led me to many Apple related stories and websites lately. The other day I ran across a video from last year’s All Things Digital conference which included a joint on stage interview with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs (there are actually [...]
Day 48 – I Really Tried To Hate This Movie
Posted in dvd, good movie on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was never a big fan of Rambo movies. Don’t get me wrong, First Blood was a decent action movie and it had a good story but it just never did it for me. I guess the main issue here is Stallone. Yes, Rocky is a great movie but I don’t think his abilities stretch [...]
Day 47 – A Tourist With A Typewriter
Posted in dvd, good movie on June 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Joel and Ethan Coen are phenomenal filmmakers. At their best, they make some of the best movies ever (Fargo, No Country For Old Men, Miller’s Crossing, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Big Lebowski). And even when they are not at their peak, their films are still better than most (The Ladykillers, Intolerable Cruelty). Barton [...]
Day 46 – The Good, The Bad, & The Aw…okay, I’m done now
Posted in dvd, good movie on June 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly is the masterpiece of the Leone/Eastwood. The action is brutal, the music is perfect, the story is super cool. I can’t recommend this movie enough. The whole trilogy is genius but this is the crowning jewel…a blood covered, gun-slinging jewel.
