Bah Humbug- it's Tuesday!
12/27/2005
Well, that Christmas break sure didn’t feel like one…dammit- did three days just go by?
Humbug.
PS: Five months to the day in Texas and three at my current job…at least it wasn’t a white Christmas over here as they threatened last week
My Christmas stash: Two sweaters, two scarves and a bag of candy.
Christmas Movie Viewing:
King Kong- ultimately flawed… Don’t go if you’re expecting the Lord of the Rings. This should have been a trilogy- two hours focusing on the Venture’s crew as they head into the unknown, three hours on Skull Island and a final two hours about Kong and Ann in New York. Lots of cool moments but the pieces just don’t gel as a movie. It’s best when it’s about the title character and his blonde beloved. Not to say that the stuff with the giant bugs and V-Rexes aren’t cool. Some forced sentimentality- never a good thing. The three hours were too short and too long at the same time. Too long to sit through and too short for it to be a movie I’d happily recommend…bring on the 7 hour director’s cut!
2 stars out of 5
Muppet Christmas Carol- a good honest interpretation of Dicken’s tale. Love the Hecklers. (4 stars)
Madagascar- Better than expected. Ali G is funny… (3 stars)
Mr & Mrs Smith- also better than expected. A very visual movie- not that it’s all just nice cinematography but the story is told mostly though pure images with no reliance on dialogue. In fact, if you take out ALL the dialogue- you’d still have a pretty complete story. (4 Stars)
Gargoyles Season 2 Part 1- AWESOME! I could watch these over and over again. Minor gripe: The animation quality varies from episode to episode. An ep like Out Of the Shadows showcases high quality moving pictures that wouldn’t look out of place on the big screen while other eps had animation that looked like I drew it…if the stories weren’t so strong, it’d be distracting- but the stories overpower the weak animation so you don’t really notice unless you look for it. (4.5 stars)
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear- Cheesy fun…but that’s about it. Kelly Hu is nice to look at. (2.5 stars- the extra .5 is for Miss Hu)
Well, that Christmas break sure didn’t feel like one…dammit- did three days just go by?
Humbug.
PS: Five months to the day in Texas and three at my current job…at least it wasn’t a white Christmas over here as they threatened last week
My Christmas stash: Two sweaters, two scarves and a bag of candy.
Christmas Movie Viewing:
King Kong- ultimately flawed… Don’t go if you’re expecting the Lord of the Rings. This should have been a trilogy- two hours focusing on the Venture’s crew as they head into the unknown, three hours on Skull Island and a final two hours about Kong and Ann in New York. Lots of cool moments but the pieces just don’t gel as a movie. It’s best when it’s about the title character and his blonde beloved. Not to say that the stuff with the giant bugs and V-Rexes aren’t cool. Some forced sentimentality- never a good thing. The three hours were too short and too long at the same time. Too long to sit through and too short for it to be a movie I’d happily recommend…bring on the 7 hour director’s cut!
2 stars out of 5
Muppet Christmas Carol- a good honest interpretation of Dicken’s tale. Love the Hecklers. (4 stars)
Madagascar- Better than expected. Ali G is funny… (3 stars)
Mr & Mrs Smith- also better than expected. A very visual movie- not that it’s all just nice cinematography but the story is told mostly though pure images with no reliance on dialogue. In fact, if you take out ALL the dialogue- you’d still have a pretty complete story. (4 Stars)
Gargoyles Season 2 Part 1- AWESOME! I could watch these over and over again. Minor gripe: The animation quality varies from episode to episode. An ep like Out Of the Shadows showcases high quality moving pictures that wouldn’t look out of place on the big screen while other eps had animation that looked like I drew it…if the stories weren’t so strong, it’d be distracting- but the stories overpower the weak animation so you don’t really notice unless you look for it. (4.5 stars)
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear- Cheesy fun…but that’s about it. Kelly Hu is nice to look at. (2.5 stars- the extra .5 is for Miss Hu)
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