Having been a vegetarian most of my life, I can wholeheartedly relate to Erin’s statement about having to rely on one’s self to cook. That being said, she is much more adventurous in the kitchen than I am.
If food is your pleasure, regardless of whether you’re vegetarian, then you should definitely look at this site. The photography is so delicious, it’s borderline pornographic. (Don’t worry, it’s still SFW, just don’t lean over your keyboard while you’re looking. There will most likely be drool.)
This talented young lady should definitely publish a cookbook.
Inkheart I read The Thief Lord a few years back and wasn’t particularly impressed with it. The concept was good, but everything else was lacking and underdeveloped. The same goes for this movie, also based on a Funke book. However, also like The Thief Lord, it was fun despite its flaws … and, for some weird reason, Dustfinger is kind of hot (and Brendan, too).
Something different happened this morning. Well, it was technically afternoon. I’ve been sleeping in way too late these days. But that’s not important.
One of the cats threw up this morning. Anyone who has a cat knows that’s not the least bit abnormal. What was out of the ordinary was that, when Peach tried to pull the Dance Dance mat away from the cat so she wouldn’t puke all over it, the cat not only darted away in surprise she leapt through the air, trailing vomit across the carpet.
Kamikaze Girls Part Amelie, part Pretty Guardian Sailormoon, all awesome. I really can’t summarize this one, just watch it.
My Beautiful Girl Mari The only thing this movie does well is set a mood. That’s about it. The story made no sense and neither did the characters. In fairness, the backgrounds of the dream sequences were quite interesting.
Slumdog Millionaire The movie that everyone loved and I loved it too. But my favourite part? The cinematography. Drool.
17 Again There was a lot of brouhaha in the feminist community about this film. I can’t say it was sexist so much as its messages were confused. But what were people expecting? It was a funny film and Zac Efron doing his best Matthew Perry impression was hot.
Star Trek Entertaining, especially if you only went to see your favourite Vulcan half-breed doing his very best Alan Rickman impression. Typical whack Star Trek fare, though it did have an odd stink of fanfiction about it … And, yes, I’ve seen the original series. Don’t lecture me.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Firstly, I’d like to point out that I would have rated this one higher were it not for an extended scene involving Blob. I understand that, more or less, his power has always been being fat and therefore immovable. I’m cool with that. However, in the 21st century, did we really have to make his fat the fault of a “poor” diet and lack of exercise? If you’re thinking of responding, read here first. I’ll know if you haven’t. Moving on from that, it was very fun. Gambit was much better than I expected. I was pleasantly surprised.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Not nearly as fun as the first one, but who wasn’t expecting that? Amy Adams was adorable and the cast as a whole were both charming and entertaining. The kids will like it and you’ll laugh at all the right moments as well.
Stardust It was watchable, though at times it dragged and I found myself wondering when it would end. It was not anything like The Princess Bride as some have claimed, although it did seem to borrow heavily from nearly every popular fantasy film ever made — think Willow, meets Legend, meets Hocus Pocus, meets Lord of the Rings with a dash of Senator Palpatine — but instead of giving it a fresh twist, it just seemed stale. And what the hell happed to Claire Danes’ eyebrows? But I digress. Watch it to see Robert De Niro as a crossdressing skypirate, he was by far the best part.
Up Arguably the best thing Pixar has ever made. Gorgeous animation, beautiful music, loveable characters and a nice, simple story. If you are the sort of person who cries during movies, bring some tissue. You will need it.
I can’t believe I let a month go by without updating! I didn’t even post a monthly review … would you believe that I only saw one new movie last month? That’s right! I’ve had a lot going on. I’m not exactly sure what, but I’m sure it must have been a lot. I’ve been trying to practice with bentos, and it’s been going well. (That one doesn’t count so much since a lot of it is CANDY, but it’s still cute, right?)
I’ve also been trying to sit down and get something punched out for the story/script I’m writing for Peach’s comic.
I’m hoping I’ll be able to take some time to sit down and punch out something for this thing, but no more promises!
Doubt A great well-scripted, beautifully shot, and well-acted drama. (Did I mention Meryl — and the rest of the cast, for that matter — are fucking fabulous?)
Valkyrie I actually can’t stand Tom Cruise, but for most of this movie I completely forgot it was him – it was that good. And who knew so many Nazis had British accents!
The Darjeeling Limited
I’m a huge Wes Anderson fan, but I have to admit this is not one of his better films. Actually, I thought it was pretty darn awful although most of that I attribute to what felt like poor editting. It felt like a huge chunk of the film was missing and what was there was incomplete, unpolished and lacked focus.
Love Actually Before I go on, I have to admit that I am not a romantic comedy fan so you’re more than welcome to explain away my opinion. Honestly, there was too much going on in this film and it felt completely insincere. The only sub-plot that appealed to me was Liam Neeson’s.
Right about now you’re probably wondering what I’ve been up to! Right? OK, maybe not. Let’s say it’s been a bit of a hectic two weeks for me. I’ve been battling harassment at work (yes, that kind of harassment), watching old 80`s cartoons, visiting the aquarium, and buying new towels with my hetersexual life partner.
But! My weekend is coming, so there will be new Bridesmaid Chronicles this week.
So, does anyone else read PostSecret? I’m on-and-off addicted to it. It has its moments. It also has its “throw up in your mouth a little bit” moments. Like last week’s post which included this little gem.
There’s a lot of discussion about this one over at the community, most of it centreing on how it’s so wonderful that the mother wants to take her kids back for the culture, but her husband is, clearly, a mysoginistic prick. People are making a lot of generalizations and broad statements about Japan and its culture, most of it quoted from Snopes.
So, do any of you know a little show called Avatar: The Last Airbender? At first glance it just looks like some American weeaboos circle-jerk, but looks can be deceiving. I’m not going to get into some multi-paragraph rant about the depth of the show, or how much love and respect for Asian culture it was packed with — because, honestly, that wasn’t the case — but it was a good show and, I mean really, how many shows can you name where two of the main characters are freakin’Inuit and the rest of the cast are glaringly non-white?
Admittedly, I was apprehensive when they announced a trilogy of live-action films were going to be made based on the show. I didn’t feel much better when it was announced that M. Night Shyamalan would be directing. I’ll be frank, I’m not the biggest fan of his work, however, I was at least hopeful at that point that the cast would be racially diverse, colourful, insert your-politically-correct-adjective-of-choice-here.
Unfortunately, I was wrong. Dead wrong. So, let’s do something, please?
The Day the Earth Stood Still A remake of one of my favourite films growing up. Certainly not the best movie by any stretch of the imagination, but I enjoyed myself and Keanu Reeves. ;)z
