Happy Belated New Years!
So i'm not quite a week late, but there it is... happy new years. it was an exciting night, going to see the strawberry drop, but now it's past and i don't know that i'll do it again. in the meantime, i'm looking forward to a busy year with lots to do... Vegas in August! It's only 8 months away, but i'm still taking reservations.
Went to see Juno last night, and i think i have a new favorite movie/actor/actress. I was already thoroughly impressed by Michael Cera in Arrested Development and Superbad, and this really cinches him as the star of the bumbling high school kid. i hope he grows into a good bumbling adult character, because i think his one character is starting to wear thin in and of itself, but as long as he has the right material i think he's great.
I've been hooked on ellen page since X-Men introduced her and Hard Candy cemented her as a kid to watch.
The movie itself is great... it might lend itself a little too much to Napoleon Dynamite quoting, but i think it that happens i'll be ok with it because it's a much smarter movie that ND was. Teen Pregnancy doesn't normally lend itself to comedy, but this movie had me laughing more than anything I've seen in the past 5 years that didn't involve Judd Apatow (freaks&geeks, undeclared, 40 year old virgin, knocked up, superbad, walk hard), and managed to do it while staying completely sweet and lovable. (oddly enough, apatow movies are the same way... they don't degenerate into meanness or boredom the way comedies often do, when they run out of jokes and decide to wrap up the plot as quickly as possible.)
now i think i need to go to sleep and face the sunday before going back to work. grr.
Went to see Juno last night, and i think i have a new favorite movie/actor/actress. I was already thoroughly impressed by Michael Cera in Arrested Development and Superbad, and this really cinches him as the star of the bumbling high school kid. i hope he grows into a good bumbling adult character, because i think his one character is starting to wear thin in and of itself, but as long as he has the right material i think he's great.
I've been hooked on ellen page since X-Men introduced her and Hard Candy cemented her as a kid to watch.
The movie itself is great... it might lend itself a little too much to Napoleon Dynamite quoting, but i think it that happens i'll be ok with it because it's a much smarter movie that ND was. Teen Pregnancy doesn't normally lend itself to comedy, but this movie had me laughing more than anything I've seen in the past 5 years that didn't involve Judd Apatow (freaks&geeks, undeclared, 40 year old virgin, knocked up, superbad, walk hard), and managed to do it while staying completely sweet and lovable. (oddly enough, apatow movies are the same way... they don't degenerate into meanness or boredom the way comedies often do, when they run out of jokes and decide to wrap up the plot as quickly as possible.)
now i think i need to go to sleep and face the sunday before going back to work. grr.
posted by joe at 11:31 PM
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