96 Movies. Get thee to a DVD!

broderic on February 7, 2007

Margeaux posted some movie going survey on her site. It looks more like something sent via email. It’s a challenge to see if you have seen the most movies. I’ve seen plenty lately. Especially in the theatres. She scored 112. I know I can beat that.

Here’s the opening stuff.
SUPPOSEDLY if you’ve seen over 85 movies, you have no life. Mark the ones you’ve seen.

There are 170 movies on this list. Put your score in header and repost:

(x) Nacho Libre
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the caribbean 2
() Orange County
() The Green Mile
(x) Willy Wonka and the Chocolate
Factory
() Neverending Story
() Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane!
(x) Red Eye
() Stick It
() Shes the Man
() 8 Mile

Total : 7

That didn’t start out so good. 7 of 13. That’ll mean I’ll get the 85 point. Darn.

(x) The Princess Bride
() SNL’s The Best of Will Ferrell
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
() Fun With Dick and Jane
() Saw
() Saw II
(x) White Noise
() White Oleander
() Anger Management
() 50 First Dates
() The Princess Diaries
() The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
() Legally Blonde
(x) Legally Blonde 2

Total: 3

Yikes! Doing worse! Who made this list up. That will farrell one seems to be a DVD of the best of SNL. Come on. I won’t even rent that shit. This is bogus.

(x) Scream
(x) Scream 2
(x) Scary Movie
() Scary Movie 2
() Scary Movie 3
() Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
() American Wedding
() American Pie Band Camp

Total: 4

(x) Harry Potter
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
(x) Resident Evil 1
() Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
() Cinderella Man
(x) The Village
() Lilo & Stitch

Total : 7

(x) Finding Nemo
() Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
(x) The Grinch
(x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
() White Chicks
() Little Manhattan
(x) 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
() Robots

Total : 7

(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(x) Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
() KingPin
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
() Eight Crazy Nights
() Joe Dirt
(x) King Kong(2005)

Total : 8

(x) Alice in Wonderland
(x) The Terminal
() The Lizzie McGuire Movie
() Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
() Dumber & Dumberer
() Final Destination
() Final Destination 2
() Final Destination 3
(x) Halloween
() The Ring
() The Ring 2
() Surviving X-MAS
() Flubber
(x) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
() Ghost Ship
() From Hell
(x) Hellboy
(x) Secret Window
() I Am Sam
() the whole nine yards
() The Whole Ten Yards

Total : 9

(x) The Day After Tomorrow
() Child’s Play
() Seed of Chucky
() Bride of Chucky
(x) 10 Things I Hate About You
() Just Married
(x) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
() Coach Carter
(x) The Grudge
(x) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
() Son Of The Mask

Total : 9

(x) Bad Boys 2
() Joy Ride
(x) Lucky Number Seven
(x) Ocean’s Eleven
(x) Ocean’s Twelve
() Identity
() Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
(x) Predator I
(x) Predator II
() Superstar
(x) Ice Age
() Ice age 2 The Meltdown

Total : 8

(x) Independence Day
(x) Cujo
(x) A Bronx Tale
(x) Darkness
(x) ET
(x) Children of the Corn
() My Boss’ Daughter
() Maid in Manhattan
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2
() Best Bet
() How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She’s All That
() Calendar Girls
(x) Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
(x) Event Horizon
() Ever After
(x) Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
() The Terminator 3

Total : 17

(X) X-Men
(X) X-Men 2
(X) X-Men 3
(X) Spider-Man
(X) Spider-Man 2
(x) Sky High
() Jeepers Creepers
() Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Others
(X) Freaky Friday
(x) Reign of fire
(X) Cruel Intentions
() Cruel Intentions 2
() Cruel Intentions 3
() The Hot Chick
() Shrek
() Shrek 2

Total : 11

() Swimfan
() Miracle
(x) Old School
() K-Paxx
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
() A Walk To Remember
() Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old-virgin
() The Hills Have Eyes
() The Man in the Moon

Total: 5

I scored 96! I know I’ve seen more movies. Who made that one up?

Box of Memories

broderic on February 6, 2007

Rooting around mom’s house this weekend and found the box that I kept some of my keepsakes. Pictures of her. Pictures of friends — high school, college. Letters from her. Letters from friends — high school, college.

I wanted to read those letters. I haven’t yet. I don’t remember what they say. It’ll scare me because of the memories and the feelings.

This box is a feeling time IED set to explode and take me away.

Super Bowl Post

broderic on February 4, 2007

Super Bowl Sunday! A non-sanctioned American holiday. It’s probably the only collective event that almost everyone in America watches.

I am rooting for the Colts. Blasphemy from one Baltirmorean whose father had some season tickets before they slunk out of town twenty some years ago.

I am rooting for them, because they have the least wankery fans. Chicago is the third wanker fan town. Boston first. New York second. Chicago third. It’s like they lord over the other cities who don’t know what it’s like.

So go Colts. Beat those wanker Bears.

February

broderic on February 1, 2007

My desktop calendar says we have 31 days in February. If that isn’t strange, how about its pronunciation. Feb-ru-airy or Feb-u-airy? I thought so.

Flickr

broderic on January 29, 2007

This is a test post from flickr, a fancy photo sharing thing.

Comet

broderic on January 28, 2007

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McNaughts Comet Eyre Peninsula South Australia
McNaughts Comet Eyre Peninsula South Australia,
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This is one hell of a picture. That’s the Comet McNaught that is very visible to the naked eye. I wish we could see it, but I fear that the light pollution here obscures it.

Mira. Dos peliculas

broderic on January 28, 2007

I’m not sure if it’s a latin thing, but they like to tell stories that are rooted in a style that’s called “Magical Realism.” Again, I’m not sure, but these stories deal with the real world, but add an element of fantasy to them which make them more whimsical in nature.

The latest two movies I have seen both seem to be part of that genre, Pan’s LabyrinthVolver. Both are done by well regarded directors, Guillermo del Toro and Pedro Almodovar. The former a relative new comer who has been heaped praises upon his most recent outing, and the latter a highly acclaimed Spanish director. Each of these films present a world on the cinema screen that builds some fantastical feelings when watched.

Pan’s Labyrinth is the more straight outright fantasy. You could tell, what with the fairy tale setting and elaborate “Princess of the Underworld” myth-making. The story takes place in Franco’s Spain as the liberal guerilla fighters battle against the fascist Spanish government. Within this setting a little girl finds herself in an unfolding myth of fairies and fauns that are helpful or not. She is told that she is the lost princess of the underworld and must complete three tasks to return to it triumphant.

It is here, where the audience must connect with the girl and the magic needs to happen within the viewer. The other characters in the movie don’t seem to realize that there are fairies or they don’t believe. Is it all in her head?

The tasks are performed in another fantasy realm. This is in contrast to the fascist spain. The real world intrudes on the fictional world that seems to be all coming from the girl’s imagination. Again, is it all in her head?

As I watched, I did not get the point of the juxtaposition of both worlds. I wanted to spend more time in the fantastic realm and felt the real world encumbered the story. Yet, del Toro needed both for the story to work.

The ending left me with the impression that it was all in her head. The fantasy realm she created was to escape her situation. She did and became princess of the underworld, but not the way you would expect. Bittersweet, but necessary.

3 of 5 stars.

Volver started in the real world. The characters are modern day people doing modern day things in Spain. Yet, whimsy to comes to them.

This was the first Almodovar film I have seen. I heard of his use of women characters, but was taken back with the fact that that was all there is in this one.

The story begins with the visit to Raimunda’s parents grave and to her Tia. There the stage is set for the return of someone once thought dead, her mother. When she does, I could not think that she was really alive, but a ghost to help guide her daughters through difficult straights. That’s when I felt it entered the “magical real” realm. Alas, she was very much alive. And she very much helped her daughters out.

More telling is that this movie felt to my mom to be very filipino-ish. I may be because under spanish rule, the Philippines may have inherited some of the “magical realism.” Regardless, the story featured some light-hearted twists that were not readily discernible so that they surprise.

The movie itself is a surprise, and I should add some Almodovar to my Netflix queue.

4 of 5 stars.

Beauty and the Film Geek

broderic on January 25, 2007

The discussion about the Oscar nominations over at The Seed is going along swimmingly. You should join.

But that’s not what this post is about.

What I want to know is who’s hosting the Science and Technical Awards? Every year they get some actress to present the awards.

Check out this list:

Hotties!

So who cares about Ellen, who’s the technical achievement awards host? She’ll probably charm the audience.