Wednesday on the couch

I'm in between kickball seasons, and have spent the past few days on a Netflix binge. Here's what I've watched since Friday:

Bridget Jones' Diary (STILL LOVE)
Fever Pitch (the British version)
Charlie Bartlett
La Historia Oficial (because I'd never seen it, and felt I should, as I am a big fan of Argentina)
The Tudors, Season 1 (not good, but oh so pretty)

Yes, it's been a varied selection, from 16th century England to today. I hadn't spent so much time engrossed in the Tudors since I wrote a report on Henry VIII for my 7th grade history class (I remember that he died on his half birthday, a fact I believed I closed my presentation with for no other reason than because I was 12). The movie is only historically accurate in the sense that England did have a king named Henry VIII who had many marriages, but, nonetheless, it is some enjoyable, cheesetastic viewing. Not since the memorable 2003 miniseries Kingpin has there been such a lolarious show with a cast full of gorgeous men.

Spoilers!

I saw the the latest Harry Potter last week. I enjoyed it, but then, I tend to take the movies as a separate entity from the books. It's easy to see how some might be dissatisfied with it, for the weirdness of the Harry/Ginny kiss and overly emotional Hermione. The one thing I wished they had done, though, was spend more time investigating Voldemort's background, if only because at least one of those scenes in the book is a major clue about a horcrux. Then again, since they're splitting Deathly Hallows into two movies, I guess they'll have time, if they cut enough of the camping scenes.

I also didn't like how Harry witnessed the Draco/Dumbledore/Snape scene at the end, from under the astronomy tower without being immobilized. I get why they did that, but given that Harry has ignored authority plenty of times if he thought evil forces were afoot, I don't see why he'd follow Dumbledore's orders now. That's a charater trait that's been shown again and again since Sorcerer's Stone.

Also, wow, Dumbledore, what a cockblock.

What time is it? WHO KNOWS?

I attended a free screening of Year One last night (wait for the DVD). Sony demands that all attendees of advance screenings relinquish their cell phones, something that the distributor of Star Trek didn't even request. My plans for pirating this soon-to-be classic film that's destined to sweep the Oscars having been foiled, I was forced to engage in "small talk" with my companions, without even those pre-movie quizzes that ask you to figure out who "Otm Shank" is.

I DID get ice cream, though, so a good night overall.

Happy Friday!

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Freeeeeee (dom)

I went to a free screening of Adventureland tonight. Ehhhhhhh. Enjoyed it for the most part, but glad I didn't pay for it. The plot is pretty much Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist with the cast aged four years, and I didn't enjoy that movie enough, either. Maybe I'm just being harsh because I Love You Man was so good and I saw this too soon (seriously, go see I Love You Man! On my list of Apatow-esque comedies, it falls lower than Sex Drive but higher than Role Models. On my list of Paul Rudd films, where perfection = still not as good as Clueless, it's above Role Models and lower than Anchorman. I plan to create an entire movie rating system based these models).

Anyway, the highlight of my evening was the curly fries.