Coach
Bones
I actually watched Coach a few days ago...Thursday? Yeah, Thursday, when it arrived from Netflix. I'll own up and say the only reason I got it is because I really like Hugh Dancy. It was a pretty subpar movie about a trust fund guy who coaches a youth soccer team and meets a nice doctor. Yawn. Not even Hugh's charm could save this overall snooze with a side plot about absentee/hard-working dad and his son.
I started watching Bones...Tuesday, Wednesday? When a friend of mine told me a friend of his was in one episode I've been magnetized since, mostly because I am completely fascinated with the Deschanel accent. I know Zoe has it to, but she doesn't have a 4+ season show available to stream from Netflix, and she is too cutesy. Sometimes the supporting characters can be a little annoying - they're not super developed - and I'm not completely sold on David Boreanaz post-Buffy, but the combo of science and wit is really enjoyable for a straightforward procedural drama, and I'm not worried about my love of those until I pick up NCIS or any Law and Order. Please stop me if I go there.
7.10.2010
7.05.2010
Monday, July 5
Party Down, Season Two
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Jennifer's Body
Really I watched all of these on July 4th after a delicious Waffle House breakfast. I prefer Jane Lynch to Megan Mullally on Party Down, but it was still a great season. Not sure what else to say other than boy 10 episodes fly when everyone else is barbecuing away and you are watching people cater an orgy. I'm so sad that it has been canceled. Someone start a campaign to revive it!
Anchorman was on, and so for fun I watched parts of it. I had given myself some distance from the massively over-quoted, over-watched film since it came out, and I was finally able to enjoy it again. Success.
Speaking of success, I experienced the opposite watching Jennifer's Body, Diablo Cody's script about a girl who, after a satanic ritual gone awry, develops a thirst for human blood, preferably pouring out of the mutilated pelvis of a teenage boy. The movie was considered a huge flop, but I actually didn't totally hate it. I can get past Megan Fox's acting -- it was actually appropriate for the role, and even though she is so ridiculously hot, I comfort myself knowing she is married to David Silver from 90210, thus her life can't be much better than mine. Amanda Seyfried played her helpless, moon-faced pal (named Needy) as well as you can when the script calls for you and your gal pal to call each other Monistat and Vagisil. That's the thing though, while Juno was trying with its witty dialogue and pop culture references, Jennifer's Body is reaching for them like I reach for homemade French fries- desperately, obviously and kind of pathetically. There were laughs, but they were outshadowed by otherwise poor dialogue. Surprisingly I actually enjoyed Adam Brody as the leader of a band trying to catch a break, but he's still Seth Cohen to me, no matter how much eyeliner he wears. So was the movie really awful? Depends on your taste. But it's also about the friendship between two young girls who have always been friends even though maybe they don't really have much in common. The thing is, other than looking hot, there is nothing else to Megan Fox's character to make you understand anything about her. She's shallow and pretty unlikeable, but so is Needy.
Due to a half day at work, a great cook out and supply shopping for my new cat, I haven't really watched TV today. What a step. Feels awful.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Jennifer's Body
Really I watched all of these on July 4th after a delicious Waffle House breakfast. I prefer Jane Lynch to Megan Mullally on Party Down, but it was still a great season. Not sure what else to say other than boy 10 episodes fly when everyone else is barbecuing away and you are watching people cater an orgy. I'm so sad that it has been canceled. Someone start a campaign to revive it!
Anchorman was on, and so for fun I watched parts of it. I had given myself some distance from the massively over-quoted, over-watched film since it came out, and I was finally able to enjoy it again. Success.
Speaking of success, I experienced the opposite watching Jennifer's Body, Diablo Cody's script about a girl who, after a satanic ritual gone awry, develops a thirst for human blood, preferably pouring out of the mutilated pelvis of a teenage boy. The movie was considered a huge flop, but I actually didn't totally hate it. I can get past Megan Fox's acting -- it was actually appropriate for the role, and even though she is so ridiculously hot, I comfort myself knowing she is married to David Silver from 90210, thus her life can't be much better than mine. Amanda Seyfried played her helpless, moon-faced pal (named Needy) as well as you can when the script calls for you and your gal pal to call each other Monistat and Vagisil. That's the thing though, while Juno was trying with its witty dialogue and pop culture references, Jennifer's Body is reaching for them like I reach for homemade French fries- desperately, obviously and kind of pathetically. There were laughs, but they were outshadowed by otherwise poor dialogue. Surprisingly I actually enjoyed Adam Brody as the leader of a band trying to catch a break, but he's still Seth Cohen to me, no matter how much eyeliner he wears. So was the movie really awful? Depends on your taste. But it's also about the friendship between two young girls who have always been friends even though maybe they don't really have much in common. The thing is, other than looking hot, there is nothing else to Megan Fox's character to make you understand anything about her. She's shallow and pretty unlikeable, but so is Needy.
Due to a half day at work, a great cook out and supply shopping for my new cat, I haven't really watched TV today. What a step. Feels awful.
7.04.2010
Saturday, 7/2
Party Down
How Much Do You Love Me
Eclipse
Finally got into Party Down. Watched season one in one sitting. That's like 10 episodes and no productivity on a Friday night. I love it. Love Adam Scott. Love Casey. Kind of annoyed by Ron/season one team leader. Love cunty as an adjective. Love the series. Love the idea of idea of getting drunk at all of these events. Can't wait to finish season two.
How Much Do You Love Me is another French film and features the absolutely insanely gorgeous Monica Bellucci. She plays a prostitute being paid $100,000 a month by a man who just won the lottery to be with him -- or did he? And what about Gerard Depardieu as her pimp/husband/boyfriend? Anyway, lots of the gorgeous Bellucci naked/in a lace slip, fucking a guy with a heart condition. Some of the lighting is annoying as they change to reflect actual events/imaginary happenings. But the really annoying part is how everyone excuses anything they say by saying Bellucci's character is beautiful. Duh. She's hot like a thermometer in Athens. Liked it though, overall.
I excuse seeing Eclipse by saying I chugged like 1/3 bottle of wine before I went, but it was pre-meditated. If anything, I will say that my wine buzz made me enjoy the movie more than I might normally. I am more Team Jacob than ever, and I think any time R-Patz is on screen I am annoyed by his non-actual-good-lookingness-ness. I think they casted that wrong. Also, K-Stew looks a little like a less pretty Leighton Meister???? I don't know. Yay for some of the good parts, but I just can't actually like any of these movies for the awful messages they perpetuate about women's behavior. There's a whole generation of tweens who think they should cook dinner every night and never have sex with their boyfriends. Fuck that, that is dumb. Edward is dumb. Bella is totally stupid.
You know what, though? I'm done with that rant. What I'll say about Eclipse is that the close-ups of all the main characters were kind of mesmerizing, I got caught up despite myself, spent a lot of time smiling a secret drunk smile, and honestly, where the fuck did Jasper's Texan accent come from? Two movies and he's barely talk, and now telling his backstory and making snarky, lame ass comments while doing some kind of fight tutorial. Sorry women and toddler that sat next to me, I laughed/made inappropriate comments through the entire film. No regrets. R-Patz is too hairy and not-abby enough to be a really hot vampire. I'll take Eric Northmany any day...or night.
How Much Do You Love Me
Eclipse
Finally got into Party Down. Watched season one in one sitting. That's like 10 episodes and no productivity on a Friday night. I love it. Love Adam Scott. Love Casey. Kind of annoyed by Ron/season one team leader. Love cunty as an adjective. Love the series. Love the idea of idea of getting drunk at all of these events. Can't wait to finish season two.
How Much Do You Love Me is another French film and features the absolutely insanely gorgeous Monica Bellucci. She plays a prostitute being paid $100,000 a month by a man who just won the lottery to be with him -- or did he? And what about Gerard Depardieu as her pimp/husband/boyfriend? Anyway, lots of the gorgeous Bellucci naked/in a lace slip, fucking a guy with a heart condition. Some of the lighting is annoying as they change to reflect actual events/imaginary happenings. But the really annoying part is how everyone excuses anything they say by saying Bellucci's character is beautiful. Duh. She's hot like a thermometer in Athens. Liked it though, overall.
I excuse seeing Eclipse by saying I chugged like 1/3 bottle of wine before I went, but it was pre-meditated. If anything, I will say that my wine buzz made me enjoy the movie more than I might normally. I am more Team Jacob than ever, and I think any time R-Patz is on screen I am annoyed by his non-actual-good-lookingness-ness. I think they casted that wrong. Also, K-Stew looks a little like a less pretty Leighton Meister???? I don't know. Yay for some of the good parts, but I just can't actually like any of these movies for the awful messages they perpetuate about women's behavior. There's a whole generation of tweens who think they should cook dinner every night and never have sex with their boyfriends. Fuck that, that is dumb. Edward is dumb. Bella is totally stupid.
You know what, though? I'm done with that rant. What I'll say about Eclipse is that the close-ups of all the main characters were kind of mesmerizing, I got caught up despite myself, spent a lot of time smiling a secret drunk smile, and honestly, where the fuck did Jasper's Texan accent come from? Two movies and he's barely talk, and now telling his backstory and making snarky, lame ass comments while doing some kind of fight tutorial. Sorry women and toddler that sat next to me, I laughed/made inappropriate comments through the entire film. No regrets. R-Patz is too hairy and not-abby enough to be a really hot vampire. I'll take Eric Northmany any day...or night.
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