Taking your questions!

(*Nathan Fillion link fixed*)

Here's a previous comment I got from my last post

"So speaking of Cormac McCarthy, I recently read No Country for Old Men for a graduate course which then prompted me to watch the movie. I thought it was an excellent adaptation of McCarthy's novel but now here is my question to you. Do you think it is unfair to judge a movie based upon pre-existing expectations as a reader? So many times I will finish a movie and think wow the book was so much better. However, I've been the audience member who never read the book, yet really enjoyed the movie. Could our biased expectations be the culprits to a failure to appreciate the film version?"

(When you read the book did your imagination come up with that haunting visual?)

Well my faithful reader...I think it is unfair and fair to judge a movie based upon pre-existing expectations by a reader...but the reason that movie is a movie is because of the book or pre-existing property. SO??? I sometimes think that If it wasn't for a novel, or an existing property I might not see a movie and vice versa. We gotta understand that there is no way shape or form that an entire book will fit into a movie slot, which is why a lot of people come out of movies saying "Oh the book was better" Not that you are a bad person for thinking that. I think its unfair to not like a movie because the book was better, you should still look at the movie as a somewhat separate entity. I feel like your gettin a different story or a story that is sort of an extension of the book. You are supplied with familiar characters, settings, plot parts and themes but you are never gonna get that same feeling from the separate medium. Sometimes reading something is just meant to be read (from what I heard and researched, The Road), not saying that sometimes that doesn't switch, e.g. Lord of the Rings. So people try to taking something away from the movie that they got from the book. I guess what I'm saying is that I think its impossible to go in without pre-exisiting expectations if you have read or even know something about a certain property. Just know that your not going to get 100% of the book. Which is why I loved Watchmen, because it wasn't the exact story but stayed very true. However some people who haven't read it also thought it was long and dumb, so there's a counterpoint. I never heard the vice versa, though, that someone enjoyed the movie more then the book, if you have let me know? Some fans might like movies of books they read more because they can fill in the aforementioned % I mentioned earlier. Feel free to disagree or counterpoint the shit outa me!.

REVIEW!!!!...........................nope not this time, for some reason its taking Netflix a long time to deliver my next film. So do not fret, my pets, it will be coming soon.

Also in lack of a movie review I wanted to do a top 4 list

Top 4 Scenes from a Movie that Always Makes Me Laugh 'Til the Tears Start Rollin!
I laugh out loud to a lot of parts, but every time I see these specific scenes I'm in tears

4) Tommy Boy - "we-o we-o we-o Here comes the meat wagon"

The simplicity of Chris Farley (being heavy) trying to sell tires and using little car models as examples is hilarious. You got the guy on the other side of the table looking at him like he's a whack-ado, as is David Spade. "I gotta go to the bathroom, daddy! NOT NOW DAMNIT, Truck tire....OH MY GOD I CAN'T STOP!" The words, the impressions, the lighter, pee in my pants.

3) Old School - "And finally, why is the other end of this string tied securely to your penis?

I remember when this movie came out I was a little late in seeing it, and when I did I was with about 3 buddies, and there was probably 15-20 people in the movie theater. The scene in question, when the guys are standing at the top of a balcony, holding a cinder blocks in their hands, with a rope attached to it, which is tied securely to their penis's. That's a perfect set up for something bad to happen, we got the phrase YOU'RE MY BOY BLUE. But when that big fat motherfucker's cinder block fell through that manhole, and went screaming to his doom, I absolutely lost it. I was laughing so hard (and still do when I see it) that I still don't know what happens about 2-3 mins after that scene.

2) The Hangover - "OOO IN THE FACE!"

It might be because this movie is still a bit novel but it gave us a lot of great stuff, mainly everything that happens to Zack Galifi...well u know. (There are other bits that are funny as well) When the guys get lined up to get tazed by a bunch of kids, hilarity better ensue. We have a mean stare down from the "big fella" that shows there is no fear, he points and tzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Galifinakis's face makes me tear up every time, followed by IN THE FACE, and all the kids screaming. "Sometimes with the big boys you gotta get em twice." I hope if I get tazed in the face it's that funny, but then again I don't look like "fat jesus"

1) Bruce Almighty - "And my tiny little nipples went to France"

Something about the scene when Jim Carrey makes Steve Carrell say and do all those ridiculous thing always, ALWAYS makes me laugh till I cry, cringe, pee, fart, and gasp for air all at the same time. Something about the synchronization of what Jim is doing and the way Steve Carrell is imiatting it. The noises, the physical reactions, the facial expressions everything! I'll dare anyone not to laugh at that. If you don't you have no funny bone

LOL! this isn't the whole scene but "my tiny little nipples went to France"

If anyone wants to add a few, or make their own list I encourage it.


Netflix Instant Watch of the week: OldBoy. This movie is in Korean with english subtitles. If I had to make a list of my favorite movies this would have to be #2. It's about a Korean man who is taken hostage but an unknown entity, then gets away, then seeks revenge. This movie has one of the greatest tracking scenes in a movie. Not for the faint of heart because your jaw will drop at the end. Here's the link to the trailer on YouTube.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLn1y9v6yno


Netflix DVD of the week: Annie Hall. Voted #4 funniest movie of all time on AFI's top 100 lists. It's really a comedy with a love story thrown in. Guys will love the comedy (if your into dry comedy and jokes about jews, cause Woody Allen is in fact a jew) and girls will love the story, and if your a fan of NY city, that's where its set. Here is the trailer on YouTube.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBzHphcc2Jw

Remember if you happen to watch any of these movies tell us what you think!

A Little Movie News:

The Colonial Theatre

For those of you reading from the Phoenixville area I highly advise you to check out TheColonialTheatre.com. This has been one of my safe havens for the past few months as they are showing some of the best documentaries, and foreign and indie films you won't see at the regular cinema. AND IT'S ONLY 8 DOLLARS AND THEY GOT AIR CONDITIONING!!!!!! This week they are showing "Exit through the Gift Shop" which is getting rave reviews. It's about a filmmaker who finds world renown graffiti artists especially one called Banksy, who, no one has ever seen his face. Here's some info on it compliments of IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587707/plotsummary

Beauty and Beast in 3d?

I have been advocating for 3d, but only if it's done right. Avatar, How to Train Your Dragon=good 3d, Toy Story 3=unneeded, Clash of the Titans=terrible. Footage of a converted Beauty and the Beast is actually gettin some ok reviews. It's also being planned for an opening on Valentines day 2011, my favorite holiday of all time (sarcasm, yea). Also in talks is maybe a Lion King 3d, can little kids handle Mufasa dying again, in 3d...can I handle that? The rest of the article at http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/07/27/teaser-trailer-beauty-and-the-beast-in-3d/

Nathen Fillion talking aboout Epic Hero's

I loved Firefly, and I loved Serenity mainly because of Nathen Fillion. Someone who's charm and charisma and badassness shines off the tv/silver screen. He's more or less a genre type hero but I love the guy. Here he is talking about what makes an epic hero at IO9.com
http://io9.com/5595975/nathan-fillion-explains-the-secret-of-creating-an-epic-hero

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