Well, I've been wanting to write about this for a while, but it's been so busy with my trip to Cali and all. But I've watched a couple great movies over the past week, and I wanted to go over them...

Old School
I've been itching to see a movie, and it was between 'Old School' and 'Phonebooth'. I was in the mood to laugh, so we went to see Old School. I was thinking it had the potential to be a waste of money, but it was actually really good, and a lot of laughs. I can almost picture Dave and his crew to be pulling the same stunts when they get into that middle age funk. Wil Ferrell is, well, Will Ferrell. Seeing him naked isn't even a shock to me anymore, but he's at a totally different level here. Vince Vaughn and Luke Wilson also round off this pretty funny cast, and they have got some great moments. I laughed. A lot. Dave laughed, too. And he really enjoyed it when Stiffler came in - don't know the guys name, he'll always be known as Stiffler. When he came on screen, the whole audience was whispering to each other 'It's Stiffler!' Poor guy. But he had his typical quirky weird part in the movie. Good movie. Good laughs.

Spirited Away
For a while I had been eagerly awaiting Hayao Miyazaki's followup to 'Princess Mononoke'. Unfortunately, I couldn't find anyone to watch it with me, and then I had forgotten that it was out. Then it won the Academy Award for best animated feature, and it was re-released. So me and Fatima decided to go and watch the matinee on Saturday. We were thinking we would be the only ones there, but once we got there, the place was packed with families. Oh yeah, forgot that the movie was distributed by Disney. Hmm. Interesting. I'm hoping that there's no singing animals in here.

But it was a great movie. Magical. A great fantasy. It's like Alice in Wonderland, anime style. Awesome. It was a great story, multifaceted characters, beautiful landscapes, amazing cinematography, and...uh...singing animals. And a fat radish-god. It's also pretty kick ass that the main character is a girl, and that she's voiced by the very same girl who plays Samara in 'The Ring'.

However, I don't think it's a movie for some kids. For as many cute characters as there, are, and that the lead is a little girl, I think that many of the themes explored are over the heads of children. Also, there are some parts that can be a bit scary, I mean, even I was spooked! The plot is pretty intricate, too, that it could be hard to follow - there came a point near the end where me and Fatima looked at each other with a look of, 'WTF?!?!?!'

But I liked it. Best Buy, I'm coming in for the DVD!

Drumline
I've been wanting to see this movie for a LONG time. When I saw the preview for it during a movie, my jaw dropped, and I said to myself, 'I HAVE TO SEE THIS MOVIE!' The band geek in my jumped for joy. Finally, a movie to make band kids look COOL.

Of course, I forgot to watch it. But lucky for me, it was the movie that was playing on my flight to California. So I plug in my headphones, put it on channel 1, and pump up the volume. And the connection is weird. Every so often, there's no sound. I play around with my headphones, with the jack, no, it's something internal. Nothing to do with my headphones. That's ok, it's only every once in a while. I can still understand the movie. And it's pretty good. And they have some great drumming sequences. I'm into the movie. The talented, but undisciplined drummer tries to survive in the highly competitive drum core. Then 3/4 way through, the sound completely cuts out. I should have seen it coming! So I ask the guy next to me if I could use his connection, but i realize it's on his other armrest. And he says, really condescending, 'Are you sure you have it on the right channel?' - yes, i've been watching it, it's cutting in and out - 'do you have the volume up?' - yes, as i said before, i haven't changed anything. Grrr. I'd kick your ass if it wasn't a federal offense. So i missed the sound for the rest of the movie. :( It sucked! I could see them drumming, but couldn't hear anything! What torture!

Which will only force me to buy it on DVD. One more reason to go to Best Buy.

Speaking of....Harry Potter is now on DVD. Go check it out. Also, in honor of it being out on DVD, I've posted my 'Harry Potter' webcam edition. Enjoy, and revel in my dorkiness!

Posted by Yano at April 17, 2003 02:59 PM

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