Movies Move Me

[trinityofone]

Interesting article about the upcoming Narnia movie: Keep Your Foul Paws Off Aslan. Basically sums up my nervous anticipation/apprehension. Except for this line:

...the big Hollywood movie adaptation of the first chapter (well, technically the second) of the "Chronicles of Narnia"...

::grumbles about revised book order and spits bile everywhere::

Saw War of the Worlds yesterday. Very intense, cool beginning...after which it sort of fell apart. Still, it's worth seeing...just don't take your younger siblings or anything. There was a long line of summer camp kids waiting to go in as we left, and I could just see the tear-and-snot filled extravaganza that was going to be. This is definitely not a movie for kids.

Now that I'm in L.A., I officially need to see at least one movie a week. I think Dark Water'll be my next one. I can't believe it's directed by Walter Salles, a.k.a., I Directed The Motorcycle Diaries and Now I'm Doing a Ring Knock-Off Why? But I'm easy. I'll see it.

I'm also looking forward to...

Wedding Crashers - The Owen. The Vince. The Christopher. I'm there.

The Bad News Bears - Bad Santa made me think Billy Bob Thornton might be kinda hot. Shut up, I'm weird.

The Island - I didn't just say that. You can't prove anything.

The 40-Year-Old Virgin - Steve Carell!

The Skeleton Key - This will suck. But it has Peter Sarsgaard in it, so who cares.

I am so, so shallow.

What are y'all looking forward to?

Comments

Re: Mark Morford for President!

[ilgattopardo.livejournal.com]

The Silver Chair is indeed egregious, although even it has plenty of thrilling stuff in it. Puddleglum is fun, but it bothers me that (if I recall) the real reason he's so miserable is because he hasn't accepted the Lord "Aslan" into his heart as his Personal Lord and Savior (an expression which is only worthy of being spelled in American). This reminds me of the Christian Union fuckers in my school, who -- in disbelief that I could call myself an atheist -- would say things like, "But don't you think that Christians are so much happier?" Well, sweetie, I'd be happy if I thought the Easter Bunny was real, too, but at some point we have to grow up. There are positive reasons to be religious; so don't give me this crap that Jesus is My Security Blanket, and don't get religion just because you're scared of an alternative. That kind of argument is unworthy of Lewis (and in fairness, like old Satan again, Puddleglum is so much more entertaining than bloody Jill and Eustace). Still, it's that kind of evangelical garbage that might ruin the Narnia films.

Anyway, sorry about that ranting. I didn't realize that the books have been "officially" re-ordered -- how very George Lucas! That would get me mad, too, for the same reasons you give.

Re: Mark Morford for President!

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I have never thought of the Puddleglum thing that way. Damn, is my naivete persistent!

don't give me this crap that Jesus is My Security Blanket

Of course not. Jesus is Your Homeboy. ;-)