I liked it too erika. The notion of Kevin Smith writing for celestial seasonings boxes cracked me up.
Man, just ascend already.
Willow ,'Chosen'
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beekaytee - Feb 17, 2008 2:48:00 pm PST #3993 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
SuziQ - Feb 17, 2008 2:54:33 pm PST #3994 of 10000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
The kids and I went out and tried to see a movie but there wasn't a thing playing that the three of us wanted to see enough to pay for. Pretty sad.
Scrappy - Feb 17, 2008 3:07:42 pm PST #3995 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Last night we went to see the 2007 short animated film Oscar nominees. Not as good as previous years, but there was a gorgeous Russian film and a Canadian Film Board (love them) short which was amazingly animated and had a very Buffista feel: [link]
I thought the script was a little muddled, but it was breathtaking nonetheless.
Narrator - Feb 17, 2008 3:08:54 pm PST #3996 of 10000
The evil is this way?
I saw "Spiderwick Chronicles". It was pretty good but felt too rushed. The running time was about 1 1/2 hours, and it probably could have used another 10-15 minutes at least to develop the characters and the story. *** For example, the family moves into a new home (at night) and the very first night Jared encounters the brownie and finds the Field Guide. Really, couldn't they have had a few odd things happen over the course of a few days before he finds the field guide? Couldn't they have show some of the wonder of the magical world? Seems a pretty gruesome place. Also, Freddie Highmore seemed to be struggling to get an American accent down. It made things feel off with his characters. ***
Jessica - Feb 17, 2008 5:28:01 pm PST #3997 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I would have liked the Russian one better if it had been about half as long. An animated short should not feel that endless and plodding. (It felt very much like reading a Russian novel, which I suppose was the point, but OMG.)
The Canadian one was my favorite in terms of overall mood and style, but I think the Lennon one will win.
Scrappy - Feb 17, 2008 7:05:08 pm PST #3998 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Yeah, the Russian one was way long. Beautiful but VERY Russian. And WTF with the really ugly animals in Peter and the Wolf?
Hayden - Feb 17, 2008 7:06:45 pm PST #3999 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters tonight. Lots of fun!
Jessica - Feb 18, 2008 5:05:35 am PST #4000 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And WTF with the really ugly animals in Peter and the Wolf?
Yeah, I really didn't like the animation style in that one - the motions were jerky and awkward, and the character design was just ugly. DH thinks it has a shot at the Oscar. I think he's nuts.
Have you (or anyone) seen the live action shorts? We were supposed to see both on Saturday, but got shut out of the Academy screening (we'll save my rant on how having people RSVP via phone and making the line first-come-first-served is THE DUMBEST THING EVER for another day) so we went downtown and saw the Magnolia Pictures release of just the animated shorts instead.
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters tonight. Lots of fun!
Yay! I loved that movie.
sumi - Feb 18, 2008 8:42:07 am PST #4001 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Ha! Heath Ledger was so good that it's taking three actors to take his place in Imaginarium : Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law.
tiggy - Feb 18, 2008 9:39:08 am PST #4002 of 10000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
i'm really glad that project is going ahead.