It's all about the journey

Seriously, why don't I have friends living in Orleans, France? We're talking Shane West here!

Can someone please wake me when something anything will happen on this show ?

Jensen wasn't kidding when he said Kripke would pull the reins on where the show is going if they got a fifth season.

Fly Me to the Moon

So boring. So slow moving. Characters and story flavorless. Wasn't even nice to look at. And all the funny lines/situations just felt fake. In fact, everything felt fake.


Mia et le Migou

No script. Inexistant directing.

Where are the good animation movies nowadays?

I got asked to share my thoughts and opinions for all movies, not just the ones from film festivals. So I added a new tag and edited old entries consequently.


District 9

Gamer wanted to denounce something and the movie was terrible. District 9 is denouncing so many things (repression, Apartheid, war...) and the movie works. Okay, there are two major plotholes (that probably won't disturb you as much as it disturbed me) but things are entertaining and thought through, and I would love to see the first version before it was cut by the studio (I don't know that for a fact, but it's always the case in the US). Usually I like when a movie stays "unique", but this time there is so much material to do a kick-ass sequel! Bring District 11 already! (You have to see the movie to understand why the sequel would be District 11, not District 10)

I'm not saying "Go see this movie right now!", I'm saying if you go I don't think you'll be disappointed.


The Happening

Oh my god... How can the mastermind of The Sixth Sense be behind this horrible, terrible, ridiculous movie? Static shots after static shots, is that technical directing? Certainly not in my book. Okay, so maybe this guy is more gifted when it comes to actors' directing, the other side of the job. But nothing to save here either. Mark Wahlberg is ridiculous each time he's on screen, as is his female costar, and all the other characters are useless in the story arc.

Run from this at any cost.

From Entertainment Weekly

"any show that inspires people to want to continue the heroes' adventures on their own time qualifies as cult"

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Tell me I'm not the only one thinking this statement is bullshit.

No cut for spoilers, because I actually don't say anything.

15 minutes in and I was that close to stop watching the episode altogether this week. Ridiculous is the first word that comes to mind. I just don't know if the reason is "Hey, we love you fans, and we decided to give you (or rather some of you) a little something. A present to show you how grateful we are", or the other option "We showed you how stupid wincest was by hammering it over and over again, so now we're just gonna do the same thing with 'this other obsession'". Whatever the reason, they really should stop butchering their own show.

I guess I'm glad I sticked around, for the last scene actually. Because I can NOT believe I didn't see this coming! I'm sure Jared Padalecki is thrilled with where it's going, or at least what's hinted at. I kinda am too.

( Speculation - you'll have to highlight to read, so no risk if you click )

Four and a half years ago, LD & MJ met and worked on their first stage play together. One and a half year and another play later, I was telling them, with passion, that they were meant for each other, at least professionally speaking. That their chemistry on stage was incredible. I remember I was talking to MJ and telling her this, and I spotted LD who was talking to a few of his friends, and quite possibly his girlfriend at the time, and I kinda called him over to reiterate and have them both hear at the same time what I thought of them working together, basically saying "You two together on stage is just perfection. I've never seen so much chemistry between two people working together. This is really incredible."

That was three years ago.

And they're getting MARRIED next month!

I am so so so happy for them!!!

I'm seeing LD next week, and boy am I tempted to tell him I told you so! *g*

It's only the second ep of the season, so maybe ( character from SPN 502 and casting wish for the future ) And then I would say "I love this show!", and I would even go as far as write a letter to Kripke and the casting director to thank them for this choice. *nodsnods* But it won't happen anyway.

Depends on how it's gonna be handled.

Dean's reaction is exactly what it should be, so it's a good start. Clearly the whole ( single word but spoilerish ) backstory and purpose haven't been revealed yet (I'm guessing we'll know more next week, or in two weeks), but I've been waiting for that for 3 to 4 f*cking years!

Finally.

Is this the beginning of a revolution? The kind where in years from now we'll look back and say "Yeah, we saw it happened"?

( Brief mentions of SPN 418 & 501 and Glee 103 )

Granted I don't watch a lot of TV-shows so maybe this has been going on for a while now, but still those two direct references happened in an awfull short period of time.

Loved it last year, loved it this year.

Anyway, long post ahead. 17 movie reviews.


( The reviews )

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( From best to worst )

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( ETA Awards )

Short and to the point:

- I went to see the free screening of 15 minutes of James Cameron's movie Avatar and I was expecting way more people to show up.

- The 3D aspect is pretty good, and seeing that it's the first movie produced like this the future looks extremely promising. It's a very very good starting point, even if it's not OMFG!!! *dies*

- This way of promoting the movie worked for me, because I kinda want to go see the whole thing in December when it will be released.

- After 15 minutes I can totally see why it took so much time for this project to be brought to completion.

The Deauville American Film Festival is coming up in a few weeks, and the official selection was announced a few days ago. Am I pissed movies with Tim Olyphant aren't part of it? Yep, kinda. I wasn't really expecting A Perfect Getaway to show up, but why isn't High Life part of the list? That was *two* possible movies to show and a possibility for him to come in France. *pouts* But I really *really* don't get it seeing that Personal Effects is part of the selection. That doesn't make sense to me in any way. And Harrison Ford being guest of honor feels weird too because I'm pretty sure it's not the first time that happened.

So no reason to star-stalk anyone, but the festival is truly a drug for me now. I only went last year, but I desperately want to go this time around too. I don't know yet if the friend who worked there last year will be part of the staff in a few weeks, but the answer to that question will only determine the number of days I'll spend in Deauville. If I can save money thanks to a priority access card, then I'll stick around more than if I have to pay for it. The plan for tomorrow is to call hotels to see which ones are already full for the festival.

Remember this post?

Okay, so maybe I didn't exactly call it. I honestly wasn't that far off, but my theory was based on what I thought was a very clever directing move in ep 02. Turns out it was the opposite: bad directions given to the actors. I think. I would have liked to be there to be able to hear it. I do like the fact that it came full circle in how it ended where it all originally started.

I'm not being specific on purpose, because I don't want to spoil people. I honestly think it was a good story overall (I mean it was entertaining), and I'm probably saying this because I watched the whole thing in about 2 days. I would probably have lost interest in no time if I had had to wait 3 months for the conclusion. Which is I think one of the main reasons the ratings weren't that great. It totally should have aired like In Treatment. HBO has it all right.

It was supposed to start raining on Thursday night. It's Sunday afternoon now, and still no sign of rain.

I can't wait till the season finale of Harper's Island, so I can finally say I SO CALLED IT!

*clears throat* Story is, I had no intention of watching that show (didn't even really know what it was about actually), and then two days ago when I came back from work on Sunday I was in the mood for something new so I went for the pilot to see what the story was. I've now watched the eleven aired episodes and am waiting for the last ones because I have a theory since ep 02, and so far nothing has happened to prove me wrong.

I'm not hooked on the show, despite having watched all the eps in a couple of days, but I see this as some kind of mystery/suspense novel. Once you've read chapter one it all becomes about one thing only: who's gonna die, and who's the bad guy.

That said, the writers of that show don't know the first thing about giving out information to the audience; it is so scripted it's indigestible. It acutally would have worked as a book, but this is not the same medium here, and they clearly didn't realise that when they were writing those scripts. Another bad point was ep 07 - Thrack, Splack, Sizzle. When you have a story happening so fast (talking days here), you don't make an episode totally out of rhythm with flashbacks in the middle of the show. It stands out in a bad way when that kind of show should really be seen as a whole.

Yes, I do have a couple of good points for you. The way they handled having people getting killed off one after the other without friends/family noticing did impress me. My favorite moment of the whole show is the Cal/Chloe discussion from ep 06 - Sploosh about the engagment ring, ending with Chloe saying "I don't think so." And the best cliffhanger was the ending of ep 05 - Thwack.

Anyway, I'm waiting now (I'm kinda pissed because I thought all the episodes had aired already).

 

( Friday Night Lights )

 

 

( Damages )

 

 

( Supernatural, spoilery for 421 - When The Levee Breaks )

I find it funny how the french network airing Supernatural promotes the show as much as the CW.