Dia del Cinema
Since my illness has hung on one more day than I previously expected I decided to head to Blockbuster. See my aunt & uncle sent me a giftcard to said movie rental place; being a Netflixer I thought, cool, but...what am I going to do with this? Now I went through all the netflix films in the house and all of the borrowed films hey--Blockbuster. So after I went to the office to accomplish the must-dos and find out about the new power structure I headed off to that old school video warehouse.I applied for the necessary card and started perusing the films. I thought, now should I get stuff that isn't already in my queue or should I get stuff that I want to see now even though it is listed an number 132? I got a combination.
In viewing order:
Doom--surprising good. Not just because it featured the totally hot Karl Urban, but because it had a plot. Seriously it did. Plus it had the first person shooter bit, which was very cool. This was way better than Ultraviolet...because seriously Karl Urban and The Rock. Good.
Domino--Annoying. I did not dig the filmmakers editing. The guy that played Choco is HOT. Almost hotter than Karl, but not quite. I'm tempted to queue the rest of his films. You know how I love the latinos. Plus the 90210 guys were really the best part of it. Maybe I just don't like Keira Knightley...maybe--no I know I don't like her. She should be like Vin Diesel no talky talky just sshhh and pose.
Lord of War--Oooo Jared Leto. Every time I see one of his films I think of this story. Nicholas Cage, well now I think of how freaking crazy he is, whatever happened to the Nicholas Cage that did Raising Arizona? The film itself was okay. Just reaffirmed why I don't want to go to Africa without some sort of guide or you know...the white parts. I really don't want to see someone shot or be shot myself (I have the same feelings about Detroit by the way).
Elizabethtown--Time of something a little lighter. Time for something trivial. Time for something Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst. Time for this movie to get better. That's better. I like that Drew's revelation comes in Kansas. I find most revelations do. When you drive through Kansas one day for a week revelations are bound to occur.
Speaking of Kansas: Ice Harvest--great film. Great film. Okay, maybe I say that because I've been in Kansas (Wichita) in the winter. It is like that. Strip clubs, mobsters, and crazy drunks with police officers that do their job sort of. The biggest issue I have with this film is the license plates (tags). In Kansas front plates are not required and no one has them unless they are of the decorative nature. That's it. I mean, John Cusack in a Harold Ramis flick--how could you go wrong?
posted by Kansas @ 9:30 PM
