Big Screen: Kick Ass

So! Much! Fun!

There were only two things I didn’t like about this movie:

1) the casting of Nicolas Cage; and
2) the way Nicolas Cage played the dad like some kinda pervy pedophile instead of a dad out for justice. This part would have been done soooo much better by, say, the likes of Bruce Willis of 10 years ago. Or Michael Keaton. Or Jason Bateman.

But other than that I LOVED it. Despite the fact that all you want to do after watching it is call people lots of nasty names and get in some rowdy fights.

Big Screen: The Ghost Writer

For the most part, this was a pretty good, interesting movie with a great noir-ish look and feel and some eventful plot twists. Ewan McGregor and Olivia Williams were great, Jim Belushi was surprisingly good. The cinematography was lovely: lots of moody lighting, fog, lights off in the distance, and spooky roads/paths. Liked the way the v. last scene was filmed a lot.

On the other hand, Kim Cattrall cannot maintain a British accent for more than a few words and her performance was really, really subpar. Either her character should have been changed to being an American or that role should have been recast.

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for March.

Bought:

  • How to Knit a Love Song, by Rachael Herron

Read:
  • How to Knit a Love Song, by Rachael Herron
  • The Rebel Angels, by Robertson Davies (library) (re-read)
  • Blackout, by Connie Willis
  • The Walls of the Universe, by Paul Melko (library)
  • The Ugliest House in the World, by Peter Ho Davies (library)
  • The Delicacy and Strength of Lace, by Leslie Marmon Silko & James Wright (library)(letters)
  • Inside Mrs. B.’s Classroom, by Leslie Baldacci (library)(memoir)