So much fun!! I loved it just as much as my dad did. Sucks that more people didn’t see this because you really missed out on one of the most fun evenings at the movie theater all year. ALL YEAR, PEOPLE.
Loved how un-Juno-like Ellen Page was in a role that could have felt very similar. Loved her interactions with her parents; loved the teams, the camaraderies vs. the rivalries. Loved the music and the boy. LOVED IT.
They must’ve been listening to a lot of Prince before they wrote/recorded this. Sexy/funky.
Note he has not read the book (yet); I have not seen the movie. I LOVELOVEDLOVED the book. Which is why we will be reading it in our challenge this year.
Really good. Sad, sad, sad, but you knew that. One of the first movies this year in which I bought the romance–but I REALLY bought it. Eric and Rachel are so super together. Really tears your heart out. And the time stuff is handled so well–you feel like you’ve known these two for YEARS.
We have decided to do re-reads this year (or each book will be a re-read for at least one of us).
January: “A Study in Scarlet” by Arthur Conan Doyle
February: “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
March: “Rebel Angels” by Robertson Davies
April: “Possession” by A.S. Byatt
May: “The Fool’s Progress” by Edward Abbey (new to me)
June: “The Time Traveler’s Wife” by Audrey Niffenegger (new to Dad)
July: “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville
August & September: “His Dark Materials” (the trilogy) by Philip Pullman
October: “Sabbath’s Theater” by Philip Roth
November: “The Old Devils” by Kingsley Amis (new to me)
December: “King Hereafter” by Dorothy Dunnett (new to Dad)
Hilarious friends they had–yet there was a real ring of truth in lots of the scenes. JK and MR I thought were really good –and good together. (That first sex scene was too much for the people sitting in front of us though: they stood up and stomped out.)
I liked it too. Although I have a quibble with one bit of it that I didn’t mention there. Maybe I’ll write about it later.
WONDERFUL movie. Does everything right that most growing up movies do wrong vis a vis romance, winning, etc. This was just great. Drew–well done!! Ellen Page–Babe Ruthless: tremendous! Good ensemble acting, from top to bottom. Lots of smiles, growls, tears, cheers–I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!
Took me back to when I’d come home from Mass on Sunday and watch–ROLLER DERBY!!! My team was the Bay Area Bombers! They had both men and women jamming in alternate periods–but this was really cool.
Highly recommended. (Minor aside–Zoe Bell, the stunt woman from Deathproof was one of the “Hurl Scouts”–I think her track name was “Bloody Holly”.)
FOUR STARS! High-larious! There’s a mid-flick cameo that’s worth the price of two admissions. A hoot throughout. Woody Harrelson’s finest performance.
The best movie I saw in August was a tie between District 9 (fantastic!) and Inglourious Basterds (exhilarating!).
The best book I read in August was White Time by Margo Lanagan, followed closely by a pair of wolf books by Patricia Briggs. Wow, those are two authors I just love. You may note there are a few reads on that list from August that I’m just not even bothering to write up, mostly continuations of trade paperback mystery series. Bygones. A girl’s gotta get caught up somehow.
The best gig I went to in August was The Knux‘ set at Lollapalooza. But, as with the rest of the year, there just hasn’t been any real competition in this category. I read a LOT this year but I did not go to many shows.
My favorite tunes in August were… Damien Rice, apparently. I was mostly running around doing stuff like a crazy lady in August and not doing much listening.
I realize I am ridiculously behind but for some inexplicable reason I am determined to catch Snip up to speed rather than just skipping ahead. And hey look, another month where I barely bought any tunes! WEIRD!
Absolutely Love & Adore:
Damien Rice “Live at Fingerprints: Warts and All” – This dude really needs to put out an album of fresh material (he talks on here about how he thought he might never finish another record…Nooooooooooo). But these are nice arrangements and I could (do) listen to his previous stuff all the time. I just want MORE. 😉
Favorite Singles (not on any of the above albums):
Not really for me / but maybe for you!:
Horehound “Dead Weather” – I am a fan of almost everything Jack White does, and I bet this band is awesome live, but I just can’t get into this album.
Shamefully have either not listened to at all, or not all the way through, or so few times that I can’t legitimately offer an opinion:
I downloaded the free Nylon Magazine August mix…but I’ve never listened to it. Whoops.