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I reject your reality and substitute my own...but when that doesn't work, I'll substitute anyone else's I feel like. Fantasy's easy to come by these days.Lists
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1,001 books that I've read before I die...
(189 items)Book list by sleepless101 Last updated 3 years, 3 months ago
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Reasons why men in books are better!
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Favorite TV Characters (Updated 8/19/13)
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Watched in 2012
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Taken review
Posted : 13 years, 9 months ago on 19 February 2011 09:52 (A review of Taken)Let's try to completely ignore the fact that, once again, they speak English without any communication problems all over the world. We'll even ignore the fact that at one point, he is IN FRANCE belittling Albanians for being immigrants...in ENGLISH!
How about the rest of the plot. Dad saves girl after 72 hours of capture into a sex slave ring where her friend has died of an overdose, and the daughter is still miraculously a virgin, who requires no therapy whatsoever because apparently, they must have only drugged her friend, right?
How, exactly does the dad get on a plane and enter into the United States after killing more that a dozen men and having to escape from the French police so many damn times? Did anyone ask themselves that?
This movie was laughable. Countless times, after listening to his threatening soliloquies, I really wanted to be a voice over for one of the characters that said something like "I'm an Albanian in France...I don't SPEAK ENGLISH! If you want me to be afraid, LEARN FRENCH OR ALBANIAN!
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The Last Airbender review
Posted : 13 years, 9 months ago on 3 February 2011 04:35 (A review of The Last Airbender)I love this story line and I love the animated series, and so I cannot rate this below five stars. Sadly though, this is another case of finding the worst child actor in existence and giving him a lead part. Less than halfway through, I was already hoping that one of the water bending exersizes would backfire and the Last Airbender would drown in his own stream!
The other two didn't deliver as much as they should have either, but I'm pretty sure that had something to do with the fact that the screen writers couldn't write their way out of a box.
Still, I have to allow for a bit of positivity. I actually enjoyed Dev Patel's performance as my favorite character in the animated series--prince Zuko. He's a little breath of fresh air...even without a script to back him up.
We shall say nothing of the director, as I would prefer not to follow the crowd of angry torches and pitchforks that began heading toward his front door around about the time the The Happening came out. Now, thanks to his dip into children's movies, it seems that there are little mini torches and toys r us pitchforks at the front of the mob!
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Dorian Gray review
Posted : 13 years, 9 months ago on 3 February 2011 01:34 (A review of Dorian Gray )That much of the plotline is based on the Oscar Wilde novel. Unfortunately, Parker seems to also have tried to delve into the dark mind of our protagonist just as well as Wilde does in the novel...with some unsuccessful results. While Ben Barnes is certainly attractive enough to pass as a period piece hearthrob, I just wasn't drawn to any other aspect of his character.
I expected a spark in the eyes of a young naive boy--enough of a spark to make an artist fall in love with him and put himself into a painting! I didn't get it. I expected a man so totally absorbed inside himself and his pleasure that nothing around him mattered. What I got instead were corny slow motion flashes of orgies. I expected the torture of the years of greif that haunted him to show in the actors face, and instead, I was given a lot of shots of Barnes trying on different supermodel faces. I just couldn't feel for this character at all.
All in all, I'm giving it 5 stars for being originally from Oscar Wilde, and for showing us some literature on the big screen, but I'm also going to suggest that Mr. Barnes sticks to making the films that don't require deep thought...keep that pretty face free from wrinkles.
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No Country for Old Men (2007) review
Posted : 14 years, 7 months ago on 20 April 2010 07:16 (A review of No Country for Old Men (2007))However, while Bardems performance was...interesting, I found everything else in the movie to be the kind of boring that sucks your soul out through your eyes. I found myself checking my watch every five minutes...and then every two. Then, of course, after waiting WAY too long for an ending, I was left with (drum roll please) Tommy Lee Jones telling us about a fricking DREAM. This movie was saved by the bad guy. They should be thanking him...from a distance.
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Legend of the Seeker review
Posted : 14 years, 7 months ago on 20 April 2010 07:13 (A review of Legend of the Seeker)0 comments, Reply to this entry
Miracle at St. Anna review
Posted : 14 years, 7 months ago on 20 April 2010 07:05 (A review of Miracle at St. Anna)0 comments, Reply to this entry
300 review
Posted : 14 years, 7 months ago on 20 April 2010 07:01 (A review of 300)0 comments, Reply to this entry
Palo Alto, CA review
Posted : 14 years, 7 months ago on 20 April 2010 06:57 (A review of Palo Alto, CA)0 comments, Reply to this entry
You Don't Mess with the Zohan review
Posted : 14 years, 7 months ago on 20 April 2010 06:56 (A review of You Don't Mess with the Zohan)0 comments, Reply to this entry
Goal II: Living the Dream review
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"Wait, you have one little drunk driving incident in here from the ghost kid and have omitted Lindsey Lohan completely? I'm pretty sure she should be near the top!"
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"I'm afraid I haven't seen any of those except A Clockwork Orange. I've read Brave New World and agree entirely, but I didn't even know it was a movie! And if you don't get to see enough of society i"
"Once again, you've come up with another list I want to steal!"
"Ha! I swear I thought Alice Gibb was Paul Bettany in a school marm wig! I get headaches if my hair's in a pony tail for too long, so I think I'll leave these hairstyles to models. Nice list though."
"Fried Green Tomatoes is a good one! I haven't seen Adaptation yet, but it's in my to watch queue...and seems like if it belongs in this list, it should probably be moved up!"
"Could be the nerd in me, but I thought David Tennant's was the best one!"
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"Wow. A list dedicated to crazy people with too much time and money...and this time its not about celebrities!"
"Reading! God I love readers. I'm afraid to do my own because it would show how incrediby unliterary I am. You get the vote for being so though!"
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Oh, and glad to see that I wasn't the only one who disliked "Taken"...
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