conversations of a texter

Now that I have an IMDB app on my iphone, the need to randomly call my bros at all hours of the night for answers to the most mundane questions regarding film is gone! Luckily, this gives us more time to text random observations and thoughts on film, tv and actors in general.

I don't consider myself a texterface but the exchanges between my bros and I lately I consider classic-worthy text conversations.

Here is an excerpt of a chat via phone typer machine deelee during the Academy Awards last night:

Brian: I was hoping they'd do something on John Hughes
Amy: made me cry

Brian: Avatar jokes zipping over my head

Amy: maybe we should go to the show more. Gonna see wonderland next week!

Amy: you think this guys is getting an oscar for acceptance speeeach

(this is regarding the adapted screenplay writer for Precious. note: Steve Martin made the same joke as me seconds after I texted this. I am awesome)

Brian: Maggie Gylenthal is the ugliest woman on the planet

Amy: she sucks (although I did like her in Mona Lisa Smile)

Amy: and her forehead is greezy

Brian: Bret said she was driving Chris Nolan crazy while filming Batman. Take after take of horrible work.

Amy: and a greezy forehead

Brian: Indian Guy from Short Circuit!

Amy: (in regard to Jeff Bridges) Yuck. Loser. it's like the wrestler all over again

Brian: You're the one with the shell on it. (not sure what this means)

Amy: Huh?

Amy: Starman

Amy: the dude

Brian: the bitch from speed won an oscar?

Amy: that means keanu gets one next year

Brian: no way, he just caught his first tube this morning!

Amy: sir

Brian: she was great in the blind side. I'm not shocked she won

Amy: did you see it

Brian: yeah. sad

Brian: I totally thought Sophia Coppola was first female to win best director

amy: just got nominated...virgin suicides

brian: lost in translation

to add, lost in translation is a personal fave of mine..well deserving of an Oscar nomination in '03.

ps--Steve--i know you're the only person who tunes in to the one ill movie blog. Thanks for being a supportive reader. I revived the one ill movie blog in honor of my new niece, Matilda Parker. Congrats! and please join my movie blog.

Meredith Viera--you're fired

It's always been my dream to be a screenwriter. And, well, I would be happy to research and write a made-for-tv about how Meredith single-handedly ran the Today show into the ground. Matt's charm, Al's hilarity and Ann's grace can't save them now.
Have you seen Meredith's outfits at the Olympics? Who packed that suitcase-Helen Keller*?

*No offense to disabled people. I am a Ben Stiller fan though fo' sho'.

Look at that. The white shirt under the white and mustard shirt is tucked in and you can see her pants through the white and mustard shirt. yuck! terrible! boo! she's an embarrassment. Her interviewing skills are even worse than her fashion instincts.

Lars and the Real Girl (Really?)

So, I don't know why I should be allowed to post on this site, as I don't watch enough movies to make interesting observations. And when I do watch movies, I don't really make interesting observations. Well, the husband forced me to watch "Lars and the Real Girl" last weekend. I must say, while the premise is absolutely insane, there is a somewhat empathetic quality to the movie (fully intended, by the way), that truly surprised me. I didn't expect to get emotionally involved.

**SPOILERS** stop reading if you haven't seen this film and are dying to do so
So, basically, Lars is this loner who was basically abandoned early in life (mom died, dad kind of checked out). He functions very well -- works, goes to church, is a productive member of society -- except he doesn't really communicate or spend time with may people in the outside world. Enter Bianca. She's a real live sex doll that Lars orders online. Only, he thinks she's real. (This is where you just have to buy in). His brother and sister-in-law realize he's lost his marbles, con him into getting therapy (I thought that part was clever, and should I ever find myself in a similar situation, I might use the same ploy). The doctor tells the family to go along with Lars' delusions -- and eventually, the entire town starts to do the same. That's where things start to get very funny, and heartwarming (wrong word, but can't think of the right one). People start seeing bits of what Lars sees in Bianca. Basically, everyone just wants someone who'll be there for them, hang out with them, listen to them without talking back, and to make them better people. That's what I took away from it. Again, I say I make no interesting observations about movies. I'm not that deep. Blah, blah, blah... Lars eventually gets a real girl -- and now we've come full circle.

That's my first movie post. (probably the last for awhile, as I don't watch many movies -- unless they're on a crappy cable channel like TBS and I've seen them 100 times like 'what women want' or 'how to lose a guy in 10 days.')
Bee Movie is in the DVD player right now. I've tried to watch it 3 times, but LMCP isn't interested, I guess.

Have a good weekend. Let me know how the Dark Knight is. I really want to see that!

Troy

You should really watch it. Just don't pay attention to the dialogue, or mute it altogether.


The Pitt baby pix--not so great. Don't waste your money on the new People. And while Shiloh is so adorable, Jonah is just way cuter.
Did you know Pitt went to college with Autumn and me? Well sort of, he's just way older. We walked where he walked.

definitely see definitely, maybe

okay, so i am back and i most definitely, not maybe, recommend 'definitely, maybe'. as a close follower of the '92 election, i especially appreciated ryan reynolds' character. In the film, he explains to his hilarious daughter (girl from little miss sunshine) the story of his past loves while weaving it through the political career of Bill Clinton. The storytelling reminded me a little of Rob Gordon in High Fidelity but Reynolds' character ran much deeper.
I wasn't even aware of what a superstar this Ryan Reynolds was until recently. i have to admit i have not seen him in anything at all with the exception of the show 'fifteen' on nickelodeon. this show hasn't been on since before i was fifteen. It is impossible though to forget reynolds teenage performance of the lame younger brother of the Ashley (who later had brief stint on 'dead like me'. a show i recommend too.) are you following? hope so.
okay so back to the film, it is an adorable comedy that reminded me of 'High Fidelity' and 'Princess Bride', only it involves politics, too. This movie was made for me.

Go see, go see.

well, since my dear, sweet jonah boy goes to bed at a decent hour, and now that i have my attention span back, i have been a more observant consumer of film. I will try to update this with each film i see.

My brother Brian recommended this to me. I almost always trust his taste in movies, not his taste in music so much. I am trying to pressure him to join this blog since I trust his taste.

avoid titles with numbers only

Well, in the past i have been drawn to films with the title of a number. For instance, seven. (actually, seven's the only one i can think of off the top of my head.) The good old days before fancy celebrity children with fancypants names like Shiloh and Apple existed.
So yeah, we went to see 300. Of course this was kevin's request and I am in for any chance to go to the show.
Avoid this movie. The only way it would have been worthwhile had it been background sound and visuals at a college party. No plot, no twists, predictable drama and our country is in trouble because at least seven people have insisted this is a true story. It's about as true in the sense that Greeks and Persians once fought back in the day.
Okay, so the effects were impressive but I would much rather watch Sin City again. The preachy faux-democracy in the current political climate and phony feminism of a wife who used the oldest tool in the book creeped me out. This film is dangerous. I hope today's teens and all those who spent money to see it could see through its Cheneyesque politics. This film isn't worth my time any longer. it pisses me off just thinking about it.

juke box

If anyone has a copy of Janet Davie's jukebox pre-game 85 bears special that ran before Super Bowl XX, I will give them lots of money. My uncle billy stole our vhs copy from my parents house back in the day. It's an event my dad will never get over. He's mentioned it about 7 times in the past two weeks. He does have a point; It's one of the finest films ever made. Each jukebox song matches perfectly to the game that was played in the '85 season--it's a piece of history impossible to locate..i do hear Kevin Thomson has a copy of it though. I have yet to see it.