Couple things going on lately:
Not being christian, christmas can actually be kind of fun. I did nothing for the occasion this year, unless you count eating chinese food. Mostly it was neat to walk around the deserted streets of Seattle. It was like a zombie apocalypse movie--nothing moved but the occasional buses and wind-blown litter. It was a nice relief from the pre-holiday madness.
Avatar, which I saw twice, once in imax 3D to get the best effects possible, sucked. Effects don't make a movie, although I can be pretty forgiving of sci fi movies. This, though, was awful. The plot was 100% predictable; the characters were shallow as mud puddles; and the "alien" culture was so lazily done that it degenerated to being cheap racial stereotypes. I haven't seen "Moon" though, so 2009 might not be a total bust for sf movies.
I've been cat-sitting two really affectionate cats. Tough to be anything but happy about that.
Not being christian, christmas can actually be kind of fun. I did nothing for the occasion this year, unless you count eating chinese food. Mostly it was neat to walk around the deserted streets of Seattle. It was like a zombie apocalypse movie--nothing moved but the occasional buses and wind-blown litter. It was a nice relief from the pre-holiday madness.
Avatar, which I saw twice, once in imax 3D to get the best effects possible, sucked. Effects don't make a movie, although I can be pretty forgiving of sci fi movies. This, though, was awful. The plot was 100% predictable; the characters were shallow as mud puddles; and the "alien" culture was so lazily done that it degenerated to being cheap racial stereotypes. I haven't seen "Moon" though, so 2009 might not be a total bust for sf movies.
I've been cat-sitting two really affectionate cats. Tough to be anything but happy about that.
annalee:
Oh hehe thanks, gosh that old thread made me realise I've been on the site nearly 5 years, very strange!
bazerk:
I would say Moon was the best movie I saw in 2009!