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(500) Days of Summer was the best movie I have seen in a long time.  More than a long time.  Possibly ever.  Probably ever.  geozine differs and thinks Fight Club's better, but we at least agree (500) Days was perfect in every single goddamn possible way.  Because it was.  And I wanted to hug Joseph Gordon-Levitt every second of the movie.

I'd even pay that ass-raping $10.50 to see it again.  Fucking hell, when was Regal that expensive???

For this movie, I need an icon for complete, mind-blowing awesome.  It occurs to me that I don't have one, and I assume it's only because I've never needed to use one before.

Yeah, I'm a little behind on this one, but I figured I'd embed it anyway. It's a visually boring trailer, for the record. Actually, it's kind of just boring in general, but it's got people talking.



I don't like Manhattan's voice. I don't really mind that he sounds so human, I just think someone with a bit more bass could pull of his lines better. He's quite nasal so I'm afraid he'll come off as whiny, but it's more just a thought than anything else. I doubt it'll be a dealbreaker.

Not sure what I think of Rorshach though. I think a cold, dead voice would've suited the character more, but the intensity he's got now is probably better for film anyhow.

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There were a few parts that totally shouldn't be funny but were totally funny anyway.  Like when the guy that talked like a chicken died.  Well, it was supposed to be funny, but you know.  You shouldn't laugh at people dying.  But it was hilarious anyway.  On the topic of deaths-should-not-be-funny-but-I-laughed-anyway, I totally loved it when Septimus (?) pushed his brother out the window.  Did not see that coming.  The way the king just laughed at it was awesome as well.  The ghosts of all the brothers were generally pretty amusing as well.

I mentioned that I thought the ending--which suddenly took a turn for the serious--clashed a bit with the rest of the movie, but it made sense.  I loved that witchy lady whatever her name is.

The actress for Yvaine has a very active face and a head that bobs around a lot.  Not a bad thing, really, but I couldn't help but notice during her long "I think I love you" monologue.  Tristan himself was adorable.  The pirate captain dude was wuv.  I think Septimus' line when he saw him dancing around was "What the hell?" which basically sums it up pretty nicely.

I'll start the book after I finish Hogfather (by Terry Pratchett, and I don't like books focusing on Susan or Death, so I'm not really liking it so much right  now) and I'm hoping the witch lady's two sisters had more of a personality in it.

I hope they make a movie out of Neverwhere.  It doesn't lend itself as well to the current fantasy trendiness, but I think it'd lend itself much, much better to a movie.  They'd miscast Islington though.  They always do.

PS: Dammit, Abby, I've got the Sailor Moon theme song stuck in my head too.  The English one, which I've actually only heard a few times before.  It's stupidly catchy.  "She's the one named Sailor Moon!"

The Montgomery Fair opens this Friday.  Anyone up for a trip on Saturday?  I hear they have excellent funnelcakes.

Likewise, the Renaissance Festival starts on August 25th.  Sonya, will you be back by that weekend?  We can possibly arrange something for the first weekend of September as well.

Also, who's up for seeing Stardust on Friday night?  Not just me, right?

300 isn't as good the second time around.  Still just as beautiful, but what was awesome and badass in theatres can be a good bit lamer on my computer screen.  Notably, the queen really annoys me.  For one thing, I remembered her actress being decent to good.  Well, let me tell you, she sounds like she's reading off the script.  It's really annoying.  Doesn't help that her entire sideplot feels tacked on and dull.  And it is tacked on, she's barely in the comic.

Otherwise, I love pretty much everyone.  I mean, if you really want to know who my favorite character is... well, the one that dies?  The one without pants.  (Probably the blonde guy, the gay one with the "Then we will fight in the shade" line.  Tough call though.  I'm fond of the captain's son as well, which is mostly due to the acting I think.  He's got this really lovable aura of... I dunno, boyishness.  It's cute.  I liked his father as well.  Leonidus rocks too.  Leonidus is made of rock.)

I'm sure no one wants to know, but Xerxes has an armless little boy in his harem.  It is frightening.  And also, Xerxes is a beautiful man.  He is also very flamboyant with a flair for melodrama.  I'd say he's rather gay, but I can't say flamboyancy and melodrama are gay qualities really.  It's more of a common theme in comic book villains.

Dude, if I ever go to a con, I am so cosplaying Xerxes.  Sorry, that moment of insanity passed.

There's a question that begs to be asked.  The soundtrack's got to be out.  So why do I not have the soundtrack yet?  This is being remedied now.

I cleared out my mp3 player and refilled it.  I didn't know how little space 4gb really was until now.