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I Am Missing A Girl Gene

Do you know who doesn't cry at the movie Rumor Has It... when every other girl in your family is sniveling and weeping?  Me that is who.  We had 3 generations of women at that movie and I am the only one that thought it a ridiculous sappy mess of non genuine feeling. 

My sister for one is in love with Jennifer Chiniston and so loved it no matter what, but she also cried in a heartfelt way.  I cant even remember the scene they cried at it was so unmemorable.  My mom and my grandma are sentimental, so they cried too.  It looked like a SNL skit the way the movie was so dramatic and I just cant see what to cry about.

All this leads me to wonder... am I missing some kind of girl gene that makes me hate chick flicks?  I know I am missing other girl genes.  Like the only things I own in pastel or non neutral colors were given to me, I hate planning a wedding, and I never shave anything (don't worry I barely have any hair).

In truth I guess I kind of like being a hermaphroditic hybrid of sorts.  I get to take the best from both sexes, but sometimes... just sometimes, I wish I were a little more girly without trying.

I Am A Teenage Imbecile

I sat here and listened to the Walk The Line soundtrack and got all wanting for Joaquin Phoenix, so I went to see the movie again.  I loved it even more the second time around. I sat there the entire time just entranced with the whole thing and the MUSIC, oh the music. I just love it.

On another lust note... I saw Bareback Brokeback Mountain.  I don't care who you are, this is a love story that is tender and makes you want to cry.  I liked it for two reasons: The actors and the fact that it made a gay romance real.  Made you see that whether straight or gay, love is love. Plus the scenery and acting made it grand.  My favorite part was seeing Heath and Jake cuddling.  It really warmed my loins heart.

It's Official

I am in love with Joaquin Phoenix and it is much worse that I ever thought it would be. I found myself thinking today what I would say if I just happened to run into him.  Then I started thinking about writing him a letter, which would of course end up in bags and bags of fan mail.  I am like a mad teenager.

He is just so intense and sexy.  I don't want to have relations with him, that isn't what turns me on.  I just want to talk to him.  He seems to have so much going on.

Tomorrow, I just might see the movie again.

Rave Rave Rave

I saw Walk the Line last night.  It was so good.  This is definitely going to be an Oscar contender.  Joaquin Phoenix, who made you hate him in Gladiator, made himself so sexy and lovable in this movie. He was so intense. I hear he actually sang the songs in the film, and if so, he is a beautiful singer. 

Reese Gagmewithaspoon, was pretty good too.  Thank god, because I was beginning to lose faith after Legally Blond II. She was so good in fact, that even though she was stealing Cash away from his wife and kids, you wanted her to be the one he got together with. I hear she did the singing too.

I could actually go see this movie again right now.  JP was so great whether he was in love, high, or depressed.  It was just sooo good. 

Gritty And Good

Yesterday Babe and I saw Domino.  It was good, but you need a strong stomach to watch it.  I could never imagine my mother enjoying this sort of film.  The violence and at one point human torture, is just to real. I should mention there were some parts that were outright hilarious and had me falling out of my seat.  It was a well rounded movie in all.

It is really cool to see Kiera Knightly playing such a different character and she does it pretty well.  She is supposed to be really hot in the movie and she definitely pulls that off.  There were however, a couple of times I wasn't so convinced of her hardcoreness.  Maybe this is supposed to be how it is.  I wasn't sure. 

Mickey Rourke was a good actor in this and I have never seen him in something made during my adult life, so that was cool. The other actor in the film who plays Choco, was alright, I could take him or leave him.

All in all I have to recommend this movie, and it seems I need to get the word out there, the movie theater wasn't that full.

I Am Walking Straight Into Line

To see my evocative Joaquin Phoenix in Walk The Line. 

I know next to nothing about Johnny Cash, but I downloaded some songs and they sound old school but good, with... ARTISTIC INTEGRITY. I am hoping the movie has a little of that too.

I am not so excited about Reese Witherspoon as June, but suppose I will get over it. I have liked movies she has been in, especially Election. I just think Legally Blond put a bad taste in my mouth and then they made Legally Blond II and I about died.  Sadly, I must say I have seen both of these films.  I was NOT in my right mind.  That is my defense for right now.  I guess I just hate it when blonds are portrayed as such. I am blond and very down to earth and intelligent. 

This movie will draw obvious comparisons to Ray.  I have already heard people saying JP is going to be up for an Oscar and if so, it would start a real pattern for the Academy Awards.  I like Joaquin though and hope, if he does well, he gets recognized. After reading his bio, I really have a lot of heart going out to him and feel like he must have so much life experience to put behind his acting, maybe that is what makes him so intense and arousing.

See you at the movies.

The Constantly Good Gardener

Last night I saw The Constant Gardner.  It was a good movie for three reasons: it was slightly but not too artistic, the acting was good, and the story was awesome.

The film takes on unusual angles and accents different colors, such that you are engrossed in the actual artistic direction of the film. They did have the beauty and ugliness of Africa to work with,so success was imminent.  Also, the actors are not portrayed in the usual dream like beauty.  They are beautiful people and surely portrayed to their very best, but the film had the quality of a black and white photo, brought to color.  That true to life crispness.

The acting wasn't necessarily excellent, but overall good.  Fiennes was good, but at one point breaks down in a crying spell, which was a bit too theatric.  Weisz was excellent as an impassioned young woman, who you come to wonder the true duplicitous nature of.  The support actors in the film were also good, but, as was meant to be, Fiennes and Weisz carry the film.

The story pulled you in, made you scared and angry, and left you shaking your head.  I think all along, I knew what the ending would be, but in no way did that ruin the movie for me.  I was on the edge of my seat for the entire film. My heart was beating fast so many times.  I even came to tears at one point, when they portrayed the horrible conditions in Sudan.  I cry because Sudan is actually have such trouble, genocide runs unabated there, but we having so much fun spending money freeing Iraq (what a success) that we ignore it.

The thing I might like best about seeing good movie is they have good previews.  I saw a preview for this movie.  I really want to see it.  What a departure for Hollywood.  The Religious Right will flip (hahaha).  Babe says he will only see if I see Doom.  So maybe a certain blog reading nursing buddy will go?

I Should've Known

When the front rows filled up before the back ones, full of teens and preteens, whom adults were already admonishing, I was in for a teen scream flick.  However, I only figured this out when the director was cited as, none other than, Wes Craven.  At first, I was worried, it was going to be a scary film, but Babe assured me, it was not.  It was it was full of stupid drama, at which the teeny boppers aptly screamed. 

I want to tell you this film is bad, I cannot.  It was entertaining.  A nice B movie, which is why it wasn't advertised heavily.  I can only assume an up and coming actress like Rachel McAdams didn't realize she was going to have so many successes, before enlisting with this film.

Is all I can say is, this is what happens when you have seen all the good movies out, and your partner will only go to Blahville Pleasanton.