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So, we went to see POTC3 on Saturday night....

( Electric guitars! And a bucket! Spoilers ahead, mateys... )

More later after my brain finishes processing...

Current Mood: ecstatic
Current Location: La Quinta Sea-Tac
Current Music: "I Don't Think Now Is The Best Time", POTC3 soundtrack

Here's the purchasing link to buy an autographed copy of the new 25th anniversary DVD of The Last Unicorn.

Due to contractual disputes, if you buy it anywhere else, Peter S. Beagle (the book's author) won't get any money from it, but if you purchase it from the link above, over half the money made goes to him, and you can get an autographed copy!

I met Peter Beagle when I was very very small (don't remember it at ALL).....my grandfather knew him, and got him to send in a short story to Cricket magazine (which I read voraciously when I was younger)...I have the letter! And I have an autographed copy of the Last Unicorn book.

So yeah...if you want the DVD, please, please get it from the above link so the author will get something! Link courtesy of

dolphin__girl and

judith_s.

ETA: Visit the 'You Can Help' section of Conlan Press' website to see how you can help Peter Beagle get the royalties that are so rightfully his!

I can't believe I forgot to link to this....the website is up for the movie of The Golden Compass, the first book in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. And, Tom Stoppard wrote the script! If you don't know who Tom Stoppard is, ~~hide in a deep dark hole~~ read and learn: he wrote Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, as well as the Academy Award-winning screenplay for Shakespeare in Love. So exciting!

Current Music: "Christmas Must Be Tonight", The Band

Squee....the first official poster from the upcoming 11th Star Trek movie to be directed by Lost's JJ Abrams. The gold/blue scheme seems to give credence to the whole Kirk/Spock/Academy storyline, but I found out what the original script was. It was about a non-Enterprise Starfleet ship and her crew during the Earth-Romulan war (between Enterprise and the original series). Hmm...maybe if this one does well they'll get to make that one...the story sounded interesting! Or maybe we could get a book...

I keep trying not to get my hopes up....so frustrating!

Yeah, yeah, it's been a while! So long, in fact, that I've now seen Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest three times in the theater. Three! Once with John, once with Jessica, and once with Jessica and Lisa. So each time, I was with someone who hadn't seen it!

And before the movie, we were treated to two trailers for movies I must see when they come out: Night at the Museum starring Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney and Owen Wilson. Yes, you read that right. Coming out this Christmas! And Transformers, a live action/CGI movie coming out 7/4/07 starring our very own Hasbro Transformers! Shut up, they were big when I was small!

Oh, speaking of things that were big when I was small...there's a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie coming out next year also...all CGI, from the look of it. Not sure how I feel about that one yet...

Anyway, on to the POTC review!

( Spoilers ahoy! )

Sigh...off to listen to the music again!

Current Mood: ecstatic
Current Music: "The Kraken", POTC2 soundtrack

So. Yeah. We went to see the movie tonight. And if you're planning on seeing it, YOU MUST STAY THROUGH THE CREDITS. There is an added scene at the end of the credits that is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY to watch.

Now that I have your attention.....I can't say anything specific about the movie!   I just....can't! It was awful and wonderful. Exhilarating and gut-wrenching. I cried twice, once happy and once sad. Well, the emotions were actually in reverse order, but still...

It's definitely not your typical action-popcorn-comic-book-movie at ALL. But it is a very big story and everyone grows and learns and..knits together....and Kelsey Grammer is AWESOME as Beast! *goes fangirly* I have a new crush, ladies and gentlemen, and his name is Beast. Or Dr. Hank McCoy (SEE? He's even Dr. McCoy!!!) *fangirliness over...for now...*   Sigh.

So, bottom line, STAY THROUGH THE CREDITS. You'll thank me!

Current Mood: ummmmmm...
Current Music: "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished", Wicked

From

ravenclawed...

What are the three books you'd like to see filmed (movie or mini-series)?

Also, what is the one book you love but know it would not make a good movie?

Ok, after a LOT of thought, because let's face it, I love my books and couldn't bear to see them butchered in any way...especially by Hollywood...here are the three I'd like to see filmed:

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card: In the future, we are fighting a war with the Formics, insect-like aliens (sounds WAY more hokey than it is), and Earth's leaders are trying selective breeding to get a genius military commander. 6-year-old Andrew "Ender" Wiggin may be that commander...

Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke: To my surprise, they may actually be making a movie of this one also! Check out the blurb: "Two centuries from now, scientists detect a 10 trillion ton object, nicknamed "Rama," hurtling through Earth's solar system at an unfathomable speed. After deploying a space probe, our deepest fears and highest hopes are confirmed: Rama is an extra-terrestrial spacecraft. The Spaceship Endeavor commander (Morgan Freeman) leads a team of astronauts inside the foreign vessel and discover a self-contained world of alien wonders and unknown purpose."

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller: Surprisingly enough, in my searches I found this article, an essay about the contrast between this book and Starship Troopers as regards the value of individual life and its relationship with the state. Very interesting. Here's a good blurb on the book, since it has so much in it that it's nearly impossible to summarize:

Six hundred years after a nuclear holocaust, an abbey of Catholic monks survives during a new Dark Ages and preserves the little that remains of the world's scientific knowledge. The monks also seek evidence concerning the existence of Leibowitz, their alleged founder (who, the reader soon realizes, is a Jewish scientist who appears to have been part of the nuclear industrial complex of the 1960s). The second part fast-forwards another six hundred years, to the onset of a new Renaissance; a final section again skips yet another six hundred years, to the dawn of a second Space Age--complete, once again, with nuclear weapons.

Ok, and as far as a book I love that I would not like to see made into a movie, I'd have to go with Diane Duane's Young Wizards series, just because the...mystery...for lack of a better word, and the magic of the books would be deflated if they tried to adapt it to film.

Current Mood: contemplative
Current Location: work...blah

My version of March madness comes in the form of St. Patrick's Day! Time to bake my world-famous soda bread and kick back with a Guinness and watch a movie connected to the Emerald Isle...this year's movie: The Secret of Roan Inish. Last year we watched Michael Collins, and the year before that we went to my parents' house and watched Finian's Rainbow. Good times. From Fred Astaire to Liam Neeson to...Irish actors/actresses who are apparently famous 'cross the pond!

I'm really getting interested in not only Irish history (which I read a lot of last year at this time...) but Irish/Celtic mythology and legends. Thinking about going to the bookstore and burying myself in tales of the Tuatha de Danaan and Cuchullain and their kin. Ooh, I also have to get a good CD of traditional Celtic music for the big day. I've got plenty of folk music, but I'm looking for more traditional instrumental stuff, with fiddle and uilleann pipes (Irish bagpipes) etc. If I find any good mythology stuff on the 'net, I'll link to it from here!

So, we went to see the midnight showing of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe the day it opened. And I was...trying to restrain myself from getting too excited. After all, I am usually disappointed in movies based on books. And this book was one I had read so many times starting in early childhood, and love so much, that it was hard to not get too excited.

And then...it started. And it was incredible. I honestly don't have the words to describe it, except that it was the book! It was everything from the book, everything I loved! And done so beautifully, that I do believe I cried several times. When Lucy first stumbles into Narnia, when the children encounter Father Christmas, Aslan's sacrifice and the mice nibbling at the cords, the list goes on and on! Jim Broadbent was remarkable as Professor Kirke, and the children were just wonderful. I loved how their characters were fleshed out and they became more real. It was just...incredible. I can't wait to go see it again!! And the soundtrack comes out tomorrow...which I also desperately want!

And now, a little linkspam:

Stan 'Tookie' Williams was denied clemency by Governor Arnold Schwarzennegger. And I breathe a sigh of relief. Hmm, let's see...he murdered 4 people directly and caused the deaths of hundreds (if not thousands) more by co-founding the Crips (one of the most notorious LA street gangs), but he wrote a couple of children's books on death row so we should let him out of his lawful jury-decided punishment? Uh, no.

Want to win a Nobel Prize? Show the world how much you hate America. That's right, folks! That shiny Nobel can be yours for the right amount of venom against the greatest country on Earth. I have no words. But the author of this article does, and uses them beautifully.

Current Mood: creative
Current Music: "Christmas Wrapping", The Waitresses

It's the new trailer for The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe! Eeeeeee! It looks like (crossing fingers) they got it RIGHT! Well, that's judging by the fact that I teared up in nostalgia watching the trailer. Shut up! I'm a girl, I get nostalgic about these things. Man, I'm probably going to have to bring a box of tissues with me when we go see it in the theater. Which reminds me, I have to get John to read the book.

But seriously? It won't be the same if you didn't read the book 10 zillion times as a kid (yes, yes I did). It'll be good, but it won't be the same. Sigh.

Oh (points to new icon), I figured out how to do animated icons! Let me know what you think!

And just for Elizabeth, from The Onion: Two Publicists, Stylist, Personal Assistant Injured As Nicole Kidman Turns On Handlers.

Ok, off to do grocery shopping!

Current Mood: excited

Some linkity links...

The official website of The Signal, a podcast devoted to Firefly and Serenity. The latest episode includes "Why We Love Wash", some Chinese translation, the history of the 'verse, and an interview with Orson Scott Card! Squee!

Spoiler Alert: Serenity in 2000 words or less. Hilarious. "Whedon, you bastard!" Yes...yes.

The site for the documentary coming out next month entitled Done The Impossible, a fan-made movie shot in HDTV about the rise, fall, and rebirth of Firefly/Serenity. Pre-order now! I find it absolutely fascinating that Orson Scott Card is prominently featured in the trailers and is as big a fan as he is. It's like all of my worlds are colliding!

( Which Serenity character are you? )

Uhh...I tied between Zoe and The Operative. Little scared now.

And a very cool ad for Serenity on the ceiling of a British subway station.

Well, this turned out to be more Serenity-themed than I intended. Maybe that says something about me..? Although, we have now seen the movie three times. I think it's a sickness...

Current Music: "Come What May", Moulin Rouge

Okay, now that I've seen the movie twice, it's time to review. The first time around, we missed a 10 minute chunk while I dragged John to the bathroom with me (the drive-in's bathroom looks like it hasn't been touched since the 50s, and there's just something about toilets without stalls in the women's room that skeeves me out a little), but that was filled in last night. We'll start with overall impressions, and then I'll go into detail under the cut.

This was the best movie I've seen in a while. It was complete, cohesive, and very real. Yes, I already knew these characters from Firefly, but the backstory and exposition is done subtly and well to catch up the rest of the audience. There's action, but not just for the sake of action, there's some very cool CGI shots, and the story is executed flawlessly. The audience laughed, cried, and applauded in all the right spots -- any movie that can make guys shamelessly tear up has to be good, right? Right. Ok, now we'll get into more details.

( SPOILERS )

I was basically shaking when we left the theater, it was so emotional. But it was a great movie. Not a popcorn action sci-fi movie...a mystery/drama that just happens to be set 500 years in the future. Great movie. I can't think of words that mean enough to encompass what it was. But it'll be a while before I can watch it again, just for the emotional impact. Maybe when it comes out on DVD. Hopefully sooner.

Current Mood: melancholy
Current Music: "There Goes the Sun", Pernice Brothers

So, John and I went to see The Brothers Grimm on Sunday night. It was....interesting. You could definitely tell that it was a Terry Gilliam movie (good and bad), but overall it was a good concept. ( SPOILERS - don't read if you don't want to be spoiled! )

So, overall: good idea, original storylines, good writing, not-so-great execution. Which is pretty much what I expected. Now I have to compile my copious notes on the Gilmore Girls premiere last night! Tootles!

Current Mood: productive
Current Music: "Lucky", Britney Spears (shut UP!)

Squeeeee! Big news! Here's the brand new shiny Serenity trailer and movie poster. They're so awesome! The movie looks like it's going to be really good. Also, this last Friday they started reruns of Firefly on SciFi. Watch it people! Every Friday night at 7 pm. You must watch the show and go see the movie! So excited...just look at my shiny icon!

Current Mood: energetic
Current Music: "Where The Colors Don't Go", Sam Phillips

So, I decided to take on a rather ambitious project. I've decided to compile a list of my 25 top movies of all time. Believe me, it wasn't easy! But here we go, in alphabetical order, because there's no way I could rank them:

( Megan's 25 best movies of all time... )

Whew! Well, there it is! Feel free to comment below on any of your favorites that might not be listed here, additions/subtractions you would make, etc.!

Current Mood: creative
Current Music: "Yesterday Once More", The Carpenters

I know, it sounded cheesy to me too. And it's a kid's book. And then I found that they had it on ereader for $3.99 and I could read it on my Palm. So I said, hey, the movie's coming out next week, why not give it a chance. And I blasted through the book in about 2 hours flat. It's funny, poignant, very real, brings me back to when I was sixteen and looks mattered, every little event became magnified and was utterly real. Sixteen-year-old girls are adult in thought if not in manners, and that shines through in the book. So I went and watched the trailer online, and it looks like they might get it right in the movie as well.

Hmm, now to find someone who will see the movie with me...

Oh, and just for the record, since no one else seemed to mind, John and I had to turn off the Muppets Wizard of Oz within the first half hour. Too different, and too many unnecessary crude jokes and humor. And not just toilet-crude, either. Sexual-innuendo crude. The Muppets. I rest my case. It was so, so awful I wanted to cry. How could they do this?

And then I answered myself. Simple, I said. Disney bought the Muppets. Enough said. Although Disney used to be good too. Sigh. And so, R.I.P., Disney and the Muppets. At least in our household, so-called "kids movies" are becoming less and less watchable. And that is very sad.

Edited because crude and rude are similar, but not the same thing.

I feel like such a geek. I've seen Star Wars: Episode III a total of 3 times now. In 5 days. We saw it at 12:50 am, opening day, up all night and stood in line for 3 hours, the works. Very cool, front row balcony seats, clapping and cheering and whatnot. And then the movie started, and the film was out of alignment! The bottom of the movie was coming down through the top of the screen, and everyone was screaming and yelling and ready to lynch the projectionist. So we missed the opening "crawl". But the rest of it was really, really cool.

We saw it again on Sunday with my parents in Napa, this time from the second row. Still very cool, regardless of the seating. And Monday, we decided to go into San Francisco and see it at the digital theater at the Metreon, since it was shot completely in digital. So we went to the Metreon and into the theater, and it was a HUGE theater, you could see the curve of the screen. And the movie started, and we looked at each other and were dumbstruck. I mean, WOW. It looked so much better in digital. And the surround sound was AWESOME, much better than any other movie theater I've ever been in. It was just so cool, there are no words. And now I think we're movie-theatered out until the big summer blockbusters start up in July. As for the movie, I'll try to give an overview without giving anything away. Here goes:

Well, the dialogue was better. Mostly. There's one really bad love scene between Anakin and Padme that's still very "No, you're cute! No, you're cute! I love you more! No, I love you more!" Painful, but over quickly. Other than that, everyone gets to kick butt, especially Yoda and R2-D2. Very cool. I love Yoda. And the special effects are GREAT. But we knew they would be.

The necessary plot points are there, and they're not as predictable as they might seem. It fills in the gaps nicely and leads up to the original trilogy well, bringing in familiar scenery and hardware. And the Wookiees! Chewbacca is great, of course!

It is a well-deserved PG-13, as there is some very intense violence and dark themes (duh!), so no little kids. Definitely no kids under the age of 10 should go. I teared up several times, every time we saw it! Regardless, it was well done and I'm glad I went to see it all three times. Definitely worth it.

Ok, this is going to have to be split up into three different sections: First, my review of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, second, the latest Lost and Gilmore Girls episodes broken down, and third, the rest of the chaos of my life right now. Ready? Here goes nothing...

( Double dating with Douglas Adams! )

( Lost 1:21, Born To Run )

Ok, fingers tired now. I'll stop this here and come back in a couple of minutes to do the Gilmore Girls rehash. See y'all then!

Current Mood: creative
Current Music: "1985", Bowling For Soup

Yay!!!! The Serenity movie trailer is out!! September 30th, people...GO SEE IT!

Stuff go boom...and everyone's present and accounted for! I'm so excited...squeee!

Ok, back to killing time waiting for Gilmore Girls...

Current Mood: giddy

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