bad movie, bad bad bad!!

[laurainlimbo]

I really need to stop ordering bad movies from Netflix. Last night I watched (or should I say I tried to watch) the remake of Journey to the Center of the Earth . so you're asking, why on earth did I rent that silly mess? Good question... I can't even remember why I put it on my queue.
I guess the trailer made it look Jurassic park-like and fun... I didn't even get to the fun part, if there was any. I turned it off after about 40 minutes, after it started resembling the second Indiana Jones movie (and not a good resemblance). Brendan Fraser really needs to start making good movies again - he's starting to get typecast as the nerdy professor-action hero type after all the Mummy movies. In this movie he was so uninspired, and the actress playing the Icelandic guide was horribly annoying. and the special effects were just a joke. I felt like I was watching a movie made by a teenager!

I think it's really time to put my Netflix membership on hold. I just can't find anything worth renting anymore...

and speaking of movies, I'm not sure if I'll even watch the Academy Awards this year. (I think I might have said the same thing last year, and ended up watching only half of the awards then)... Honestly I don't care anymore, and that makes me so sad. I might watch simply to see Hugh Jackman as the host(*melt*), and to see the beautiful dresses and the gorgeous men. This is the second year that I haven't seen ANY of the movies up for best picture - and I only care about a few of them. I guess everyone's saying that Benjamin Button is good, but I am not interested. I'm not interested in The Reader. I might see Slumdog Millionaire once it's on DVD. And Frost/Nixon too. of course I really want to see Milk, but it won't win. It's so easy to predict the winners every year - it's all political after all. Ever since Brokeback Mountain lost to Crash a few years back, I just gave up on caring. It's so disappointing.

Comments

[laurainlimbo.livejournal.com]

someone else suggested I rent classics too- that's a good plan:) at least until some of the newer stuff is released on DVD and is not too popular to rent. like I said to someone else, I did like the movie Crash. It was powerful and well acted and deserving. but I just felt that Brokeback deserved the Oscar more. artistically it was just a gorgeous film, and politically it deserved more.

[bitchygrrl.livejournal.com]

*headesk* I thought you meant the directing award for some reason and not best picture. I love Brokeback Mountain and I don't like Crash, I will skip the rant on why. I think people felt they had to give Crash something. Also I use blockbuster online and they seem to be quicker than netflix who I used to have.

[laurainlimbo.livejournal.com]

no worries - I didn't even remember about the directing award. I know lots of people didn't like Crash. I liked it the first time, but not in subsequent viewings. it was a little too simple.

I've heard Blockbuster online is better - I might try that once I move.

[bitchygrrl.livejournal.com]

Yes, overly simplistic is exactly the problem with Crash.
Blockbuster online is good and if you have a Blockbuster near you you can drop off there and get a free instore rental.

[laurainlimbo.livejournal.com]

wonder if I can get In Bruges from Blockbuster. it's still on long wait status - I think some copies have been stolen or something, seriously!

[bitchygrrl.livejournal.com]

It says long waits at Blockbuster too, I just checked. It's weird though I have only ever had long wait on one movie at Blockbuster.

[laurainlimbo.livejournal.com]

yea I'm not sure why this movie is so hard to get right now.

[bitchygrrl.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's getting word of mouth buzz. It was in at the video store though they only had a few copies in stock.