movies, and a music request

[laurainlimbo]

weekends on LJ are depressing - there's hardly anyone around. my email inbox is empty:(

but the good news is that our storms seem to have gone. however, we're now in the middle of a heatwave - yesterday it was nearly 90 with high humidity, and today it's already 80 degrees out at 10:30 a.m.

the weekend's been busy so far. we went swimming after work Friday, then watched Zack and Mirri Make a Porno . The concept was a great one, and I thought the porn filming scenes were hilarious (especially Star Whores), but overall I was disappointed. But I think it's because I'm not a big fan of Kevin Smith movies in general. I liked Clerks when it came out years ago, but I hated Chasing Amy and haven't been able to watch any of Smith's other films. I don't think Zack and Mirri was a terrible film, and some scenes and characters (especially Lester) had me laughing out loud. And don't get me wrong - I can cuss up a storm when I want to, and I'm not shocked by hearing the word fuck in the movies. but does it really need to be in every line of dialogue? It's a bit too much. as was the (literal) bathroom humor. Also, for me there was too much focus on the Zack and Mirri falling in "love" - I think a love story is great, but they didn't even finish the stupid porno because they loved each other too much. a greater story would have been if they actually finished the porno and realized that it didn't affect their love for each other... or something like that.

Yesterday to beat the heat, we went to the movie theater to see Terminator: Salvation and we loved it! Christian Bale was awesome as John Connor, and I loved seeing Chekhov (aka Anton Yelchin) as Kyle Reese. Sam Worthington was really hot too! They totally left that open for more sequels too. But if Christian Bale continues to play John Connor, I'll be there to see them all!

Now we want to go and see Johnny Depp play John Dillinger in Public Enemies .
I can't wait to see Johnny and Christian Bale together (Christian will play FBI chief and original Untouchable Melvin Purvis). That movies starts 4th of July weekend!

before I go, I have a request. I need some new music to listen to... so what are you all listening to now? please give me suggestions, I'm open for anything (except rap and country - sorry!)

now I've gotta go and call my dad and wish him a happy father's day. he just got home from the nursing home on Thursday and he's doing really good!

Comments

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

LOL... yeah, I think that might be a bit too much for the parentals. lol... Definitely not parent-friendly. LOL... too funny.

I've got a personal Chasing Amy story that might amuse you... some years back now, my group of friends and I used to hang out at this pub most weekends. I'd met a girl through some other friends and all and was very into her... anyway, I invited her to join us at the pub one night intent on "making my move." So she shows up with a friend of hers and everybody was having a good time... it became very apparently shortly after they arrived that her friend was... well... a very close friend. lol... yeah. When all of my friends caught on to what was going on, they couldn't stop laughing at me and took great delight in calling me Holden the rest of the night... in fact, they still remind me of that to this very day. lol...

[laurainlimbo.livejournal.com]

wasn't Holden the character in Catcher in the Rye? or was that also a character in Chasing Amy? It's been years since I saw that movie. that's a funny story too!

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

lol... Holden Caufield was the character in Catcher in the Rye... Holden McNeil was the character in Chasing Amy. :-)

[laurainlimbo.livejournal.com]

yup Catcher in the Rye was a great book.
I didn't remember the characters in Chasing Amy - but I wonder if it wasn't coincidental that they named him HOlden?

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

Oh honestly, I hated Catcher in the Rye. I seriously despised Holden... I so wanted to smack him upside the head. lol...

[laurainlimbo.livejournal.com]

oh Holden Caulfield was despicable, but that's why the book was so good! because Salinger made his narrator/character so horrible you actually learned to love him. I read another book that was similar which was The Ginger Man by JP Donleavy. The narrator is so horrible he makes Holden look like a boyscout, seriously. but the book was so well-written that I kept turning pages.

that's a sign of a great writer!

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

Oh evoking emotions is definitely the sign of a great writer. And on that count, Salinger succeeded... but Holden was so absolutely despicable to me that I honestly didn't learn to love him... I just despised him from start to finish... I didn't see any change in him from the beginning of the book to the end. He was completely unredeemed in my eyes. Bleh. lol...

[laurainlimbo.livejournal.com]

you wouldn't like the Ginger Man either then - the narrator like I said is even more despicable than Holden. if you can believe that! a mysoginist (spelling?), lazy, drunk, dirty, a thief, takes advantage of everyone... but somehow I was compelled enough to almost finish the book. but I didn't finish it.

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

lol... he sounds like a scumbag. What made you finally put the book down?

Oh and I finally posted my 5-words meme that you assigned me. :-)