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livingdebAs usual, I had a goal this year to watch at least 26 new-to-me movies. I have now achieved this goal.
The movies I liked (in the order in which I watched them):
"Gran Torino" - A crotchety Clint Eastwood gets sucked into neighborhood doings. So does his car.
"Up!" - A crotchety Ed Asner is on a mission. Silliness ensues. Lessons include: 1) That boy is actually dumber than he looks, 2) Don't go after your dream too long or you will turn bad, and 3) Someone is probably hiding under your house.
"Star Trek" - A crotchety old Spock--no, wait, he wasn't crotchety. Exciting trek into an alternative universe.
"The Girlfriend Experience" - You've got to turn your brain on for this one to figure out what's gong on. I think I mostly liked it because it was such a contrast to the Haight-Ahsbury experience we'd just had at an art museum in that people go to work and lie instead of not working and staying true to themselves.
"Monsters versus Aliens" - Fun kiddie fair with totally cool alien body.
"Slumdog Millionaire" - Learn about the horrible realities of slum life without having to stay all depressed and crying through the movie.
"JCVD" - Jean Claude van Damme plays himself in an exciting heist movie with, I think, three different endings.
"Julie & Julia" - Made me smile.
The movies I'm most likely to watch again: "Star Trek" and "Julie & Julia."
Blog entry of the day - How to Apologize Like a Man at The Art of Manliness. Just a good description of how to apologize. "Even if the fault split is something like 1%/99%, you still need to work hard to humble yourself and come to an understanding of what that 1% is rooted in. Don't live your life as though every day you're pleading your case before an imaginary court, presenting evidence for why you are not at fault and are innocent as charged."
I'm adding this blog to my reader, too. I'd like to be a little manlier.
The movies I liked (in the order in which I watched them):
"Gran Torino" - A crotchety Clint Eastwood gets sucked into neighborhood doings. So does his car.
"Up!" - A crotchety Ed Asner is on a mission. Silliness ensues. Lessons include: 1) That boy is actually dumber than he looks, 2) Don't go after your dream too long or you will turn bad, and 3) Someone is probably hiding under your house.
"Star Trek" - A crotchety old Spock--no, wait, he wasn't crotchety. Exciting trek into an alternative universe.
"The Girlfriend Experience" - You've got to turn your brain on for this one to figure out what's gong on. I think I mostly liked it because it was such a contrast to the Haight-Ahsbury experience we'd just had at an art museum in that people go to work and lie instead of not working and staying true to themselves.
"Monsters versus Aliens" - Fun kiddie fair with totally cool alien body.
"Slumdog Millionaire" - Learn about the horrible realities of slum life without having to stay all depressed and crying through the movie.
"JCVD" - Jean Claude van Damme plays himself in an exciting heist movie with, I think, three different endings.
"Julie & Julia" - Made me smile.
The movies I'm most likely to watch again: "Star Trek" and "Julie & Julia."
Blog entry of the day - How to Apologize Like a Man at The Art of Manliness. Just a good description of how to apologize. "Even if the fault split is something like 1%/99%, you still need to work hard to humble yourself and come to an understanding of what that 1% is rooted in. Don't live your life as though every day you're pleading your case before an imaginary court, presenting evidence for why you are not at fault and are innocent as charged."
I'm adding this blog to my reader, too. I'd like to be a little manlier.
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on 2009-08-28 03:39 pm (UTC)"[Don't apologize] For everything. This man apologizes for his appearance, for things that aren’t his fault that no one is saying are his fault, and for perceived shortcomings that no one notices until he brings them up. And he keeps on apologizing. Over and over again when everyone else has moved on. Being a compulsive apologizer is highly emasculating and instead of getting you into people’s good graces as you might assume, will simply erode their respect for you."
Cool article, thanks!
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on 2009-08-29 02:27 am (UTC)