DVD Review: Cher: The Film Collection
Every year around the holiday gift-giving season, various studios put out DVD box sets focusing on popular directors or actors in the hopes of cashing in on otherwise dormant DVD's. They create some generic cover art and slip in existing discs from their warehouse without any added bells and whistles for collectors or other sundry weirdoes.
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12.14.08
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taking the train to go see (or come from seeing?) Doubt with fallon. the film was ok. It got me thinking, but it was a tad long. I do love me some Meryl Streep, though.
the best part of the movie was laughing at all the moderately inappropriate moments along with the other people in the chelsea cinema. the reactions were worth not smoking for 120 minutes.
however, halfway through the film some fucktard sits down next to me. mind you, fallon and i got into the theater a bit tardy for good seats (who knew irish catholic nuns would be such a draw in chelsea?). so we were craning our necks in the first row. and this douche nozzle comes and sits next to me and starts, wait for it, texting!
after he sends a few novellas to his nearest and dearest, fuckhole-a-mio starts to browse ringtones. so, as streep bitches out philip seymore hoffman (you gotta use all three names), i hear fucking "triads," "sunshine," and whatever other ringers that dude has free. once we got onto "provincial," i leaned over an politely asked the skid-mark to turn the phone off. then he started to pick his nose and flick the snot in my general direction. so, i leaned over, handed him a napkin, and politely asked that he keep his saliva (solidified and not) to himself.
he moved shortly after that…
2009 in movies
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Maybe there’s a rainstorm to duck. Or maybe there’s a just an empty afternoon to fill. Or a bad day at work and the only cure is two hours in E Street. Whatever the reason, or for no reason at all, I see a lot of movies. Last year, I drew up a list of my top 5 movies; this year, it’s not so straightforward.
This year, it’s all about the moments. The scenes. The fleeting moods that stick after the lights are back up and the popcorn grease has been washed away.
Like the dance scene in "(500) Days of Summer." In a movie packed with beautiful images–and a soundtrack I’m still listening to almost daily–this scene accomplished the impossible: It put Hall and Oates on my top-played songs of the year.
Or the opening credit sequence from "The Watchmen." The movie couldn’t live up to 20 years of hype (didn’t stand a chance, really), but for five minutes there, boy, didn’t we all have our hopes up while Bob Dylan was singing?
Come to think of it, music matters so much with these scenes. "It Might Get Loud," one of the best movies I saw this year, was a masterpiece of music-lover porn, those three men and their beautiful, beautiful guitars.
The relationships matter, too: The pairing in "Paper Heart" was sweetly honest and brutal; Carl Fredricksen and his wife in "Up" brought me to tears.
Sometimes it’s that very last scene that reinforces a great movie, or makes an OK one seem better. "Up In The Air" ended exactly how I wanted it to; "Adam" saved itself when the boy didn’t get the girl.
Sometimes it’s just about casting: Meryl Streep in "Julie and Julia"? Perfect. The surprise cameo by [you know who] in "Zombieland"? YES! And "Adventureland" made me not hate Ryan Reynolds for the first time, like, ever.
Other movies build to a sense of their goodness: "Coraline" made me hopeful for a generation of kids growing up now; "Moon" took what could have been a bad "Outer Limits" episode and made it so much more.
And then there’s the joyride. "Public Enemies" was a mess, but with Johnny Depp walking around as a ’30s gangster, who cares? "Sherlock Holmes" spent more money and time on costumes than plot, but I’m OK with that. "Brothers Bloom" put Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo in matching fedoras and taught Rachel Weitz how to juggle.
The silliest movie can have such beauty. "Night At the Museum" gave us a peek inside the VJ Day in New York, and it brought to life those Degas ballerinas I pass so often at the National Gallery.
And the most serious movie on the most serious subject–"Hurt Locker–can surprise you. Sigh, another war movie? How’s this one different? Turns out, it’s different in the most significant way possible: it tells a story you care about, with people you care about. That’s exactly what i want from two hours in the dark.
friday night blues
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Friday night rolls around… I’m finally not sick (yahoo!), came home from the boring humdrum of my desk job (see previous post), took a nap, and…. (insert drumroll), promptly got ditched … (boo-urns to the "boys’ nights"). So here is me and my best girl and a really lame book…. Think I’ll opt for the quick version – i.e. movie… some good girly brain candy. Hopefully.
"it's Complicated" with Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin is sooooo funnyy right now lol – by Paris_Cole (Paris )
Man steve martin & meryl streep ova here smokin weed. Damn everybody smoke – by BSEshooter (West$ ide Slim)
That is my shitttt! What channel?! RT @MaggieG_Homo: My favorite fucking movie is on!!! #NW "Its Complicated" I LOVE Meryl Streep 
Meryl Streep Trivia!
it’s the scene after the song ‘take a chance on me’ and water shoots out of the courtyard. meryl streep turns to amanda seyfried (sophie) and says something to her. I have NO idea what she says…someone please fill me in!!
Answer by disneybus
She says “It’s Aphrodite!”
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