Clive Owen dodges a bullet (a bomb, actually) early in “Children of Men.”
I know, it’s already a week into 2007. But I saw “Children of Men” today, and I thought to myself that it was one of the best movies I’d seen in the past year. (And I count “Children of Men” as a 2006 movie.) This led me to reflect on the movies released in 2006 that I’d seen. Well, I’ve assembled a list, in order of their release, with a short paragraph about how I felt about each one. I’ve also included links to any entries that I may have written regarding them as well.
“Thank You for Smoking”
This movie was highly entertaining. It was a moral tongue-in-cheek tale that didn’t try to preach or make you believe anything. The characters just presented absurdities that were all too close to reality. Plus it had an amazingly well-designed opening credits sequence. Three stars. (Out of four.) [entry]
“V for Vendetta”
I managed to read the Alan Moore trade paperback before I saw this movie. Despite Moore’s misgivings, I thought the thrust of the adaptation was faithful. I was even more impressed with Hugo Weaving’s ability to portray a character whose face is never seen. And anything with John Hurt’s wrinkled, angry visage filling a 40-foot screen can’t be all bad. Three stars. [entry]
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I’m back in the Motherland for a few days over X Men Mas. That’s Indiana to the uninitiated. And all seems to be well. Michelle and I will be in E-town for a few days, then we’ll be heading down to Kokomo. But I’m pretty sure we won’t be getting there fast and we’re going to take it anything but slow when we do get there.
Have I mentioned that I hate air travel? Our flight out of Portland was delayed two hours, which put us in Chicago about an hour after the rental agency where we had reserved a car decided to close. And let me tell you, nerves were racked trying to find a rental car in Chicago at 1 a.m. two days before Christmas. All in all we were traveling from 6 a.m. PST until 4:30 a.m. EST. And we had a direct flight.
But we made it. Can’t wait to do it all over again in a couple of days.
The goose is getting fat…
Man, there was a lot of food in my house today. Thankfully, I didn’t eat it all. I ate plenty, but there’s still enough turkey and dinner rolls left over for mini-turkey sandwiches all weekend.
I did take my belt off, though.
Now for some serious face time with the Wii…
That’s right. Tonight at Midnight + 1 minute, the Wii drops into the gaming world. I’ll be there, at Wal-mart, getting mine.
I know some people call it a kids machine, and it’s true that the graphics can’t stand up next to the XBox 360 or the PS3. But I think it’s going to be a hell of a lot of fun to play.
More news later. Comment if you have any launch title purchase suggestions, besides the obvious Twilight Princess.
Maybe I’m getting too old for this blogging thing. I know, it’s been a while since I posted, and a few things have happened. But not much. I’ll try to break them up into individual posts.
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