I liked the old trilogy. Even though the first movie is horribly directed, the two other movies make up for it and make the first movie make sense. I watched the prequels so I could watch something that Steve said was on par with Gabe's recaps, and for the most part they were.
From my limited understanding of Star Wars fandom, i think it's pretty close to being a Cleveland Browns fan. You treasure the magical moments of old and keep going to the games hoping they turn around, but knowing that it's going to be another letdown. You call radio stations (i'm not actually a Browns fan) to say what they should or should've done but at the end of the day it's out of your control.
Yeah, I ain't care for they shoul'ves or should'n't'ves but it's fun to point out flaws on such terribly movies. Specially the prequels, because Lucas could've paid the best screen writers and directors and would've had a set of great movies. Instead he focused the money on special effects that will date themselves in a few years.
On an unrelated note, I went and watched the Star Wars prequels so I could then watch the Red Letter Media reviews you recommend. Man, did those things suck! I had to stop the last movie near the end with the lava fight. it was just so boring. I saw a link on the internet somewhere suggesting you watch the prequels after the second movie and before the third. Don't. They add nothing to the original trilogy. I recently watched the originals for the first time ever and I probably would've hated the whole thing if i'd watched the prequels in between.
Also, I love the reviews, except for the tangent about serial killing and such. I recommend that you watch The Red letter Media Reviews and skip over them. See you next week.
There's a monster online gaming list. My PSN name is babysdayout but I only ever play karaoke games because, as we've established before, I am a teenage girl.
Chris' Picks
Best Picture
Midnight in Paris
Best Actor
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Best Actress
Meryl Streep, Doesn't Matter, It's Streep, What Are We Going To Do, Not Give Her The Oscar?
Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Best Original Screenplay
Midnight in Paris
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants
Best Foreign Film
A Separation
Best Animated Film
Chico & Rita
Art Direction
Hugo
Cinematography
The Tree of Life, Emmanuel Lubezki
Costume Design
The Artist, Mark Bridges
Documentary (Feature)
Pina
Documentary (Short Subject)
The Tsunami & The Cherry Blossom
Film Editing
The Artist
Makeup
Mark Coulier & J Roy Helland
Music (Original Score)
311- Live in Chicago
Music (Original Song)
Muppets
Short Film (Animated)
Wild Life
Short Film (Live Action)
“The Shore”
Sound Editing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Sound Mixing
Hugo
Visual Effects
Rise of the Planet of The Apes
Movie that Sounds the Most Like a Porn
Midnight in Paris
Seriously, I love this show. My favortie part of this episode was how the earl was eventually forced to do the right after he thought he was just doing a friend a favor. Also, the way 3 larger story points meet around the simple scene of snooping on a footman's quarters is just neat beans. Neat neat beans. Well done, you Downton Abbey guys, you have won the respect of an anonymous Internet commentator.
I was surprised 10 people wanted to watch Being Eve. That said, watch Being Eve, it gets really good by episode 6. You'll like it if you like shows with heart and/if you are a teenage girl like me.
OK, this might seem like an odd choice, but I stand by it, Being Eve? http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Being_Eve/70175634?trkid=2361637
It's a teen dramedy from New Zealand but I swear it's good. Kind of like the wonder years but without the nostalgia and not as sappy. IDK, I think it's a good show that most of us haven't seen and there's not that many episodes to it and it would be cool to see Kelly recap it and I'm pretty sure no other website would and I'm just going to shut up now.
When I was in school I used to work at a lumber yard with a guy who used to say the most offensive things and would always defend them with the fact that he was half Irish and half Italian. He'd say something like N**** N**** N**** N**** in a sing song voice and then apologize saying that Italians and Irish were persecuted so he was allowed to "joke like that". He would also say to women stuff like "I want to eat your ***** and drink your p**s. He would defend that by apologizing and saying he has hot Italian blood and that's how he was brought up. Anyways, he's still there so the moral of the story is: Always apologize. No matter how insensitive or assholish your actions are people always forgive you if you apologize.
Great week. Not only Mark Wahlberg but also Paula Deen, Ricky Gervais and the park ravers.
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