Precious!

We saw Precious yesterday.

What an uplifting movie!



And by uplifting I mean it makes you want to lift yourself up on a stool and tie a noose nice and tight around your face (not neck) and hang yourself.

Whhheeeeeee!

Does anyone know if they make Precious or Mo'Nique action figures because I really really want one.

Up in the Air

So I'm at LAX waiting for my 16 hour flight to Hong Kong via Taipei.

(Showed up 4 hours early to ensure an exit row seat. Ugh.)



Already I feel like I'm in Asia. Over the loudspeaker they just paged a lady named "Baby Chow" and a man named "Simeon Wong".

Simeon. Like Simian. Like Monky.

(I think once I get to Hong Kong I'll work on a new Asian Names and People post.)

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Anyway, I saw Up in the Air the other day because my friend had an Academy screener.

It was a really good. And it was kind of about my life (minus some awesomeness and friendships and gay dancing.)




Obviously I'm played by George Clooney.




Let's place bets on what age he will be when he finally stops being dreamy.



See you in Hong Kong!

NINE!!!!

I posted the original trailer for Nine back when I first discovered it.

I've been waiting for months to see this movie.



Well Danny and I got to go to an advance screening of it tonight. (It opens Dec 25th.)

And it was AWESOME.

Directed by Rob Marshall, who also directed "Chicago", it's bigger and better and SO MUCH SEXIER.

Starring Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren, Kate Hudson, Penelope Cruz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cottilard, Judi Dench, and Fergie....all singing and dancing...the visuals and dance numbers were all breathtaking.













If you like musicals.... Or jaw-droppingly sexy women.... you have to see this movie. It's one of those movies that is so big in scale that you really have to watch it in the theater.

Even Kate Hudson, who suffers from a little bit of fat-face, kicks ass in her musical number, "Cinema Italiano".

Check out the latest trailer featuring her amazing singing and dancing below (fyi, she says "Guido" like fifty-six times because the main character's name is Guido Contini):



Amazing.

Princess + Frog

This screenshot summarizes how I felt about The Princess and the Frog, which is was SUPER excited to see last night...



Skeptical. Unimpressed. Sad.

I was really hoping that it would be wonderful.

But it wasn't.

There were definitely moments that made me very happy and had me LOLing like a giddy little girl, but....they spent most of the movie as friggin' FROGS!

Here are some reviews I agree with:

"Brilliant artwork offset by weak characters and forgettable songs. "

"An important Disney movie but one lacking the emotional impact and memorable great songs of his other hits. "

"Most of The Princess and the Frog looks more like one of Disney’s straight-to-DVD sequels than like their animated classics, and the few big, fun musical set-pieces are brought down by second-rate songwriting."

"Slapdash and second rate in script, animation and musical score, The Princess and the Frog is as shrill, uninteresting and headache-inducing as the worst Saturday morning cartoon. "

"A dull holiday animated feature set in New Orleans with bland characters and an uninventive storyline. "

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I think they would have been better off making a movie called The Princess and the FrOG (Friend Of Gays)... a story about a beautiful princess who has to deal with the constant headache of her gorgeous boyfriend being way too gay-friendly and/or metrosexual.

THAT is a movie I think people would love to see.

NEW MOON

I mentioned that MAO and I went to see New Moon the other day right?

It was her second time seeing it.

And she's going again this week I think.




I wasn't hugely into the first movie though I will admit R-Patz is quite breathtakingly beautiful.

But this movie. Taylor Lautner. Oh My God.

The movie was so entertaining.

And I literally gasped the first time he took his shirt off.

You really have to watch this movie in a packed theater if you can because bitches are crazy all hootin' and hollerin' for a hot 16-year-old.

Anne remains true to Team Edward though.

Chris Rock's "Good Hair"

#1 Eggfurious reader Dannyhong and I went on a movie date tonight and saw Chris Rock's new documentary "Good Hair" and it was AMAZING.

It's hilarious and entertaining and really interesting and marginally educational.

Really educational for me because it brought me into a world I've never even thought about.

You HAVE to see this movie.

It got a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes's Tomatometer. That's pretty frickin' good.



Here's the trailer.

Michael Jackson - This Is It "Premiere"

Annie had an extra ticket and invited me to join her family on Friday for the Premiere of Michael Jackson's "This Is It".

She told me to get down to the brand new theater at Staples Center "sooner rather than later" because it was going to be crazy and the place was totally sold out.



For the occasion she got dressed as MJ himself.



We were really excited for the film.



So we got into the theater an hour early and it was completely empty. And it stayed that way.

But yay private screening!



The film was beautiful and moving and magical.











It was a great final tribute to a true icon. You should definitely see it.

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After the film, I forced Kimmie to pose with The Chipmunks.



Also, I realized that Tatyana's boyfriend was wearing the exact same shirt as me.




Awkward...



Thanks for the invite Annie! It was wonderful! You are a total weirdo! Yayyyyy!

!!! DO NOT SEE THIS MOVIE !!!- The Time Traveler's Wife

This was a horrible horrible movie that did not make sense.

I LOVE Rachel McAdams. But I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it.

I hated it so much that I am bumping this back and posting a variety of critics' reviews to make sure you avoid this piece of trash at all costs.

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"It's hard to live in stolen moments, but trying to find a few enjoyable ones in The Time Traveler's Wife is nearly impossible." -Joel Neumayer, New York Daily News

"The Time Traveler's Wife drags so much that you will wish you could be a time traveler and speed past the slow spots...and it's all slow spots."
- Gary Wolcott, Tri-City Herald

"A kooky, head-spinning romantic mess." -Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

"If you allow yourself to think for one moment of the paradoxes, contradictions and logical difficulties involved, you will be lost. The movie supports no objective thought." -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times

"Rarely does a movie make me so dearly wish I could come unstuck in time."
-Gregory Weinkauf, The Huffington Post

"Don't expect The Notebook." (Ha! Understatement!)
-Kit Bowen, The Movie Kit

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I mean. I we spent a good two hours following the movie discussing what absolute garbage it was and contemplating ways to get our money back.

That...and flinging rubber hair-ties into each other's mouths...



The rubber band thing was MUCH more fun.

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(500) Days of Summer

Forget about Summer, this movie is all about Tom.



No longer the goofy kid from 3rd Rock from the Sun, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has grown into a sensitive man with a natural funny bone who takes us with him on his emotional roller coaster ride. (Also, he is gorgeous.) It's not Summer we need to love, but Tom. And with this stellar performance, he wins us over completely.

Zoey Deschanel is also a wonderful wonderful actress.



But the problem is, every time I see her all I think is KatyPerryKatyPerryKatyPerry.

Their resemblance is uncanny.



If you had to pigeonhole it, you could certainly call “(500) Days of Summer” a romantic comedy. It’s got its fair share of romance and, at times, it can be pretty funny. But more often than not, the movie does what other romantic comedies can never seem to do convincingly: It celebrates those special little moments that two people can share together, whether those moments end up creating a substantial and long-lasting relationship or not.

The screenwriters filled their story full of storytelling devices such as splitscreen what-ifs, flashbacks to numbered days, a musical number, and specific pop-culture references. Mostly, the gimmicks work—because the actors and the central idea are so strong.




They also employ the use of an Asian family to great comedic effect.



Also, because the story is told out of order, we know that the couple will eventually break up. Finding out exactly how is what provides the film with its forward plot movement. Despite some rough patches along the way (Tom’s friends range from unfunny to mildly annoying...and there's one post-breakup diatribe that is highly ridiculous), “(500) Days of Summer” has a surprising payoff and you remain highly captivated throughout Tom's journey.





I loved this movie.

Smileyjohn LOVE LOVE LOVED it and will not stop re-watching the trailer.