Posted in Movies on Feb 27th, 2006 No Comments »
This documentary chronicles life in and around the oceans on earth. Certain parts of this film were fascinating, especially scenes that focused on the deepest part of the ocean where alien-like animals with rainbow colored lights were shown. Other parts were a bit slow, where the same scene was shown too long, and I was […]
Posted in Books, Audiobooks on Feb 27th, 2006 No Comments »
Candice Millard
This was an excellent novel about Theodore Roosevelt and one of the darkest times of his life. It begins with Roosevelt losing the presidential election to Woodrow Wilson. In addition to the defeat, he falls out of favor with his Republican friends for running outside of their party and losing by such a huge […]
Posted in Movies on Feb 17th, 2006 No Comments »
Waiting… is a shallow, perverse, and [at times] funny movie about a bunch of twenty-something friends who all work at the same restaurant. Ryan Reynolds plays Monty, a character extremely similar to his role in Van Wilder. Much of the movie takes place in the kitchen, where the cooks do enough to make you never […]
Posted in Movies on Feb 15th, 2006 No Comments »
I don’t know what it was about this movie, but Rachel Weisz, who I normally enjoy, was annoying and irritating to watch. Maybe it was the filmography, or just her character, but I kept cringing during her scenes. She plays Tessa Quayle, the young wife of a British diplomat, who’s stationed in Africa. She stumbles […]
Posted in Movies on Feb 12th, 2006 No Comments »
In this film, Ewan McGregor plays Lincoln Six Echo and lives in a utopian society where he and the others are told that they are the lone survivors of some contamination that affects the outside world. Everyone lives for the lottery, which happens about once a week. The people are told that they win a […]
Posted in Movies on Feb 11th, 2006 No Comments »
I realized after watching this movie that I like to be blissfully ignorant of some of the world’s problems (thus, the mediocre rating). This movie, supposedly inspired by real events, is about gun trafficking and the effect it has on our world. The film begins in the early 80’s with the main character, Yuri Orlov, […]
Posted in Books, Audiobooks on Feb 10th, 2006 No Comments »
Charles Dickens
This classic novel started out slow for me, to the point where I almost gave up on listening to it. About two-thirds into the book, though, I became caught up in the plot and characters and really began to enjoy it. I think I would’ve liked the book from the start had I know […]
Posted in Movies on Feb 9th, 2006 No Comments »
Chumscrubber was an interesting movie about suburban life in present-day southern California, where everyone, from the kids to the parents, are on some kind of drug to help them get through their day. Dean, a lonely teenager, is shocked and disturbed when he finds his best (and only) friend, Troy, has committed suicide. The rest […]
Posted in Movies on Feb 5th, 2006 No Comments »
I can see why this film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, and received four of them. In addition to the interesting plot and amazing fight scenes, the cinematography, scenery, and music were excellent as well. Ang Lee, who also directed Brokeback Mountain has a knack for capturing amazing scenery and footage. In this film, […]
Posted in Movies on Feb 4th, 2006 No Comments »
While watching Kingdom of Heaven, I was reminded of so many other epic war movies: Troy, Gladiator, and even The Lord of the Rings, at some level. Seeing as how this film was directed by Ridley Scott, I shouldn’t be too surprised that the battle scenes seemed so similar to Gladiator. In this movie, Balian, […]