Robots, SW Trailer, and Johnny
Mar. 11th, 2005 07:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarotgalWent to see Robots. It was, like, 60 degrees today so no snow. And I found the movie theater just fine- which is great! I only made one wrong turn and that was trying to get out of the maze of streets there. Yayness.
Robots was so adorable! I saw it in a theater with about 20 other people- mostly parents and kindergarten age kids (no one older than, since it was during the school day) and it was a lot of fun listening to the kids laugh and giggle at the funny parts (I laughed along as well) and laughing with the grown-ups at the more *cough* adult jokes. The Washington Post gave it a bad review- well, not a great one. Called it a clockwork lemon. But, hey, I like lemons, right? *EG* I thought it was adorable, though. A little light in the plot department (any more, though, and I would have been complaning that it was too complicated), but characters were great, details were FANTSTIC, and the "universe" that was created was breathtaking. And Ewan did a great job as well. So it was yummy! I enjoyed it. Very cute.
Seeing the SW trailer on the big screen- yippie! I was so worried it wouldn't be there, too. They showed 4 movie trailers... and then the lights got dim and I got scared! But then, there it was. YAY!!! Oohhhhh so good on the big screen. Is it May yet?! *whimpers*
And one of the other movie trailers was for the new Chocolate Factory movie. The movie looked... well... like Tim Burton made it. And Willy (Johnny) looked... well... FRIGHTENING! They definitely did an excellent job in not stripping the "Crazy" when they went from book to movie. Not that I was worried, considering it's Tim. But Johnny Depp- MUCH as I adore him- is no Gene. And I still don't think I'm going to like this. I hate this constant need to remake things. The original was spectacular. Why do we need a new version?! But I'll still want to see this. It looks... well... definitely worth watching. And Johnny was so yummy to see. Very pleasant surprise.
I'm glad I took off today and had some good, relaxing time. And I deposited money at the bank ($40 in coins is HEAVY!!! Especially when that's a full $11 just in pennies!) Then I walked around Fairfax Town Center a while- I'd never been and it's got a lot of interesting stores. Not that I'm surprised. That's the "high end" side of town. My side is closer to the ghetto, and then a little bit beyond where my high school was that becomes the "trash" part. Though speaking of which, I've been wanting to go to the sex store over there for a while... I've only ever been to the ones in my tiny college town, so it'll be nice to see a "bigger" one. ANYWAY... then I recycled the huge stacks of magazines I've been driving around with for months. It's a few blocks away from the mall/theater so it was good I had an excuse to go over there.
Apart from a splitting headache, it's been a good day thus far. I'm going to try to finish up "Marty's Story" and then nap before I have to go get the dog/housesit talk at my neighbors'.
Ugh. "Marty's Story" sounds like a sex ed video. Maybe "Marty's Tale" or just "Marty". Gah. I don't know what to call this series or the stories in it. Worse yet, I don't actually have a name for the nightclub! I suppose I could call the series "Nik's Possé" but I'd rather name it after the nightclub. Assuming I can think up a name for the nightclub. I like Stokes though as a city- thank you Silly_Sooze! Ohhhhh my gods. I could call the club Strokes! Er, or maybe not. Don't want people to think about having a stroke. That's not fun. And it's not something Nik can easily pronounce, either. LOL I'll keep thinking.
Wow... talk about rambling. From Robots to magazine recycling to gay nightclubs & porn stores. I shall shut up now :-)
Robots was so adorable! I saw it in a theater with about 20 other people- mostly parents and kindergarten age kids (no one older than, since it was during the school day) and it was a lot of fun listening to the kids laugh and giggle at the funny parts (I laughed along as well) and laughing with the grown-ups at the more *cough* adult jokes. The Washington Post gave it a bad review- well, not a great one. Called it a clockwork lemon. But, hey, I like lemons, right? *EG* I thought it was adorable, though. A little light in the plot department (any more, though, and I would have been complaning that it was too complicated), but characters were great, details were FANTSTIC, and the "universe" that was created was breathtaking. And Ewan did a great job as well. So it was yummy! I enjoyed it. Very cute.
Seeing the SW trailer on the big screen- yippie! I was so worried it wouldn't be there, too. They showed 4 movie trailers... and then the lights got dim and I got scared! But then, there it was. YAY!!! Oohhhhh so good on the big screen. Is it May yet?! *whimpers*
And one of the other movie trailers was for the new Chocolate Factory movie. The movie looked... well... like Tim Burton made it. And Willy (Johnny) looked... well... FRIGHTENING! They definitely did an excellent job in not stripping the "Crazy" when they went from book to movie. Not that I was worried, considering it's Tim. But Johnny Depp- MUCH as I adore him- is no Gene. And I still don't think I'm going to like this. I hate this constant need to remake things. The original was spectacular. Why do we need a new version?! But I'll still want to see this. It looks... well... definitely worth watching. And Johnny was so yummy to see. Very pleasant surprise.
I'm glad I took off today and had some good, relaxing time. And I deposited money at the bank ($40 in coins is HEAVY!!! Especially when that's a full $11 just in pennies!) Then I walked around Fairfax Town Center a while- I'd never been and it's got a lot of interesting stores. Not that I'm surprised. That's the "high end" side of town. My side is closer to the ghetto, and then a little bit beyond where my high school was that becomes the "trash" part. Though speaking of which, I've been wanting to go to the sex store over there for a while... I've only ever been to the ones in my tiny college town, so it'll be nice to see a "bigger" one. ANYWAY... then I recycled the huge stacks of magazines I've been driving around with for months. It's a few blocks away from the mall/theater so it was good I had an excuse to go over there.
Apart from a splitting headache, it's been a good day thus far. I'm going to try to finish up "Marty's Story" and then nap before I have to go get the dog/housesit talk at my neighbors'.
Ugh. "Marty's Story" sounds like a sex ed video. Maybe "Marty's Tale" or just "Marty". Gah. I don't know what to call this series or the stories in it. Worse yet, I don't actually have a name for the nightclub! I suppose I could call the series "Nik's Possé" but I'd rather name it after the nightclub. Assuming I can think up a name for the nightclub. I like Stokes though as a city- thank you Silly_Sooze! Ohhhhh my gods. I could call the club Strokes! Er, or maybe not. Don't want people to think about having a stroke. That's not fun. And it's not something Nik can easily pronounce, either. LOL I'll keep thinking.
Wow... talk about rambling. From Robots to magazine recycling to gay nightclubs & porn stores. I shall shut up now :-)
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Date: 2005-03-12 06:30 pm (UTC)If I *do* end up seeing this new remake, I'll have to work hard to accept it as its own movie, and not keep comparing every little moment with the Wilder version. WWatCF isn't my all-time favorite movie, but it's up there, and I'm going to be mighty uncomfortable seeing it in a new light.
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Date: 2005-03-14 02:47 am (UTC)this one is supposed to be more true to the vision of the book...
i loved the first one but am excited for the second one... we will see if its too weird or not. the preview was weird wasnt it! but then the world of the book is really bizarre and vivid... Love, Fae