Some other thoughts behind a cut as they may contain spoilers (for those who haven't seen the last two Torchwood episodes)...
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Argh! I wanted to spend my Borders gift card on the new Torchwood novels, but they don't have them in stock yet. My store is always a week behind. Oh, well, I did find a nice new cross stitching book. And I have The Wings of the Dove and Mansfield Park to read first, anyway...
Speaking of cross stitching, I gave up on The Bride, and selected a simpler piece for my cousin's wedding. I really bit off more than I could chew with that one...I'm disappointed in myself. :(
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First was Michael Clayton- a great, fabulously acted thriller in the style of All the President's Men. If it were any other year, I'd love to see George Clooney win Best Actor.
There Will Be Blood was bizarre. Daniel Day Lewis has a lock on Best Actor, for sure...it was an awesome movie, but parts of it had me going WTF????
I've already reviewed Atonement, so I'll skip to Juno. I enjoyed it, it was quirky, funny, and touching, but it did not deserve a Best Picture nomination.
No Country For Old Men was typical (meaning brilliant) Joel and Ethan Cohen fare. Bloody and confusing, full of characters with ambiguous morals. I really need to read the novel (by Cormac McCarthy) it was based on.
What do I think will win? My heart says Atonement or Michael Clayton, but my mind says No Country...but Blood could be a spoiler. No, no, no to Juno. Original Screenplay, sure, but not Picture.
Other noms...As much as I love Johnny Depp and Sweeney Todd, he should not have been nominated for Best Actor over Josh Brolin for No Country...or James McAvoy for Atonement.
Best Actress- I haven't seen any of the performances except for Ellen Page in Juno, and I hope she doesn't win. She's too young, it wasn't the greatest performance ever. She'll have other chances.
Supporting players- Javier Bardem will win for No Country...and rightfully so...that was one scary performance. I wish Paul Dano had been nominated for Blood. Cate Blanchett will probably win for I'm Not There, but I'd rather see Tilda Swinton win for Michael Clayton. That movie deserves at least one award.
Tomorrow I will cheer/bitch about the ceremony!
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Choir was exceptionally good last night. We got through seven anthems and one hymn. We're almost ready for Palm Sunday and Easter already! I'm stunned. Usually our director doesn't give us music until two or three weeks before Holy Week! I think going to that choir event helped us a lot.
My dad signed me up (against my will,
) for the Lenten book discussion- we're going through The Purpose Driven Life. I usually think that kind of stuff is a lot of hooey, but I'm keeping an open mind as I read through it. So far, it's not so bad. The discussions have been interesting, at least. Speaking of books, I've read two more this month, bringing my total to eight (not counting Purpose, which I haven't finished). I read Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, which was very amusing, and Another Life, a Torchwood novel. I've read all three of the Torchwood books now, and can't wait for the new ones to be released! I'll put my thoughts on the books on my reading blog later this week. Next up is The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen (see a pattern here?
) and North and South. Both are due back at the library next week, so I need to get cracking! Saturday is the big Oscar movie marathon at Potomac Mills. It's going to be fun, but I'll be very tired when I get home. I'll probably spend most of Sunday in bed (until the Oscars are on!). It will be nice to watch the ceremony after actually seeing all five Best Picture nominees.
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Original clue: 6. Sondheim! Send in the Clowns!
Here are two more lines:
Shakespeare wasn't Jewish? Go figure!
He's world famous in Poland!
Surely someone on my f-list has seen this movie!
ETA: And someone has!
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johi36 got it- To Be Or Not To Be! (The Mel Brooks version, of course!)Pick some of your favorite movies and list a quote from each one, then see how many of them your friends can guess correctly. post will be updated to reveal the answers along with the name of the person who got them right first.
note: NO CHEATING. no googling, imdb-ing, etc.
1. "She's gone from suck to blow!" Spaceballs, guessed by
hopefulnebula2 ." Where are we going?" "Where they went." "Suppose they went nowhere?" "Then, this will be your big chance to get away from it all." Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn, guessed by
hopefulnebula3. "I am the train." Blood and Chocolate, guessed by
qthewetsprocket , one of the few on my f-list who saw that "masterpiece"!4. "...if you stuck a lump of coal up his ass, in two weeks you'd have a diamond." Ferris Bueller's Day Off, guessed by
hopefulnebula5. "My friends...you bow to no one." Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. Half guessed by
hopefulnebula , the other half by qthewetsprocket .6. "Sondheim! Send in the clowns!" (I will be very happy if anyone gets this one!)
7. "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking." Airplane! guessed by
alpinemaps8. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!!! LOUD NOISES!!! Anchorman, guessed by
biggles699. "But the worst thing I ever done - I mixed a pot of fake puke at home and then I went to this movie theater, hid the puke in my jacket, climbed up to the balcony and then, t-t-then, I made a noise like this: hua-hua-hua-huaaaaaaa - and then I dumped it over the side, all over the people in the audience. And then, this was horrible, all the people started getting sick and throwing up all over each other. I never felt so bad in my entire life." The Goonies, guessed by
qthewetsprocket10. "My son's a homosexual, and I love him. I love my dead gay son." Heathers, guessed by
hopefulnebula once again!Yeah, some of them are pretty easy.
BONUS QUOTE! I just saw this on another board, will be surprised it anyone gets it.
"I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS!!" Better Off Dead- and
grace_poppy got it!Only #6 is left...
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Yup, I'm a night owl, not a morning person!
I am going to the meet-up this Saturday after all! It should be fun.
Mom and I have decided to do the AMC Theaters Oscar marathon on Feb 23- all day, all five Best Picture nominees. http://www.amctheatres.com/promos/showc
February and March are going to be busy for me, I think. My aunt is going to visit in March, and we're going to do a lot of stuff in D.C. and Baltimore while she's here.
http://us.imdb.com/news/flash/
So far it looks like an accident. I hope it was an accident. I'd hate to think it was deliberate.
I thought he was great in Brokeback Mountain, and looked forward to many years of his performances. What a loss to the film world. So much potential there... I was excited about him playing The Joker in The Dark Knight (even though I hadn't seen Batman Begins).
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I guess I'll have to check out Juno now and see what's so great about it.
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Some other stuff and a quickie fangirl moment behind the cut...
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Next on my list: Atonement by Ian McEwan. I so want to see the movie. It's not playing here. Dammit.
Mom's Rotary Club may have an important guest next week- someone she and I really don't like much, but would still be interesting to see in person. Can't say who he is, but let's just say there will be a lot of security!
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is out on DVD Tuesday! I'm getting the special 2-disc edition.
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It's cold. I had to wear my winter coat for the first time today. *shudders* And it rained, too. And it's going to get below freezing tonight...meaning there will be ice on the road tomorrow. Joy.
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- Music:Deathly Hallows audio book
I found this picture at Entertainment Weekly and added a caption...
Heh heh heh. She would torture poor Trevor along with Neville, wouldn't she? 
Saw Hairspray yesterday. Four stars. I'll elaborate later!
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Last night was the second to last concert at the library. It was a terrific group called the Pan Masters- all steel drums. They've been together for 22 years, and the kids of some original members play with them.
They played all kinds of stuff- classic rock, reggae, traditional. They even invited people on stage to try the drums. I wish my nephew could have made it to this one- he is such a good drummer himself, and it's always good for him to hear a variety of percussion instruments and musical styles.
The concert had to be moved indoors- we had a terrible thunderstorm. It rained for a solid hour. The turnout was very good despite the weather. They're really a popular group on the East Coast. The final concert is the day after my birthday next week!
Yet another funny Harry Potter icon:
Wish this was smaller. I'd love to use it here.
Hoser redid the Neville icon so I can use it at TrekBBS-
I hate to alter icons like that...I don't even know who made it originally. But cursing in icons at Trek is a no-no.
I want more, more, more Harry icons and motivational posters!
I went to see Ratatouille today. It was very good, but way too sophisticated for little kids. I'll put up a longer review at my other blog later. I'm going to see Hairspray tomorrow!
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Just my rambling thoughts about it. I loved it despite the changes and the cuts. And I love this poster:
I like that it includes Ginny, Neville, Luna, and Cho. Still in shock about how much all the kids have grown.
Didn't Neville used to be short and chubby? Where did this tall, slender (in the movie he wears a bit of padding), good looking young man come from? Yikes. Time flies. Poor Harry is still pretty short . But he's cute.That's all! I have put The Deathly Hallows away for a while. I plan to read it again in a week or so.
I'm home from pet sitting. Thank God! I love those animals, but it can be so tiring. I can't imagine living with them full time. I'm just happy that Ike is feeling a bit better. It's going to feel good to be back in my own bed, too. The sleeper sofa hurt my back this time. I'm glad the week is over. It really was a disaster this time. Let's see: Dog gets sick, day spent at the vet, vet thinks it's time for him to be let go. Dog recovers (for now). Big storm knocks out power for two days, destroys trees in the yard, and the power lines set fire to one of the trees. Another dog gets a bit depressed. Cat is the attention whore from hell. I think I've had enough excitement for the week!
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...of my life that I won't get back. I just watched this bizarre indie film called Morvern Callar, which stars the usually great Samantha Morton. http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0300214/ I don't know what the hell it was about!!! I actually turned it off two thirds of the way through because I didn't care. That's something I rarely do. Maybe it would have helped if I'd read the novel it was based on first, but I don't know...
And the fangirl in me realized something quite sad- this was Bryan Dick's film debut. And he was pretty awkward. Almost bad, even. It looked like his scene was unscripted.
Trek BBS meet up tomorrow! Yay!
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