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Earth Cam - links to webcams all over the planet . cooooool
Fubbs - a cool and unusal site full of enigmatic flash .
Brokeback Skating - *insert your own joke here*
Poodle Fitness - silly but expert video editting
Ian's Shoelace Site - how to tie your shoes
Jeopardy - i'll take online application test for $200 , alex
Take-It-Apart.Net - for those who like to figure out the internal nature of things
60's Cheesiness - Bing Crosby , Engelbert Humperdink and friends do a Beatles medley
Silly Walks Generator - fun flash from the pythons
Berlitz German - a very funny ad for language training
Add Like Mad - test your math skills . simple addition but fast
Printable Lens Hood - pdf outline for a lens hood you can cut out of cardboard rather than spend way too much for the piece of plastic that accomplishes the same task
Mungo Jerry - Canned Heat - video
Sonja Miller - has a very cool flash home page for her photography . very clever
Apocalypse Pooh - saigon ........ shit *this is the end my only friend the end*
Irving - Situation - music video cheesiness
Ball Toucher - the name or theme music tend to deceive you , but i didnt see anything untoward
Goodyear Tires or Death - apparently thats your only choice
Monty Python Fish Slapping Dance - the only skit to appear in all of the pythons' best of episodes on pbs
World War II Propaganda - this week - the hitler youth
Celebrity Life or Death - comes in handy for settling bets
Rong - for those of you who thought Pong would be better if it was played in a circle
Men Make Strange Requests - ba dum bum
3 Years in 3 Minutes - life passing by in the blink of an eye
RedNeck Version of the Previous Link - Yeeeeeeeeeeeeee Hawwwwwwwwww
ET2 - movie mash up
World's Largest Nuclear 'Splosion and the largest american attempt that was 25% as big . amazing how ppl stood by and watched .
Hapland 3 - newest version of this cool point & click game
Truth & Art - the artistic point & click game .
The 15 Best Skylines in the World - vancouver didnt make it *sigh* dang dubai-ians ! :p
Exmortis 2 - part 2 of this creepy morbid and fun game
Pipe Cleaner Dance - Jump Back !
Worst Video Ever ! - Mon key ver sus roooooo bot
enjoy
this is a special sausage post for the druids who are slacking off today after a full night of celebrating the vernal equinox . i still havent found a site that tells me who this vern is , but i'll keep looking and post any results
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Las Onomatopeyas - holy images taken from a classic tv show , batman !
Mike For Monarch - the mayor of new york gets wacky
Rude Molecules - silly and unusal scientific names
The Latest Model - short toon with a message
Stick Man Quest - addicitive & fun game where you have to get a guy thru a series of challenges
Cause - video that is purely odd . i guess its trying to send a message , but its a wrong one
Artst.org - cool site with famous works of art
DrawBall - if you like to doodle & draw and want it to be part of some bigger collective , this could be the site for you
Cakes For Geeks ! - for that special nerd in your life
Don't Shoot the Puppy - you may actually shoot one or two trying to learn this little game
Keith Oberman & Stephen Cobert - funny discussion about bill o'reily
BurkaDogs & More BurkaDogs - with the odd kitty or bunny thrown in
Lego Suicides - a plenty of time on your hands slide show
Bone Voyage - a travel sklide show that'll make you go awwwwwwwww so cute
42 Below Vodka - Celebrity - very funny ad about celebrity culture
Fruity Oat Bars - fun japanese advertising nuttiness
Kikkomannnnn Alright ! - the king of japanese advertising nuttiness , better without the subtitles . cover them up and see if you can figure the ad out
Personal Jesus - this pug sure gets around
13 Seconds to Oblivion - 3D animation of plans to implode a building . coooool
Coloreria - a detergent that wil never ever ever air in the united states
The Exquisite Bunny - daisy chain animation . several animators given athe same starting and ending point . interesting to see the different imaginations & styles at work
Death & Taxes - a visual perspective of where american tax dollars are spent . large pic (thanks arin)
The Internet - as viewed by the CBC in 1983 (thanks marcus)
The Border Project -interesting experiment . give cameras to mexicans trying to sneak into the states and give them to people patrolling the border that want to keep them out
Why Democrats Suck - from the daily show .
South Park - The Scientology Episode - since comedy central may not air it anymore , watch it here instead
Johnny Rotten on Kimmel - the ever entertaining & charming lead singer of the Sex Pistols on why they skipped their rock & roll hall of fame induction
Sarah Bishop - very cool art from australia
Rooster & Kitty - awwwww their lifelong friendship (thanks sasha)
Personal Information in the Computer Age - i'd say that this is a scary look at the future , except that the technology is already here (thanks again sasha)
Panaromas of Vancouver - 0ddly , i found this cool colection of pics of my home town on a mexican tourism site . not the best things to panorama , but if i can find the software to do this , i just may give it a try (btw , i live right below where it says cypress mountain)
Enjoy !!
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The Colbert Report Filter - the best of the very funny 'The Word' segments from the ever funnier tv show
Turbo Tanks - the old classic video game available online
The Message - a cool short film from south korea
Memo From Human Resources - i'd hate to be on the cleaning crew
Virtual Bubble Wrap - they've updated it so you can only pop one at a time thru clicking , but its still somehow satisfying
CityScape - an online SimCity type game
Monty Python Interview - from 1975
Welcome to Wreck Beach - the infamous vancouver nude beach
Desktop Earth - this nifty app lets you replace your desktop wallpaper with a real time view of the earth from satellites . cool
Deere John - dancing with back hoe
Magnetism - time killer game that lets you manipulate objects with magnets
World's Most Expensive Cars - after looking at the pics , my first thought is why not save all that money on such ugly vehicles and buy a kick ass house
Forbes Richest People List - dang ! i didnt crack the top 746
Blade Runner - well actually its a new asimo and this time he can run
15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense - from scientific american , a tad wordy , but thorough rebuttal of the loony "christians" who think the bible should be taken literally . it shouldn't !
Colour & Personality - can colour define you ? you be the judge
Which Way Adventure - flash maze style game .
MTV Obsessed - a changing assortment of time killer games
Bird's Eye Views of Texas - from bygone eras . i wish i could find one of these for BC
Portraiture - by jeffery hein
Wake Up Call - i dunno how i feel about giving out my phone number online , but this could come in handy if you were travelling
Desktop Blues - flash app that lets you write your owns blues tunes . cooooool man
Don't Date Him - phew . i'm not on the list
World Naked Bike Ride 2006 - its never too early to start preparing
Sneaky Foosball . video of an alternate strategy
Trippy Animation - far out mannnnnnnnn
The Ossuary in Sedlec - cool architecture avec bones
Flow - very addictive time killer , but you get to eat everything you want
Missing Pages - cool animation with pictures and film . i wish there was more to see
Super Furry Animals - Not The End Of The World - cool animated video
Pick One Photo - two pics , you choose one . goes on endlessly apparently
FHM 100 Sexiest Women - The Game - answer 4 questions and you get to see 100 babes
Artnatomy - the art of musculature . very cool images of muscle and sinew
Christopher Lee Donovan - slow , pain in the ass flash site that has some cool art on it
The Regulars - odd site of the week
Untitled States - make these american images say what you want
Cool Virgin Music Ad - thats also a contest . all the images in the toon are song titles . how many can you name ? /me hums surfin' bird
Enjoy !!
/me hums Iron man~
if you had given me 100 guesses as to the source of my recent bouts of dizziness , iron poisoning would not have been among them . Iron Poisoning ? i've never even heard of it , yet i have been suffering from it for months . wanna know how i got it ? SALADS !! combined with vitamin C tablets , breakfast cereal and other common foodstuffs . wouldnt you know , i try and eat healthily and it bites me in my metallic ass . *sheesh*
have some low-iron sausagey goodness
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Best of Unecessary Censorship - from the jimmy kimmel show
Morphases - real time face manipulation . create any face like on an indent-a-kit . hours of cool fun
Cow Abduction ! - move your cursor towards the cow
Optical Illusions & Paradoxes - a large collection of things that makes your brain go Huh ?
Fastr - guess the common theme of the pics as you compete online with others
The Beneifits of Smoking - it will be 2 years since i have quit this month
Puppy Curling ! - hurryyyyyyy . hurrry harrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd
Sand Fantasy - a cool collection of this grainy animation style
MIT Origami - what happens when nerds fold paper
References for Any Occasion - dictionaries , thesauri , solvers , finders , searchers , etc . its all here on one page
The Simpsons - a live re-enactment of the opening credits
Rube Goldberg Honda Ad i love these kinds of things
Rube Goldberg Game ! - a kids game from PBS online
UK Librarians 'Must Read List' - lets start reading folks
The Arounder - cool site that has 360 panoramic views of cities around the world
Brokeback Mountain in 30 Seconds with Bunnies - this toon actually does have all the story elements from the movie . see it in 30 seconds !
Lego Brokeback Mountain - this guy has too much time on his hands
Robotic Mule - - cool technology without a brokeback theme
Plastic Assets - help for young girls just starting out on their own . NOT ! lol
Rolling Stones - snap , crackle , pop
Draw a Pig - and test your personality at the same time
Orca Goes Up , Orca Goes Down - kayak goes smoosh . amazing video
Bethany in Utah - americans and their guns
Dictator Or Sitcom Character - doesnt matter which , this puter will guess which one you are thinking of
Mogwai - Hunted by a Freak - cool animated video
George Bush - at the jeff foxworthy roast
Star Wars Holiday Special - see it before George Lucas' lawyers get wind of its posting on You Tube . he has been trying to eliminate all traces of it since it first aired
The Warhol - from one Andy to another . now on tour !
Talkin' Kitties ! - hewwo hewwo
Enjoy !
just remember , Salads Can Kill !! :p
*lights dim*
what a great year for movies
*music builds *
there's no cowboys like gay cowboys . like gay cowboys we knowwwww ~
springtime for munich and germanyyyyyyyyyyy ~
caaaaapoooooote whoaaaaaaaaa truman ca pot eee whoaaaaa ~
ebony and ivory , live together in sad disharmony ~
adieu adieu to you and you and you ~
*thunderous applause*
now that the obligatory best film nomineee medley is over , lets get down to handing out some hardware . i tried to find the list of the awards presentation order at teh oscars , but had luck , so i'll start small and and save the best for last using this list .
Art Direction
apologies to harry potter and king kong . i never saw them . good night and good luck ? dunno why it was nominated here . it realy comes down to the remaining two . pride & prejudice was a good movie , but the art direction seemed to be standard brit movie fare . for showing me a whole new world and a society that i had never seen before , the first Mooscar goes to Memoirs of a Geisha
Cinematography
this was the year of grainy close up filming with hand held cameras . not too nice to look at and worse if you had been having labrynth probs like i was . movies shouldnt make you seasick lol . there were some good exceptions though . good night & good luck ? when i first reviewed it i was saddened that they didnt use the black & white with better effectiveness . it would have made a good movie better. apologies to new world . brokeback ? it made the rocky mountains on beautiful blue skies look dingy . this is a tough call for the last 2 . both exceptional . Batman looked beautiful , but this movie had stunning visuals throughout . the Mooscar goes to Memoirs of a Geisha
Costume Design
walk the line ? mrs hendersopn presents ? oh please . charlie and the chocolate factory and pride and prejudice were good , but this Moscar goes (yet again) to Memoirs of a Geisha
Documentary Feature
apologies to darwin's nightmare and streetfight . march of the penguins was good , but it seemed more a good tv show on the discovery channel good . Enron was more pbs frontline good . we are left with the real stand out . the movie that had much more going for it than its subject . this Mooscar goes to Murderball
Documentary Short
i dont think that in my lifetime , i have ever seen a nominee in this category . so no apologies and no Mooscar
Film Editting
odd nominees this year . when i think of these movies only one strikes me as worthy of a nomination . it seems to mee there were many movies that deserved the award more than these five . cinderella man , munich , walk the line and the constant gardened all seemed pretty ordinary in terms of editting . using these nominess the mooscar goes to Crash
Foreign Film
i have a confession to make *weep* i havent seen any of these nominees *sob* i feel so dirty *sniff* Mooscars for Everyone in order to appease my shame
Make Up
apologies to star wars and narnia . cinderella man ? yeah right . seems to me there are some nominees missing here . oh well . no Mooscar
Best Score
this is a tough category . all were really good . all the scores made their movies better . in the end though , one to me stood out . it was toe tappingly happy with just a tinge of melancholy and it helped its movie more than the others . i can still hum it after all this time . thats gotta count for something . this Moooscar goes to Brokeback Mountain
Best Song
wow . no nominees that you only heard while the credits were rolling . well done academy ! thats always been a pet peeve of mine . 'travellin thru' and 'in the deep' are good songs . they just seemed to be placed in somewhat contrived situations in their otherwise excellent movies . i just think 'its hard out there for a pimp' was more integral to the film . the way you got to see them create the song and the joy and pride in achieving something that wasnt ugly in an otherwise ugly environment was what that movie was all about . this Mooscar , whole-heartedly , goes to Hustle and Flow
Short Films - Live Action & Animated
apologies to all the nominees in both categories . didnt see ya , no Mooscars
Sound Editing
apologies to King Kong and less apologies to war of the worlds cuz everyone said it sucked . i dint see them . it also strikes me that there are lots of missing nominations missing in this category . i did see the remaining film and it was well made from top to bottom , so this Mooscar goes to Memoirs of a Geisha
Sound Mixing
apologies to narnia , king kong and to a lesser extent war of the worlds , but i didnt see ya . memoirs of a geisha was excellent , but i still remember the foot stomping excitement of the opening and closing scenes of the last . its too bad the middle of the movie couldnt live up to the techical quality of its sound . this Mooscar goes to Walk the line
Visual Effects
apologies to all 3 nominess . just why are there only 3 nominess in this category ? is there a quota ? there were certianly many other contenders in this category *shrugs* oh well no Mooscar
ahhhh finally getting to the categories people care about . starting with the writing Mooscars , which historically have been an excellent barometer for quality films . check out a list of writing nominess or winners , because if you rent dvds based on those lists , you will see much better films than the winners of best film oscar list
Best Original Screen Play
my apologies to Squid and the Whale and Matchpoint . i hear you are both excellent films . Syriana was interesting , but jumbled and could have dug a little deeper . good night & good luck was good, but nor great . for a purely original and well crafted script , this Mooscar just has to go to Crash
Best Adapted Screenplay
Apologies to history of Violence . its out on dvd next week grrrr . munich , i thought was sloppy and at times insipid . i didnt know brokeback wasnt original . the script was good though . constant gardener was perhaps the best adaptation of a lecarre novel ever put on screen . however one movie took its source and really breathed new life into it and gave us so much more . without a doubt , this Mooscar goes to Capote
Best Animated Feature
apologies to Howl's Moving Castle . The Corpse Bride was a very good film . it made corpses and spiders fun ! its just unfortunate that it us up for the award in the same year that nick park made his first feature length film on his won terms . without even one scintilla of doubt , this Mooscar goes to the ever cheesy (wensleydale , that is) Wallace and Gromit - The Curse of the WereRabbit
Best Supporting Actor
apologies to william hurt . you're the only acting nominee i didnt get to see , but i'll see you next week . btw , where was donald sutherland for pride & prejudice or mickey rourke (my personal choice) for his amazing stint as the hitman in sin city ? for the others , theres been a lot of buzz for paul giamatti for a standard bnoxing manager role (making up for a non win for sideways?) , jake gyllenhaal (the gay cowboything) and george clooney , but it seems to me , there was on performance that was way more compelling than the rest . you will not forget this character . you will hate him , but you wont forget him . The Mooscar goes to Matt Dillan in Crash
Best Supporting Actress
2 things . where the hell are the nominations for gong li and michelle yeoh for memoirs of a geisha ? its criminal neither was nominated . secondly , in my opinion , this is where reese witherspoon should have been nominated and not best actress . oh well , lets look at these five . michelle williams . i kinda have sympathy for her since her so called "christian" high school has condemned her for taking a part in a 'gay movie' , but it wasnt that great a part or performance . same with rachel weisz . to me it comes down to the remaining three . frances mcdormand is always amazing , as is catherine keener . both add a ton of depth to their respective films , but one actress was the heart and soul of her movie . she was the glue that held the movie together . this Mooscar goes to Amy Adams for Junebug
Best Actor
for terence howard the award is just being nominated for this performance . i'm not sure why david strathairn was nominated , although he did capture murrow in a way that joaquin phoenix never did with johnny cash . as for tacit homosexuality, the performance by heath ledger was good , but none of these guys came even close to getting my vote . only one character came to life through an excellent acting performance . it would be a crime if this Mooscar didnt go to Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote
Best Actress
First of all , Ziyi Zhang should have been nominated for her performance in memoirs of a geisha . the fact that judi dench and charlize theron for roles over her is appaling . those two could play these ordinary roles in their sleep . no great stretch . secondly , i like reese witherspoon , but to me this is more of a supporting role and in it , i never saw june carter . it was more a legally brunette generic country singer . that said , the choice between the final two is a difficult one for me . keira knightly is what made pride & prejudice . a lesser actress would have killed the movie . its really a coin toss for me , but i am going to give extra points for the brave choice to portray a transgendered person in america . she did a very competent jop in a good movie that a lot of people will pribably never see . This Mooscar goes to Felicity Huffman in Transamerica
Best Director & Best Film
its never made sense to me how a movie can win best picture and the director doesnt . luckily this year the 5 nominess are the same 5 movie , so i am going to treat them as one combined category . i didnt like Munich . i didnt like the choices spielberg made in telling the story and it suffered for it . a colder telling of the tale would have beeen much better imo . goodnight & good luck is a good movie with a good message , but they didnt use the black & white in a very cinematic way . this movie could have been gorgous looking and the visuals could have delivered its very important message of truth in media with much greater impact . Brokeback Mountain was a good movie . however , it didnt make my top 5 for 2005 and wont improve in standing here . the choice to me is between Crash and Capote . two very good movies . one dealing with a complicated environment of racism and one dealing with a complicated man . both have great casts . both look really good . both are excellent examples of how issues are made up of shades of grey and are not black & white or left & right . a message that really needs to be driven home . the canadian angel on one shoulder wants me to vote for Crash's director , but also reminds me capote was filmed outside of winnipeg (brokeback mountain was filmed in alberta) . the indie angel on my other shoulder wants me to vote for Capote , but also reminds me that neither Crash or the other three nominees in this category are "hollywood films " . decisons decisions . i have two Mooscars to hand out , but it would be a tad hypocritical to split them up now . hmmmmmm . toss a coin ? hmmmmm . crash made a deep emotional impression on me . capote made a deep intellectual impression . hmmmmmm .
the Two Mooscars go to ..........Capote
man this posting took longer to do than i thought it would . jon stewart will be starting the show in just over an hour . i think hes going to do a really good job . he's the perfect choice . smart & funny .
Good Luck to all the Nominees and Enjoy the show !!
A bunch of good one this week mmmmmmmmmmm
Oscar Nominees - the good version
Oscar Nominees - the naughty version (and they say there's no good parts for women)
Stunt City - a cool ad jammed filled with every movie stunt you can think of
Unnecessasry Censorship @ the Superbowl - a funny clip from the jimmy kimmel show
Apples & Oranges - an interseting comparison of film vs digital photography
Toy Story 3 - Requiem - - funny video mashup
The Like - What i Say & What I Mean - music video with synchronised swimming
Windows Live & Local - this could very easily be the start of a trend . nifty idea . take a tour of seattle and see for yourself (The Moore Rules !)
Flickr Song - a song inspired by pics on a website . goofy , dumb and cool
David Ho - well designed site with excellent art
Einstein Chalkboard - get the famous physicist to write whatever you want on the chalkboard
Les Kiriki - gravity defying acrobatics
Marimba Ponies - but daaaaaaaad , i dont want to rehearse
The Little Fella - cool looking animated chihuahua
Deal or No Deal - online version of the tv game show . thankfully with no howie mandell
Help This Guy Out - wow . in the day since i found this link , he got over 100,000 hits . help him get more
Dave Werner - he has a very cool flash web site
Animals in Casts - all kinds of them
Survivial Quiz - i survived , but just barely
Movie Quiz Part 2 - slightly easier than part 1 , but i didnt get them all
Sheep Beats - why sheep ? i dunno , but you can make them funky
The McPassion - special edition blasphemy . hurry before the time runs out . as of this post , only 43 days 10 hours 24 mins and 38 seconds left
The Jazz Discography Project - cool site for hep cats
Domino Pressure - make the dominos fall in the correct order
Chocolate Milk - i always said it was heathy
The Chemistry of Autumn Colours - why the leaves turn colours in the fall
Animate a Donkey ! - why ? i dare say Why not !!
Bembo's Zoo - pick a letter and they will turn into animals . cool
New From Pepsi - ummmm is there a demand for this ?
Fastr - A Flickr Game - guess what word links the pictures before the other online players do . addictive
Avoid the Cursor Eater - be careful . the little bugger is fast
Ten Commandments of Simon - for remaining a virgin
An Insightful Look At Emo Culture - a short emo toon
French Maid CPR - vive la difference !!
The Twsted Films of PES - a very cool site filled with a variety of short stop motion animation with many cool and unusual things
Enjoy !!
this years race to see as many nominated movies (amongst others) before the oscars has come to an end . with dizziness and dvd availability i think i have seen all that i can , so i shall spend the next couple of days figuring out who i should hand out the Mooscars to on sunday . these are the films i have seen since the last review . i dunno why i havent done this before , but from now on i'll try and include links to the movie's web page
Transamerica - this is a story of a pre-op tansgendered m2f , who must make a a journey across america in order to resolve a major issue from her past . its an interesting tale which explores the issues of this community while not geting too preachy about it . felicity huffman is very good throughout the movie . my only issue with the movie is that it needed a bit more life in its charcters . i know a couple of people who have gone thru this and they have much less dull lives . maybe its a quibble and i know the awkward & sad backstory was meant to payoff at the end , i just think the movie had let its characters have more charater in the movie . its still worth seeing though
Proof - this movie was a lot more enjoyable than i had expected . i'm not a big gwynneth paltrow fan , but she is very good in this movie and should have been nominated for an oscar (though it might make up for the one she won for shakespeare in love) . in this movie she plays the daughter of a mentaly unsatble math professor looking for one last great math proof before he dies and his daughters attempt to make him proud . its explores the dynamic of mental health and obligation quite honestly and is very well acted . a good movie
North Country - when i rented this , i did so only cuz of its oscar nomination for best actress . i thought it was going to be norma rae about sex descrimination and i was right . it was . what i couldnt understand was why theron got nominated . she didnt deserve it . it was a cookie cutter part that could be played by anyone . the always good frances mcdormand does deserve her nomination . she is great as usual . as for the movie , if it motivates anyone to treat all people better in the workplace , then thats a good thing . it wasnt a movie meant for me . i dont treat people differently because of gender and i have never ever seen anything even approaching this behaviour in any workplace i have been in . so it just didnt ring true to me. its based on a true story . i just think the movie was too heavily filtered to convey info than to make it realistic . if you are looking for a movie to yell at the screen "men are pigs" , give it a whirl . if not , dont
Domino i dont know how many reviews or people told me that this movie sucked and should be avoided . its a tony scott film . you know it will be gimmick loaded . and mannnnn did they load this one up with perhaps too much camera gimmickery and editting . when it ended however . i kinda wanted to see more . the acting and the story were interesting and it was an intersting and entertaining glimpse into the world of bounty hunting . keira knightly and mickey rourke were excellent throughout . this is a very cool movie and worth checking out
The Weatherman - when i saw the ads for this last summer , i couldnt wait for the chance to go see it . thats why it was so disappointing when i actually did . i had come into it expecting to see a quirky and funny story , instead i got a story about boring and miserable people trapped in miserable and boring lives . i kept asking myself , why would make a movie where no one in it is even remotely interesting . i never bought into cage being a tv news personality and after that it was just him dealing with his miserable life . what a disappointment
Nine Lives - here is another movie that was built up to be great and wasnt . this movie is nine stories of miserable women whose lives are trapped in various different miserable and depressing lives . some segments are well acted , some are terrible . its a good ensemble cast , but they arent given anything to do except wallow in their misery . with a cast this good why not make the effort and make nine stories about interesting strong women who dont live contrived obligatory lives and have real positive things going for them . instead of this crap
Tristram Sandy : A cock and Bull story - (warning - like the book and the movie , the site is kinda a non site... an intentional failed attempt at a web site you should think of as funny, if you get it that is) - this is a very funny movie . its a movie of lawrence sterne's novel that can never be made into a movie ... so they didnt . instead what you get is an hilarious look at an attempt to make a real movie where the actors run in and out of their roles and their lives . their are all kinds of inside jokes about movie making , art and literature in this movie . the humour is both subtle and in your face . the ensemble cast of british actors is excellent. go see this movie if you like intelligent comedy and literature . its very funny
Pride & Prejudice - this is a period piece that has two balls and giggling girls all within the first 15 minutes and i didnt hate it ! i cant believe it . this is probably the best attempt at a austin novel movie that i have seen . i'm just not a fan of the genre , but i like how they made this movie . they boiled down the story to the essentials and then cast great actors . keira knightly is again very good and worthy of her nomination and donald sutherland should have got one . it is beautifully shot and if you ar forced to see a period piece , make it this one
The Ice Harvest - uhoh maybe the john cusack movie quality barometer is in need of repair . you'd think an antihero film with him an billybob involving stealing money form the mob would be very entertaining . it just isnt . i kinda felt that maybe the script hadnt been finished before they started filming . the movie had no real direction after the premise and then it just stops dead in its tracks when oliver platt enters the story . after that it never recovers . the only good thing is that its under 90 minutes long so you dont lose to much of your life . its to bad . this could have been a great movie , but instead its one to avoid
Memoirs of a Geisha - perhaps i have saved the best for last in this post . this is an excellent movie . its well written , well shot and amazingly well acted . how this movie didnt garner oscar nominations can only speak to racism . the actresses in this movie blow all the other nominees away . i just dont get it . these are strong parts for women and because they are asian they dont get nomintaed . unbelievable ! this movie is the story of a a young girl who is sold into a geisha house and is about her life in that world . it is a fascinating and conniving world that you have never seen before and the cinematography is amazing . what a great film . it deserved many more nominations . hell it deserves many oscars . lets hope the academy can one day move beyond this kind of intolerance and nominate obviously great preformances like these . see this film
