As has happened in previous years during the Summer of Art, movies have been a focal point of accomplishments during this time period. I thought this may get lost in the mix with a newborn and all... but turns out that newborns sleep an awful lot, nearly 16 hours a day, which opens things up for some quality movie watching!
I finally finished Season 3 of Entourage! Which I almost finished last summer and wasn't entirely impressed... Anyway, I'm finished now and really not that into it anymore. Since the Boss is off with me for the next few weeks still for the Summer of Art Season 4, I've decided to jump into Season 1 of The Weeds because she mentioned interest. Has anyone else watched this show? It gets great reviews, and I always liked Mary Louise Parker on The West Wing, so we'll see!
As for movies, I have watched 30 Days of Night, Hot Fuzz, Dan in Real LIfe, Rescue Dawn and Charlie Wilson's War in the first half of the Summer of Art. Here are the official No Beaks details on these flicks:
To begin, from worst to first Charlie Wilson's War... is crap. It is mostly all bullshit and the acting by Julia Roberts made me want to jump out of the window. The historical validity of this movie is suspect and in the end this Wilson character is lauded for essentially starting the war in the Middle East in the 80's. The movie tries to argue that this was some sort of accomplishment because it stopped the Red Army and defeated Communism. Bullshit!
Dan in Real Life was okay except for Dane Cook who is a douche. Steve Carrell was pretty good... and the story was okay for a cheesey romantic comedy.
Rescue Dawn was a great story about real life events of an American pilot who crashed and was held prisoner in Laos in the early days of the Vietnam War. Christian Bale is awesome! But the movie kind of hits a bump with Steve Zahn as another American soldier in the prison camp. That guy is always the goofy guy in comedies like Saving Silverman, although he seems to be attempting to be in more dramatic roles these days. Still he ruins this movie.
It was a tie for 30 Days of Night and Hot Fuzz. 30 Days of Night was good, not great, but good for a vampire movie. This horror crap is usually not my forte but the story of vampires taking over a small town in Northern Alaska where there is 30 days of night and a small group must fight to survive till the light comes... was unique from most others in this genre and entertaining.
I really enjoyed Hot Fuzz. I've only seen parts of Shaun of the Dead but Hot Fuzz was much funnier! If you watch this movie... stick it out to the end, it's worth it!
That's all for now, coming up will be Season 1 of Weeds, The Brave One and The Counterfeiters! I would also like to get out and see The Dark Night but not until the crowds and freaks dressed as the Joker and Batman thin out...
Well if you're really into disappointment then enter into the world of Weeds....but there's hope!
The first season is magnificent. Then Season 2 starts out ok and gets bad...real bad! Season 3 sucks a lot and is ok at times...Now season 4 is entertaining again. But Season 1 is definitely worth a viewing so you should enjoy it. Anyone who tells you otherwise from what I have said should have their eyelids stapled back and forced to watch Brett Favre crying over and over again. Aaron Rodgers 4 life!
Posted by: Furious | July 21, 2008 at 11:47 AM
I'm going to start watching Mad Men, once Netflix will send it to me. That's supposed to be good.
Also, I'm a big fan of Hot Fuzz. I was also a big fan of Shawn of the Dead.
Your brief review of Charlie Wilson's War makes me believe you didn't watch the movie from beginning to end, or your attention was diverted during most of the film.
Posted by: squad. | July 21, 2008 at 12:24 PM
How so?
Posted by: Mr. W | July 21, 2008 at 06:08 PM