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Category Archives: seeing

Movies, good and bad

Where for art thou, Miley?

3/12/2010 – 11:49 pm

We saw "Remember Me". If we had walked out before the last 5 minutes I would have given it a D-, but those last 5 minutes were really good ones. So I bumped the whole movie up to a C.

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Why Avatar didn't win

3/12/2010 – 10:58 pm

These guys tell us how to make a compelling Academy Award winning movie trailer, in the format of, well, a compelling Academy Award winning movie trailer

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Percy Jackson – Way to change the book…

2/13/2010 – 9:44 pm

The Lightning Thief gets extra credit for gratuitous use of the iPhone. Bet Steve Jobs didn't see that one coming.

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The Wolf Man – please just have the franchise put down already.

2/12/2010 – 9:52 pm

You know I'm not happy with it if I'm bringing up Mel Gibson movie comparisons.

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So I saw Pixar's new movie just now and I have a headache. I saw it in 3D at 4:30 today on a digital screen. Conditions couldn't have been any better.
About the new 3D experience: OMG! It costed $14 APIECE to see it in 3D at a matinee show on Friday. I've seen [...]

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The 1950s are back, baby!

5/12/2009 – 1:34 pm

The preview from Youtube of Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus

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Twenty-Two Times Double Oh Seven

11/16/2008 – 9:08 pm

Quantum of Solace. What to say. It's the 22nd film in the 'official' bond series (at least according to Wikipedia). It starred Daniel Craig in his second outing as Bond, James Bond. What's not to like? woof!
Still, I didn't like it.
The explosions were there. It had car chases, boat chases, plane chases, foot [...]

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That which matters, or not

11/10/2008 – 5:21 pm

My friend Scott, the director of such films as Secret Identity Crisis and Starship Exeter, thinks I should post the new Bond flick as the movie of the week over at PDXMOTW. Does anyone else have an opinion? Should I restart PDXMOTW, or should I just let it fade quietly into that good night?

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Move it move it

11/7/2008 – 10:18 pm

I was completely under-impressed by Madagascar 2. Sad, slow, stupid, infantile, dumb, boring.
I keep hoping Dreamworks will bring a movie out that is as good as the stuff from Pixar. But it just hasn't happened yet. Maybe the next one will do the trick.
I did laugh out loud three or four times, and [...]

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The DVD Collection

11/6/2008 – 3:25 pm

A few years ago (ok, like 15 years) I got rid of all my jewel cases for my CDs. I started keeping them in sleeves and drawers to save space, and I've never looked back. It was a major step, getting rid of all the plastic boxes and artwork and only hanging onto the [...]