Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[tracilicious]

You're evil Moonliner. I remember being so annoyed at my parents when I was 12 for not letting me see PG-13 movies. Little did they know that my sisters showed me Dirty Dancing when I was 8. Jurassic Park took a good week of convincing. Anyways...

I watched Final Fantasy Advent Children. This movie was cool if you've spent several hundred hours playing Final Fantasy VII (which, sadly, I have). It was uber-cool to see the characters come to life like that. Red XIII was awesome, as were Sephiroth, Aries, and Vincent. The others I could take or leave as far as that movie goes. They did a good job of sneaking in game references. The movie couldn't stand alone without the game though.

We've been netflixing all the Scrubs that are out. We're up to the middle of season 2. Such a great show. I love it.

Rented Motorcycle Diaries, but we've seen it before. I'm not sure that we'll watch it again as Michael is swamped with web design and I don't want to watch it alone. Spectacular movie though.

Crocs? Disgusting. Good for gardening, I imagine.

Song remakes can be wonderful. I love Postal Service Such Great Heights, but the Iron and Wine cover takes it to a whole new level.

[Alex]

I was allowed to watch part of the Great American Strip-Off on the Playboy Channel when I was 7. Didn't really interest me one bit.

I was taken with my parents to see Poltergeist in the theater so I must have been 7 as well. That did affect me quite a bit. Scared the hell out of me for quite a while (I too had a big tree right outside my second story bedroom window). However, it was also the last time I was scared watching a movie. So I don't know if the impact was positive or negative.

Strangely, we were not allowed to watch A-Team.

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

I was allowed to watch part of the Great American Strip-Off on the Playboy Channel when I was 7. Didn't really interest me one bit.

I was taken with my parents to see Poltergeist in the theater so I must have been 7 as well. That did affect me quite a bit. Scared the hell out of me for quite a while (I too had a big tree right outside my second story bedroom window). However, it was also the last time I was scared watching a movie. So I don't know if the impact was positive or negative.

Strangely, we were not allowed to watch A-Team.

Did they also take you to a really hilarious movie and thus you've never laughed again? Did they wear smilie face shirts all the time, thus your dislike for emoticons? Were you forced onto a roller coaster at the ripe age of 5, thus taking the thrill taken out of thrill rides forever? Suddenly the stoicism of Alex Stroup is explained.

Strangely, I was allowed to watch the A-team. Yet Scooby Doo, Smurfs, and I Dream of Genie were off limits. My dad snuck in James Bond movies every time my mom left the house. I loved them when I was 8.