The Great Debaters and some year end polls of interest

[ericadawn16]

First of all, I did not forget about the Baby Daddy poll and will post the results, but not at this time.

The Great Debaters was AWESOME, not as funny as Charlie Wilson's War but very moving. I became totally invested in those characters and wanting them to do well.

Now, on to Entertainment Weekly and some of the polls contained in its year end issue.

What was the most disappointing movie of the year?

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 42%
Fred Claus 26%
The Heartbreak Kid 15%
Rendition 11%
The Brave One 6%

Spider-Man 3 vs. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Spider-Man 3 56%
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 44%

Which show hit the worst creative slump?

Grey's Anatomy 30%
24 27%
Heroes 26%
American Idol 14%
The Office 3%

High School Musical 2 vs Hannah Montana

High School Musical 2 59%
Hannah Montana 41%

Dumbledore's Sexuality

Didn't suspect Dumbledore was gay 80%

And if anyone would love to email me with how to download or watch VotD, that would be much appreciated.

Comments

[artic-fox.livejournal.com]

did you want a watchable version or a downloadable one? I can only point you to sources for the latter.

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

I'm not picky, I'll take whatever I can get.

[artic-fox.livejournal.com]

I got my torrent from the box. You have to register but if you like UK stuff, then it is the best place to be.

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

ericadawn16 at yahoo.com

I'm an idiot with anything other than Right Click, Save as...

[artic-fox.livejournal.com]

According to the BBC, you may be able to watch it here but I haven't personally tried it.

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

It appears that I'll have to put cheat proxy address to the test, but that's probably my best bet. Thanks

[gryffindorgeek.livejournal.com]

Man, am I the only person who loves AWE? =( That makes me so sad. *sigh*

I need to watch Voyage of the Damned too! But I don't use torrents, so that's out.

[gryffindorgeek.livejournal.com]

Oh, and btw, Spider-Man 3 was just BAD, in my opinion. Now THAT was a disappointment if I ever knew one.

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

See, I liked Spider-Man 3... (shrugs)

I suppose it might be different seven months later, but I willingly saw it twice and would have totally gone again. I loved the casting, the large extent of Harry's part, the way Harry got to die surrounded by friends instead of fish people...ok, ok, digressing...plus, Emo Peter Parker was one of the funniest things ever, but I have an in-joke with my friend Carolyn.

"How's the pie?"
"It's so good."

hehe, James Franco=Sex

[gryffindorgeek.livejournal.com]

I dunno. I just thought that Spidey 3 was all over the place. I thought the whole thing with the Sandman was completely unnecessary. "Oh, by the way, Peter, Uncle Ben wasn't killed by that guy from the first movie, it was actually Sandman!" Yeah...

There were too many villains: Sandman, Venom, and Harry. It lost focus. The movie had so much potential. I love the first one, and I love love LOVE Spidey 2, but 3 was too much. In my opinion, I think the movie would have been better if the only villains were Venom and Harry, especially if it was to follow the flow of the first and second movies, where there were, essentially, two dominant conflicts. Venom should have been Peter's internal conflict while Harry should have been the *only* external conflict. It would have been more emotional and character-driven, you know? Spidey 2 was so beautifully character-driven, and I had high hopes for Spidey 3. *sigh*

But Emo Peter was hilarious, I'll give it that. That was probably the best part, albeit totally overdone. Though, I'm sure Peter's Dark Side could have been portrayed by some other means than simply flattening his bangs over his eyes and wearing eyeliner. =P But yes, it was funny.

/end rant (whew)
Anyway, I'm far less harsh with POTC, I suppose, because I love it unconditionally, hee.

Haha, I had a high school friend who was totally in love with James Franco. He ended up being the "mascot" for our journalism class last year. And I didn't know that he grew up in Palo Alto, which is about a half hour away from where I live, until said friend wrote an article about him. =P

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

I thought the same thing about Sandman being Ben's killer at first, but by the second time I watched, I liked the twist. Here's a man who just wants to do right by his daughter and he accidentally kills a man trying to do right by his "son." It's horrible and yet, it somehow all worked out although we never find out what happens to Penny, I'm hoping that some of Harry's money is used for her healthcare, but that's me. I tend to like the possibility of the happiest ending possible.

I liked all the threads. Dead Man's Chest and Empire Strikes Back have a lot of things going on as well and they're two of my favorite movies, plus, I'm guessing, Harry was never a real villain since no matter what they planned to do with him, they knew he'd sacrifice himself by the end. I thought the multiple villains were done in a much better way than like, Batman & Robin which was just awful. Each villain had their purpose in Spider-man. It was supposed to be a two-parter movie but I think they did their best in condensing into one film.

Personally, while I understand from a film perspective that 2 is better than 1, I don't even own 2. It wasn't a high priority which I'm not entirely sure why, whether it was being so much darker than 1, having less for Harry to do or Doc Ock's mechanical arms...robots scare me.

To me, 3 was incredibly character driven, but in a triangle, which I loved...maybe even a pyramid if you include Aunt Bea, I can't recall how much she was given. However, you have Peter struggling with relationship issues, professional issues and becoming an idol for the city. Mary Jane is struggling with whether she's really meant to be an actress or is she kidding herself? There's also relationship issues and alienation from society since she doesn't appear to have any friends left except Harry and Peter, but she appeared to be quite popular in high school. Harry is still struggling with his father's death and how to live his life, does he take his father's place? Well, blindly he does since that's a son's duty, but is he correct in doing so? Is it right to turn his back on his best friend? Can he accept that his deceased father was capable of evil?

I admit that I felt a little bad about enjoying the Harry/Mary Jane scene so much the first time. "You like Mary Jane with Peter, they get married, remember?"
However, then I realized that they would just be the Spider-Man equivalent of Norribeth and I like both Norribeth and Willabeth fine so I could be capable of liking MJ with both Peter and Harry. Gosh, I just really loved the whole Twist scene.

The fact that his dark side was represented by bangs and eyeliner just made it that much funnier. The second time I watched, I flattened my bangs after and was like, "Look, now I'm all Emo and evil!" All my friends laughed. We had this huge like half hour discussion over it that night because I liked it a lot more than both my friends with me.

Nope, I guess I don't love POTC unconditionally which is weird to admit because I LOVE CotBP and DMC. I had this huge dilemma last night about whether to watch CotBP on ABC or DMC on Starz, compromised by watching most of CotBP on Abc except for an hour of Life on Mars in between and then the Pacific showing of DMC at midnight. I'm not sure I love anything unconditionally anymore. Everything has faults, whether it's POTC, Spider-Man or DW, because loving unconditionally means overlooking the faults, right? Like they don't even matter?

I had this huge crisis of faith after Jurassic Park 3 and AI, I just hated them so much...

But everyone had a happy ending in Spider-Man, Harry and Eddie were finally free of their personal demons, Harry died as a hero, Peter and MJ would get married eventually, Aunt Bea has adjusted to life without Ben and the Sandman's not dead, but he knows better, too.

I'm not sure why they bought in Gwen Stacey though, she was very underdeveloped.

I've loved James Franco since Freaks and Geeks although he was an ass in that series and Seth Rogen was far nicer. I love Seth Rogen as well and they're going to star in a movie together, woohoo!

Hehe, last night I had a dream that I met Jack Davenport and he kept teasing me because I almost tripped and fell on a bucket right before seeing him.

[meowbooks.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Bad bucket!

I did see the James and Harry connection, but I had really hoped they wouldn't share the same fates. I think that and the two bandanna Sparrows were the only disappointments for me in AWE (with all the other Sparrows I understood why they existed).

I hope you had a Merry Christmas!

Happy New Year!