Sex and the City

I'm re-watching Sex and the City and in the span of just four episodes, I've come across both Coulson and Darcy!

Eerr, I mean Clark Gregg and Kat Dennings...

Even though it's very tame...no ass shot or anything, I can't show you anything from Youtube for Clark but I was even more amazed by Kat Dennings...

Keep in mind that she's just 13 or 14 here...

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

By last Monday, my mom had decided that she wanted to see Seeking a Friend for the End of the World after all...

One of my brothers had already seen it and thought it wasn't what he was expecting. I think he was expecting something more like Judd Apatow or something but I already knew it was from the same scriptwriter as Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist which is a more quiet comedy than that.

Thus, this film was basically all I was expecting although I had expected more screentime from Patton Oswalt. He's only in one scene. The film is amusing and sweet and comes off...realistic about what it might be like to be in Earth's final days before an asteroid hits. I was very happy with the realism since that's harder than you think... (coughs) Torchwood: Miracle Day (coughs)
There was even this touching tiny scene where people are being baptized in the ocean.

I love that the wife who leaves him in the very first scene of the film is played by Nancy Carell...

Also, I would like Keira Knightley in more comedies.

( Thinky Thoughts )

IMDB claims that the movie has been pulled from theatres but they lie. There are at least 84 theatres nationwide that are still showing it. If one isn't close, it should be on DVD/Netflix, etc in a couple of months.

Now, I read something that said the next Simon Pegg/Nick Frost film will be about the apocalypse which makes me wonder how the two will compare. Pegg's film should definitely be funnier but what else?

Moonrise Kingdom

For months now, I've had to hear from those in New York and L.A. talking up Moonrise Kingdom while I wanted desperately to see it.

All I really need to know is that it's a Wes Anderson but everyone's been saying how good it is.

Last Sunday, I finally got to see it for myself and mom even came along. She's generally hit and miss with Wes Anderson.

It's everything they claimed it to be. I still love The Royal Tenebaums more but this is definitely one or his best films and more accessible to a general audience. My mom even thought the (nephews) would like it.

"Who throws a shoe? Honestly!" lol

Tang!

I was so disappointed that Suzy's books weren't real. I wanted to read them but Wes Anderson wrote all the passages. I just told mom and she also felt he should write the rest of them.

The lead girl has a thing about watching people through binoculars. She even says how she sees better from a distance but I did the math and she's too young to be Barney and Clint's mother...
However, her name is Suzy Bishop so I think in my head canon that she must be related to Katherine Bishop...

Also, I know he played Bruce Banner and all but if we ever discover that Coulson had a younger brother, he should be played by Edward Norton...

Please, please, PLEASE stay for the credits. In the film, Suzy's brothers listen to the old records that explained classical music, similar to Fantasia, and for the credits, they do this with the actual film score...narrating how each instrument is added to which movement. I loved it. I also loved all the Hank Williams Senior music throughout.

So, Wes Anderson had some childhood trauma with a dog, yes?

June 28 The Avengers
June 29 Magic Mike "We are either going to see bare or bear!"
June 30 Ted
July 1 Moonrise Kingdom
July 2 Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

I have done five of the six films so The Amazing Spider-Man should be up late tonight, late tomorrow or Tuesday at the latest. Yes, my mom was on vacation last week.