dvds watched:
2012 - good entertainment as long as you can forgive lots of stretching of plausibility. scary to watch after the haiti earthquake and with all the climate abnormalities of late.
zombieland - really funny. loved bill murray's cameo as himself. really entertaining way to spend an hour and a half.
sherlock holmes - i can't watch movies with english accents without subtitles. not as good as i hoped, though i watched a pirated version with bad sound. fell asleep for a few minutes, but that could have been the pain pills.
the blind side - formulaic feel-good sports movie. i'm a sucker for those. great role for sandra bullock but she played the same character as in so many of her other films. i don't particularly feel she deserves the nominations as an actress...the nominations are more for the strength of the role. but definitely a feel good movie. the kids are adorable in it.
the invention of lying - really funny concept and opening scene between ricky gervais and jennifer garner. worth a rental. lots of unexpected cameo's.
surrogates - sucked. so weird (silly) to see bruce willis with hair.
yes man - funnier than i expected. i wish jim carrey would take a lesson from will ferrell and not take the idiocy to 11. his characters all always almost likable and then he has these cartoon moments that are annoying.
bangkok dangerous - nic cage looks like he belongs in a wax museum. his romance with a deaf girl was contrived and made me really uncomfortable. weird old guys in thailand always make me think of what weird sex things are happening behind closed doors.
role models - another product of a alumnus of the state. have heard it's funnier than you would expect. i thought yes man had more laugh out loud moments.
the soloist - i got bored and fast forwarded through parts with no dialogue.
me & marley - same with this one.
district 9 - incredible! visually & thematically. just a really well-done low-budget film. highly recommend.
the bucket list - decent writing but it's what you expect. i did cry at the end though.
sunshine cleaning - interesting little indie about two sisters cleaning crime/death scenes. i fell asleep in the middle and dreamed about being at some kind of high school reunion and meeting people from school i hadn't seen in over 10 years, but not knowing exactly what i have in common with anyone.
whip it - love kristen wiig. rent it if there's nothing else you really want to see.
notorious - the story of b.i.g. and the rise of east coast rap. very strong acting. exec produced by diddy which becomes obvious when dealing with the tupac/biggie rivalry. worth a rental.
ghost town - ricky gervais' niche is a dry kind of unlikability. he should stick with it.
doubt - john patrick shanley directs the film version of his play. very strong performances by meryl streep, amy adams and philip seymour hoffman. outside of that, like a heavy meal that doesn't fulfill.
there will be blood - daniel day lewis is incredible. taut drama.
julie & julia - amy adams and meryl streep again. a bit of inspiration for struggling writers. that dude who plays the nice, supportive boyfriend in everything plays a wonderful husband that we aspire to have. but a forgettable movie.
weeds - season 5 - still think last season was the funniest and darkest. love the addition of alanis morisettte as the ob-gyn.
chuck- season 2 - looks like they took a hint from tropic thunder and dialed down the full retard of season 1. he's not as helpless and wimpy in this season. the overt attention to the romantic tension between chuck and sarah is getting distracting.
united states of tara - season 1 - great characters. great acting. it's a very fresh, original, darkly funny show
