We watched Lucky Number Slevin the other night, which I liked a lot more than I thought I would. I called about half the plot twist(s) early on, but there were still a couple of things that surprised me, which was nice.

Seeing SIR Ben Kingsley credited that way just made me laugh and laugh, though. God that guy is pompus.

My husband and I just finished the first season of Supernatural, which was incredibly awesome. We were both sucked in by all of the horror and urban legends stories, and I liked how there was an ongoing storyline about the Winchester boys, their experiences when they were young, and their dad. I cannot WAIT to start watching season 2. I wish we had discovered this show sooner!

I watched all of the first series of Rome over the weekend and am now completely in love with Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson and Ciarán Hinds (well, more so than I already was with the latter).

Didn't Sienna Miller's role in Layer Cake merely call for her to blink and pout her lips at Daniel Craig? That's all I can remember her doing in it. Of course, I could be blocking her from my memory. As far as I'm concerned that film is all about Daniel Craig hanging around shirtless and then in his shower. Rowr.

X-Men 3.

Man...man...I don't know what to say. So many bad things. I don't know if it was the new director or just shitty writing. I don't follow the comic books (though I did watch the cartoons as a kid), so I don't know if the events were pre-written, so to speak. I don't care - you do not >> kill Charles Xavier. Or Cyclops. And Jean. You don't take away Magneto and Rogue's powers.<<. Ugh. Just...no. Also, Wolverine was ten times less hot. Don't know how they did that, but ugh.

I finally saw Brokeback Mountain. Wow. I was prepared to be disappointed, because it has taken me so long and I've heard so much hype and backlash and backlash-backlast, so really I was prepared for anything and nothing.

I thought Jake did a better job than Heath.

Probably because all he got to do was run around and moan about Jean. GAH.

I think it was the writing. The script was EXTREMELY flawed, seriously. I just...sigh. Like, I know the people who hate the director blamed him, but I found the story lacking in a lot of ways.

As for the latter part of the spoiled bit, I thought it was believable for the second character, but not for the first.

I rented Unknown the other day, on the strength of its cast (Jim Caviezal, Joey Pants, Jeremy Sisto, Peter Stormare, etc), and its tantalizing premise: Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.

Unfortunately, after a very promising opening sequence the film goes downhill and CRASHES at the end after several conveniently timed flashbacks while characters gaze into middle distance (almost always while looking into the same bathroom mirror), forced dialogue, and pointlessly confusing plot twists.

In fact, I am still wondering about the relationship between >>Bridget Moynihan and Caviezal's characters: After the plot twist revealed that Caviezal WASN'T a kidnapper (correcting an earlier plot twist) but an undercover cop tailing the kidnappers, we eventually see through yet another plot twist/flashback that he was also in cahoots with Moynihan to stage the kidnapping of her husband (Barry Pepper) and split the ramson money.

But, was that planned with him (i.e he really is a 'bad guy' and so distraught over the unexplained but evidently tragic loss of his wife/child that he was prepared to sell his soul to his new lover)? Or, was he trying to entrap her (i.e. he was undercover when she approached him in the bar and he knew what she was planning)?

It's annoying, because the film makes such a big deal out of determining who is good and who is bad, and then heightens those titles with themes of redemption, etc -- but it's just confusing with Caviezal's character...and yet he is the lead....argh!<<<

Wolverine just cried too much in the movie. To be fair though, >>Jean dies and revives constantly. It's like allergies season for her.<<

Watched Hard Candy yesterday morning at about 6 am. Tackling that kind of material that early wasn't such a good idea. I enjoyed it though because I'm a sucker for stories with murky morality and I thought Ellen Page was amazing if not a bit *too* scary. I also kept getting distracted by how much Patrick Wilson looks like Will Arnett.

I noticed that too when I started seeing Little Children banners on Oscarwatch. I'm like "Holy crap, he looks like the Arrested Development magician. Didn't he play Emmy Rossum's childhood friend or something?"

My roommated Netflixed The Guardian this week. There were like four different endings and a tacked-on romantic subplot, but the action sequences were great. I am chagrined to admit this, but I thought Costner and Ashton Kutcher did a good job with rotten material. (Also, he might be dumb as a post, but Ashton Kutcher is STUPID hot with his little wedge haircut and his ropy swimmer's build. Yum.)

I just watched Monster House today, and I hope it wins the Oscar, although I know it doesn't have a prayer against Cars, which I hated. I liked the second half as the action picked up and it had an extremely Tim Burtonish feel, so much so I looked for his name in the credits. I didn't watch the special features, but I'll have to check out the voice actors part. I'm still giggling over the uvula joke and Jon Heder's character was funny.

I watched Superman II last night, which was a lot of fun and better than I thought it would be. I saw Superman a few years ago and was disappointed with how poorly it aged and how cheesy it seemed now, so I wasn't expecting much from the sequel. I really enjoyed how Lex Luthor wasn't the main villain, but instead worked with the main villains, and provided some amusing comic relief. And I totally want to run away with Zod, he is so awesome! I've been wanting to see the context of "Kneel before Zod!" ever since I saw a clip of it on VH1's I Love the 80's, and it did not disappoint.

I have now seen the original Star Wars trilogy all the way through (Congratulations to me.), and I can say that while he is cute in the first movie, Mark Hamill incites murderous rage in me in the second and third movies. GAH. Him and his stupid hair.

That said, I would totally marry Han Solo.