What I've been watching lately

[blue_lotus13]

The finale of Carnivale Season 1- Excellent. This was a great arc, and a good end to the season. I look forward to season 2 whenever it reaches us here in Canada.


Bad Education- Another great film by Aldomovar. Gael Garcia Bernal is fantastic as a transvestite. He looks hot as a woman and has a great ass. I won't tell you much about the plot, except to say that it's incredibly twisted. It's a story within a story and you really have to pay attention when you watch it.

(Back to Gael- This movie is also hot because they show you the outline of Gael's package, and his pubes without showing you his equipment. This is such a great tease and probably hotter than showing the whole thing.)

Batman Begins- I rate this about as good as the Spidermans. It was a good superhero pic, but that's about it for me. I was disturbed by the Asian stuff at the beginning. It seemed to me to be feeding into the stereotypes that everyone is a ninja, and this bugged. However, the scenery at the very beginning looked a bit like Mongolia, which made me happy. Also, did anyone else start thinking of Liam Neeson as Quai Gon (sp) at the beginning of the film? I sure did.


I was quite annoyed when Rachel was on the monorail because she had a car. Why the hell would she be riding the monorail since she had a car and that monorail didn't look safe.

I think I have a new lust for Cillian Murphy. This makes sense because he's skinny and has nice cheekbones and lips, while Mr. Bale was a little too hulky looking for me.


I also saw the filming of the L-word this week. They were filming at the Vancouver Art gallery and were using big lights outside. I didn't see any of the stars, even though there have been reports of Gina Gershon at Chapters. She came in once and bought some yoga books. I think Gina Gershon is extremely hot, and I'm sad I missed her.

I also walked by another location this week. I was somewhat excited because I saw a bunch of production trucks outside a hotel, but discovered they were only filming a Burger King commercial. This would have been completely unremarkable, except I saw a crew member mixing up a huge vat of orange, cheese like, special sauce using paint and a paint mixer. Ew.

Comments

[brdgt.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you stuck with Carnivale, it's too bad there is only two seasons of it :(

[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

Just because you have a car doesn't mean that you won't ever take transit. if parking is a bear where you work, you might park at the station and ride in. If your car is broken down, and you're lucky enough to live near a station and work near a staion, you could take the train. I though it was a nice touch of decay in the movie.

[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

I can also fanwank it very easily by saying she maybe takes public transit as a statement and to be with the abused and downtrodden people of the city.

Or, you know, parking a car in a dark lot somewhere downtown is maybe even more dangerous than the admittedly (provenly!) dangerous public transit system.

[graphxgrrl.livejournal.com]

I had a car in Vancouver, and while I would drive many places, and to work every couple of weeks, it was a damn sight easier to take the SkyTrain to and from work or in to downtown.

Here in Seattle, it's easier to drive my car to work, but for most other in town transportation I take the bus or walk. :)

[angharad.livejournal.com]

I definitely thought of Qui-Gon. I also wondered why Bruce's martial arts training was ninjitsu specifically, but eh. The popular stereotype of a ninja is basically of a superhero already, so it kind of fits. Murphy's lips were too protuberant for me, but his hairdo and suit kept reminding me of the bad lawyer from "Angel".