Last week was all work. Papers and tests galore, so I'm glad that's over. Although, the movie for last week, Chinatown with Jack Nicholson, was awesome. If you haven't seen it, check it out. Actually, I've been on a movie kick all week. Well, when I have free time.
This weekend I watched:
The Hurt Locker - This movie is AMAZING! If you haven't seen it, go check it out, NOW. This is not your typical war movie, and not in the way that Jarhead was not your typical war movie, but in its own completely innovative way. That sentence was awkward, but it's cool, just groove with it.
The Dark Knight - Yes, I know I should have seen it two years ago... too bad, I didn't. I saw it now, and it was pretty damn good. I don't know why people think that an entire movie could have been made out of the Two-Face thing, though I do agree, it could have been completely excluded from this movie, thus making at least part of a sequel.
Inglourious Basterds - Tarantino is off his rocker. This movie was alright, but in no way should it be in the running for best movie. Pure puffery.
District 9 - I was kind of disappointed in this movie, but mostly because of all the scenes where the main guy is picking off parts of his body. It's bad enough to show that he's falling apart, but some of that was simply gratuitous. If you haven't seen it, don't waste your money or time, just read a synopsis. Oh yeah, or just read about Apartheid.
My vote for Best Picture? Either Hurt Locker or Up. I'm leaning toward Hurt Locker, though, because Up is also in the running for best animated feature, which it is sure to win, and Hurt Locker is f*cking fantastic. If you have not seen one or both, go see them now.
So, Kirk came and visited this weekend for Valentine's Day. (Yay, a holiday celebrating consumerism!) This means that I got absolutely no work done, because it's so hard to study and spend time together in a meaningful way. So I chose to spend time with her, which means that tonight I spent reading chapters in my textbooks I should have read this weekend. Oops. Oh well, a jazz trio played at the Coffee Pot for the last hour or so of my reading, so that was nice. Also due to Kirk's presence in town, I have many leftovers from her taking me out to dinner all weekend (though I did make her the Soy Sloppy Joes). So, not much cooking took place this weekend, which was just as well, since I was out of groceries. I'll post more recipes as soon as I make them, promise. Check back later this week.
Okay, well I'm brain-fried, so I'm going to finish my homework and go to bed (possibly after some edu-tainment from HowStuffWorks.com, Josh and Chuck rule!)
'Til next time, eat well!
Mostly agree with your Oscar picks. Basterds was sheer masturbation on Tarantino's part. And while I'm glad Up was nominated, I think we'll have a black president before an animated Best Picture... oh wait.
ReplyDeleteI tried to let you do homework... but I'm glad I'm the priority :)
Soy Sloppy Joes were a-mazing, btw.