Posted: January 21st, 2010 | Author: Ryan | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: akerman, movies, radnor | Comments Off on How did I not know about this awesomeness coming?
While spell-checking a name for another post, I found myself on IMDB and couldn’t help but click the Malin Akerman link. Afterall, she is unbelievably gorgeous without seeming unnatural. All in all, she’s a pretty good contender to be my third wife.
Well that link led me to a film called “HappyThankYouMorePlease“. This little ditty is written & directed by Josh Radnor, aka none-other-than Mr. Theodore Moseby himself, and stars both Malin Akerman and every-fan’s-dream-girl Kate Mara.
The synopsis of the film goes:
Captures a generational moment – young people on the cusp of truly growing up, tiring of their reflexive cynicism, each in their own ways struggling to connect and define what it means to love and be loved.
That’s where I get both excited and miffed, because that’s pretty much the exact road I’ve been on for the last 4 years, since the dissolution of my first marriage, new-found freedom, disillusionment with societal expectations, trips, falls, cliff-dives and soaring new heights. I’m excited to see a project along the same lines, but not in the flavor of HIMYM The Movie, but wondering why nobody reached out to me to write this bad boy. I could have wrote the shit out of this film. I could dictate a painfully awkward scene with one side of my mouth, while telling a “hell yeah that was an awesome time” story on the other side.
I guess the real reason I decided to write this was because I hadn’t fully grasped before that what I’ve been experiencing is a “generational moment”. I imagined that my loss of cynicism, and my opening views were a product of my own journey and my own abilities.
Hmmmmm
Posted: January 10th, 2010 | Author: Ryan | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: 2009, list, movies | 4 Comments »
In chronological order
Movies I saw and liked in 2009:
– Watchmen   (yes, that’s right. I was not until March that I saw a movie that was worth $9)
– I Love You, Man
– Earth
– Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (dude, I’m telling you, the first 20 minutes is a handbook in life)
– X-Men Origins: Wolverine
– Drag Me to Hell
– The Hangover
– (500) Days of Summer
– GI Joseph  (I went into it expecting fx & action & ninja-fights, and I got what I wanted)
– Julie & Julia   (mostly because of the brownie points it earned me)
– Jennifer’s Body
– Whip It
– Zombieland
– Couples Retreat
– 2012Â Â (same low-expectations as GI Joe)
– It’s Complicated
– Sherlock Holmes
Movies I saw even though I should have known better:
– Underworld 3
– Taken
– He’s Just not that into You
– Adventureland
– X-Men Origins: Wolverine
– The Ugly Truth
– Funny People
– Sorority Row
– Everybody’s Fine   (I maintain that the adverts for this movie lied to people)
– Avatar/Pocahantas
Movies I rented and regretted;
– Fanboys
– The Haunting in Connecticutt
– Obsessed
– I Love you Beth Cooper  (what can I say, I’m a sucker for the cheerleader)
– Blood: The Last Vampire
– The Goods
Movies I watched because they were the only on while on a plane:
-Paul Blart
So that comes out to 17 wins, 10 losses. If I was playing in the NFC, that’d be good enough for a first-round bye. All together, not bad, I suppose, but I went to the movies a lot less than I did in 2007 & 2008, and there are lots of good movies that I never got to see (District 9, 9 by Tim Burton, Moon, Boondock Saints 2, Cloudy…).
Resolutions:
– See more good movies
– Find more movie-buddies for great films Anie has no interest in watching
Posted: December 27th, 2009 | Author: Ryan | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: batman, comics, movies, women | Comments Off on Hottest Women to Ever Play a Comic Character in Film
in order
1.) Julie Newmar – Catwoman
2.) Malin Akerman – Silk Spectre
3.) Michelle Pfieffer – Catwoman
4.) Famke Jannsen – Jean Grey
5.) Devon Aoki – Suki
6.) Kirsten Dundst – Mary Jane Watson
7.) Gweneth Paltrow – Pepper Potts
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16.) Liz Tyler – Betsy Ross (waaayy better than Jennifer Connely)
17.) Bryce Dallas Howard – Gwen Stacy (not enough screen time)
**Eartha Kitt was only Catwoman on TV, otherwise she’d be #2 or #3. Similar technicalities blocked Lynda Carter. She can still lasso me if she wants.
Posted: September 25th, 2009 | Author: Ryan | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: awful, list, movies | Comments Off on
Taken from Rotten Tomato’s list of the worst movies of the new century, here’s the ones I’ve seen.
In Theatre:
– Glitter
– The New Guy (Eliza Dushku Bikini-montage warranted the price)
– Good Luck Chuck (when will I learn Jessica Alba and/or Dane Cook = fail?)
– My Baby’s Daddy (hey, I was making a lot of bad choices back then…)
– Down to You
– Dueces Wild
– The Covenant
– Kicking It Old School
– Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever
Rented:
– Envy
– New Best Friend (rented multiple times, actually)
– Strange Wilderness
Bottom line, I love movies so much I’ve been blinded and wasted at least $200 on these crap movies. Damn.