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I love Reese Witherspoon in the first Legally Blonde, she's really clever beneath her pretty Barbie exterior. I love Walk The Line and thought she was wonderful in that too. I especially liked how tolerant her parents were of her divorce, as at the time, it was a pretty big social taboo to get divorced and most women would be given the cold shoulder by their families if they did so.
Oh, Matt, I totally agree with you regarding the rubbish translations of movie titles as they are spectacularly bad in France! It makes it really hard to find DVDs for my collection or to work out which film is which on the cinema website that tells me what's on or going to be on. Boxsets of shows are really expensive where I am, unless they're on sale! Sometimes they're almost 60 €, which to me is 7-8 cinema tickets, so I'd rather have those instead! It's a shame you didn't like Raising Helen, but never mind! At least you tried it & didn't judge it by its cover! I like Jake Gyllenhaal for mostly shallow reasons (so handsome!) and really should watch Donnie Darko in full, as I saw 5 minutes of it (walked into the shared lounge at Uni & someone was in the middle of it and I didn't get it). |
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The Middle: Season 2, Episode 2 Mike thought that young Brick easily could go leaf raking. But he didn’t really do it, he sorted the leaves by colour, each one. It took him 11 days instead of let’s be fair he’s small I think 2 hours. It’s Homecoming, Axl is on the team and the parents had to escort the players onto the field. But Sue’s something was on the same day as homecoming, so the parents had to divide. Frankie is a talker, Mike a doer. Like that! Really!: Since Sue is so stupid (sorry, but she is, I wish she wasn’t), she got lost in the woods when she was running and Frankie missed the Homecoming. I hope her cross country obsession stops, her character was better before that. Yes, she missed Homecoming, thanks to Sue running around in the woods for hours. So there was no happy ending, when Axl got hit on the field, and Frankie ran to him, that was embarrassing for him, but he was glad that his mom was there for him. A beautiful moment when Brick and Mike let the collected leafs free, yes, Brick didn’t want to burn them, so they drove to the forest and let them free. This episode was a bit better then the season premiere. Raising Helen To not to forget to write something. I didn't know what this movie was about, usually I know that, but here I didn't care. The German movie title has the word "love" in it, so I thought it was about a young woman falling in love with a sligly older man (John Corbett). But it wasn't. That was my luck. My problem was that this movie was too much of a very light comedy movie, but not really funny, the plot about a young mid-20 woman who had her career suddenly having to take care of the 3 kids of her dead sister was an interesting plot, usually if I read something like that, I put that movie on my list. Sadly there was a lot missing, not much drama, not much depth, only a few really good scenes like the fights of the older sister (Joan Cusack who did a goo djob) being jealous and angry for not getting the custody of the kids, cos she is way more mature than Helen, who was written like a shallow person, who didn't know how to act with children (especially the teenage daughter played by young Hayden Panettiere. She looked so much like a young Emily, that freaked me out a bit in the first 40 minutes of the movie). And she didn't even dare to tell them to stop or say something like "no, you're not allowed", no, she let them do almost anything. And I didn't really like the two lead actors, Kate Hudson and John Corbett are nice people and actors (and I liked him on Parenthood), but here they didn't convince me, their acting was colourless. There were almost no highlights, here a nice fight, most of the time the movie was just moving towards the end without having any positive effect on me. Could've been better, was not. And it was too long, when I thought it would end after 90 minutes, I was a big shocked when I read like 110 minutes. 4/10 Breaking Bad: Season 2, Episode 13 (S2 Season Finale Rewatch) Usually I don't do that, but since it's been almost exactly one year (-2 days), I rewatched the season 2 finale of Breaking Bad. It was good, not so great as I had it in mind, it was a very quiet episode. Junior collected over 6000 $ for his dead via online donations, got a report on tv, Walter had an operation, Jesse was depressed and drugged after Jane died and he couldn't safe her and thinks it was his fault. No, it wasn't, ask Mr. White. It was a very slow episode, after Walter said one fatal "which one", his wife Skyler found out, that he not only had lied about the phone (I remember that she found out about that before), he didn't take money for his operation but had told her he got it from there and he didn't visit his mom - I think he was cooking in the desert with the van when he told that lie. She left him, Jesse crushed, Walter alone - that's a very interesting situation for season 3. Can't wait. Just didn't so much like the planescrash, Jane's father was the reason 2 planes crashed, I know that we saw more of that during the 2nd season, but the finale just ended with the teddybear falling into Walt's pool - well done, though the explosion looked very cheap, it was a great shot when they showed the plane crash down, this view from the air down to Albuquerque, impressive. Last edited by ForVanAngel; 08-23-2011 at 10:27 AM |
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Matt, have you heard of Play.com? It's where I get a lot of my DVDs/TV shows as the prices are very reasonable, there's no postage fee and you can pay in Euros!
I usually get a couple of things there every month, sometimes more if I've done a lot more hours for my Wednesday job! There are often sales on, where no DVD is more than 7 Euros & sometimes you can get 3 for 15 Euros... Boxsets are around 20 € which is pretty bargainous! My list of stuff to buy from there seems to get longer every day, and I'm going to have to add some of the movies you've reviewed that sound right up my street to it. I too buy DVDs I've really enjoyed & then try and watch the ones I've never seen before, but I'm usually drawn back to my old favourites so I have a huge backlog, probably about a third of my collection is still unwatched! I often find it hard to find DVDs I'm looking for in French stores, as I'll only know the English title & I'll have to explain the plot & name the actors as well as give the English title, so it can get frustrating for everyone involved! Examples of stupid translations for movie titles in France are, in mo particular order: Very Bad Trip for The Hangover, Best Friends for Bridesmaids, College Attitude for Never Been Kissed, Never Forget for The Notebook, Too Far From You for Going The Distance and many many others that were so bad I've obliterated them from my memory. Oh, and my reason for liking Glee was just my explanation of why I like it (the father-son stuff), it wasn't an attempt to convert you into a Glee fanatic, honest! |
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The Lizzie McGuire Movie Just rewatched the 65th and last episode of the show and watched the movie to finish the show. The only bad thing was that Miranda wasn't on the movie, but honestly she was missing for 6 episodes on the show already and those episodes did well without her. And I like Gordo more than her (since I'm a boy), he's a cool and smart guy, so I was glad that he was on the movie, Ethan, Kate, Matt, the parents too and not to forget Cartoon Lizzie, of course it had some really funny lines. Since it had been some years since I watched the movie (more than 4 years), I wasn't sure if I would like it at all, but no time to worry, I had sooo much fun. The plot was not the best, it was about Lizzie taking a vacation to Roma with her class and was mistaken for an Italien popstar that looked just like her, just with black hair and an accent. But it was fine, better than expect, we got to see a lot of Rome, pretty city, and to my surprise, the other actors had enough scenes to make me happy and not to think this was a Hilary Duff solo show, not it wasn't. Hilary Duff was doing what she did with Lizzie McGuire for the whole show, I think she did a great job, she was cute and just so much fun to watch. Nice story, nice ending, everybody happy, there are not many Disney Channel movies I've seen or like to watch, but this one is still great, because it felt down to earth compared to other movies from this "genre". 8,5/10 |
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For me, paying 15 € for a new release is fine for me, as they're 20 € for the first few weeks they come out, and in stores, I've seen some for nearly 30 €, which sucks!
I've never had to wait more than about 10 days for a play.com delivery, although I have had one DVD that never arrived at all, but it was only 5 € and at the time I was better off and difdn't worry about it too much. They also send each item out seperately which strikes me as not very ecologically friendly, as it's a lot of packaging! 12 Angry Men sounds like a really good movie, and there were a few more on your lists I really want to see now, Matt, namely Dancer In The Dark, which I've had for several years but never got around to watching, due to it seeming incredibly depressing! I have a bit of an obsession with movie soundtracks so I might have to get that one too! The translation for the title of No Strings Attached was really bad in French too, but yeah, Very Bad Trip (actually in English, which makes less than no sense!) takes the prize for the worst translated movie title ever! I haven't started Parenthood yet, so I've managed to exercise self control! I'm going to bring it plus some other movies I haven't seen yet to my babysitting job tomorrow! |
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Anyone else in foreign countries who has to suffer through dreadful dubbing & sub-standard subtitles?
I was watching Harry Potter 7 Part 1 with the kids I've been looking after for the last two weeks & dear sweet mythical sky being, the dubbing was horrendous, especially the voice actress who was doing Hermione's lines. Yesterday I watched Up! with them & that was really well translated, the jokes still worked mostly, the voices were really good, considering there's a small pool of actors who dub in France, as far as I can tell. Even the subtitles on TV shows I used to watch on French TV in my teens/early 20s were riddled with mistakes. Two memorable ones are on Friends, something about cars was translated as something about cards (or vice versa) & on That 70's Show, Red asked Eric to wash up which was translated as do the dishes (wash up means that in British English, but in US English it means clean your hands) and, seeing as the show is set in the US, you'd think that they might have checked the translation! The humour of some jokes (wordplay especially) definitely gets lost in translation, and I don't find The Simpsons funny in any language except English! I went out and bought more DVDs today, whoops! I also got "One Day", the novel that's been made into a film. So far it's really good, but I can't help but think Anne Hathaway is miscast, especially after having read reviews of it that criticise her lack of accent. Carey Mulligan would have been wonderful in the role, or maybe someone else! The film doesn't seem to have been released very widely here, so maybe I'll catch it on DVD in 9-12 months' time when it'll be in the cheap deals section! |
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The Middle: Season 2, Episode 3
Frankie: “People say I look 10 years younger than you.” That’s true, Patricia Heaton looks awesome for being like…so old. Mike doesn’t want to go to the doctor and Brick found out that it’s not illegal for kids under 10 to eat candy, guess Frankie lied. I don’t like the Sue plots, today she was convinced, that Axl’s Friend Sean had a crush on her too. Frankie hurt her back but didn’t dare to tell Mike, cos he was perfectly fine after he was checked by the doctor, before that she was sure he wasn’t that perfect. Funniest thing was when Sue’s ex-boyfriend Brad showed up, he’s such a collection of gay clisches, it’s simply funny. The rest was not so good, only Frankie crying because she was getting old was something I liked, she and Mike hat a nice time. Season 2 has to do better, so far season 1 was funnier and better. Shameless: Season 1, Episode 8 Another good episode, a research team offered Frank 3000 $ for drinking no alcohol for 2 whole weeks. Frank wanted do really do that, it was funny of course, great scenes with the family, but they couldn't really enjoy it cos they knew that he wouldn't stay clean. That was the bitter end. Also liked the storyline about Kevin/Veronica adopting a 13-year-old girl, but it was sad that she was living like in the middle age, what the hell was done to her? Poor, poor girl, and she already has a son. I really got freaking angry at Veronica when she wanted to kick out Ethel, because they only wanted to keep her for one week and only for the money. What is Steve up to? He seems to have a girlfriend at home, but of course Fiona doesn't know, but she is suspicosu cos Debby red a text message about a Candece. Ian still with Mickie but not with Kash, don't like this storyline, Lip with Karen and maybe he gets into College, that'd be great, I'm sure he'll find a way to get some money to pay for it. I felt soooo sorry for Fiona, she was having serious money troubles, couldn't even finish a power point class to get an office job, that was so sad, it's not hard to learn it, if you have some idea about computers, but Fiona doesn't seem to have no clue in that area, of course, she has to work all day for the family and clean after them, and then she had to work in a like stripclub to get some money and that was humiliating. Poor girl, she's so tough, if she is crying there is some serious problem. It was good, the show is doing really good, I like how crazy it is, it has a bunch of interesting storylines, and I really like all the characters, I laugh a lot during the episodes, and it's a drama series, but a lot what Frank says is so funny. Breaking Bad: Season 3, Episode 1 Back in bizness, baby. Yes, it was the right thing to rewatch the season 2 finale yesterday, cos the first episode took place just 2 weeks after the last episode. Some interesting things happened, Skyler wants the divorce, great and shocking moment when she told Walter in the face "You're a drug dealer". Woah. But she won't tell Hank or the cops if he agrees to the divorce. Great scene when Walter wanted to burn his money but changed his mind and threw the money in the pool. Jesse is back, "I'm the bad guy", 167 people died at the air-crash, Walter rejected a 3 mio. $ deal from the boss for 3 month work, cos he has enough money, I didn't expect Walt to say no, but he has the money and the problems with his family, so that makes sense. And the mysterious storyline about those mexican immigrants and the two assassins who are going after Walt was also interesting, but cruel when they shot a truck full of illegal immigrants, Walter is in big danger. Can't wait to see more, this first episode was as good as I hoped it would be. You Americans or Canadians or people from European not German Speaking Countries can be really happy for not having to watch those horrible dubbed versions. Some weeks or months ago I showed Betty some dubbed clips, so I'll show you the same, Louisa. Mad Men Promo, Dexter and True Blood. Imagine a world where John Hamm isn't really John Hamm and the problem with Dexter definitely is, that I really like him, when he speaks you feel and see that he's a nice guy, but the deeper more dangerous voice changes that. Funny when you are talking about Harry Potter 7 Part 1, I watched both 7.1 and 7.2 in cinema some weeks ago (since I hadn't them 7.1) and though I liked both (7.1 was good, 7.2 was missing a lot, it was okay, but not a great finish), the German dubbed also felt not so good to me. It was more the 3 main characters, it felt so unemotional. Of course, if you watch hours of English tv and movies daily and are "forced" to watch something in German again (which you hate to do), it feels strange. Oh, Up is lovely! I'm not sure how good it actually is, since the movie took a different direction when they met this dog guy, it was too much action, but I liked it, some great parts. Anyway, we got an Austrian dub, so there was a German version and a Austrian version, and this one was REALLY good, especially the old man had such an awesome voice. Funny examples with those two shows, I am sure that in Germany those mistakes wouldn't be happen, cos the synchronisation scene is a lot bigger. But those two examples ar funny, I honestly have to tell you that I wouldn't have noticed the wash up vs. make the dishes, cos I don't really can differ between British and American English, of course I know the accents, but certain words I don't really know, only a couple of them. 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I'm 1 and a half episodes into Season 1 of Parenthood and it's freaking awesome!
It took me a while to work out who the siblings were (Adam, Sarah, Julia & Crosby, right?) and remember what their partners & kids were called, but once I got that straight, it was fine, it was just a lot of info to process at once! Don't like Zeek the dad very much at all, even though he did call Sarah his shining star (his favourite perhaps?). I think Adam perhaps has a milder form of Asperger's Syndrome than Max & did similar stuff to him growing up, like jumping in puddles repeatedly, as evidenced between the moment Adam shares with Zeek at Sydney's recital. I don't think Zeek is a bad dad as such, though he's not great, but there wasn't as much known about Asperger's 30-40 years ago as there is now, and parenting was different then too. I loved seeing Mike O'Malley interact with Lauren Graham, as they had a lot of chemistry and their scene at the restaurant made me sad as Sarah could have had a much more stable life with Jim rather than emotional & financial turmoil with Seth, her ex-husband. I think Mike O'Malley's busy being on Glee now though, and probably was when Parenthood was being filmed, so I don't think he'll be back, but I hope he is, as he doesn't turn up on Glee that often. My heart broke for Drew and for Amber too, getting held back a grade must be so frustrating. I liked that Hallie, the seemingly good girl was the one who had the pot & not Amber. Julia's annoyingly focused on her career, but I do feel for her what with Sydney preferring to be with her dad. Overall, it's a really good cast (no annoying child actors, hurrah!), awesome guest stars (Hi Dr Abbott, um Pelikan!), fabulous writing (funny and poignant from one line to the next) & perfectly imperfect characters. When I grow up I want to be Lauren Graham, it's official! |
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Hello all. Long time no see. I've got lots to catch up on.
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See Matt, I think Adam was a lot like Max when he was younger & might have mild Asperger's, as referenced with all the conversations with/about his dad who was always trying to "make him into a man" and the way I read the scene outside the recital when both men were watching Max is that Adam had some weird phobias & habits growing up, but it's possible I'm wrong.
I also think it's realistic that Zeek wouldn't be a feelings kind of guy, especially not with his boys, as even 40 years ago, I think fathers were supposed to be the less emotional/stricter parent. He evidently loves his kids though & the show wouldn't be realistic if everyone was perfect. IMDB has proved helpful as it's told me Mike O'Malley's in 3 episodes, so two more, and his character was mentioned in an episode synopsis, though apparently Sarah breaks it off with him, which sucks. Joel is cute, never seen him in anything before, but I like how he's a great dad. Julia's trying to make time for her daughter & she obviously loves her, but I'm sad to hear she's a pushy parent! I can see them only having Sydney & all of Julia's hopes, dreams & ambitions being pinned on her. The poor thing is only 5/6 and is already taking Mandarin! I'm babysitting again on Friday so may continue my viewing then! I cannot wait for Season 2 to be released! |
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It's your birthday tomorrow, by the way...as I'm sure you already know, heh. I hope you have a fantastic day! I'm glad you're enjoying Parenthood, Louisa! It's definitely on my list to try. Right now, I'm rewatching Buffy for no real reason other than it's been a while. I also caught up on some new music, namely the new albums from Fleet Foxes and Explosions in the Sky. I liked the new album from Fleet Foxes; enough songs that were a departure from their debut album to make their sound fresh, but enough the same that worked in the original album that I loved the first time and wanted to hear again. Explosions in the Sky, same thing. They just can't go wrong for me. Next up, looking forward to Slow Club's new album in September! __________________
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The Middle: Season 2, Episode 4
Funny beginning, Mike was eating lunch and found Axl skipping school there. He got suspended for 5 days, and had signed the letter himself cos his parents were so stressed. But Mike took him to his work instead of let him watch tv all day. “This is so not fair. When I turn 30, I’m so out of here.” Mike wanted to punish him this way, so he had to pay, of course Axl was really annoying at work. It was a really good father-son storyline, Mike put his son into the hole, to work with the guys down earth or something like that and Axl was impressed and wanted to drop out of school to become like them. Mike got angry and called Axl “Idiot”, that was hard, but he was angry and annoyed by his lazy son. Nah, he didn’t mean it in a bad way, he just wanted to proectect his son from throwing away his future. That he did well. And Frankie had her own problem, she accidentally prayed for cross country to go away – and it worked. Sue was sad and she had to fix it at the school meeting. I’m glad that cross country is over, I prayed for it to go away too, cos I found Sue’s obsession with it annoying. Awesome scene when Brick who found magic stuff put the remote into his hat and made it disappear – and it was gone. To what should the Hecks now eat dinner to? To the radio? I liked how Brick had to change channels with his hand. The end was sweet, Frankie got cross country back by telling her mean boss the story and he paid to bring the team back – didn’t expect that. It was the best episode of the 2nd season. |
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