Movies and Books

This afternoon I went to see Ironman. I wasn't sold on going but knew that D really wanted to see it. I figured it would just be bad. I was wrong. It was a pretty good movie in actuality. I had had a hard time seeing Robert Downey Jr. as a superhero, but that was why the movie worked in the end. It was the dichotomy between his character as a engineer and his alter ego that make the story. I have to admit that the script was really good and had a healthy dose of levity amidst the action. Of course my favorite part of the movie was a robot named Dummy. I have to say he acted with more aplomb then Gweneth Paltrow. She was a little flat at times and if I am honest, and I really am a fan of Gwen, she was the worst actor of the bunch. Some of her lines were delivered with all the finesse of a card board box. Despite my rather warm feelings for this movie I would like it better if it weren't being sequeled. I would enjoy it better if it were a stand alone. I don't think comic book movies all need to be serialized.

Tonight I caught up with past times and finally saw SuperBad. I must confess... this movie did nothing for me. I don't really get the cult success of it. I found it just overdone and embarrassing. Why is it that embarrassment is seen as funny? I have to say Michael Cera was my favorite part of the movie although I liked some of the facial expressions of Seth Rogan as one of the cops. I don't think that this is in the vein of Knocked Up or Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Or maybe it's just a lot more guy-oriented that I would like it better if I had a Y-chromosome.

The Lion & Lamb LJ community is a big resource for getting Twilight things of all kinds. Some rather ambitiously creative people there have been making movie posters for the long awaited (221 days) movie. I saved a few of the really good ones for my desktop but I wanted to post them here for prosperity's sake. I really love the one done by Lovewithbite, the bottom one. The other two are done by Flame_Eternel. I think they are rather impressive.

I have been having a bit of a hard time reading lately. I'm unfocused and undisciplined and have been tending to get sucked into some truly horrible fanfic rather than finishing what I have started. I explained it today as being a heroine addict and taking cough medicine to get me through. It is a bad, nasty habit that is attached to a goodly amount of self loathing. But enough belaboring... I have been reading Rebel Angel's for almost an entire week. I am liking it well enough, but would like to just be done with it already. I am looking forward to finishing the Gemma Doyle Trilogy with A Sweet Far Thing. I hope the last book has more Kartik in it than this one does. I am not feeling the Simon Middleton vibe. I don't care if Kartik is taboo in her society. They kissed once and I want more of the same.

I plan to pick up Stephenie Meyer's new one, The Host on Tuesday. I have mentioned it before but I can't stress enough how excited I am for this book. It's her first adult novel and science fiction/fantasy to boot. I guess the Twilight Saga would fall into that category too if it weren't YA. I might make D read it first so I can read it with less anxiety. Yes, I am a complete freak and can psych myself out just by reading a book. I look forward to the story though. Well maybe not the alien storyline. That I will suffer through. Usually I can't stand anything to do with aliens, but the story seems more universal and the alien-ness is just a vehicle or metaphor. Hopefully I will be able to read it with more steadfastness than I have read Rebel Angels with.

Lastly, after The Host, I am going to attempt to read Stardust so D's head won't explode. I have yet to see the movie because I haven't read the book. D would love to watch the movie again and I'm the wrench in the works. I owe him this small favor. So it's been added to my cue. Of course at the rate that I'm reading this could be reading for next month. How did I go from reading a book a day to not finishing one in five days? It's Twilight. It ruined me in so many ways.