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Batman Begins
I semi-enjoyed this for the people in it, but seriously, the game of Mahjongg on my computer held me attention better. Boring!
Deadwood Seasons 1 & 2
A co-worker foisted these upon me (and I mean foisted in the best sense, because I had totally been wanting to watch the show). So awesome! Excellent acting, mad plotting, more occurrences of "cocksucker" than I thought humanly possible, all the mud in the world, and my secret pretend girlfriend Molly Parker. Sweet. And for real, all the acting is fantastic. I was amazed, too, when I watched some of the extras, to find out how many of these characters are based on real people. There's an awful lot of historical accuracy going on here.
Doctor Who Series 1
This got much better as the series went on. And "The Doctor Dance" was seriously awesome. Now the second series is showing on CBC (with the new Doctor, who so far I'm not nearly as fond of as adorable Christopher Eccleston, boo), which is exciting.
Field of Dreams
A different co-worker decided that what I really needed was an infusion of Burt Lancaster, so he gave me this and The Train to watch, despite my protestations that Kevin Costner and baseball are two of my least favourite things ever. It was not bad, though - I skipped through most of the overtly baseball-y bits, but I was sucked in by the end.
Little Miss Sunshine
Fabulous and fantastic, as I said before.
Mad Hot Ballroom
The premise of this -- a school district instituting district-wide ballroom dance classes resulting in a yearly competition -- would be completely unbelievable, if it weren't true. And right from the moment that I found out that this was an actual program, available to everyone, I couldn't stop watching. And maybe it's the magic of editing, but the kids seemed to be really interested, and involved. I thought that one teacher was kind of asshole-ish - she was far too obsessed with winning that trophy - but it was definitely enjoyable.
Murder By Numbers
This I watched entirely because of Ryan Gosling and Michael Pitt, but actually it wasn't that bad. Not great, but not bad. It needed more of the two of them, and less of Sandra Bullock's mysterious past, but still. They were awesome.
Roll Bounce
Despite the familiar plotline, the sappy family bits, and the occasional far-too-current slang, if you like cheesy dance movies, you should see this. Seriously: dance movie on roller skates! With 70s fashions! Truly entertaining.
The Train
Now here is a movie I would never have picked up for myself. I mean, it's a 1964 action movie about the French resistance during WWII. And a train, of course. But once I got past the fact that all the supposedly French men spoke with American accents while all the French women spoke with French accents, it was actually pretty enjoyable. Almost caperesque. Although definitely too long -- after the nth bit of sabotage that stopped the train only momentarily, I really just wanted one side or the other to win.
I semi-enjoyed this for the people in it, but seriously, the game of Mahjongg on my computer held me attention better. Boring!
Deadwood Seasons 1 & 2
A co-worker foisted these upon me (and I mean foisted in the best sense, because I had totally been wanting to watch the show). So awesome! Excellent acting, mad plotting, more occurrences of "cocksucker" than I thought humanly possible, all the mud in the world, and my secret pretend girlfriend Molly Parker. Sweet. And for real, all the acting is fantastic. I was amazed, too, when I watched some of the extras, to find out how many of these characters are based on real people. There's an awful lot of historical accuracy going on here.
Doctor Who Series 1
This got much better as the series went on. And "The Doctor Dance" was seriously awesome. Now the second series is showing on CBC (with the new Doctor, who so far I'm not nearly as fond of as adorable Christopher Eccleston, boo), which is exciting.
Field of Dreams
A different co-worker decided that what I really needed was an infusion of Burt Lancaster, so he gave me this and The Train to watch, despite my protestations that Kevin Costner and baseball are two of my least favourite things ever. It was not bad, though - I skipped through most of the overtly baseball-y bits, but I was sucked in by the end.
Little Miss Sunshine
Fabulous and fantastic, as I said before.
Mad Hot Ballroom
The premise of this -- a school district instituting district-wide ballroom dance classes resulting in a yearly competition -- would be completely unbelievable, if it weren't true. And right from the moment that I found out that this was an actual program, available to everyone, I couldn't stop watching. And maybe it's the magic of editing, but the kids seemed to be really interested, and involved. I thought that one teacher was kind of asshole-ish - she was far too obsessed with winning that trophy - but it was definitely enjoyable.
Murder By Numbers
This I watched entirely because of Ryan Gosling and Michael Pitt, but actually it wasn't that bad. Not great, but not bad. It needed more of the two of them, and less of Sandra Bullock's mysterious past, but still. They were awesome.
Roll Bounce
Despite the familiar plotline, the sappy family bits, and the occasional far-too-current slang, if you like cheesy dance movies, you should see this. Seriously: dance movie on roller skates! With 70s fashions! Truly entertaining.
The Train
Now here is a movie I would never have picked up for myself. I mean, it's a 1964 action movie about the French resistance during WWII. And a train, of course. But once I got past the fact that all the supposedly French men spoke with American accents while all the French women spoke with French accents, it was actually pretty enjoyable. Almost caperesque. Although definitely too long -- after the nth bit of sabotage that stopped the train only momentarily, I really just wanted one side or the other to win.