these boots were made for walkin'

i stole this idea from pajiba.com. what movies have been so bad that you actually walked out on them? personally, i have never walked out on a movie. if i pay $8 for a movie ticket, i'm going to have something to show for it, even if it is just hours upon hours of me bitching about how i wasted two hours of my life watching a mindless piece of shit. i'm stubborn and a little too optimistic and forgiving--i will sit through a film, hating every minute of it, but still think to myself: this has to get better. then the credits roll.

i do, however, have a list of movies that i watched (in theaters or on DVD) that i really wish i hadn't:

1. meet the robinsons. i went to this god-awful, overly-bright, excruciatingly boring affair with ben. within the first 10 minutes, i was asleep, only to be woken up by ben yelling: "wake up! i'm not going to be the only one watching this shit!" by the end of this jumbled mess, ben and i had probably shifted in our seats enough times to make the general public think we were two shaky mental patients out on movie day. to top it all off, we actually paid EXTRA for the fucking 3D glasses. i call shenanigans.

2. van helsing. doesn't it annoy you when neighbors walk their dogs in your yard and leave steaming piles of shit behind? i equate this movie to those turds.

3. accepted. i like justin long. i really do. he's a cute little mac. but watching the stale hijinks that are common-place in these stupid "high school to college" movies of late is just mind-dulling. it wasn't my choice--or my house--but at least i didn't pay for it.

4. alexander. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. i couldn't finish it. all those pretty people and they couldn't keep me awake. they should've thrown in a shot of colin farrell's pee-pee. anything to distract from that horrid dyed blond hair of his. or was it a wig? either way, ugh.

5. the godfather 3. i've said it before, and i'll say it again, sofia coppola needs to keep her ass behind the cameras with daddy.

6. robin hood: men in tights. i am in no way, shape or form a mel brooks fan. so not funny. shoot me now.

7. the illusionist. perhaps i was itching to stop watching this movie because i had seen the other magician movie first. i mean, anything pales in comparison with harry potter. no, i think my problem was the fact that jessica biel can't act and when she talks, you can't help but be distracted by her big teefs. it was also predictable and laughable (edward norton and miss biel are the same age? HA!). not even edward norton's greatness could save this movie for me.

8. there's something about mary. haha. this movie was so funny. i'm not being sarcastic at all.

i'm sure there are others, but iTunes is distracting me.

go crazy

i have sent this video to practically everyone i know. it makes me giggle uncontrollably. being a huge LOTR dork, i am naturally a fan of elijah wood, so this dance only endears him to me more. however, it gives his naysayers more reason to naysay.

although it goes on entirely too long, it's totally worth watching to see him "go crazy" at the end. love.

every day is a good day for pie

i want a piece of lemon meringue pie.

you're late!

it's friday night and i'm sitting here watching the fellowship of the ring on TNT for the zillionth time. i don't know what it is about this movie--when i mention it's one of my favorites, most people roll their eyes and tell me just how excruciatingly boring they felt it was, going on and on and on about how it's just scenery and walking and i sit there and wonder if they paid attention to the premise because a journey to mount doom would require a lot of walking and, i assume, scenery--but every time it's on TV, i watch it (even though i own the super-deluxe nerd edition complete with argonath bookends).

now, there are a lot of movies i haven't seen. in fact, i own movies that have yet to touch my DVD player. but i'm not as bad as my sister. she hasn't even seen the star wars movies--i'm talking about the original three. my dislike for hayden christiansen's acting far outweighs my love for ewan macgregor for me to even enjoy the newer trilogy.

anyway. a few examples of movies i have no excuse for not seeing yet:

a bande apart
the good, the bad and the ugly
dr. strangelove
close encounters of the third kind
dog day afternoon
five easy pieces
mr. smith goes to washington
chinatown


fotr is distracting me. "this is the furthest i've been away from home." aww.

UPDATE: i've seen dog day afternoon. that is all 07/12/09