Favorite Movies I saw last year:
Persepolis (07)
The Savages (07)
Lars and the Real Girl (07)
The Visitor (08)
Planet Earth (06) – the miniseries; it’s not a movie really, but it needs to be here,
and, the educational film that is shown at the Rocky Reach Dam. Seriously, I loved that movie. I have no idea why.
Favorite Play I saw last year: Godspell
Favorite Other Performance of last year (on CD): Julia Sweeney’s Letting Go of God
And… A Few New Things that I did last year:
Ate sardine heads
Broke a fibula
Caucused
Drove over to Lake Chelan
Refinished woodwork
Saw wildlife doin’ it in the yard.
I have high hopes for 2009. So far it is off to a good start.
fuck “Deathproof”
Now that this movie is on cable and I’ve had the opportunity to watch it again (or again), I realize that the only thing, the only reason, that made it so memorable and exhilarating is the precarious and anxiety producing game of ’ship’s mast’ and the masterfully edited skills of Z. Bell. I have to agree with Matt that the dialogue sucks. The rest of the movie is a snore (with gore) and overacted.
Instead, I must replace it with “Stranger Than Fiction” which I’ve happened across and watched again. It’s funny, profound and much more memorable and lasting than “Deathproof.” Two thumbs up – both mine – and I move it over to the faves list. Amen.
Here are my selections for five favorite movies watched in 2007. These are movies that had my full attention, made me want to watch them again right away, had me talking about them to Lolly and thinking about them for a while afterwards. I didn’t keep track of what I watched specifically this year, and the year flew by so quickly, so I had trouble with picking, but I’ll stand by these choices. Alphabetically, they are…
The Brave One (07)
The Dead Girl (06)
Grindhouse: Death Proof (07)
Police Beat (05)
Shut up and Sing (05)
Although, disturbingly, I am now seeing that these, with the exception of Police Beat, center around the abuse of women in some way. That’s fucked up… even if they’re not ‘xploitation and some of them return the ass-kicking in the end, I’m feeling a little hinky about my list here.
Really, I’m not a freak. No, really.
