Various things
Jan. 19th, 2008 07:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cmk418Listening to the Hawks-Coyotes now. Bummed that the Blues lost to Nashville, but that's how it goes. I really love our division (although points-wise, I'd wish we'd switch with the West so that our teams could be in contention for the playoffs) because you can be in second place one week and last the next (still waiting for the vice-versa, by the way). Still haven't decided whether or not I'll go to the Kings game Tuesday. Guess it'll depend on how work goes and how high my pain tolerance is (they're playing Detroit again).
I'm a little peeved at Netflix because even though I sent in three vids Wednesday, which they got Thursday, I still haven't received the next three. I was looking a little forward to seeing the rest of "Big Love" over the three-day weekend. No such luck.
I went to see "There Will Be Blood" today. It was quite good. This pretty much echoes what everyone else has been saying but Daniel Day-Lewis inhabits his character. It's one of those performances that doesn't seem like a performance. Paul Dano is just wonderful, and I'm still uncertain if he's really playing twins or if he's just a guy suffering from a split-personality. But everytime that he's on screen, it's really amazing. And the scene at the end is incredible (I'm not going to say anything beyond that). BTW, despite the lack of women in the film, I don't think it's all that slash-worthy, just in case anyone was wondering. And I haven't mentioned it, but Paul Thomas Anderson still hasn't lost his touch as a writer-director.
Tomorrow I'm hoping to do a double-feature of "The Savages" and "No Country for Old Men". I'm looking forward to it. Noms come out on Tuesday and I want to see as much as I can before then. If anybody has seen "Atonement", can you let me know if it's worthwhile? (I still have a little residual McAvoy-resistance since "Becoming Jane") It's right up there with Red Wings-Kings on my list of things that I should see, but would rather avoid.
I'm a little peeved at Netflix because even though I sent in three vids Wednesday, which they got Thursday, I still haven't received the next three. I was looking a little forward to seeing the rest of "Big Love" over the three-day weekend. No such luck.
I went to see "There Will Be Blood" today. It was quite good. This pretty much echoes what everyone else has been saying but Daniel Day-Lewis inhabits his character. It's one of those performances that doesn't seem like a performance. Paul Dano is just wonderful, and I'm still uncertain if he's really playing twins or if he's just a guy suffering from a split-personality. But everytime that he's on screen, it's really amazing. And the scene at the end is incredible (I'm not going to say anything beyond that). BTW, despite the lack of women in the film, I don't think it's all that slash-worthy, just in case anyone was wondering. And I haven't mentioned it, but Paul Thomas Anderson still hasn't lost his touch as a writer-director.
Tomorrow I'm hoping to do a double-feature of "The Savages" and "No Country for Old Men". I'm looking forward to it. Noms come out on Tuesday and I want to see as much as I can before then. If anybody has seen "Atonement", can you let me know if it's worthwhile? (I still have a little residual McAvoy-resistance since "Becoming Jane") It's right up there with Red Wings-Kings on my list of things that I should see, but would rather avoid.
