My DVDs live in a closed cabinet in my new apartment, and I kind of forgot about them. After watching Saved on Tuesday though, I decided today to go back and watch some of my old favourites. I started with Love Actually which is my favourite Christmas movie ever, even though it totally makes me cry. Emma Thompson's and Laura Linney's storylines especially. My fave is Andrew Lincoln and Keira Knightly,though I know it squicks some people.

I moved on to 10 Things I Hate About You, which I hadn't watched since Heath's death. It was making me a little bit sad, and I cuddled up under my duvet, and managed to sleep through the final third of it. (I've seen it probably 15 or more times, so it's not like I was confused when I woke up at the end.)

After that I watched Parenthood, which I bought for 99 pence when I was in England last summer. I hadn't seen it in YEARS. Everyone playing over 25 in it looked about 15-20 years older than they purported to be. It was kind of weirding me out. Keanu was SO SO young and pretty.

Finally, I watched Drop Dead Gorgeous. Amy Adams! I totally had no idea she was in that. Alison Janney continues to be utterly awesome. In that and 10 things. And everything else she does. Also, I have a total crush on Kirsten Dunst even though she's jail bait in that movie.

Tomorrow I need to pack my laundry to go home to mom and dad's. And tomorrow night I am going to a pot luck that I was invited to by people I've met once, at the house of someone I've never met at all. I'm nervous as hell. But there will be gainfully employed, and hopefully (at least a few) single lesbians there. *prepares to dip toe into dating waters again*

I finished off my bottle of Bailey's tonight. And now I'm feeling kind of sick. :(

I really must stop watching films after reading Jsquared AUs for them. No matter how good the movie, I am always desperately disappointed by a) the lack of Jared and Jensen and b) the lack of slash. Though I have to say, Audrey Hepburn is about as good a consolation as I could ask for. Except she looks about 30 and is supposed to be 20 and it confused me at first. Watching it did make me awe even more at balefully's fic though. It's almost exactly the same except for how she made it work perfectly with the CW crew and fit into modern times and have lots of awesome slash. *fangirls her*

So, I have a car this week. There are things to do, but it's kind of a crappy day, and I don't have a car that often, and I kind of feel like going to the movies. Since I'm going on my ownsome, I want help choosing. WHAT SHOULD I SEE???


[Poll #1181495]

ETA so Iron Man won, and not just cos I missed Sarah Marshall's start time obsessively refreshing the poll results when I decided I needed some lunch.

Where's the Tina love, people? ;)

EVERYONE SHOULD SEE THIS MOVIE.

( there is more and it's not really spoilery except for cast )
I love this film more than is possibly decent. I want to see it again. Now would be good. Tomorrow would also be acceptable. I kind of want to see it every day for the rest of my life, though I expect I would get tired of it eventually.

(or not) It pretty much does exactly what it says on the tin.

Transformers is deeply cheesy, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Basically, if a film has stunts, bombs and tits, I'm happy. And this has those in spades. I laughed lots, and clapped quietly when various actors showed up, and generally had a blast. I laughed a couple times AT the film rather than with it, but hey. The special effects were AMAZING. And the guy who came in and sat down next to me just after it started smelled so strongly of pot I swear i got a contact high just from the odor.

for diachrony, because she asked.

The English Patient ~ it was terminally yellow, terminally boring and nearly endless. I liked the subplot of the nurse and the bomb disposal expert, but every scene with Ralph Finnes and Kristen Scott Thomas made me want to rip my eyes out.

My Little Eye ~ The list of reasons I hated it is too long. The only reason I didn't? Bradley Cooper.

Short Cuts ~ biggest misnomer EVER. I'm sure there were good things about it, but by the time we finally got to the end of the film, bugger me if I could remember any of them.

Wild at Heart ~ There is no need for me to hear the sound of someone squelching their own finger in their brain. And there is no need for Willem Defoe with horrible brown teeth to hisssss obsceneties in Laura Dern's ear while I'm watching either.

Last House on the Left ~ Honestly? there are no words. It's beyond horrifyingly horrible.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre ~ boring followed by people so annoying you were pleading for them to die, which it took them far, FAR too long to do.

Anaconda ~ It did spawn the comedy gold "The Anaconda has eaten John Voight" caption in Empire Magazine to this picture , but it was otherwise appalling. The special effects were the worst. Besides, I was grumpy that day. Interestingly, I saw it with the same people I saw Fantastic Four with, only they all loved it and I hated it.

Howard's End ~ I couldn't bring myself to care about the characters, which meant the film was wasted on me.

Wolf Creek ~ I waited far too long to ask B if we couldnt' just turn the damn thing off. Vile.

Wrong Turn ~ If I tell you that Eliza Dushku is seen tied to a bed with wire wearing a white tank top (vest) and her underwear, sweaty and dirty and writhing around and that I still didn't like this film, you will understand how bad it is. Cos day-um she's awfully hot like that. Cheap nasty horror.

Hmmm. Mostly horror films on this list, with a smattering of period pieces. Guess I know what genres aren't really my thing.

The other day I was reading afterellen.com's list of the 100 hottest women. (thank you karaokegal for the link.) When I got to number 14, Kate Walsh, the little blurb said something along the lines of, Kate first came to our attention playing Sandra Oh's girlfriend in Under the Tuscan Sun. 'She did, did she?' I thought, and within seconds was adding the film to my lovefilm list. I had no idea at all what it was about, who else was in it, when it was made, or any of the other things I often like to know before I decide to see a film.

As I'd half (ok, more than half) suspected, Kate Walsh was hardly in it at all, and Sandra Oh wasn't in it much more than that, but B and I really enjoyed it anyway. For a start, Italy is absolutely GORGEOUS and who doesn't want to see it at its best for two hours? It was funny, heartwarming, sweet and genuine. At no point did I feel like my feelings were being manipulated. It was a love story that was more about friendship. And it did have lip to lip contact between Drs Addison Shepherd and Christina Yang. Whoot!