Ryan McNeil
How’s it goin’ folks? Workin’ hard today?? I’m not. That’s right, I’m chilling out at home, enjoying a well earned day off. Hell, as you read this I might not even be up and at ’em yet!
I’ve been soaking up movies like a sponge these days, both in the theatres and on dvd. And with Oscar nominations just two weeks off, I’m sure it’s going to get even crazier soon when I attempt to catch up on what I haven’t seen before the big night. For what it’s worth, CRAZY HEART is on tap for this weekend.
Well as I contemplate whether I’m even going to bother changing out of sweatpants today, allow me to call your attention to bloggers who are busy going through their grind of a day right now, and deserve an extra read or two.
(BTW – The word you’re looking for is “Jackass”)
For your reading fulfillment, I give you…
Univarn, who wrote one of his best posts ever this week about a particular plot device that drives him batty.
For a few years now I’ve known about Black Sheep reviews…though strangely I’ve only recently started paying his blog the attention it deserves. I don’t know why it’s taken me so long, because his stuff is pretty badass – and he’s a fellow Toronto blogger to boot! The last few weeks he’s been summing up the decade that was. Here’s his Top 20.
RTM at FlixChatter reminds us all of simpler times by taking us back a whole decade for 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU.
M.Carter is looking for crap. No, really.
In honour of what I think is the best film of the year (THE HURT LOCKER), The Evil Dead Junkie is having a Bigelow-Fest. So far he’s tackled BLUE STEEL, POINT BREAK, and STRANGE DAYS.
And finally, Ross & Ross have found a YouTube clip that suggests 100 of the Cheesiest Lines ever spoken in a film. My only qualm is that they come back to BATMAN AND ROBIN a few times too many.
Enjoy!
Thanks Mad! Enjoy your well deserved day off as some of us have to deal with Networking 🙁
The longer I do my blog, the more impossible it is for me to predict what posts will generate tons of discussion and what posts will generate none. I had no idea asking for worst movie feedback would provoke such a huge response! I mean, I know people have strong feelings about bad movies; I just didn't realize those emotions were THAT strong.
Anywho, thanks for the mention and for your contributions!
Thanks for the mention, Hatter! That movie gets me thinking about 10 things I miss about Ledger 🙁
Meredith, yeah I think we do have movies we hate with a vengeance don't we? That was a great discussion post!
Enjoy your time off, looking forward to your Crazy Heart review. Btw, we're going to see Avatar again this weekend!
@ Univarn… It was a day well spent. Hopefully your networking wasn't too painful.
@ Meredith… I know what you mean. I've had people pat me on the back for reviews I swore I had phoned in. Glad you're having fun discussing crap.
@ RTM… Hope you enjoy AVATAR. On the subway last night I was talking about it with a co-worker and he started with "You might make fun of me for this, but I liked it". I didn't make fun of him, because of course, I like it too!
Pity it's become so enormously hyped.
Anywho, you're quite welcome for the mention. Sorry it took me three whole months to give you one!
I'll be sure to keep an eye out for your Crazy Heart review. I found Bridges to be outstanding, but the script and directing is average at best. Still worth seeing in my opinion, but a lot of evident first-time director problems in my opinion.
What I love most about your links is there is always at least one blog that I've never heard of and leads me to an awesome post – 10 Things I Hate About You is that for me this week
cheers for the linkage Hatter
much appreciated as always
@ Danny… Slight change of plans, CRAZY HEART won't be happening until later in the week…but it's coming. I promise.
@ Filmgeek… Glad something in RTM's work spoke to you. I actually felt bad for not having included her in an E-T post already.
@ Ross… Any time home skillet.
I wouldn't make fun of your colleague either, Hatter, I like it even the second time around! Yeah, the hype thing is mind-boggling at times, though I might've contributed to it 🙁 But at least it merits it more than the Twilight flicks, ugh!
Thanks again for the mention, I'm so honored!
@ Filmgeek, glad you liked the post and thanks for reading it! 🙂
@ rtm… I wasn't making fun of my colleague…I'm one of the few who defends AVATAR in the face of haters! Glad to have finally gotten you into the weekly round-up.