tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12469241082815752582024-02-18T19:55:54.560-08:00night owl oscar clubemilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-50370991938115950772011-03-01T01:27:00.003-08:002011-03-01T01:59:35.112-08:00nooc oscar night 2011: costume contest!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">dress up as your favorite oscar character!</span><br /><br />dragon trainers!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN7zMnsnJPxEXcsOlI5ua44ia70g9gaOzRryjXu00ehGOGxm2iT9mfT0QGZDhdcu_tler9e_8dA2Qf1khwWO2IWql4_9Hxo1oZtv44R-vZ03jxoL0-pTBKMDda01hYjl-wxQJpe2oeMthy/s1600/oscarmaryn.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN7zMnsnJPxEXcsOlI5ua44ia70g9gaOzRryjXu00ehGOGxm2iT9mfT0QGZDhdcu_tler9e_8dA2Qf1khwWO2IWql4_9Hxo1oZtv44R-vZ03jxoL0-pTBKMDda01hYjl-wxQJpe2oeMthy/s400/oscarmaryn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579041675334457826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPGi1n84ygnGbXtc7Y0dJgo4lCEJMT3MBOyiOMy1_Sqe5raFK1449cioYasVoFZRa2RcjQdaeLi05GuIMiDu_ZpdWf2L_3wTbWi_WcEahD4wrEVNLzDg6WNPav8N3edhNON7-KdhybIER/s1600/oscarshelley.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPGi1n84ygnGbXtc7Y0dJgo4lCEJMT3MBOyiOMy1_Sqe5raFK1449cioYasVoFZRa2RcjQdaeLi05GuIMiDu_ZpdWf2L_3wTbWi_WcEahD4wrEVNLzDg6WNPav8N3edhNON7-KdhybIER/s400/oscarshelley.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579041682415313906" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />give these girls a hand...<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgR9IGZeTDc0Y4zF8xSbObw973nD7kuEi5gFLAI1AjRtYFmKvRMiziK8jg7XXPkZM2EikCioTZckhml4pwr6WexTVfjGBZ_4rU4qbzALPIkCZGbgjBCTQG8iuAJU2NgWOhqueX5QRypZj/s1600/oscarangie.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgR9IGZeTDc0Y4zF8xSbObw973nD7kuEi5gFLAI1AjRtYFmKvRMiziK8jg7XXPkZM2EikCioTZckhml4pwr6WexTVfjGBZ_4rU4qbzALPIkCZGbgjBCTQG8iuAJU2NgWOhqueX5QRypZj/s400/oscarangie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579041218533316866" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">har har...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRsUYKhY5-53VqHA6NvdF6ZCED2PIs309mogM4clwnhxCENT_Y00_kvJBDZHBfM9u9CpO8SclyaHEQVgCYnNylsN5Yh0EAmagk7czLCnWc9vv8tnLazUEgi0K90bRdBhaYREUh_FhSvZjD/s1600/oscarliane.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRsUYKhY5-53VqHA6NvdF6ZCED2PIs309mogM4clwnhxCENT_Y00_kvJBDZHBfM9u9CpO8SclyaHEQVgCYnNylsN5Yh0EAmagk7czLCnWc9vv8tnLazUEgi0K90bRdBhaYREUh_FhSvZjD/s400/oscarliane.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579041223439640242" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">there's a snake in my boot!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHtn0Humeh5GWaO1YCaDssljnU4dR3dFgKJarYtxC1DEeP1qazruIF-TEUAUQkuaPwXh9TKzTRIpE4RkcpGmroQcKQU6FZf-BzZN_SrbHx1gaLEER9QDWs51QYYw7sOTUM7PJzNT4qNIA/s1600/oscarlisajen.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHtn0Humeh5GWaO1YCaDssljnU4dR3dFgKJarYtxC1DEeP1qazruIF-TEUAUQkuaPwXh9TKzTRIpE4RkcpGmroQcKQU6FZf-BzZN_SrbHx1gaLEER9QDWs51QYYw7sOTUM7PJzNT4qNIA/s400/oscarlisajen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579041221432286882" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">friend request...<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgR9IGZeTDc0Y4zF8xSbObw973nD7kuEi5gFLAI1AjRtYFmKvRMiziK8jg7XXPkZM2EikCioTZckhml4pwr6WexTVfjGBZ_4rU4qbzALPIkCZGbgjBCTQG8iuAJU2NgWOhqueX5QRypZj/s1600/oscarangie.jpg"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEA6ZnXb0_TqsVlasIKNiIiuWmUuAosir7tcGzHGftVOkUMotNi3LyqAJoNN-6YShFZuarwXDKM53RTAmG8NKcJLA4WUXbuKBHD2yFD2JnszIIrsHWaDN9WmiZXtmzbuEGyufOe7_Km2L/s1600/oscarjen.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEA6ZnXb0_TqsVlasIKNiIiuWmUuAosir7tcGzHGftVOkUMotNi3LyqAJoNN-6YShFZuarwXDKM53RTAmG8NKcJLA4WUXbuKBHD2yFD2JnszIIrsHWaDN9WmiZXtmzbuEGyufOe7_Km2L/s400/oscarjen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579041549707815154" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">confirm friend request!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ly1amrVnE1oUIcI2NUo8ufBzp1DKS0L7f1m8PSREmUl6kvwfsycWpy1hlNZty_gO6iXRMTJ7bVwiJ33vTtqDEeqHm3b8aInCLGe0XKWy7DYfqAIUGZAbQpos6RxR46yunfQCwxITJ3OK/s1600/oscarssusan.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 382px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ly1amrVnE1oUIcI2NUo8ufBzp1DKS0L7f1m8PSREmUl6kvwfsycWpy1hlNZty_gO6iXRMTJ7bVwiJ33vTtqDEeqHm3b8aInCLGe0XKWy7DYfqAIUGZAbQpos6RxR46yunfQCwxITJ3OK/s400/oscarssusan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579041213441467506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">(susan, you came as a fb friend, right? :)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">helena hair...</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDS7-LuPbOhcJBWGOSqKMgpKw0NYwKe3rK5CUsa3JMPfqJgKjiqBK5830CBQ3suaes70fXTRkirsotIR1daH7KuRIQ1UIu9M4N7ad6inIZGQt4Nd7ZsMfG_Qewpy3vMj6XLrnD98ROxdv/s1600/oscarjoanna2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDS7-LuPbOhcJBWGOSqKMgpKw0NYwKe3rK5CUsa3JMPfqJgKjiqBK5830CBQ3suaes70fXTRkirsotIR1daH7KuRIQ1UIu9M4N7ad6inIZGQt4Nd7ZsMfG_Qewpy3vMj6XLrnD98ROxdv/s400/oscarjoanna2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579041567109562226" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">helena style!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3knIqAeXY6o3NUgpiu2FufDuMhBikbOCcGpqm6aPB7DMcgsIWoKbYTmikU_0K2_215943qSrP_HVP9dQRBrwunMQ5W1E07qicJe3qvhoojtTtHvrgEHCIDZNhuRqsSiVUPKWAKpZNoZx9/s1600/oscarjoanna1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3knIqAeXY6o3NUgpiu2FufDuMhBikbOCcGpqm6aPB7DMcgsIWoKbYTmikU_0K2_215943qSrP_HVP9dQRBrwunMQ5W1E07qicJe3qvhoojtTtHvrgEHCIDZNhuRqsSiVUPKWAKpZNoZx9/s400/oscarjoanna1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579041563161098418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">(helena/joanna won the costume contest...hooray for crazy!)</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />swanie awesomeness...</span><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN03rZToGUjzGHV5SnoFgOr7ah0tL2w9MkUk8v9zwad1Py3hsMelvLIXmH3vEEa5kP1BceLUb7co2XwHGxKKHJseVHTMPmKiHjjVfzhi01q1U6_lXz4SOe3yb-3oLLuiuSp77PmQHqBGPG/s1600/oscarjess1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN03rZToGUjzGHV5SnoFgOr7ah0tL2w9MkUk8v9zwad1Py3hsMelvLIXmH3vEEa5kP1BceLUb7co2XwHGxKKHJseVHTMPmKiHjjVfzhi01q1U6_lXz4SOe3yb-3oLLuiuSp77PmQHqBGPG/s400/oscarjess1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579041557133696386" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br />work it...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYV7UDt2dhMyTAVvNZo9RnCgjmzKN_Ggkt-nxggwK4GGUIibQe1mPd2iBsUbodLab-owf_nRH978DaZX-YewKECknoIpqvdmAQ70qq43QTJt5BEivmyBLe2n_o5sis3BthQCABCabNYH6/s1600/oscarjess2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYV7UDt2dhMyTAVvNZo9RnCgjmzKN_Ggkt-nxggwK4GGUIibQe1mPd2iBsUbodLab-owf_nRH978DaZX-YewKECknoIpqvdmAQ70qq43QTJt5BEivmyBLe2n_o5sis3BthQCABCabNYH6/s400/oscarjess2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579041561644542066" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">weren't those costumes the best?<br />serious work went into some of them!<br /><br />i love these girls for being goofy with me<br />(some of them have been goofy with me since middle school...<br />some of them are newer to the goofiness...mine anyway :)<br /><br />hooray for dress-up!<br /><br />oh no!<br />wait!<br />hey!<br /><br />who let that psycho in?<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6yOQEYXYgUsV2baUhmriRSA6R3aK4svPGKs1sQO16xgx_M1NfNR9e2lIrhqa88VqxTKqpU8B43XJQPb3chLs9_MHVYiGdbAy8CXejmg5WE0s8LQ2uKRjSUtMf_iqOodmy8l0aVs0f8-9/s1600/oscaremily.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 463px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6yOQEYXYgUsV2baUhmriRSA6R3aK4svPGKs1sQO16xgx_M1NfNR9e2lIrhqa88VqxTKqpU8B43XJQPb3chLs9_MHVYiGdbAy8CXejmg5WE0s8LQ2uKRjSUtMf_iqOodmy8l0aVs0f8-9/s400/oscaremily.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579041216359117746" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">there's always one (or two) at every party...<br />eek!<br /><br />:)<br /></div>emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-72127675009024640062011-03-01T01:27:00.001-08:002011-03-01T02:04:24.781-08:00my best picture rankings....127 Hours<br />The King’s Speech<br />True Grit<br />Inception<br />Winter’s Bone<br />Toy Story 3<br />The Social Network<br />The Fighter<br />The Kids are All Right<br />Black Swan<br /><br />seriously hard to do!<br />they were all so great<br />(hence the nominations :)<br /><br />i simply adore the movies!<br />:)emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-41823512918511290682011-02-25T07:27:00.000-08:002011-02-25T07:29:19.695-08:00oscar party: best picture menu...<span style="font-size:85%;">(just off the top of my head)</span><div class="mbl notesBlogText clearfix"><div><p>THE KING'S SPEECH: tea</p><p>THE FIGHTER: beer</p><p>TRUE GRIT: ummmm, grits?</p><p>127 HOURS: half a bottle of water</p><p>TOY STORY 3: 2 potatoes & a tortilla</p><p>BLUE VALENTINE: cigarettes & a big old jar of dashed hopes</p><p>THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT: just regular old food</p><p>WINTER'S BONE: squirrel & meth</p><p>BLACK SWAN: pink frosted cake or nothing (to represent ballet starvation)</p><p>THE SOCIAL NETWORK: beer, cocktails, sushi & pot</p><p>INCEPTION: something that just LOOKS like food but is really your deepest fears...</p><p> </p><p>looks like we will be drunk, high & really depressed...</p><p>(oh & also puking)</p><p>hooray, oscars!</p><p> </p><p>i may have to go in a more representative direction...</p><p>:)</p></div></div>emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-78539417872897602432011-02-22T09:12:00.000-08:002011-02-22T09:27:15.867-08:00nooc: week eight, justin bieber never say never<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWU7BYPicm8heEmErAazBObctck6j-zwU4aQW8gMvPPY3jCMnrWaBMdpIW5yWkQjY0oqY8oRrbut5CJ4qfb3OyaKF2slI_OSUajPjjPtX0yAzFsS3ykuR1pGdqcPRcOY2TBGnOaXNtdTk0/s1600/justin-beiber-never-say-never.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWU7BYPicm8heEmErAazBObctck6j-zwU4aQW8gMvPPY3jCMnrWaBMdpIW5yWkQjY0oqY8oRrbut5CJ4qfb3OyaKF2slI_OSUajPjjPtX0yAzFsS3ykuR1pGdqcPRcOY2TBGnOaXNtdTk0/s400/justin-beiber-never-say-never.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576563525792095202" border="0" /></a>tuesday february 22<br />10pm<br />valley river<br /><br />i think this is one of the best ideas yet!<br />i loooove seeing all of the best picture nominees<br />don't get me wrong<br />but they are all quite intense & deep.<br />so a perfect little bookend to this nooc season<br />seems like the fluffiest movie available<br />(especially because the awards are on sunday night<br />so taking a breather seems just right)<br />plus i really have heard that this is a good movie<br />plus, plus, we might get to dance a bit!<br />yes!<br />i love to dance<br />even if it's just in my seat...<br /><br />i can definitely see this becoming a tradition...<br /><br />& another thing!<br />i was thinking that maybe i would start doing a<br />once a month <a href="http://nightowloscar.blogspot.com/">nooc</a> meet-up...<br />if we work it just right<br />by the time the nominees come out we<br />may have already seen the<br />ones that are on dvd...<br />or maybe we will just have seen 12 movies...<br />& is there one little thing wrong with that?<br />:)<br /><br />if you don't decide to join us<br />for the biebster<br />remember the big show is on sunday night @ 5 pacific,<br />red carpet @ 3 pacific...<br />i think i will start watching at 4 or so...<br />although miss m does love a pretty dress!<br />maybe we will start a mini oscar tradition :)<br /><br />i'll be here on monday with an observation or two...<br />i must say i am super excited!<br /><br />love view...<br />:)emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-10904844643130754762011-02-18T20:42:00.002-08:002011-02-18T22:24:56.418-08:00true grit...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZSpUk0JtuTB2FcOT9a6lD2z0-Vvxi16IUpmRm3ldZgZF-ameXRPnuw9e4KPStkSjEDbeE5QeyvdllbnJzjtfOrn9MWE6IF0ShQr5iXDdi_KmNH5-yf-kUU_da-9VGPue-N8xsQ_R4C8_/s1600/true-grit-movie-poster-1020560402.jpg"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3a5vWQG02lZlomMlzraAQ_omSY424m0SUTl7awDM1DLWmuuulk8F4mmF9PThHWA7FzxRrlgrew0R1wuSUYqQaRRU3Xw0ltp-L-lI5eQkOs_IbSQymeMug9alfdyEF8XL9IJIH5pRwj917/s1600/true-grit-2010-scr-xvid-imagine-avi_snapshot_00-43-18__2011-01-13_19-50-43_.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 169px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3a5vWQG02lZlomMlzraAQ_omSY424m0SUTl7awDM1DLWmuuulk8F4mmF9PThHWA7FzxRrlgrew0R1wuSUYqQaRRU3Xw0ltp-L-lI5eQkOs_IbSQymeMug9alfdyEF8XL9IJIH5pRwj917/s400/true-grit-2010-scr-xvid-imagine-avi_snapshot_00-43-18__2011-01-13_19-50-43_.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575258225953085234" border="0" /></a><br />disclaimer:<br />i'm tired.<br />& i won't ever admit that<br />it might be because i get up at 5:15am<br />three days a week<br />& for the past 7 weeks i've been<br />up until 1am every tuesday...<br />never admit it<br />because i love watching all of these movies...<br />never admit it because it is pretty worth it...<br />never<br />ever<br />admit it...<br />but it's true...<br /><br />ps i fell asleep for about 5 minutes during true grit...<br />gasp.<br />but when i woke up i was totally<br />refreshed & ready for the second half...<br /><br />so<br />a western huh?<br />not exactly at the top of my list...<br /><br />until:<br />a gravel mouthed<br />one eyed<br />messy<br />gruff<br />jeff bridges...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh26EbKD7dnn5yEFC1NB1kxa7sfKkey6A3XIlxrREWCD2q2wK9KbVnh9w49QKSPhXq4IOa5ZFIMFa32fD2IIdr4ANwyV8GIuhMHHyJ65P7q3PUgh6dmt5hUlxB4L_1nPbMSSuxyEnG7odHG/s1600/01112011_truegrit3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh26EbKD7dnn5yEFC1NB1kxa7sfKkey6A3XIlxrREWCD2q2wK9KbVnh9w49QKSPhXq4IOa5ZFIMFa32fD2IIdr4ANwyV8GIuhMHHyJ65P7q3PUgh6dmt5hUlxB4L_1nPbMSSuxyEnG7odHG/s400/01112011_truegrit3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575261542292727602" border="0" /></a><br />until:<br />dialog with no contractions...<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2794962/">Mattie Ross</a></b>: If I had killed Chaney, I would not be in this fix; but my gun misfired.<br /><b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001608/">Lucky Ned Pepper</a></b>: [<i class="fine">Chuckling</i>] They will do it. It will embarrass you every time. Most girls like to play pretties, but you like guns do you?<br /><b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2794962/">Mattie Ross</a></b>: I do not care a thing about guns, if I did, I would have one that worked.<br /><br />until:<br />barry pepper<br />looking mighty scary<br />but also mighty awesome<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQLKmp7TKnegRzwUGJ1Vvyn_iOQUwSPU4pfe83tUdM3LtKRfRVXU1zLHKpvPVRzMsy15hM7xgKU1eB7L9gChb68oci6kV-pylPbSACntOPZaMPXfMfLjk9lKXVnixKyh0WgU1SLVOdKbtp/s1600/True-Grit-Watercooler-2011-.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQLKmp7TKnegRzwUGJ1Vvyn_iOQUwSPU4pfe83tUdM3LtKRfRVXU1zLHKpvPVRzMsy15hM7xgKU1eB7L9gChb68oci6kV-pylPbSACntOPZaMPXfMfLjk9lKXVnixKyh0WgU1SLVOdKbtp/s400/True-Grit-Watercooler-2011-.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575258231974587570" border="0" /></a>until:<br />the poster<br />(well, i already did like that)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3a5vWQG02lZlomMlzraAQ_omSY424m0SUTl7awDM1DLWmuuulk8F4mmF9PThHWA7FzxRrlgrew0R1wuSUYqQaRRU3Xw0ltp-L-lI5eQkOs_IbSQymeMug9alfdyEF8XL9IJIH5pRwj917/s1600/true-grit-2010-scr-xvid-imagine-avi_snapshot_00-43-18__2011-01-13_19-50-43_.png"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZSpUk0JtuTB2FcOT9a6lD2z0-Vvxi16IUpmRm3ldZgZF-ameXRPnuw9e4KPStkSjEDbeE5QeyvdllbnJzjtfOrn9MWE6IF0ShQr5iXDdi_KmNH5-yf-kUU_da-9VGPue-N8xsQ_R4C8_/s1600/true-grit-movie-poster-1020560402.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZSpUk0JtuTB2FcOT9a6lD2z0-Vvxi16IUpmRm3ldZgZF-ameXRPnuw9e4KPStkSjEDbeE5QeyvdllbnJzjtfOrn9MWE6IF0ShQr5iXDdi_KmNH5-yf-kUU_da-9VGPue-N8xsQ_R4C8_/s400/true-grit-movie-poster-1020560402.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575258435686664370" border="0" /></a><br />until:<br />i got past my jason borne-itis<br />(expecting him to start killing someone with a<br />cup of water & butter knife)<br />& just let matt damon play laboeuf...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9rnqlVXKP1vq51mWhI0QtNwp3FY_gELnQnioA4WThLlaUvOhsiDSAmGYfCu1OMBQ8uiDw7Q4wMJT8qt9np5TZ17Ztv7K64vcXnZ2DdD_T6bFfjgZl6W5waiXlbfPeBj6W8KML0s7uwJH2/s1600/matt-true-grit.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9rnqlVXKP1vq51mWhI0QtNwp3FY_gELnQnioA4WThLlaUvOhsiDSAmGYfCu1OMBQ8uiDw7Q4wMJT8qt9np5TZ17Ztv7K64vcXnZ2DdD_T6bFfjgZl6W5waiXlbfPeBj6W8KML0s7uwJH2/s400/matt-true-grit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575260052534484610" border="0" /></a>my favorite from him:<br />'a saucy line will not get far with me'<br />(can't wait to use that on miss m :)<br /><br />& until<br />until<br />until:<br />miss <span class="osl" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2794962/&rct=j&sa=X&ei=NWBfTcH-IJGosAPxgPHECA&ved=0CFYQggkoAzAD&q=true+grit&usg=AFQjCNEh5c15651nsoDBrsjiZ-AVngDGGg">hailee steinfeld</a></span>...<br />she's just incredible...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vB-0Dcb0nctcEFza8wAccCX_MLSJviwuK6ZZpbYDIfp4Z57TNeLu27FKwIfTmPjm9m-0oOiJUZIKrOlMo71B8ve91lxdgQvhYtAwwf8lB8Dm46sU5obGPn3Kf8uatlu7qYdCcp6NdVeS/s1600/true-grit-box-office.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vB-0Dcb0nctcEFza8wAccCX_MLSJviwuK6ZZpbYDIfp4Z57TNeLu27FKwIfTmPjm9m-0oOiJUZIKrOlMo71B8ve91lxdgQvhYtAwwf8lB8Dm46sU5obGPn3Kf8uatlu7qYdCcp6NdVeS/s400/true-grit-box-office.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575267474341132594" border="0" /></a>i really hope she wins best supporting actress...<br /><br />& i can't find any pictures of the dresses<br />& coats that she wears in the beginning<br />but they are gorgeous!<br />plain & muted but gorgeous...<br /><br />& now we just need to talk about those braids!<br />to die for.<br />almost always perfect<br />& so thick they could have used them to rope cattle...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHg3CRcT-H4X6SmuD6Lukn9j3I1jbarzcNqmIPArSj4fMxGLYNfjwqz0NUPBO_KBsLerEqllcMf95dbjms76mJR5oGg5Qgl9XMmhsZ34mJjdMIw2OVOci8ZOjSoDQxxc2t_XXkjGD4Qir/s1600/hsteinfeldMAIN.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGHg3CRcT-H4X6SmuD6Lukn9j3I1jbarzcNqmIPArSj4fMxGLYNfjwqz0NUPBO_KBsLerEqllcMf95dbjms76mJR5oGg5Qgl9XMmhsZ34mJjdMIw2OVOci8ZOjSoDQxxc2t_XXkjGD4Qir/s400/hsteinfeldMAIN.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575258237507922546" border="0" /></a><br />i was thinking about cutting my hair<br />but now i'm rethinking it...<br />because of a 14 year old girl.<br />in a western.<br />set in the 1800's.<br /><br />on second thought...<br />(or is that 3rd thought?)<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />& check out this little cowgirl:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCps1d93bOrWuWzsPjZDbm0UZCmuJyEdRonGjLiHkQSSqFLtyK3_MoHyKfMrOo7P0GuWCLKdoGEIRNGTY7RvVeJenj1ZCZz-Hg-xfKmYVysyfnONLBeKHviiUszGOj-DnXtkX3znMLgkzs/s1600/truegritgirl.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCps1d93bOrWuWzsPjZDbm0UZCmuJyEdRonGjLiHkQSSqFLtyK3_MoHyKfMrOo7P0GuWCLKdoGEIRNGTY7RvVeJenj1ZCZz-Hg-xfKmYVysyfnONLBeKHviiUszGOj-DnXtkX3znMLgkzs/s400/truegritgirl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575274760590841154" border="0" /></a>okay<br />so<br />you might think that joanna & i had been friends for years<br />but you would be wrong.<br />we casually knew each other through our friend angie<br />& then i posted this night owl idea on fb<br />& she said 'count me in!'<br />she has been to every one except 'black swan'<br />(the only one when i actually needed someone to cling to...<br />probably ended up right in the long run :)<br />so i was really starting to like her...<br />& then she showed up to 'true grit' in a cowboy hat...<br /><br />& now i love her.<br />:)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbp1seds2LINLxxn7YAErOqjOGHj6ZOEF-ZurfJxw_TLTGRu4dL6ZIeI9b3hD-qDe2_REV0kvIjs9v2J-a_Sug3UlEAh_j37n3hVS2yFpUwA_1zN1B6U-5Z4IuMksE8EiXw-j6NJp1oZ5j/s1600/truegritgirls.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbp1seds2LINLxxn7YAErOqjOGHj6ZOEF-ZurfJxw_TLTGRu4dL6ZIeI9b3hD-qDe2_REV0kvIjs9v2J-a_Sug3UlEAh_j37n3hVS2yFpUwA_1zN1B6U-5Z4IuMksE8EiXw-j6NJp1oZ5j/s400/truegritgirls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575274762792447506" border="0" /></a><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />this tuesday is our last movie night!<br />& i was hoping that 'rabbit hole' would<br />be showing around here<br />but it's not...<br />so....<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/movies?hl=en&near=eugene+oregon&sort=1&ei=qmFfTeXqC47EsAPQrvTMCA&mid=5d2634ba713543a2">justin beiber: never say never 3D</a> it is!<br /><br />i really do want to see that...<br />after all of these serious movies<br />i could use a little '<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kffacxfA7G4">baby, baby, baby, oh!</a>'<br />& at the 10pm showing i bet we could get up & dance!<br />who's in?<br /><br />i'll let you know...<br />love view...<br />:)emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-17044273249524599762011-02-18T20:42:00.001-08:002011-02-18T23:10:08.456-08:00blue valentine...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FS65bKrwwKaf0kc28nD8TdfCMDXaXV3VjkBq7DkAzeTaAUeVn1bYfhorB2fZkim3V7xLinBXnV4JCXrNAAlvI_1mTXMf2hI8TufOCEWLvZrxqSMaJ7SLDjy-KbV4TqwAthNw1R5ZrSJQ/s1600/Movie+Reviews+Blue+Valentine+%2528Video%2529.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FS65bKrwwKaf0kc28nD8TdfCMDXaXV3VjkBq7DkAzeTaAUeVn1bYfhorB2fZkim3V7xLinBXnV4JCXrNAAlvI_1mTXMf2hI8TufOCEWLvZrxqSMaJ7SLDjy-KbV4TqwAthNw1R5ZrSJQ/s400/Movie+Reviews+Blue+Valentine+%2528Video%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575289020388726194" border="0" /></a><br />disclaimer:<br />this is gonna be a short one...<br /><br />okay<br />so<br />wherever i go<br />i bring my notebook with me<br />just in case i hear or see or think up<br />something.<br />so of course this includes the movies...<br />& the poor friends who sit by me...<br />they have to endure my little 'scritch, scritch, scritch'<br />every once in a while...<br />some of the movies have filled an entire page<br />(the social network)<br />for 'blue valentine' about 10 minutes in i wrote<br />'really uncomfortable'<br />& then about halfway through<br />joanna said<br />'this is really uncomfortable'<br />so i think that's my review:<br />really uncomfortable.<br /><br />so let's look at some pictures...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj211E0lvPpWvrqskJgP33CxcSlJUqTd1K91AtKOmq7pcJ2jwf3nOPhILrv1HhDZ8ijSAbQuiyyDWoOlJJMowepTuYNpJsATGdsj86ELQk2BhlU-nUETbma6-3x5bKjLfdB__ZU046aaN-U/s1600/Blue-Valentine-Movie-Stills-blue-valentine-12062591-560-374.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj211E0lvPpWvrqskJgP33CxcSlJUqTd1K91AtKOmq7pcJ2jwf3nOPhILrv1HhDZ8ijSAbQuiyyDWoOlJJMowepTuYNpJsATGdsj86ELQk2BhlU-nUETbma6-3x5bKjLfdB__ZU046aaN-U/s400/Blue-Valentine-Movie-Stills-blue-valentine-12062591-560-374.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575289012749022130" border="0" /></a><br />this one isn't actually even a scene in the movie<br />but i love the polaroid aspect...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuAPj8x6yTpEbfAxs0EQn5-BW3fJwPskoEQ2eF9AmynMAZLgBfBXIDVvWQ1K-3I0woL3Pu2shA4KifQoqpoEPKhrjKUMvyJdouEN6Oyq8BeDP2I906p8Vs6YvhssbfiGXwqoOVNvDHypP/s1600/blue-valentine-promo-poster.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuAPj8x6yTpEbfAxs0EQn5-BW3fJwPskoEQ2eF9AmynMAZLgBfBXIDVvWQ1K-3I0woL3Pu2shA4KifQoqpoEPKhrjKUMvyJdouEN6Oyq8BeDP2I906p8Vs6YvhssbfiGXwqoOVNvDHypP/s400/blue-valentine-promo-poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575289008373434370" border="0" /></a><br />this isn't in the movie either...<br />at a premiere i imagine<br />but don't they look kennedy-esque?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoGwynVdJoghyjccRu22YMIWFXJBDNRhLnbXGEVcGt11-W4DKS-VbN3IqHmBNd13sBj8ZOsi1GGyR_Bysga9GmjM3gDzYx19q1FyTESjcje739e85M5_Vi3rUMgZbWDydynRB81Bxk907/s1600/99959562.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoGwynVdJoghyjccRu22YMIWFXJBDNRhLnbXGEVcGt11-W4DKS-VbN3IqHmBNd13sBj8ZOsi1GGyR_Bysga9GmjM3gDzYx19q1FyTESjcje739e85M5_Vi3rUMgZbWDydynRB81Bxk907/s400/99959562.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575289013313773698" border="0" /></a><br />though i'm pretty sure jfk would have shaved before a premiere...<br /><br />michelle williams & ryan gosling<br />are both really incredible actors<br />& i think it's a compliment to them that<br />the movie was so uncomfortable...<br />the life they were living was not comfortable<br />the things they were going through were not comfortable...<br /><br />it was good...<br />but uncomfortable :)emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-65859621053663131732011-02-14T07:21:00.000-08:002011-02-14T07:26:53.013-08:00nooc: week seven, true grit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rhzgZS9zdn-MP3fsv2bl2cx60FQrsXSyIsNrPmn4ul0t6HswDOgoUVMrvQR9myZJPiRNKU30Q7F4hcGlwp_z3xPxQ63FbX4WW8kfRVAN1RGA9J_XozkZV2MxifCuliI4rv2THR8pTZCK/s1600/true-grit-2011-269x400.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3rhzgZS9zdn-MP3fsv2bl2cx60FQrsXSyIsNrPmn4ul0t6HswDOgoUVMrvQR9myZJPiRNKU30Q7F4hcGlwp_z3xPxQ63FbX4WW8kfRVAN1RGA9J_XozkZV2MxifCuliI4rv2THR8pTZCK/s400/true-grit-2011-269x400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573566480821186482" border="0" /></a><br />tuesday, february 15<br />10:35 pm<br />valley river, stadium 15<br /><br />i'm kind-of excited to see true grit...<br />never thought i'd say that about a western!<br />also because it's my last best picture nominee to see!<br />feeling proud, i must say :)<br />& also also, i love the poster...<br />so cool & old timey...<br /><br />hope to see you there!<br />love view..<br />:)emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-58232935022653731762011-02-07T10:31:00.000-08:002011-02-07T10:39:52.085-08:00nooc: week six, blue valentine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1120985/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBzt5EHKmpxPIXG_w63n8aO7RMjvsCxrca28GSw8HxNxe6DUiZV56fw0YT1Xq4rMmX43PsypEGQ7KWCcnjvSgVnGqeVU9lnP2mAOhl6c1Qzzf8M3b3NNlSm7ZM0TBatM4XvL2f-V_leeo/s400/2010_blue_valentine_003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571017436346314754" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1120985/">blue valentine</a><br />tuesday, february 8<br />10pm<br />valley river, stadium 15<br /><br />i'm looking forward to seeing 'blue valentine'<br />i love <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931329/">michelle williams</a> (& her fashion sense in real life)<br />& <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331516/">ryan gosling</a> almost always impresses me<br />(did you see '<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805564/">lars & the real girl</a>'?)<br />i know the story...<br />the acting is what i've heard the most about<br />& michelle is nominated for best actress...<br />should be interesting...<br />& i loooove interesting :)<br /><br />love view...emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-46079406467601654012011-02-07T10:30:00.000-08:002011-02-10T14:01:25.455-08:00127 hours...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNEfSuVIcq8FuFq4SPWTyokQwvuR0e0s0ct3Q8qFVUd0h7XCdMW2Ip6Nkz5Ko1sgpg9dc1-3co6rPnY0lr4czecDVYbszK5xwk_2d8rzgW_SFO7CLp4FIc3wpeO6B8swjks4FLcUxeK6_/s1600/1115-LRAINER-127-Hours-01_full_600.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNEfSuVIcq8FuFq4SPWTyokQwvuR0e0s0ct3Q8qFVUd0h7XCdMW2Ip6Nkz5Ko1sgpg9dc1-3co6rPnY0lr4czecDVYbszK5xwk_2d8rzgW_SFO7CLp4FIc3wpeO6B8swjks4FLcUxeK6_/s400/1115-LRAINER-127-Hours-01_full_600.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571510180435898978" border="0" /></a><br />disclaimer:<br />i love <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0290556/">james franco</a>...<br />not like 'oh he's so cute' love<br />(though he is)<br />or 'oh, he's so talented' love<br />(though he is)<br />or 'oh, he's so hosting the oscars' love<br />(we're on the same page, right?)<br />no, i love james franco because whatever<br />he gets into his head to do, he does...<br />write a book of short stories?<br />yes!<br />go to college?<br />sure!<br />star in a few movies?<br />yep!<br />create an art show?<br />why not!<br />be on a soap opera?<br />try & stop me!<br />be a gucci model?<br />if you insist!<br />make a documentary?<br />all in a days work...<br /><br />he's living the life that people who have ideas all day long<br />wish they could live<br />(uh, looking in the mirror right now...)<br />he's not married & doesn't have kids<br />so he only has to answer to himself if he messes something up...<br />he's rich & cute &<br />he could be spending his money on crap<br />& sleeping with lots of people<br />(i guess he could technically still pencil those things in...)<br />but instead he thinks of something<br />& he does it.<br /><br />& that's why i love james franco.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmuKI1qWI_8yjc5hi79DDo8Z-ViiivG-mFZRy0OY1oELORSa6KuRlJczT9NVUliZpx4LcGYr1uT-iD9lxlPwru9GUPA-NQkLmba3p1HNPuEFhARYSTIh-XkmNbndWid2AuRrsoq4fp7rX/s1600/james-franco-20090103-4819582.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmuKI1qWI_8yjc5hi79DDo8Z-ViiivG-mFZRy0OY1oELORSa6KuRlJczT9NVUliZpx4LcGYr1uT-iD9lxlPwru9GUPA-NQkLmba3p1HNPuEFhARYSTIh-XkmNbndWid2AuRrsoq4fp7rX/s400/james-franco-20090103-4819582.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571510784496490738" border="0" /></a><br />oh & he made a little movie...<br />that's right!<br /><br />127 hours.<br />127 hours.<br />what an intense experience.<br />watching the movie i mean...<br />& i guess the actual<br />'having your hand crushed by<br />a boulder & then cutting it off'<br />was pretty intense, too...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OuBioHpYRVQiQQ53_w6N3MfZfFpLsPddtJStrg-qAtAX3GDlVVkMT29jqk9ilxBiM5pj_qW8VYukIIP9Y3cIQgp_iUhxCFs3lAnRZVcZsxgN3eI1NihiGDqh5mkqvonJV0IeWz31ECY-/s1600/127-hours-james-franco-006.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OuBioHpYRVQiQQ53_w6N3MfZfFpLsPddtJStrg-qAtAX3GDlVVkMT29jqk9ilxBiM5pj_qW8VYukIIP9Y3cIQgp_iUhxCFs3lAnRZVcZsxgN3eI1NihiGDqh5mkqvonJV0IeWz31ECY-/s400/127-hours-james-franco-006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571510169339967154" border="0" /></a><br />from<br />the opening credits<br />(which are so awesome)<br />to the closing shots<br />(which i watched through tears)<br />this movie is cool & beautiful...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-uP3kmnDPgWRU-JOI-fdUulRflBY0Tiv6FBDG5v-5PcREAyXn24gNqD4VhMUmlLd2QX_Wd_lMAUn2Kkwzn4D0e5Ra_W5QmdBiOxdRnsJcytSD3_PeGaANqFTmqcqA98RXLX89nyS5vLkG/s1600/127-hours-movie.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-uP3kmnDPgWRU-JOI-fdUulRflBY0Tiv6FBDG5v-5PcREAyXn24gNqD4VhMUmlLd2QX_Wd_lMAUn2Kkwzn4D0e5Ra_W5QmdBiOxdRnsJcytSD3_PeGaANqFTmqcqA98RXLX89nyS5vLkG/s400/127-hours-movie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571511634737561138" border="0" /></a><br />describing this movie is kind-of difficult<br />without just telling the whole story...<br />i've tried to tell people about it & just say a little bit<br />but then i just go on & on & on...<br /><br />i'll just say this:<br />even though i knew how it would end<br />i was totally totally engrossed throughout the<br />entire thing...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8b4sGTCBEQ6TdkX61himpBvfPZBC5l8nrn0s7fHPOZfKrOuFx9lgA9K8tiW7nosw-ALLM7z3sacal4BO0yQhc4a4qjv0oLEj-Xo3vtD9IWCtsLZ8tfxAR5Oxtb3FHz_ntmiy3KwtmLKe/s1600/127-hours-nalgene-feat.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8b4sGTCBEQ6TdkX61himpBvfPZBC5l8nrn0s7fHPOZfKrOuFx9lgA9K8tiW7nosw-ALLM7z3sacal4BO0yQhc4a4qjv0oLEj-Xo3vtD9IWCtsLZ8tfxAR5Oxtb3FHz_ntmiy3KwtmLKe/s400/127-hours-nalgene-feat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571510178940405394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">(i had a bottle of water almost exactly like this one during the movie...<br />i felt kind-of guilty every time i took a drink)</span><br /></div><br />i loved how even though the movie was 90%<br />just one guy, it wasn't '<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162222/">cast away</a>' quiet<br />(not that i didn't like 'cast away')<br />& the fact that there was some humor, too<br />('that's no slurpee'<br />right jen? :)<br />it just all came together to<br />form one big mound of awesome...<br />a boulder of awesome you might say...<br />though i guess the boulder in the<br />movie was not that awesome...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcNGVRbtcQzMOZOwjQ-Prpi4MvQOeSuOeasoJVPhPv8-xHry0YTusjqp-c8WzveZ3h1h9ALFsAszrQQbTYImAqE0w18aKtDwRDlNHf5AXfZLs7281IwC_6Hg4kEfbyhMf8tmmBagk0Drw/s1600/127-hours-ew.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcNGVRbtcQzMOZOwjQ-Prpi4MvQOeSuOeasoJVPhPv8-xHry0YTusjqp-c8WzveZ3h1h9ALFsAszrQQbTYImAqE0w18aKtDwRDlNHf5AXfZLs7281IwC_6Hg4kEfbyhMf8tmmBagk0Drw/s400/127-hours-ew.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571510167410743714" border="0" /></a><br />& 'that scene'?<br />you know?<br />THAT scene?<br />it was perfectly horrible...<br />disgusting breaks<br />& grotesque snaps<br />& bloody everything...<br />i want to say i loved it<br />but that might sound weird...<br />there was definitely* a lot of twitching<br />& bracing in the theater<br />but we all remained in our seats<br />with no fainting of any sort...<br />score one for <a href="http://nightowloscar.blogspot.com/">nooc</a>!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5OglqfDgWYLqIm5xbQkmguBXzWa3bcSI3UkdFEeiRQQLqcljCuqIb26KMknCzqvgQY8EeAhvWtwTEyxsVjeuZnLJdTGC2kICK1BQB2leKgiPksaapdYLbrpQpvJnlb1F8PP4tJIdNnr_P/s1600/127-hours.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5OglqfDgWYLqIm5xbQkmguBXzWa3bcSI3UkdFEeiRQQLqcljCuqIb26KMknCzqvgQY8EeAhvWtwTEyxsVjeuZnLJdTGC2kICK1BQB2leKgiPksaapdYLbrpQpvJnlb1F8PP4tJIdNnr_P/s400/127-hours.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571511733966871922" border="0" /></a><br />& so we watched the last scene<br />& the credits rolled<br />& we all just sat there in silence...<br />it was the oddest, coolest thing...<br />& i'm more impressed with this<br />movie every time i talk about it...<br /><br />& check out this cute group...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEyAFhTDSbzhOhsaRT6s_jfCqpGmdEb__lOT4zM21YORLzIbZ4gAnKoPK_-dPK3KvL5X-TSGsrhU6sSo0wmojv_HyWNANezlVJR-SyB_fvE4TJSYO4vvCvuwaUB1qCYc88cVytX5zZPTrV/s1600/127hoursgirlies.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEyAFhTDSbzhOhsaRT6s_jfCqpGmdEb__lOT4zM21YORLzIbZ4gAnKoPK_-dPK3KvL5X-TSGsrhU6sSo0wmojv_HyWNANezlVJR-SyB_fvE4TJSYO4vvCvuwaUB1qCYc88cVytX5zZPTrV/s400/127hoursgirlies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571515817398049602" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPVpUh1SNx2kSksyqEZCoF-8lXNsGOQb3Kp_pF9ylAmGD_iOLt8cyvH5otw6eO0wnO6YmFqAhbRusTZZ2O1E8cD9zazZukq7LoVIDrCpc2nT0bEu3eEC2xrVSzqG-jBWS_2_6rrZ_eFxV/s1600/127hoursgirlsposter.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 325px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPVpUh1SNx2kSksyqEZCoF-8lXNsGOQb3Kp_pF9ylAmGD_iOLt8cyvH5otw6eO0wnO6YmFqAhbRusTZZ2O1E8cD9zazZukq7LoVIDrCpc2nT0bEu3eEC2xrVSzqG-jBWS_2_6rrZ_eFxV/s400/127hoursgirlsposter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571515821253654610" border="0" /></a>so fun, girlies!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">~~~~~~~<br /></div><br />i've been thinking about ranking all of the best picture<br />nominees in the order that i liked them<br />& as i was telling my bff, angie, this i made<br />the astute observation that<br />it would be 'really hard because they are all so good'...<br />alert the academy!<br />all of the best movie nominees are awesome!<br /><br />on that note,<br />next week we are going to watch 'true grit'<br />& then i will have watched every best picture nom...<br />i will not pretend that i don't want to buy a billboard<br />to announce that fact...<br /><br /><br /><br />love view...<br />:)<br /><br />* okay, i'm not even kidding when i say<br />that right up there was the<br />first time i have ever spelled 'definitely'<br />right without spell check<br />(i even spelled it wrong 9 words ago, then SCed it)<br />yes!<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />check out my other<br />reviews (& i use that term loosely)<br />of academy award best picture nominees<br /><a href="http://nightowloscar.blogspot.com/search/label/movie%20review">here</a><br />they're wordy but mildly entertaining...<br /><br />:)emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-36121311604916966482011-02-04T07:38:00.000-08:002011-02-04T07:42:47.058-08:00i'm no aron ralston...i'm heading out of town for the weekend<br />so my '127 hours' review will be a little late...<br />just wanted to leave a note<br />so you wouldn't think i was stuck under a boulder or something...<br /><br />see you monday with my thoughts<br />& the schedule for tuesday...<br />though i'm not exactly sure what we will see<br />blue valentine?<br />rabbit hole?<br />true grit?<br />i will check the listings...<br />in any case<br />it will be on tuesday after 9<br />so mark it on your calendar, owls...<br />fun shall ensue!<br /><br />love view...emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-49280929883628288002011-01-28T07:19:00.002-08:002011-01-28T07:27:41.433-08:00nooc: week five, 127 hours<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwMQ60XP5jAKEU1U1yqH6spva37j4uUz1MF02HQk5FAnUPQMmY-t5WUaDJE9SCQlPhw-04ZfE4wodzNLDTJxYD4nh6CTlgrKJ7vUeS_S3N1xhxCOFBNZRsG4x1TJYYmSvF6KOTOwk3FON/s1600/hr_127_hours_2_t479.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwMQ60XP5jAKEU1U1yqH6spva37j4uUz1MF02HQk5FAnUPQMmY-t5WUaDJE9SCQlPhw-04ZfE4wodzNLDTJxYD4nh6CTlgrKJ7vUeS_S3N1xhxCOFBNZRsG4x1TJYYmSvF6KOTOwk3FON/s400/hr_127_hours_2_t479.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567258192787897042" border="0" /></a><br />tuesday, february, 1<br />10:20<br />valley river, stadium 15<br /><br />even though i have heard that<br />'that one scene' is very realistic<br />i am super excited to see this!<br />& james is nominated so we know it will be great...<br />right?<br />:)<br /><br />see you there!<br />love view...emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-66671181376338627662011-01-28T07:19:00.001-08:002011-02-10T14:02:13.701-08:00the fighter...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimw8bOIcT-nkQsFGryOslcxEcr30hKtQrJ5Ma0zEZE1lkEWPHX-U19ilWBrZFBS7hXV3wcblJ_6MkCAr-HbCHxpuWDMSdsDnB_fVx1l4NkTu4zOEieylEMDUgMIEYyI6yA-liiO2DFC-3R/s1600/the-fighter-amy-adams-mark-wahlberg.jpg"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQrjEmz4mq8pJEhRL87-FEeDVz44bqCnyNRQ6W67lnFSkqXoeCNARYdMUCE3ma1xic67fxckyJ4e-VtYD_sUEdLQotm9sQolhmjDMGxOnu9n9HykGzJ8-Kl_yZ5CLA_AQ5kgk6GvhYlXOw/s1600/The_Fighter_Mark_Wahlberg1_adp.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQrjEmz4mq8pJEhRL87-FEeDVz44bqCnyNRQ6W67lnFSkqXoeCNARYdMUCE3ma1xic67fxckyJ4e-VtYD_sUEdLQotm9sQolhmjDMGxOnu9n9HykGzJ8-Kl_yZ5CLA_AQ5kgk6GvhYlXOw/s400/The_Fighter_Mark_Wahlberg1_adp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567261431324412994" border="0" /></a><br />disclaimer:<br />it was the year 1995<br />& a cute boy i liked invited me to an event called<br />'the smoker'<br />it had nothing to do with cigarettes<br />or<br />cooking a large animal...<br />it had everything to do with<br />regular college age frat & non-frat guys getting<br />into a boxing ring &<br />pounding the crap out of each other.<br />did i even think twice about going to this?<br />uh, a cute boy asked me so, no,<br />no i didn't...<br />the cute boy was going to be helping<br />a friend of his get the crap pounded out of him,<br />be 'in his corner' literally<br />so i was going to sit with the cute boy's roommate<br />& watch the fight...<br />as we got the arena<br />(mac court, for eugeneies)<br />there were tons of people,<br />huge long lines.<br />however i was with the cute boy<br />& he had an 'i'm in the crap pounding corner' pass<br />so we started weaving through the crowd<br />as we got closer to the door<br />& it was more & more packed<br />the cute boy grabbed my hand & pulled me<br />through the maddening, butt kicking, crap pounding crowd...<br />& then he just kept holding it...<br />*sigh*<br />cute boy delivered me to his roommate<br />& went the corner to support the pounder/poundie...<br />& a pounding it was:<br />on my back...<br />cute boy's roommate was so into the fight<br />& so excited that every time something good (?)<br />would happen he would pound on my back with his fist...<br />true story.<br />i was in so much pain<br />but he just couldn't help himself...<br />thankfully we were friends<br />so i wasn't being pounded by a stranger<br />but still, quite hilarious...<br />the testosterone was really flying!<br /><br />but despite me getting pounded<br />& the frat guys getting pounded<br />& the non frat boys getting pounded<br />it's still one of my favorite memories<br />& why wouldn't it be?<br />it's the first time brian & i ever held hands :)<br /><br />ps the roommate is married to one of my best friends...<br />don't worry, before they got married i<br />warned her never to go to a fight with him...<br />or if she did to at least wear some back padding...<br /><br />the end...<br /><br />oh wait!<br />this is a movie review...<br />my nostalgia got away from me...<br /><br />so <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964517/">'the fighter'</a> yes <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964517/">'the fighter'</a><br />i really enjoyed this movie<br />firstly, because i didn't have to keep my hands over my eyes<br />unlike <a href="http://nightowloscar.blogspot.com/2011/01/black-swan.html">another movie that shall remain nameless</a>.<br />secondly, it was set in the 80's &<br />the clothes, shoes & hair were beyond rad.<br />thirdly, the acting was incredibly awesome.<br />fourthly, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000242/">mark wahlberg</a>.<br />(is that not a complete sentence?)<br /><br />i don't really need to address the 'firstly'<br />it was really just a dig at '<a href="http://nightowloscar.blogspot.com/2011/01/black-swan.html">black swan</a>'<br />& i am over the fear & dementedness that is that movie...<br />did i mention that the costumes were beautiful?<br />the 'costumes' in the fighter<br />i would not really describe as beautiful...<br />more like authentically wicked cool<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pWJmEOk1AbpalErj_WnOqlcNfp0fA4cff8Q13zGbaqBSWNsy5z3gH81fcmQazqFeiADsmv7GNlDi2goZLdTCxmcxl6PtCi65W6tDUxqhzTAQ6MBAeXfIZponULpdW7Bx5TpkfVoE-7cX/s1600/the-fighter_sisters.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pWJmEOk1AbpalErj_WnOqlcNfp0fA4cff8Q13zGbaqBSWNsy5z3gH81fcmQazqFeiADsmv7GNlDi2goZLdTCxmcxl6PtCi65W6tDUxqhzTAQ6MBAeXfIZponULpdW7Bx5TpkfVoE-7cX/s400/the-fighter_sisters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567261436967622850" border="0" /></a><br />this picture of the sisters does not even<br />do any of those things justice.<br />but if you've seen the movie, just one look<br />at these girls & you are transported back to<br />their ever changing array of<br />lycra shorts,<br />teal & pink shirts,<br />stirrup pants,<br />acid washed,<br />reeboks,<br />hair up to there<br />wonders...<br />& their mom, too<br />she was glamor-trash-errific<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sXgErgEz2deM_op46KlpadEl_Jth_GHpbdsE_I5e-Xnjgxj9JstXGo4HLPFkbIfBxGpuWvg6hyphenhyphenmf0HRfowEmbe3QTq9m_NTAgQgOI9UQhbExM14XfBC3Nv-uPqiltOE3rEwTh9v6ApoV/s1600/Melissa%252BLeo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sXgErgEz2deM_op46KlpadEl_Jth_GHpbdsE_I5e-Xnjgxj9JstXGo4HLPFkbIfBxGpuWvg6hyphenhyphenmf0HRfowEmbe3QTq9m_NTAgQgOI9UQhbExM14XfBC3Nv-uPqiltOE3rEwTh9v6ApoV/s400/Melissa%252BLeo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567307318150726354" border="0" /></a><br />the performances were amazing<br />my friend, lisa's husband said they should just hand<br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/">christian bale</a> the oscar right now<br />& i agree<br />from the first second you see him, until the last scene<br />he's not playing dicky eklund<br />he IS dicky eklund...<br />& it might sound cheesey<br />but it was a pleasure to watch this performance..<br />never felt over the top<br />never felt like he slipped out of it...<br />christian bale may be a jerk in real life<br />(youtube has a few examples, i'm sure)<br />but so is alec baldwin<br />& just try to stop me from<br />watching '30 rock' every thursday night<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSTX6gedusVdYyyPwjDAUL3KkAnet3flT-tb0ASBRB0vq5y4Hvp2KhtY9gUiUhi99vzp8TLE5FcPhUH-WlXLYIMMQyZUt8Kp3P8mf2TFYTDwsY_UMicDZyseBdpltJlZUOKBZ2N4pI2_o/s1600/The-Fighter-Movie-Trailer-Official-HD.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSTX6gedusVdYyyPwjDAUL3KkAnet3flT-tb0ASBRB0vq5y4Hvp2KhtY9gUiUhi99vzp8TLE5FcPhUH-WlXLYIMMQyZUt8Kp3P8mf2TFYTDwsY_UMicDZyseBdpltJlZUOKBZ2N4pI2_o/s400/The-Fighter-Movie-Trailer-Official-HD.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567260219578651954" border="0" /></a><br /><br />an actress who i would imagine isn't a jerk in real life<br />is <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010736/">amy adams</a>...<br />june bug, enchanted, julie & julia, night at the museum...<br />sweet girls one & all<br />& even in this she isn't playing a jerk<br />just a tough chick...<br />she was great & i'm excited to see her in more serious roles<br />if she so chooses...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimw8bOIcT-nkQsFGryOslcxEcr30hKtQrJ5Ma0zEZE1lkEWPHX-U19ilWBrZFBS7hXV3wcblJ_6MkCAr-HbCHxpuWDMSdsDnB_fVx1l4NkTu4zOEieylEMDUgMIEYyI6yA-liiO2DFC-3R/s1600/the-fighter-amy-adams-mark-wahlberg.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimw8bOIcT-nkQsFGryOslcxEcr30hKtQrJ5Ma0zEZE1lkEWPHX-U19ilWBrZFBS7hXV3wcblJ_6MkCAr-HbCHxpuWDMSdsDnB_fVx1l4NkTu4zOEieylEMDUgMIEYyI6yA-liiO2DFC-3R/s400/the-fighter-amy-adams-mark-wahlberg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567261442050296210" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0502425/">melissa leo</a> was so great too...<br />love her grit & take-no-prisoners parenting...<br />kind-of scary but you could really see her heart<br />if you could get past the aqua net...<br /><br />& <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000242/">mark wahlberg</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvS7NPR0U6u7U1aBl8YxFlHo4UYiocgbqg_v5ztpqa0-3wMETXVXN-810MlsNt0h24oQbdH3EL22XvKoSIQK-1A7S89aw3j5CvkdRnigzWfnFDNTQEorm-X-qAxvFE-JNP3d1pgINsUIl/s1600/wahlberg-playlist.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvS7NPR0U6u7U1aBl8YxFlHo4UYiocgbqg_v5ztpqa0-3wMETXVXN-810MlsNt0h24oQbdH3EL22XvKoSIQK-1A7S89aw3j5CvkdRnigzWfnFDNTQEorm-X-qAxvFE-JNP3d1pgINsUIl/s400/wahlberg-playlist.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567313617264850882" border="0" /></a>do i really need to say anything?<br /><br />~~~~~~~<br />joanna & i were the only night owls this week<br />in fact<br />we were the only people in the entire theater, period.<br />which made it very nice<br />to be able to comment on the clothes<br />& laugh loudly if we wanted to...<br />thanks joanna, you're fun :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QizHzOVwjDT2vu5nJT6ERfnUHga6F3FvWizyyVKnbB3gm93GlbMlQWQMAfRi_EUZSHTcYBRNEcQtpH-RrXS2INEhg6StzqbI_KAepmWuXEDSy9zPBVGIH7embs8nvmDOOygg5tm4r4ed/s1600/fightergirlies.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QizHzOVwjDT2vu5nJT6ERfnUHga6F3FvWizyyVKnbB3gm93GlbMlQWQMAfRi_EUZSHTcYBRNEcQtpH-RrXS2INEhg6StzqbI_KAepmWuXEDSy9zPBVGIH7embs8nvmDOOygg5tm4r4ed/s400/fightergirlies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571531202980288770" border="0" /></a><br /><br />did i mention that we are watching '<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1542344/">127 hours</a>' next week?<br />i'm pretty excited to see this...<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/04/127-hours-causes-fainting_n_779118.html">even with the fainting</a> :)<br /><br />see you there!<br />love view...<br /><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />check out my other<br />reviews (& i use that term loosely)<br />of academy award best picture nominees<br /><a href="http://nightowloscar.blogspot.com/search/label/movie%20review">here</a><br />they're wordy but mildly entertaining...<br /><br />:)emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-86992486522355310802011-01-25T08:54:00.000-08:002011-01-25T09:26:57.719-08:00& the nomination goes to...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyeIW4kyhUWbAof5sDIygYOPphSMlyR9XUZvIk5jY8cLoyOjN-pq8-WrYxQGqgIG45Yby-jlq6WUcEtleNNfQxHSffqLIISY56cXFPKCw_5xU67GiyHV1ev6r6J0_z9bBUhn-bFIOVHEws/s1600/film_reels.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 192px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyeIW4kyhUWbAof5sDIygYOPphSMlyR9XUZvIk5jY8cLoyOjN-pq8-WrYxQGqgIG45Yby-jlq6WUcEtleNNfQxHSffqLIISY56cXFPKCw_5xU67GiyHV1ev6r6J0_z9bBUhn-bFIOVHEws/s400/film_reels.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566168910107287682" border="0" /></a><p>BEST PICTURE</p> <p>• Black Swan<br />• The Fighter<br />• Inception<br />• The Kids are All Right<br />• Toy Story 3<br />• The King’s Speech<br />• The Social Network<br />• True Grit<br />• Winter’s Bone<br />• 127 Hours</p> <p>BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE</p> <p>• Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network<br />• Colin Firth, The King’s Speech<br />• James Franco, 127 Hours<br />• Jeff Bridges, True Grit<br />• Javier Bardem, Biutiful</p> <p>BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE</p> <p>• Annette Bening, The Kids are All Right<br />• Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole<br />• Jennifer <span style="font-size:100%;">Lawrence, Winter’s Bone</span><br />• Natalie Portman, Black Swan<br />• Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine</p>BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE <p>• Christian Bale, The Fighter<br />• Mark Ruffalo, The Kids are All Right<br />• John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone<br />• Jeremy Renner, The Town<br />• Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech</p> <p>BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE</p> <p>• Amy Adams, The Fighter<br />• Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech<br />•<strong> <span style="font-weight: normal;">Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">• Melissa Leo, The Fighter</span></strong><br />• Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom</p> <p>BEST DIRECTOR</p> <p>• Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan<br />• David Fincher, The Social Network<br />• Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech<br />• Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, True Grit<br />• David O. Russell, The Fighter</p> <p>ANIMATED FILM</p> <p>• How to Train Your Dragon<br />• The Illusionist<br />• Toy Story 3</p>very cool!<br />i might switch things up<br />on the schedule a little bit...<br />i don't have 'true grit' on it<br />& it got quite a few noms...<br />i want to see 'another year'<br />but it didn't get any so i will probably<br />just save it for after the oscars to watch...<br />'127 hours' isn't playing near me at all<br />so it might be off<br />just because of that...<br />but since it is nominated maybe it will<br />come back to the theater<br />or to the cheap seats!<p>hooray, oscars!</p><p>love view...</p><p>:)<br /></p>emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-40610783128505292382011-01-21T07:50:00.000-08:002011-01-21T09:28:56.499-08:00nooc: week four, the fighter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEePP12YS5YmjzsfLpqmm-SaPGznqBnXQr-lbTSzIbDBp1AiJli3wRqhlTBCypejuW2G6yA09EIBHDLBJv788Q-l_cEXeR2JlkCeI1pUxva6QyrQHEZdRfD8p9K9QefZCB-RnJQ6uZZBa/s1600/The-Fighter-Movie-Review-Beyond-The-Trailer2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEePP12YS5YmjzsfLpqmm-SaPGznqBnXQr-lbTSzIbDBp1AiJli3wRqhlTBCypejuW2G6yA09EIBHDLBJv788Q-l_cEXeR2JlkCeI1pUxva6QyrQHEZdRfD8p9K9QefZCB-RnJQ6uZZBa/s400/The-Fighter-Movie-Review-Beyond-The-Trailer2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564667308215348578" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="caption">Tuesday, January 25<br />10:25pm,<br />Valley River,<br />Regal Staduim 15</span><br />Eugene, Or<br /><br />i'm really looking forward to seeing '<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964517/">the fighter</a>'...<br />not sure if i will spend another<br />night in theater covering my eyes<br />(i'm not a huge fan of watching people punch each other...<br />more on that next week)<br />but the non punching scenes should be pretty great :)<br /><br />oscar nominations come out tuesday<br />so i may change the viewing schedule<br />for the coming weeks a little bit...<br />just depending on if the movies<br />that i have scheduled get nominations<br />& if any of them are playing in eugene...<br />i'm excited to see who got the nods!<br /><br />see you tuesday!<br />love view...<br />emily :)emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-16119735670350255152011-01-19T11:55:00.001-08:002011-02-10T14:02:26.280-08:00black swan...<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947798/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TB4Nd3wOr6hTnfLCbzIdNZA_YRxllWM62_LE8urIiSH_d62WcFsDBmXkg0yD_SI3b9nOPj5e8Dpp7VeYhEc3M6fHsMroSnxyqo4bLJ6tjdqfOvh6pDpHlWNAOkgTtaQqkIPjZZMCw51p/s400/black-swan-movie-poster-02-thumb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564645371601384338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">this is my favorite pic from the movie<br />(which is why i keep using it, over & over)</span><br /></div>disclaimer:<br />i am a scaredy cat<br />i cover my eyes during movies<br />& i jump in all the right places...<br />a director would be so happy watching me<br />view his scary movie :)<br />after watching <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947798/">black swan</a><br />i listened to <a href="http://www.filmspotting.net/">my favorite movie podcast's</a> review<br />where they stated quite plainly that<br />it should be categorized as a horror movie.<br />& i had even listened to that review a few months ago!<br />oh well,<br />at least the soundtrack was very foreshadowing<br />so i always knew when to cover my eyes...<br />& when to shut them completely.<br />some people might not say this is a scary movie<br />they are either very brave<br />or they are lying.<br />just so you know...<br /><br />on another<br />much happier note:<br />i loved the fashion<br />looooved it<br />especially the things the ballerinas wore<br />during rehearsals...<br />so much grey!<br />(& may not really be considered fashion<br />because it all looked so comfortable...<br />ha ha?)<br /><br />i also loved how the colors characters wore<br />represented their place in the story...<br />i loved it so much that i made a little collage:<br />(yes... i am a color & fashion geek with<br />access to google images & photoshop!)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvCp_L9WETYHJ25r5l-kudq3lbwqnxw6OaBcHAwxHkg7p65LLx5zJ4y3By7nv0DfinfxFTrzMj89gQWm8-2PDYcJBfm2YDW9xIgwP_ZrrAxihSOFq8J2w6_oVvjl4cg4GR_u-u12ZZCyq/s1600/black+swan+final+canvas.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 396px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvCp_L9WETYHJ25r5l-kudq3lbwqnxw6OaBcHAwxHkg7p65LLx5zJ4y3By7nv0DfinfxFTrzMj89gQWm8-2PDYcJBfm2YDW9xIgwP_ZrrAxihSOFq8J2w6_oVvjl4cg4GR_u-u12ZZCyq/s400/black+swan+final+canvas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564650946234026226" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSEjCZCGYlm889eR3RjI1JwXPYsRKYImROgdbmq8ki6xkHQrbVcnM4Kj0enOzblFaoBjASOH5YCzIf3SgZEjTiO4ykw_lUEfdGW6A9Pe1swG088k0tMDpIeVCvoVA4uaV39R81cVbS_Bu/s1600/black+swan+canvas.jpg"><br /></a>top row: sweet & innocent<br />middle row: transition<br />bottom row: the dark side<br /><br />& even though it may be really obvious:<br />the bad guys wear black!<br />the good guys wear white!<br />it was still really beautiful...<br />& really, does anyone fault star wars for doing the same thing?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://timkau.blogspot.com/2010/05/luke-skywalker-vs-darth-vader.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3i5QawuSJrq_TPCgNf8BhzpWbI9Ij3C48LgvtL7rYGMlBoWFrzVAStwQ6SziL6LUzqd2tscQxcktG4dlxRtrFIRpRODniEGos2RZUSNAkpwOd9EW2CwjlIKt8mJ1qjuojX2vMC_8wqoMe/s400/Picnik%252Bcollage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564654161021755234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">via <a href="http://timkau.blogspot.com/2010/05/luke-skywalker-vs-darth-vader.html">timkau.blogspot.com</a></span><br /></div><br />the office & apartment of the theater director<br />were super cool<br />all black & white<br />(also obvious: he's the link between her light & dark side...<br />but it doesn't make the decor any less awesome)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfk7HDHhgfRjbysLNVu0D8i7eSB6tjyH850za_7FG2WGU32JutZBx7wX2sh0Fx5ByX6Smyj2aFYwFLieXvziUWrKvMKyppNjE3vm_XmcVfrAbBWVG1pKV9t8ZAwFdkP270jrPlqwE15dJQ/s1600/interior.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfk7HDHhgfRjbysLNVu0D8i7eSB6tjyH850za_7FG2WGU32JutZBx7wX2sh0Fx5ByX6Smyj2aFYwFLieXvziUWrKvMKyppNjE3vm_XmcVfrAbBWVG1pKV9t8ZAwFdkP270jrPlqwE15dJQ/s400/interior.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564645304129905330" border="0" /></a><br />even though i was scared out of my mind<br />i am so glad i saw this movie.<br />i had wondered if <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947798/">natalie</a> was getting so many accolades<br />because of all of the attention on her preparation for the role<br />(training with a professional ballerina!<br />hours & hours a day!<br />for a year!)<br />or if she was really that good...<br />& i must say<br />she is pretty amazing...<br />really embodies the psycho<br />(my favorite personality trait in friends & neighbors)<br /><br />alrighty<br />back to the fashion!<br />i found this cute little collage that<br />a blogger did inspired by the movie...<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://approximatelyes.blogspot.com/2011/01/dance-b-l-c-k-s-w-n.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8kyutGfEFXbiH7HgWJDSPzaPhE8D9v-MAQRM3xhYhTFcF7vz6YhYigi-s6e4q1KdHWiCS0z1-jknP2S8M59UuBZI8fCboYqDZnz7HibNWkSNlQlPQ_8cE10wCMR_HdG8SMyqxVTSf6BMW/s400/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFmxtZzUtbUVjNEJHNFJOajVQQXhwbGcAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563988279377773218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">via <a href="http://approximatelyes.blogspot.com/2011/01/dance-b-l-c-k-s-w-n.html">approximatelyes.blogspot.com</a></span><br /></div><br />that dress is just perfect.<br />& the feather necklace?<br />just right for a bit of an edge...<br /><br />i was the only night owl this week...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKy9piPcAFS6wZ7LGUeCiRtf8wuMiU44AAVaOC_uiXCXKjbvnbNEV25-H8O_BWGITpK5qceuY3syMJYnNuHlToeEtBdk85VMqhyphenhyphenCHzwxWbcO6r8PCeOfmb7OvNozC1l_SvvFtPlosWR0Tw/s1600/black+swan+erg.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKy9piPcAFS6wZ7LGUeCiRtf8wuMiU44AAVaOC_uiXCXKjbvnbNEV25-H8O_BWGITpK5qceuY3syMJYnNuHlToeEtBdk85VMqhyphenhyphenCHzwxWbcO6r8PCeOfmb7OvNozC1l_SvvFtPlosWR0Tw/s400/black+swan+erg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564645296451063810" border="0" /></a><br />(have i mentioned that there are some scenes that<br />may be offensive to viewers?<br />thankfully (?) i have no cinematic standards...<br />my night owl friends, however, do.)<br /><br />next week:<br />the fighter<br />i'm so eager to see christian bale's performance<br />& of course, mark walburg...<br />& amy adams!<br />& melissa leo!<br />so join me won't you?<br />i think it's going to be a knock out...<br />(& if you come<br />you can kick me in the shins for that last cheesy comment...<br />everybody wins!)<br /><br />love view...<br />:)<br /><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />check out my other<br />reviews (& i use that term loosely)<br />of academy award best picture nominees<br /><a href="http://nightowloscar.blogspot.com/search/label/movie%20review">here</a><br />they're wordy but mildly entertaining...<br /><br />:)emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-71533182070525680932011-01-18T08:38:00.000-08:002011-01-18T08:53:27.033-08:00nooc, week three: black swan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947798/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3H_98kvEHONWumZq9T-B-PbgPljMGRVqb7TmHEY6jdYQHEpUV5h03FU1e7geMB9Ew2LE01GWp3J1fA5VtN7VXKoX9eMjsK0eTDtADS82_Ebjs9MNi1qPL5VNs0qZ_cO_FAgfjC09oLLmf/s400/black-swan-movie-poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563567026045694290" border="0" /></a><br />tuesday january 18<br />10 pm<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/movies?hl=en&dq=black+swan&tid=d4ccccb377c4b78a&sa=X&ei=-sM1TYifD4j4swP6pN2tBQ&ved=0CCAQwwMoAg">gateway movies 17</a><br />(the big one)<br />springfield, or<br /><br />i'm not going to lie<br />this movie kind-of freaks me out<br />but since <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLVUwSZtJMs">natalie won<br />the golden globe</a> this weekend<br />i do think it's a good choice...<br />i'm excited for the visuals<br />& the costumes,<br />the psychological chaos not so much<br />but hey, i'm going to the movies!<br />how can that be bad?<br />(famous last words?)<br /><br />see you there!<br /><br />love view<br />:)emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-22046067630863858732011-01-13T14:10:00.000-08:002011-02-10T14:02:40.547-08:00inception<a><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNBm3ZuJCndUcdxidhsaJpwg3k5F0vL6GPzt61xqAVO0I4_w34jDM40ftWL_5w8dUtunpz9rn9i2F3ejpaoIZBS37unf_zQ8alaRb1OEepmNoYinkz7GUWR7V5wFc5eJfhA7ZaERen3eF/s1600/Joseph-Gordon-Levitt-inception-600x300-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNBm3ZuJCndUcdxidhsaJpwg3k5F0vL6GPzt61xqAVO0I4_w34jDM40ftWL_5w8dUtunpz9rn9i2F3ejpaoIZBS37unf_zQ8alaRb1OEepmNoYinkz7GUWR7V5wFc5eJfhA7ZaERen3eF/s400/Joseph-Gordon-Levitt-inception-600x300-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561814662167430210" border="0" /></a></span>disclaimer:<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">i like movies<br />i like almost every movie i see...<br />i'm not completely without opinions, of course<br />but in general i love the escape &<br />the fun of watching people do what<br />they are really really good at<br />(most of the time...cameron diaz, i'm looking at you)<br />i love the stories<br />& the drama<br />& the laughs<br />& the cries...<br />if asked<br />i couldn't tell you the last movie i didn't like<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">(& in fact i was asked by my friend, susan,<br />right before we saw '<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/">inception</a>')</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />& since i do enjoy most movies<br />these are not really reviews per say<br />more like 'what i saw & liked'...<br />& oh boy<br />did i like this movie<br />so<br />let's move right along...<br /><br />i love this movie...<br />don't ask me explain it<br />in any cohesive manner<br />but i looooved it...<br /><br />every scene was better than the one before it,<br />every non-stop bit & twist was so cool,<br />every style change fit so perfectly...<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGTCNOTO-NnWoaQZ65PdJ2vEhvvzMEUzobZcAtkpw2duUpUxd8LmA8sQXopHOKczqOR5hM5aPiYVNTzSK8_gGF8NKWwADqoYSoz7viKEKY8-I2lBEEG9Wo3X4xP0OjAIez9CbA68TrcMX/s400/Inception_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561818193749546706" border="0" /></a><br />i totally loved the inside-out<br />no gravity parts...<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqS8-GrDfCv_28gw-D6u2Qkcs15wY1NoAZRpsLDedFN91NOnXVx8L02o1jzkWXpuKRzU5DOWeCRrM3ux-A7CbKZtzYzmfdFU6590CxNYvibKY7_UIeHg0nBMQ_j6lide-JTwzEuqKEgfsp/s400/inception-review-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561814496692318898" border="0" /></a><br />& i don't mind seeing them recreated with<br />legos either...<br />so cool!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zwjmEesZ-viqYAq0D82iWqb5pVspFXzjkiVUkINNlFSOt8S316sd4sxmmINwVvgVanLkiJWaofoSDU3lh3VgAPVSgcCXg2kleXN9zAqmpz0hmUt6TNTwhgatNlrTb6zjuE4ieo9zI2UC/s1600/inception-movie-lego-scenes-image-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zwjmEesZ-viqYAq0D82iWqb5pVspFXzjkiVUkINNlFSOt8S316sd4sxmmINwVvgVanLkiJWaofoSDU3lh3VgAPVSgcCXg2kleXN9zAqmpz0hmUt6TNTwhgatNlrTb6zjuE4ieo9zI2UC/s400/inception-movie-lego-scenes-image-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561814496433514354" border="0" /></a><br />i was so glad that it wasn't scary<br />i did cover my eyes<br />(read: watched through my fingers)<br />a few times<br />but i tried my best to pay attention<br />(thanks for the heads up, meg!)<br /><br />the sets were great<br />especially the warehouse that they<br />made their crazy-cool plans<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS7NGWaFPIzZuDfQtLbdDUwgpn0kmEFSGWpUHzksmUjtD7bfXisDrlzH6LgWRV5xT0VSNKm49rEajKbzUGKwmpsy9LoW-XLreGc6nQUPFFbsrdEzewP0ODMlkPdecjJkQKDDnCRThv1pAe/s400/Inception-joseph-gordon-levitt-14237652-500-600.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561814494303400930" border="0" /></a><br />one thing that struck me was<br />that leonardo decaprio has become a man!<br />i know he's been playing men for a while now<br />but i never really bought it...<br />i loved the movies (shutter island, the departed)<br />but he still just seemed like a young guy...<br />not here:<br />boy oh boy, he's a man :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGKPYhU21Xl7DkG8f5zoMMjVdvcXSdUSx93CP9UIeR5IeHdeoGxcrS_zd1PZg4gCMXjsR8UJotjqfXVeNPDiKha3IfAIh1TSHxu7nOZixv4oqsIvpnoWHyVC59Jh2_TvLsFRnqMtqTJXBP/s1600/0728-inception-still-box-office_full_600.jpg"><br /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5D1q4YvL9eylMec3YzZRM-j86d5VhlLpocib44aJ9L_RW2MfmmJ-8qoipq_tHixYRBhpB6kAeIbUNOaTQwgu2tS5U0ZjBZILT_fnwIqyvHhTSylziA6ML8csA9kdoc21EopZPvoHp1Maq/s1600/leonardo-dicaprio-tom-hardy-Joseph-Gordon-Levitt-inception.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5D1q4YvL9eylMec3YzZRM-j86d5VhlLpocib44aJ9L_RW2MfmmJ-8qoipq_tHixYRBhpB6kAeIbUNOaTQwgu2tS5U0ZjBZILT_fnwIqyvHhTSylziA6ML8csA9kdoc21EopZPvoHp1Maq/s400/leonardo-dicaprio-tom-hardy-Joseph-Gordon-Levitt-inception.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561814670939920738" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">(loved this costume change...little bit of a 70's vibe)</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5eCvgVccB1YxRglRglZUYQPrEeKi-RO07C-PQmEBzr04250GMdNIgj-q0JbkIwwACMtsyrWKPceRpX-x-KHmoblSX_diyYfv26r6F69QiL8DDt48xLTl2hqe5M8YOI_ldnPFmQDrm0dyy/s1600/inception1.jpg"><br /></a>the visuals were awesome<br />all of the architectual details<br />& the crazy ways they moved<br />(<a href="http://www.mcescher.com/">mc escher</a> meets <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogwarts">hogwarts</a>)<br />l.o.v.e.<br /><br />another visual that was striking<br />was the cast...<br />look at these people:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://wednesdaydreams.tumblr.com/post/823934489/the-cast-of-inception-joseph-gordon-levitt-tom"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 380px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hxkZNdseaN1LPz_F5PzjvyEy5Olg2E8ePd30mftpuWu2gTBojEiSksIu-hsTljH3c3Q8Lmzjfi7y6QjggdBUksPoYqFY59oRhCJTimKE8TtX-ExcOPv_NoV7wthQXV_beT_a5t5F-QS9/s400/tumblr_l5pj7qu7sx1qayt01o1_500.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561796540750799970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">via <a href="http://wednesdaydreams.tumblr.com/post/823934489/the-cast-of-inception-joseph-gordon-levitt-tom">tumbler</a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">not a cringer in the bunch</span>...<br />& (spoiler alert!)<br />it struck me that if the entire movie was a dream<br />which some say it was<br />maybe that's why everyone was so good looking...<br />why fill your dreams with ugly folks, right?<br />(i recently had a dream about <a href="http://www.eminem.com/">eminem</a><br />not too shabby either :)<br />or maybe they were trying to make money<br />(gasp)<br />by including 9 beautiful people...<br />it's a mystery!<br /><br />& as long as we're talking about cuties...<br />you may have noticed a trend in all of my picture here..<br />a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330687/">certain dark haired male</a><br />who mysteriously popped up in every single<br />photo i chose off of google images...<br />oh look!<br />there's another one!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQccU71RpOSzH6_TjgM9_4iVLy7k9kCFoo_VhMTZg-Qvi1fxXKh_OOvgaU7IOGJYmKqSCNpK0sMRaltbrXCtpXExLhIIycBvVAayJrPyOflhs6ZkqVMI76zeQF3yQR9gRmBlHjZmnzW2mj/s400/Arthur.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561825076698268914" border="0" /></a><br />what a totally weird glitch...<br />:)<br />i mentioned in the previous post that i was looking forward to<br />seeing <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330687/">joseph gordon-levitt</a> in this movie...<br />i was a fan before<br />& the only thing this movie did<br />was move him up on my list of favorite actors...<br />poor joanna & susan had to hear more than once during the movie:<br />'i love him!'<br />so much so that i looked up his resume on <a href="http://movies.netflix.com/">netflix</a>...<br />i watched '<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393109/">brick</a>' on netflix instant today<br />(a modern day film noir take on high school... pretty cool)<br />& i reordered '<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1022603/">500 days of summer</a>' :)<br />in fact i'm thinking of starting to do a<br />'spotlight on the actor/actress' post<br />after each movie<br />just so i can gush about <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330687/">jgl</a> a little bit more...<br /><br />in conclusion,<br />i highly recommend this movie...<br />just be ready to focus<br />cause it's a mind bender...<br />(but let's face it<br />focusing on these guys isn't really hard at all :)<br /><br />here's the nooc girlies at a little after midnight...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvexjki42_SdNgIO_KDXvJC1_DjDsjhbAZ6Vjy1zn9FsX2pJLJNRJKgGSL-dcuq9mRH4CN7kAp2HyJmmo06QQ8pLV8WnpiXNAgefb_q_avR1TIBaVKU7AXWcfxU23n7Cvv2GPVEuULzssV/s1600/inception+group.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvexjki42_SdNgIO_KDXvJC1_DjDsjhbAZ6Vjy1zn9FsX2pJLJNRJKgGSL-dcuq9mRH4CN7kAp2HyJmmo06QQ8pLV8WnpiXNAgefb_q_avR1TIBaVKU7AXWcfxU23n7Cvv2GPVEuULzssV/s400/inception+group.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561889876013559522" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">still with energy to burn!<br />(enough to get us home at least :)<br /></span></div><br />up next:<br />black swan<br />eek!<br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></span></div><br /><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />check out my other<br />reviews (& i use that term loosely)<br />of academy award best picture nominees<br /><a href="http://nightowloscar.blogspot.com/search/label/movie%20review">here</a><br />they're wordy but mildly entertaining...<br /><br />:)emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-3848603960645195102011-01-07T00:15:00.000-08:002011-01-07T00:30:14.002-08:00nooc, week two: inception<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzIBnXF3Ji0RJ32iS-DFUtaTpVKwW6KRRH_TUQJBMIO1wf1si5nXTCfO_VoRGVaifMBeI93-y97VtFIZAT1gGn2qROXn5T6r5UmPJxttU4TWBkhi6OkPXCYSG9oQo-FjPx2anf2AcQOePc/s1600/inception-cover.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 379px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzIBnXF3Ji0RJ32iS-DFUtaTpVKwW6KRRH_TUQJBMIO1wf1si5nXTCfO_VoRGVaifMBeI93-y97VtFIZAT1gGn2qROXn5T6r5UmPJxttU4TWBkhi6OkPXCYSG9oQo-FjPx2anf2AcQOePc/s400/inception-cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559354746862438866" border="0" /></a><br />tuesday january 11<br />10:10pm<br />gateway movies 12<br />springfield, or<br /><br />i'm excited & scared to see this movie...<br />i've been avoiding reading much about it<br />so i'm wondering:<br />am i just building it up in my mind<br />or will i spend half the movie with my hands over my eyes?<br /><br />i'm excited because i loooove <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330687/">joseph gordon-levitt</a>...<br />have loved him since '<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115082/">third rock from the sun</a>'<br />& don't get me started on <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1022603/">'500 days of summer</a>'...<br /><br />i'm hoping it's artsy & scary<br />but i would rather not have bad dreams<br />or be afraid to go to sleep...<br /><br />anyway!<br />we shall see...<br /><br />meet me there<br />or watch on your own!<br /><br />love view...<br />emily :)emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-51789444969834962802011-01-06T23:52:00.001-08:002011-02-18T23:19:38.408-08:00how to train your dragon...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmidCV8RXQEAufFca7xiX8vC1tbEzomOxRMjfwKtqKdY5eQKO-3z6XqDvC3Bkh8btd_esNIHgyCXk9WD68RyiuKpOBzcNSGZKTwIXSrHr0ZuNlwWgDkLcD_eKhx3aSrONWlA2BLrsPDLI/s1600/how%252Bto%252Btrain%252Byour%252Bdragon.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvmidCV8RXQEAufFca7xiX8vC1tbEzomOxRMjfwKtqKdY5eQKO-3z6XqDvC3Bkh8btd_esNIHgyCXk9WD68RyiuKpOBzcNSGZKTwIXSrHr0ZuNlwWgDkLcD_eKhx3aSrONWlA2BLrsPDLI/s400/how%252Bto%252Btrain%252Byour%252Bdragon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559354484601330594" border="0" /></a><br />i got see this movie with my favorite little boy<br />(you can see that fun day <a href="http://emilyruthwonders.blogspot.com/2010/07/boys-of-summer-part-one-little-guy.html?showComment=1280646383299">over here</a>)<br />what a wonderful movie...<br />i love how much we both enjoyed it...<br />it's got everything<br />laughs<br />tears<br />scary parts<br />beautiful parts<br />sweetness<br />toughness...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikUasMxMfiu9zERjUtHt9yU1FkNZ60V427StjsZdOLf2pMP-HzxRpNtO688wKiUv0q8eLtj5DyuVHmGueU3rNS__mENMFFQQQ0_EAVISaZe064-LiK7q6sPSHDTbqG5f0kUmDpEFNwHEK/s1600/how_to_train_your_dragon_48.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikUasMxMfiu9zERjUtHt9yU1FkNZ60V427StjsZdOLf2pMP-HzxRpNtO688wKiUv0q8eLtj5DyuVHmGueU3rNS__mENMFFQQQ0_EAVISaZe064-LiK7q6sPSHDTbqG5f0kUmDpEFNwHEK/s400/how_to_train_your_dragon_48.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559354475651432178" border="0" /></a><br />& a sketch book played prominently in the script!<br />you know i loved that...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKA1APtj7-Sb-iudEFS-ibQONpnFgyoE2qT6o4vOD-1ez5VkvOYaQQ-AGhrYOs6VkrtoLLh0hpsgQ7xYpdvpmR6n0E20CS-DgAeUoJqLdje0E_W_gD0cp9RPqM13onuTJpQMWRAoXGfgFM/s1600/size500_IMG_5582.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 370px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKA1APtj7-Sb-iudEFS-ibQONpnFgyoE2qT6o4vOD-1ez5VkvOYaQQ-AGhrYOs6VkrtoLLh0hpsgQ7xYpdvpmR6n0E20CS-DgAeUoJqLdje0E_W_gD0cp9RPqM13onuTJpQMWRAoXGfgFM/s400/size500_IMG_5582.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559354468400895746" border="0" /></a>we really need to buy this one...<br /><br />:)emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-11642497255268417022011-01-06T21:42:00.000-08:002011-02-10T14:03:03.065-08:00the king's speech...<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504320/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Z2EapgKwN8-twFlf8XURnsXUv1NsXxkmKqh1pxhyh5pWP6FuAjxeyyTYJtUVfhvNAQMxZTDIKONx9c24f4ek3fBgfsNx2kcNynXU721qqBZ5jDT6RRriUW4UPEyZ-KzzQuub0qyNUioY/s400/kings.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559315650455718946" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">let's start with a disclaimer<br />shall we?<br />i am not a professional film reviewer<br />i'm not even an amateur film reviewer<br />i am simply a girl who<br />likes movies<br />& saw this particular one at 9:30pm three nights ago...<br />if my ideas seem shallow<br />(i like how things look!)<br />if my words are inarticulate<br />(i like to keep it simple!)<br />if i am long winded<br />(i spend my day with tiny creatures who only hear every third word i say)<br />if my thoughts seem scattered<br />(welcome to my life!)<br />if this doesn't seem like a review at all<br />just me listing things i like<br />(probably the most accurate account so far)<br />well, i guess you've been alerted :)<br /><br />above all<br />if you have opinions<br />(about the movie<br />or about my opinions)<br />please comment!<br />i love to hear what other people have<br />to say about movies i've seen...<br /><br />here we go...<br /></div></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504320/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3i5q2-PQKDUgVDb_pfC1k5OcPExk9wTrVYFxDJCJSNTPitd23oSl-SKPD2B9zuZr1V5yA6I-HILvLN-PouhOpOq3RkZen51SxK5MMWheBcaICtSYkP1AyW-dpkh66ZVCg6HikwzQ2kuu/s400/kingscrop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559317030059505122" border="0" /></a><br />okay to start off<br />if you ask me<br />there should be an award for best walls in a room<br />& if there were such an award<br />in would be handed to the walls in<br />lionel louge's office all day long...<br />i have no idea if they were on purpose<br />(like in the script...)<br />or if it was just years of paint & wallpaper peeling away<br />whatever it was<br />it's fantastic...<br />(& i read something<br />comparing the peeling wallpaper<br />to george peeling back layers<br />as he works with lionel...<br />love it.<br />live for that sort of thing...)<br /><br />i loved this movie...<br />it was so beautiful & stirring<br />& pulls you right in from the very beginning...<br />the first speech<br />where every little tick & titter echoes through the stadium<br />devastating.<br />& perfect.<br /><br />i loved george & elizabeth's relationship...<br />she is the queen<br />(& i will admit right now<br />that i was so confused by why elizabeth was the queen<br />but not married to the old dying king<br />& why the old dying king's wife wasn't the queen<br />& why elizabeth was the queen<br />but not married to the king<br />she's married to a duke<br />except then he becomes the king later...<br />not confused enough to research it now<br />but confused none the less...)<br />anyway<br />she is the queen<br />but showed so well<br />how anxious a wife can get to see her husband succeed...<br />not in a bad way<br />she was always really respectful of his space & feelings<br />but in a way that made you feel like she really loved him<br />& wanted him to overcome his difficulties with stuttering...<br />& when she hears him speak without the awkward pauses<br />she just seems so so proud of him...<br />i loved that!<br />(i realize that she may have just been embarrassed<br />& needed him to do well so that the<br />family remained in ultimate standing among the people of england<br />but it felt real to me<br />& so i'm going with it...)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504320/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 355px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5o9CJ1yUpE6B691h-U0mjzuaZZU4OL0ipE4ODL5zqT53io-S495F2jAvLtbZWh7XJn1LCrpIlnYaZOV9MxfFLc5BjjYfn8T3CutKit6uBVSCK0pjZ3n1srceROTo7ZCCF3j-Raq1qwtT/s400/kingsspeechfilm1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559315656115658066" border="0" /></a><br />i loved how <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000147/">colin firth</a> made you believe he was<br />having a hard time speaking<br />& made you want to root for him...<br /><br />the relationship between the king & his speech helper (?)<br />seemed kind-of cliche at times<br />like we've seen this in so many movies before:<br />person has problem<br />they try many things to solve their problem<br />but the only thing that helps is some weird person<br />with crazy (cool) wallpaper<br />who does unconventional things<br />& they resist<br />& they fight<br />& they give in<br />& the person's problems are solved<br />& they are best friends for life or longer<br />(see 'good will hunting', 'just like heaven', 'the blind side' etc)<br />i'm not saying it doesn't work<br />(hey, i loved & cried in all of those movies)<br />it just felt a little 'been there' to me...<br />but then it's a true story!<br />how can i argue with that?<br />& really if i'm being period accurate<br />this movie was set before all of the others...<br />this relationship might have been the one that<br />started the cliche'!<br /><br />edward's girlfriend's necklace in the party scene...<br />die for.<br />(couldn't find a picture of it<br />but it's worth the price<br />to see the peeling walls & the necklace...<br />oh & <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001602/">guy pearce</a> looking so not <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209144/">'momento'</a>...<br />(not that i don't looove 'momento'...i do!)<br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/8194866/The-Kings-Speech-set-report.html?image=1">vintage super cutie</a>)<br /><br />& is this not the most adorable thing you've ever seen?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504320/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj37DyFd4ApgXHf2mxjCTcdrutbBSZroXr7vawCjYoHXLwj-Y7JRm9XwaRV7QbnDZ6mWyHrR3sjkctSkcfolONNEhc7dWSpeE1eezmbGvp811A11N4YGXnZmtxF0cDOKqCR0Kfq2i7LVEHW/s400/Queen-Elizabeth-The-King-s-Speech-helena-bonham-carter-17476515-560-373.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559328910085320578" border="0" /></a><br />the costumes & the sets were so pretty...<br />the signs on the buildings made me weak in the knees...<br />i love signage & fonts & all of that dorky graphic stuff...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000307/">helena bonham carter</a> is an actress i admire so much<br />she goes from wild & insane in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0926084/">harry potter</a><br />to proper & sophisticated here<br />& so many more in between...<br />& she always takes wacky risks <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/people/helena-bonham-carter-hijacked-by-fashion-20101210-18s0c.html">on the red carpet</a><br />(& <a href="http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/tCjtgqyE9Bp/Helena+Bonham+Carter+Son+Out+Malibu/-U4TkWUR3vM/Helena+Bonham+Carter">in real life</a>)<br />so fun to watch!<br /><br />i am really not a history buff<br />but this even made me want to google the time period<br />if only just to figure out the queen, king, duke situation...<br /><br />all in all<br />a really wonderful movie...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Z2EapgKwN8-twFlf8XURnsXUv1NsXxkmKqh1pxhyh5pWP6FuAjxeyyTYJtUVfhvNAQMxZTDIKONx9c24f4ek3fBgfsNx2kcNynXU721qqBZ5jDT6RRriUW4UPEyZ-KzzQuub0qyNUioY/s1600/kings.jpg"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNF1vstzCqVcNDe5jY_bzijpOPhoLBBzL_3tIr7q-37wCgUkODxy_iKxoC6WUCnjV7lvwqx369KvbeS3_axVlgLyw4EtANL-nxhaMbhADM6W4FnWO0LUuwQzk1ECoz9adFRgU32oqfut-M/s1600/king%2527s+speech+group.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNF1vstzCqVcNDe5jY_bzijpOPhoLBBzL_3tIr7q-37wCgUkODxy_iKxoC6WUCnjV7lvwqx369KvbeS3_axVlgLyw4EtANL-nxhaMbhADM6W4FnWO0LUuwQzk1ECoz9adFRgU32oqfut-M/s400/king%2527s+speech+group.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559319665680497858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">taken after the movie & we all look so wide awake!<br />totally impressive, if you ask me...<br /></span><br /></div>nooc by the numbers...<br />night owls: 5 fun girls<br />price for popcorn on tuesday nights at vrc: $2!<br />number of the queen's cute hats: 4 (at least)<br />my personal tissue count: 2<br />starting off with a sweet & inspiring movie: priceless<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfab8USsU-bzOV1-jIU9jNXCUGRxK9bU5G2JZsl2pkhSi5jBsP45cZtb4bJGy-298o1p5VG6r24IcjOiASbRn2tzAn68g3kxQNfmiIbVFttMvfky2ahigbMD0wrFPPOTZhGTMLl660xPx/s1600/colin-firth-king-george-vi-and-geoffrey-rush.jpg"><br /></a>prediction: colin firth will win the best actor academy award<br />he was so close last year (a single man, also a beautiful film)<br />& he deserves it...<br />(also he was in '<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243155/">bridget jones diary</a>' so there you go<br />a complete body of work!)<br />everybody else should be nominated...<br />pretty amazing cast<br /><br />next on the list:<br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/">inception</a><br />at the $2 theater<br />(yes!)<br />the theater that doesn't have stadium or comfy seats<br />(darn!)<br />the theater we will be at<br />(yes! yes!)<br /><br />see you there!<br /><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />check out my other<br />reviews (& i use that term loosely)<br />of academy award best picture nominees<br /><a href="http://nightowloscar.blogspot.com/search/label/movie%20review">here</a><br />they're wordy but mildly entertaining...<br /><br />:)emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246924108281575258.post-61218008175568615522011-01-03T08:26:00.000-08:002011-01-07T00:31:21.075-08:00dim the lights, camera rolling...welcome to the night owl oscar club!<br />a little group i made up<br />because i love to watch the oscars<br />but i hate watching when i've only<br />seen one or two nominated movies...<br /><br />i have a family<br />& am pretty busy during the day...<br />the evening is family & dinner & all of that<br />so going to the late showing<br />(after everyone is in bed)<br />works really well<br />& i'm hoping it will work for you, too, my movie fan friends :)<br /><br />the night owl oscar club (NOOC)<br />meets every tuesday night<br />& the showing will always be after 9pm<br /><br />i've made a schedule<br />of movies to see<br />(with the help of entertainment weekly)<br />& if you live in the eugene, oregon area<br />you can join us to watch the movie...<br />(the time & location will be posted by friday each week)<br /><br />if you don't live near<br />you can still follow along!<br />grab a friend<br />& make your own night owl club...<br />super fun :)<br /><br />after we watch the movie<br />i'll do a post about what i think...<br />a little review, if you will :)<br />& i would love your reviews too!<br />so feel free to give your opinion<br />& your opinion of my opinion :)<br /><br />you can email me<br />or comment here<br />with questions<br />suggestions<br />ideas<br />screenplays...<br /><br />love view...<br />(get it? :)emilyruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064321946850419544noreply@blogger.com2