the double feature

with great power comes great responsibility. i have to pick maren up from the airport at 12:40 tonight. luckily it's reagan and not dulles. luckily it's maren and not natalie c. not sure if i should stay awake until then and play halo or get an hour or two of sleep. we'll see how i feel after this movie. i think people get too caught up in my natalie portman fascination. you may not know, but i'm also very fond of claire danes too. she's not my leading lady of choice, but she's up there. annapolis looks clichéd.

Shopgirl (2005): barely saw the trailer this afternoon and here i am. i'm waiting to see tom as an extra in saks. "if you had, like a jiffy baggy, i could use that." jason schwartzman is great. i want my hair like his. bridget wilson sampras is dog ugly. wow. i'm gonna get k some black gloves. the slow-mo parts with just music playing are to die for. there are so many scenes that only last about a minute or under. everything is just so unique to this movie. you can tell halfway that this movie is heading for heartbreak for ms. mirabelle. takes a long time to realize the significance of the jeramie character. just comic relief? you'll find out. and the movie has mrs. fisher!! i love her. i really hope steve and claire end up together, but it doesn't seem like it will happen. please prove me wrong steve. it's kinda like lost in translation, only up a notch. not saying it is better than lost though. worth buying i think. and sorry, not gonna spoil the ending. it's good though.

next movie starts in like ten minutes. might as well go. i'm in this theater that basically only shows all the indie films that are out. the only workers are all these indian people. wonder if it's a big family. so i guess i found something to pass my time before i pick up maren.

i'm all for any wwii movie, so i'll try to find an aryan couple and see it. the trailer for bee season shows no plot. no plot equals no reason for me to see. see how important trailers can be?

The Squid and the Whale (2005): it's 1986 but i'm seeing lots of new cars. i'll let it slide for being small budget. works good though since they sacrificed that for the amazing on location filming. this family is so messed up. i'm waiting for one of the kids to kill themselves. the characters are all very complicated. very hard to read. it is extremely crude and risqué, so it's not for everyone. you gotta love william baldwin. his part is the only one that makes sense. produced by wes anderson. i could have called that. it's arty, not cut and dry, complex. it's also raining on me. maybe my jeep will finally get clean. i just didn't 'get' the movie. the way things are all tied up at the end wasn't satisfying for me. the acting is amazing especially by jeff daniels. he should be nominated. not worth seeing though. i'm sure it will be nominated for a few other awards though.