Talk, Talking A Lot, But It's Still Talk

I saw Juno last night and loved it.  That's the first time I've actually been enthusiastic about a movie since I came home for break - I wasn't crazy about I Am Legend for whatever reason, and Atonement nearly put me to sleep (although I read an excerpt of the book and liked it...maybe I should have read it first.)  And I did like Sweeney Todd, but the music was stuck in my head for two weeks and that started getting a little old.

I think I'm one of maybe four people who didn't like Atonement.  Maybe it's just me, but the "staggeringly lovely" cinematography didn't make up for the fact that there was this huge section in the middle of the movie in which nothing happened.  I can only watch characters walk around looking depressed and pensive for so long before I start going a little nuts.

Juno, though, was excellent.  And hilarious - I'll try to remember to shout "Thundercats are GOOOOO!!!" if/when I go into labor.

I'm also kind of into Heroes now - I got the first season for Christmas and thought it was pretty cool, but I hear the subsequent seasons weren't all that amazing.  What I really want are some new episodes of House, but there's that whole strike thing.  *grumble*

Strange to think that I still have a week of break left.  *ducks random projectiles*  I guess I'm starting to get ready to go back - it'll be good to have some sense of purpose again.  So far over break I've 1) read sixteen books, 2) been to a few movies, as stated above, 3) watched the first season of Heroes, also as stated above, 4) gained four pounds back (ag!) but I'll lose them again once I get back to school, 5) started re-teaching myself how to play the piano with some degree of finesse, 6) finished a short story, and 7) lost a game of Monopoly...to my rabbit.  And so on.  Nothing terribly productive.

Anyway.  I'm going to my brother's hockey game in a few minutes, so I'll just cut this terribly fascinating update short.

So I saw The Golden Compass today.


Anyway, I guess I should study some more now since I have to work on my part of the group speech tomorrow, plus putting together the formal outline, writing the conclusion, and organizing the works cited page (I always wind up taking on extra work in group projects - it's a control thing), but honestly, I'll probably just go to bed.  If I can get any sleep, that is - my body must be used to four- or five-hour spurts now, because even when I have the option of sleeping in, I can't anymore.  Yes, it sucks.

And I'm rambling.  I'll stop.  Night, all.

So, Order of the Phoenix.  In my opinion, it was the best of the movies so far - I really enjoyed it.  Luna and Umbridge were perfectly cast, and I about died every time Snape opened his mouth.  I liked that the bond between Harry and Sirius was finally acknowledged in this movie - I didn't feel it as much in PoA and GoF.  Hagrid, McGonagall, and Trelawney were all amazing, even though they weren't onscreen much, and Grawp was surprisingly cute.  Ron toughened up, too, as did Neville, and the Weasley's great escape was extremely entertaining.

Oh, and of course, the duel between Voldemort and Dumbledore was incredible.  It was all anyone was talking about as they left the theater.  

Obviously I have complaints - I thought an inordinate number of Harry's lines were almost unbearably corny, for one thing, and the movie should have been at least half an hour longer.  More time should've been spent on the scene in Dumbledore's office in the end, and the beginning was pretty rushed.  Ron and Hermione weren't in it as much as they've been in the past, which was kind of disappointing.  And I've never really liked the way Cho is portrayed, but then I'm not overly fond of her character, either.

All in all, though, I think the movie was really well done.  Good enough for me to have seen it three times, anyway (I'm such a freak).  Incidentally, you start noticing things when you've seen a movie three times - like the fact that Harry has a lot of sweatshirts that look exactly the same, except for the colors.  Must be the Nargles.

Maybe I should take a break.