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	BlackChampagne -- no longer new; improvement also in question.: Weekend Movies Friday, November 18, 2005 Weekend Movies We haven't been paying much attention to movies lately, since none of the releases have been of any interest to us. King Kong is coming up in less than a month and we're all over that one (me more than her), and there are probably a few other holiday season films of interest (though I couldn't name them off the top of my head, despite paging through the entire Entertainment Weekly movie season preview last night on the throne) coming up. The only one in my head right now is Harry Potter 4, which opens this weekend. AKA today. I wasn't going to bother with this one, except that the trailer was better than expected, and as I recall, that book had some pretty cool scenes in it. Scenes that would be fun to see on the big screen. It's getting excellent reviews as well. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire currently stands at 89% on RT, with 104/117 positive reviews, and an average score of 7.5/10. That would be persuasive, except that a quick search shows me the three previous HP films got 79%, 82%, and 89%. The first two were slavish to the book and boring, and while the third one was more fun, it left a bad taste in my mouth, since the more I thought about it the more I realized it wouldn't have made any narrative sense to anyone who hadn't read the book already. Whether the fact that 90% of the viewers of the film had read the book mitigates things is open to interpretation. Anyway, we might see HP4, or we might not. Malaya's out until late tonight, but I don't think we've got any big plans for Saturday or Sunday, and with the usual substandard NFL Sunday options in the Bay Area it's not like I'm going to be glued to the couch or anything. Also opening this weekend is Walk the Line, a Johnny Cash biopic. Malaya has expressed some interest in seeing that one, and while I have none, perhaps we should check it out and be educated. I know absolutely nothing about Johnny Cash, couldn't name you one song or tell you one thing about his life, and couldn't pick him out of a lineup including Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Frank Sinatra. Well, maybe include out that last guy, what with the fedoras and such. So while I've got no interest in or knowledge of Johnny Cash, (a condition equally embraced by my girlfriend) doesn't that mean we're actually perfect people to see the film? Everything would be a surprise to us, all the music would be new to us, and we wouldn't be upset by any "That's not how it really happened!" reactions. The film's at 83% and 7.5/10 average, so how bad can it be? If not for my reflexive hatred of all things related to country music, I'd probably be quite receptive to its charms. Posted by: Flux # 2:19 PM Comments: Cash did cover a NIN song Hurt... and I am sure you heard of ring of fire? #: 6:10 AM posted by Anonymous Well I've heard his name, and I faintly recall hearing some mention of him doing the cover of Hurt, but I wouldn't have remembered it unprompted, and I certainly never heard his version of that song or any other song. Being as i've not seen a video on TV in about a decade, and never turn on the radio, my obliviousness to him isn't entirely unexpected. My only real memory of Johnny Cash is that he wears black, and I got that mostly from the scene in Stephen King's Dark Tower 2 where Eddie's junkie brother is answering his name to every question in a game of trival pursuit with the mobsters. #: 5:39 AM posted by Flux I didn't read the third book and I was completely lost watching the movie. FWIW. #: 8:44 PM posted by Anonymous Post a Comment << Home Archives May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2012

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