Movie Marathon 2003

Watch as this journal is magically and temporarily (I hope) transformed into a dull repository for the list of movies rented during the last month of 2003. Decembers have become a prime month for film bingeing. I can't explain it.

• Bruce Almighty - Carrey cracks me up, but the movie was eh.
• Holes - I thought it would be awful, but it was surprisingly good.
• The Importance of Being Earnest - It had some truly witty lines (as well as Firth and O'Connor), but seemed a bit off, as though it's full potential was never realized.
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - I was really out of it when we watched it. My recollection is gone, but family consensus seems to be one of disapproval.
• The Medallion - No matter how good or bad they are, we've seen almost every Jackie Chan movie. As long as he keeps making them, we'll probably keep watching them.
• Pirates of the Caribbean - I got a kick out of Bloom and Depp. The movie alludes to the ride, but it's so much more. I especially enjoyed the bonus material. It included footage from 1968 of Walt Disney talking about the ride's creation. It stirred up old dreams of becoming a Disney imagineer.

• A Mighty Wind - A great combination of comedy and music made this movie my marathon favorite. Mitch & Mickey (Eugene Levy & Catherine O'Hara) were funny, yet endearing.
• American Pie 2 - I had just seen Levy and had liked the first Pie, but this sequel didn't impress me.
• Audition - It was more disturbing than I anticipated.
• L'Auberge Espagnol - After Amelie, I'll give anything with Audrey Tautou a chance. She isn't the star, but I still liked it.
• Samurai Fiction - I was searching for Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, but my town doesn't have a copy. The store employee said his teacher recommended this film. Mildly funny and not the typical samurai flick.
• The Shape of Things - It felt like I was watching a play, an unsettling one about the cruel art of manipulation.

That pretty much does it. So, with a wave of the wand (produced from thin air) and an abracadabra, this is once again a journal. I think.