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Tom Cruise, I can't resist him.
H and I decided to see War of the Worlds instead of going to the expensive theatre. Tuesday is 50 cent day at the dollar show. Fortunely, "fitty cent" wasn't there.
In case any of you still don't know this, War of the Worlds was fucking terrifying. I had no idea it was so good and scary. I have grown to love Tom Cruise's movies over the years. I resisted it, really I did. I just can't help myself...
I saw Risky Business as a young kid, whatever freakin' year that was. Too young for an R rated movie, we snuck in, thinking we were the most treacherous people in the history of our times. Sadly, the person I saw it with turned out to be a total bitch. I didn't think Cruise was so much to look at. I wasn't very impressed, even as a kid. It was a funny movie though, and I left it feeling more enamoured of Curtis Armstrong than anyone else involved.
I think later, I was very impressed with Rainman, then Interview with the Vampire, then something else, I forget what. But in Mission Impossible 2, I couldn't help but notice that Cruise was, as Rosie O'Donnell had been telling me all along, hot. I credit John Woo and his mastery of slow motion for this. He chose different speeds of slow motion for each actor in each scene so Tom curise would look hotter than Dougray Scott. And what do you know? It worked. As if I needed any more convincing, Collateral. Oh yes...Collateral blew my tiny little mind.
War of the Worlds was awesome. Strong relationships between the characters really added to the suspense. Scary monsters kept on doing terrifying things, and making Dakota Fanning scream and scream. Like the zombie movies I love so well, the scariest thing was the horrible shit people would do to eachother just to survive. Ah apocalpyse, how fascinating you are!
In case any of you still don't know this, War of the Worlds was fucking terrifying. I had no idea it was so good and scary. I have grown to love Tom Cruise's movies over the years. I resisted it, really I did. I just can't help myself...
I saw Risky Business as a young kid, whatever freakin' year that was. Too young for an R rated movie, we snuck in, thinking we were the most treacherous people in the history of our times. Sadly, the person I saw it with turned out to be a total bitch. I didn't think Cruise was so much to look at. I wasn't very impressed, even as a kid. It was a funny movie though, and I left it feeling more enamoured of Curtis Armstrong than anyone else involved.
I think later, I was very impressed with Rainman, then Interview with the Vampire, then something else, I forget what. But in Mission Impossible 2, I couldn't help but notice that Cruise was, as Rosie O'Donnell had been telling me all along, hot. I credit John Woo and his mastery of slow motion for this. He chose different speeds of slow motion for each actor in each scene so Tom curise would look hotter than Dougray Scott. And what do you know? It worked. As if I needed any more convincing, Collateral. Oh yes...Collateral blew my tiny little mind.
War of the Worlds was awesome. Strong relationships between the characters really added to the suspense. Scary monsters kept on doing terrifying things, and making Dakota Fanning scream and scream. Like the zombie movies I love so well, the scariest thing was the horrible shit people would do to eachother just to survive. Ah apocalpyse, how fascinating you are!
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I like both of those writers immensely, though if I were to single out other American writers who I regard in particularly high esteem (neglecting many other great ones for the sake of time), I'd include Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, James, Dreiser, Faulkner, O'Connor, Baldwin, Vonnegut, Tom Robbins...oh, blasted, why do I bother making lists when I know it's impossible for me to narrow it down?
Oh, and I do like Rain Man, though it had more to do with Hoffman, and I remember that Vanilla Sky wasn't half bad, though I only saw part of it.
It's always cool to have someone engage my love for literature. I think I'll friend you.
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But then, you weren't done making your list, were you? ;-)
I'm reading THE GIRL IN THE GLASS by Jeffrey Ford right now. I really enjoy his works --- especially THE PORTRAIT OF MRS CHARBUQUE. After I finish that, I think I'll dig into LUNAR PARK, Bret Easton Ellis' new one.
What are you reading now? Anything that's lighting your world on fire? Color me curious.
Oh, I've friended you in return. Whoohooo!
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I'm currently reading a novel called China Boy by Gus Lee--I actually think this may become a classic someday, and it's fabulous! I'm also reading a nonfiction work on philosophy called Think by Simon Blackburn, and I'm only finding it moderately compelling. I've often gravitated toward travel narratives, ranging from a book written by a guy who traveled around the world on all kinds of transportation save for airplanes (the title escapes me) to another fellow who traveled around Ireland with a refrigerator, because he lost a bet (Called "Round Ireland with a Fridge"). If I weren't at work and pressed for time, I'd list more.
Anyway, nice to have you on board
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If you have time, check out "Heaven Lake" (fiction) sometime. It's really good ---- I'm trying to convince our bookgroup to read it.
I concur; Twains essays are much better than his fiction. Heck, his non-fiction is better than his fiction --- "Life on the Mississippi" rocks.
If you enjoy non-fiction, check out "Red House". Super, super book. Our bookgroup is reading it next month on my encouragment and I'm already getting feedback from members on how much they love this book.
Ciao!
p.s. One assumes if you are walking across Ireland with an fridge, one would have a leprechaun (sp?) as a sherpa. ;-)
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Indeed! Or, if not, at least someone who can point you to the next Guinness.
I'm in a book club myself. That's how I ended up reading China Boy. I like the social aspect of it and that we always have great food to share, but I also appreciate that it opens me up to a lot of contemporary lit. I might otherwise overlook.
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We still meet once a month.
Everyone in the group are card-carrying AARP members (hahaha), so if we leave it up to them, we are always reading something dumb off the bestseller list. That's why I try to find fun & interesting titles for them --- but they are so skeptical because they've never heard of the author!
Still, we generally have a decent conversation. Plus it is nice to have a happy memory from all the years we had the store.