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Oscarpalooza – The Descendants

Can you call a film about a man with a dying wife who discovers that his wife was cheating on him a fun film? Well, it was. It was an interesting film about Clooney coming to terms with his wife’s indiscretions and learning to be a father for the first time. In addition, there’s some B plot about his family owning property and selling it. It’s an okay film, fun, entertaining, but in no way Oscar-worthy. There was nothing in this film screaming “FANTASTIC” at me, so I assume other people saw different things in the film than I did. Either way, worth the watch.

Oscarpalooza – War Horse

What the fuck was I thinking? A cheesy Spielberg film, about a horse that goes to war? Why did I even bother? Oh yeah… Benedict Cumberbatch. After watching two seasons (aka six episodes) of the BBC’s Sherlock, how could I resist a film starring the wonderful and sarcastic and funny Sherlock Holmes… er, Benedict Cumberbatch. This film goes to prove that no matter how good your actors are, you need a good script, and the script for War Horse is fucking terrible. I can’t remember the last time I disliked a film so much that I had to turn it off. War Horse, you won that prize.

Oscarpalooza – The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

Nominated for best Animated Short, I tried looking for all the films, and this was the only one I could find. I had already played with the incredible iPad app they made to tie into the film. It’s nice to finally see the film itself. Seeing as my playing was limited to 30 seconds. I never knew the plot of the app/film. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is a film about a man who gets caught up in a hurricane, only to be directed by a strange woman and some flying books to a library. It goes from there, it’s only 15 minutes, so I won’t ponder… Read More »Oscarpalooza – The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

Oscarpalooza – Midnight in Paris

North American authors and Paris… there’s a strange mystic there. Whether you read Barney’s Version or read of the 1920s authors in Paris. Midnight in Paris is a sci-fi film about a modern-day Hollywood screenwriter who’s on vacation in Paris with his fiancée. The screenwriter has given up work for the time being to focus on his novel. He’s in love with the past, specifically Paris of the 1920s. One day, after wandering the streets of Paris alone, the clock strikes midnight, and an old car pulls up. He gets in the car and is whisked away into the 1920s where he meets the likes of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Picasso, Ernest… Read More »Oscarpalooza – Midnight in Paris

Oscarpalooza – Moneyball

I’ve been watching a lot of Oscar nominated films. At the suggestion of Lisa and Ruhee, I started with Moneyball. I wouldn’t be fully able to trust Ruhee’s opinion on this film, as she actually likes baseball, but Lisa seems ambivalent towards the sport, so I thought I’d go along with her opinions. For those unfamiliar, the film is a docudrama about a major league baseball team down the crapper with no money and hemorrhaging players. Brad Pitt is their General Manager, and he decides to hire Jonah Hill, a statistician, and together they build a team based on highest runs/$ they can get. It’s a strategy that hadn’t been done before, and after struggling,… Read More »Oscarpalooza – Moneyball

SOPA & PIPA (An open letter)

To: John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs cc: Steven Harper, Prime Minister of Canada Carolyn Bennett, Member of Parliament St. Paul’s Peter Kent, Member of Parliament Thornhill Minister Baird, I’m writing to you this morning as a technology professional. I am the IT Manager for *insert school name here*. As you’re aware, technology plays a large factor in the lives of our children. They are growing up and watching the world change all around them. The children in our school are fortunate enough to have easy access to desktop and laptop computers, as well as tablet devices for them to use within school. In their home lives most of them… Read More »SOPA & PIPA (An open letter)

The Reichenbach Falls

Watch this… no, seriously, watch this… no, I mean watch the actual episode. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MimV42deNMA&w=450&h259=]

Those Crazy Liberals

The Liberals are trying to pretend they’re still relevant. Okay, okay, I actually think they are, and believe that the NDP being the opposition is a fluke. They’re still in trouble, but I don’t see it as dire as others do. They put forward some amendments to their internal constitution. Time for commentary from Adam. SUCCESSFUL AMENDMENTS: Amendment 1: Elimination of the National Revenue Committee and Appointment of Chief Revenue Officer Yeah, whatever… nothing too interesting here.  Amendment 2: Registration of supporters of the Liberal Party Amendment 3: Participation of supporters in Leadership Vote I see no point to this. Party membership is a minor $10 per year. If someone cared to… Read More »Those Crazy Liberals

2011 -> 2012

2012 is here, which means we can put 2011 behind us… finally. I’m awake reluctantly, listening to Harmony Trowbridge’s record that was bought on Boxing Day. I still haven’t finished going through those ~20 records. I’ll soon be heading to the Millers‘ for New Year’s Day brunch. In addition to the Millers, I’ll also see some other high school friends I don’t see enough. It seems 2012 is starting well, but this is about 2011. Now that it’s over, we can critically look at it. Okay, that’s a lie, it’s still too close to be critical. Highlights of 2011: Beginning 2011 with Oldies 990 Falling in love Cottage trip with… Read More »2011 -> 2012

Happy Boxing Day

I’ve been sick for the past two days. Saturday was the worst, I ended up sleeping 20 out of the 24 hours. Yesterday I ended up going to bed shortly after watching Doctor Who‘s christmas special… some time around 7pm. I woke up around midnight, and refused to move in the hopes I could fall back asleep, I failed, but by six am I gave up on my goal, and instead grabbed my laptop. There I saw this tweet from Dave Ullrich… I remember last year debating very hard, should I buy Rick White’s 137? See, I had just purchased it on vinyl, but it didn’t come with a download… Read More »Happy Boxing Day