MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

Topic: Golden Globes, NIN, The Cure

*Again sorry for the lack of posts. I am not sure what I have been doing with my time. I guess watching TV and just chilling. I think when I use to review movies I was more on this. Oh well.

*Speaking of movies I took a look at the Golden Globe nominees this year. I have not seen A LOT of films but I did get to catch Slumdog Millionaire and really enjoyed it. As for TV, I am happy True Blood got nominated, that show is such good fun.

*Had our office Christmas party at Hotel Roosevelt last Friday. It was a nice venue and they had tons of great food and a band playing. It was a pretty nice event unfortunately I had to leave early to head to Vegas. I had tickets to see NIN at Planet Hollywood for Sat. The NIN show was freaking unreal and Trent Reznor is a fine looking man. I want a NIN tat now :P


*On Sunday, I went to Kroq's Almost Acoustic Christmas show because the main headliner was THE CURE!!! YAY love them. I had to listen to a lot of bands until I got to my boys. Vampire Weekend was okay, they seem a bit young; Snow Patrol was entertaining; Scott Weiland was terrible and half the place left; Franz Ferdinand was entertaining as well, it was my first time seeing them live and they were pretty good; Kayne West was the surprise guest and he was pretty good although I heard rumors later it was suppose to be No Doubt because all the members were there, now that would have been a great surprise act; Paramore was not good; Death Cab for Cutie was dullish; I have to say the Killers surprised me but I expected nothing from them and they were actually pretty entertaining, Brandon Flowers singing was not too bad. The Cure seemed a bit off that night but I guess it was expected after the secret show they played at the Troubadour the night before that I did not go to cause I was in Vegas :( Oh well. On the plus side my buddy snagged me the limited poster they were giving away!

(M) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008, David Fincher) Grade: B+
Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story, this film stars Brad Pitt as the title character, a man who ages in reverse so that he is born as an old man and dies as a baby. Adapted for the screen by Eric Roth, this Button maintains little of its source material, so it really should be viewed on its own. I mean, a two-and-a-half-hour film from a 20-page short story? There was quite some artistic freedom here. Button has been compared to Forrest Gump, which Roth also wrote, and that’s a pretty good comparison, as Benjamin travels around the world, meets all sorts of characters and has one true love. The Jenny in this case is Daisy, played by the always great Cate Blanchett. The film does drag a bit, but by the end, I enjoyed it for its reflection on life, aging and mortality. I admit, however, that I had higher expectations.

Topic: raining, cold, tired

*Sorry for the lack of posts. I have been doing some stuff but too tired to go into all of it. Just a quick recap - Oasis, NIN, THE CURE (missing a big huge CURE moment), holiday parties, Las Vegas, rain and how cold it has been. I'll write more later .. maybe. I'm glad to be going to Hong Kong in less than a week. Thank goodness :)