sarea: (jeremy. and rope.)
I can now un-ban the internet, as the weekend is over and I have seen The Bourne Legacy... twice. Yes, already! I agree with [profile] jade_okelani's assessment of a 7.5/10 score for the movie. Depending on how strongly one feels about its flaws, I'd even accept a 6.5. But a score lower than that is clearly being colored by the inability to accept a lead in the franchise who isn't Matt Damon, because the movie itself was solid. I don't think I liked the movie as much as I did because I like Jeremy Renner; I think the fact that I like Jeremy Renner allowed me to look past the Matt issue and judge the movie on its own merits. So yeah, I liked it -- enough to see twice during opening weekend, though okay, the Jeremy Renner might've had more than a little to do with that. Also, like all the Bourne movies, I just felt that I needed to see it again to get a firmer grasp on the plot. Or in this case, the "plot." The Bourne Legacy spoilers, the good and the bad. This is super long. )

Edit: You might enjoy this Other Franchises That Need Jeremy Renner slideshow from TWoP. It goes from the totally ridiculous (Jeremy as Katniss Everdeen! Jeremy takes over for Jason Segel in The Muppets!) to stuff I'd totally see (Jeremy takes over for Johnny Depp in PotC as a new swashbuckler! Jeremy and Donald Glover reboot Men in Black! Jeremy takes over as Optimus Prime's human sidekick! "The fact that he's not Shia would instantly win viewers over to his side. Furthermore, they'd actually believe his character could score a chick like Megan Fox or Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.") Buuuuuuuuuurn on Shia. But totally true re: chick scoring.
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OK so, I saw The Dark Knight Rises. I was disappointed. I'm going to be like one of 10 people in the world who didn't like it, and I've made my peace with that. It was the same with Lost in Translation (*fistbumps [personal profile] adelagia*). But anyway, before I talk about the movie and the issues I had with it, let me share something non-spoilery that happened before the movie began.

The first thing I said to [profile] corianderstem when the theater lights dimmed was, "I hope we get a Bourne Legacy trailer." I was so excited when those familiar opening frames started playing. I've seen that particular trailer a hundred times online, but never in the theater, and seeing it on a huge screen was super awesome. However, it was the very last trailer, and the theater we were at likes to do this showy thing where they LOWER THE CURTAINS AGAIN before the actual feature presentation, so the final minute or so of the BL trailer was obscured by the FUCKING CURTAINS!!!!! Which then rose again to show the actual movie! Seriously? SERIOUSLY?! I was so fucking annoyed. Like anyone needs the fake anticipation of the curtains rising again for the actual movie. Totally ruined the only big-theater viewing of the BL trailer that I've seen. -.- You know, if you're going to insist on doing something like that, do it RIGHT and just STOP the projector AFTER all the trailers are DONE. Gawd. :-l x 1000000000000000000000

Spoilery The Dark Knight Rises commentary. )

After the movie, C. and I went to eat at the Ballard El Camion, which just has such yummy food. And long lines that don't let up.

On Saturday [personal profile] adelagia, [personal profile] slitherhither and I ended up having an impromptu Taiwanese cuisine day, starting with Boiling Point and ending with Henry's Taiwan. It was lovely to see B., who is so busy these days that we rarely get to see her. In between, we played Pandemic and had frozen yogurt at Peaks.

Did you know you can play Pandemic for free here? (When I told [profile] jade_okelani she was like, "Well now when are we ever going to do anything else?") It's kind of clunky and not as satisfying as actually playing with the actual pieces, but still, it totally works. The only thing is that it's a German site, so it's half in English and half in German, which makes for a somewhat confusing/frustrating experience getting started, lol. But yay that I can brush up on my (nonexistent) German? [personal profile] akscully was a very good sport and helped me figure it out, even though by the time we finished playing a couple of games with Jade it was like 4 in the morning for her. :))

Two hilariously funny things from Tumblr recently:

1) My neighbor's dog won't stop baking! ) Best response to a typo ever. Seriously, this makes me laugh so hard every time I see it. It's just so ridiculous. I think I might have to frame it and put it up somewhere in the house, because every time I encounter it, it's going to cheer me up.

2) "Scary Smash" - Kids make up a story, adults act it out. This one stars Joss Whedon. It's awesome.

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So... [profile] jade_okelani and [personal profile] ropo are going to an advanced screening of The Bourne Legacy tomorrow.

AND I'M NOT.

When Jade told me this morning, I was like



Then I went through the various stages of grief over being the one missing out. In Tumblr macros. )

I may have briefly considered flying to LA to join them, but it's too short notice that would be crazy.

I NEED TO MOVE BACK HOME. All the fun things happen there.
sarea: (hawkeye mmm...)
New Bourne Legacy trailer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



*THUD*

My mind is a sticky mess from having been blown up by all the sexy images of Jeremy Renner as a super badass saving scientist!doctor!Rachel Weisz. God I hate her. And want to be her.

Must go recover now.

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