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occasional contemplations: Movies: Top 10 of the 2000s
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Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence." -Charles Dickens. Movies: Top 10 of the 2000s. Tuesday, January 5, 2010. What an amazing decade in film! Ten years ago, I was barely entering my teenage-dom, although a rabid love of The Matrix. 33 viewings the summer of 2000) was whetting my appetite for the medium. As I look back, it leaves me speechless how quickly all those years evaporated. Anticipation is truly a sharp double-edged sword! Looking forward to what the 2010s bring! Just missed the cut:.
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occasional contemplations: 01/2010
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Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence." -Charles Dickens. Top 10 of 2009: Part 1. Friday, January 29, 2010. Puzzling' is the word that most often comes to mind when I think about the 2009 movie landscape. But here we are, my Top 10 of 2009- and it's out a little earlier than last year! Up in the Air. The Fog of War. Is Chris Smith's Collapse. Having watched it just this week, The Cove. It seems like zombies are everywhere nowadays- from popular video games, to modern cinema, to comics, to our lit...
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occasional contemplations: 02/2010
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Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence." -Charles Dickens. Top 10 Most Anticipated of 2010. Tuesday, February 9, 2010. Here's a quickie.needless to say, it should be a pretty awesome summer. Top 10 most anticipated flicks of 2010! 3 Iron Man 2. 6 Toy Story 3. 6/11/10 - (Joe Carnahan). 9 Alice in Wonderland. 10 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Pt. 1. Aka the Facebook movie from David Fincher). A Nightmare on Elm Street. Clash of the Titans. Top 10 of 2009: Part 2. Wednesday, February 3, 2010.
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occasional contemplations: 10/2009
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Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence." -Charles Dickens. Friday, October 16, 2009. A few years back, veteran director Rob Reiner assembled the legendary duo of Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman for his latest film,. The movie was pretty good, but inadvertently created a distinct awareness in the viewer by posing a simple question:. What things do you HAVE to experience before you die? Pictures courtesy of the Houston Press). CD Review: Relient K - Forget and Now Slow Down. Though my few (if any)...
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occasional contemplations: 11/2007
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Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence." -Charles Dickens. I am Jack's smirking revenge. Sunday, November 25, 2007. Ed Norton portrays the insomniac as a desperate person void of a normal existence. But there's a chaotic glory in the way this sleepy social parasite floats through his life. I'd imagine what I feel after a long trip is what The Narrator feels like 24/7.well, before Fight Club anyway. Monday, November 19, 2007. BEST show on TV. Saturday, November 17, 2007. Resolution/wisdom about a s...
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occasional contemplations: 01/2008
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Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence." -Charles Dickens. Christopher Nolan on Heath Ledger. Sunday, January 27, 2008. Taken from Newsweek, this a very cool memorandum from Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan on the kind of actor/person Heath Ledger was. Really good stuff. Top 10 of 2007, Redux. WELP, I've seen some more contenders that I had wanted to see before I made this list, so I wanted to revise it a bit. No major changes except for the inclusion of Into the Wild. I left the theater ext...
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occasional contemplations: Top 10 of 2009: Part 2
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Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence." -Charles Dickens. Top 10 of 2009: Part 2. Wednesday, February 3, 2010. And we're finally here. I can honestly say that I love this Top 5, and that's how it should be, really. For all movies you see in a year, your Top 5 should be the ones that have stuck with you, the ones you could name off to a friend instantly. Looking at my Top 5, I have to say that 2009 was a strong year. But onto the list. South African Neill Blomkamp (a Peter Jackson disciple). Equal...
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occasional contemplations: 06/2008
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Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence." -Charles Dickens. Big Gulps, eh guys? Well, see ya later! Monday, June 23, 2008. Random questions on a Monday morning. 1 If Doc Brown were alive and well in 2008, what would the modern day DeLorean be? 2 If it's called Vacation. Bible School, why do we meet at our home church? 3 Is Jolly Rancher the most random candy name of all time? 4 Why is the man who invests all your money called a 'broker'? 5 Why is yawning so instantly contagious? Whose idea was that?
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occasional contemplations: 09/2008
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Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence." -Charles Dickens. Four years ago, today. Monday, September 22, 2008. Happy Anniversary, Oceanic Flight 815! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Houston, TX, United States. View my complete profile. A new vision of God? 30 Day Drawing Challenge: Big Finish Days 25-30. Jimmy Eat World's drummer. The Best Song We Never Released. I always had a suspicion. Tell me all your thoughts on God. Goodbye 2009, You Were Good To Me. Mile High Report - Broncos.
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occasional contemplations: 12/2007
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Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence." -Charles Dickens. Yale Book of Quotations - Top 10 Quotes of '07. Wednesday, December 19, 2007. 10 "I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history." - Former President Jimmy Carter in an interview in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper. 5 "I don't recall." - Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' repeated response to questioning at a congressional hearing about t...4 "That's...