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Jan. 2nd, 2008 08:42 pm
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Juno - It was a very cute movie! I didn't know this at first, but it was directed by Jason Reitman, who also directed and wrote the very funny and scathing Thank You for Smoking. There's been kind of a backlash against it for being too precious and too quirky, but who cares? It was funny and well-written, the actors were great and the movie entertained me and wasn't 3 hours long. I love the soundtrack. (Slightly geeky note: Ellen Page was in X-Men 3 as Kitty Pryde.)
We got a whole bunch of DVDs for Christmas, and I've been slowly savoring them.
The Pixar Shorts - I've always loved the Pixar shorts that they've shown with the feature films. One of the special features is a documentary about the history of Pixar and how it came up with the various shorts. John Lasseter is there from the beginning as the animator, and it's amazing to see what they came up with based on really limited resources. Re-watching the shorts, I'm just delighted again and again, not just by the great, natural-looking animation - most of it's aged pretty well - the little stories they depict are so moving and so full of life and genuine emotion. I'd pay to watch these in a theater again, any time.
Knocked Up - We actually got this for someone for Christmas, but found out that somebody else had got him the same thing, so I kept this for ourselves. I'd forgotten how hilarious this is. There are a ton of bonus features and footage. My favorite is Dr. Kuni Goes Wild (warning: graphic language about pregnancy):
Dr. Kuni is played by Ken Jeong, who is also a real doctor, which makes the scene even funnier. (I tried searching for the video in Google and Youtube, but no dice. Hmm...I wonder if they pulled it...)
We got a whole bunch of DVDs for Christmas, and I've been slowly savoring them.
The Pixar Shorts - I've always loved the Pixar shorts that they've shown with the feature films. One of the special features is a documentary about the history of Pixar and how it came up with the various shorts. John Lasseter is there from the beginning as the animator, and it's amazing to see what they came up with based on really limited resources. Re-watching the shorts, I'm just delighted again and again, not just by the great, natural-looking animation - most of it's aged pretty well - the little stories they depict are so moving and so full of life and genuine emotion. I'd pay to watch these in a theater again, any time.
Knocked Up - We actually got this for someone for Christmas, but found out that somebody else had got him the same thing, so I kept this for ourselves. I'd forgotten how hilarious this is. There are a ton of bonus features and footage. My favorite is Dr. Kuni Goes Wild (warning: graphic language about pregnancy):
Dr. Kuni is played by Ken Jeong, who is also a real doctor, which makes the scene even funnier. (I tried searching for the video in Google and Youtube, but no dice. Hmm...I wonder if they pulled it...)