I just got into Philly a bit ago. Due to excessive amounts of school-free spare time, I'll most likely play around with the site for the next few weeks until my eyes go crossed.
Just saw Lord of the Rings. Maybe I'll write a review this week. There's a lot to write about it.
In other news, I'm going back to Philly tomorrow for winter break. I can finally sleep in, catch up on my email, and read some non-school books. Sweet!
Since Jeremiah did a top five list of his 2001 favorite films, I'm making out a list, too. I'm sure it will change in the next 11 days, though. But here it is, in no particular order: Mulholland Drive, Vanilla Sky, Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch), Donnie Darko, L.I.E., The Princess and the Warrior, The Anniversary Party, A.I., Training Day, Ocean's Eleven, The Man Who Wasn't There, and if you count re-releases and redux, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Apocolypse Now.
My list will not include Hannibal, Bridget Jones' Diary, Driven, Made, Planet of the Apes, The Others, Rush Hour 2, Riding in Cars With Boys and Heist.
At the New School University today, I participated in a psychology experiment. They tested me on flowers and gender stereotyping. Good times. They paid us ten bucks. That's all I need. And a hot meal at a fair price.
If I tried to write a film review for Vanilla Sky, I wouldn't know exactly where to begin. I was most struck by the aesthetics of the film's art design and the dreamlike narrative. Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise are amazing. I'm enthused that Cameron Crowe is branching into mature dramas about adults -- don't get me wrong, I love Say Anything and Singles -- but this is truly a great deviation from his normal style of direction.
Duran Duran, Pop Trash
Gary Numan, The Pleasure Principle
Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual
Alphaville, Forever Young
The Vaselines, The Way of the Vaselines
Juliana Hatfield, Only Everything
P.J. Harvey, Is This Desire?
The Rolling Stones, Hot Rocks
Frente, Marvin the Album
Destiny's Child, The Writing's on the Wall
The Cars, The Cars
The B-52s, Cosmic Thing
Duran Duran, Arena
The Doors, The Soft Parade Saturday Night Fever soundtrack
L7, Hungry for Stink
The Dandy Warhols, The Dandy Warhols
The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds
Ace of Base, The Sign
The Waitresses, The Best of the Waitresses
Belle & Sebastian, Lazy Line Painter Jane
The Fad, The Fad The New Wave: Pop Music of the Early '80s
Goodbye Girl Friday, Mr. & Mrs.
Naked Highway, Hyperbollocks
Duran Duran, Pop Trash Classic Alternatives: '80s 12" Extended Rare Mixes
Phil Collins, Hits
Genesis, Turn It On Again: The Hits
Ladytron, Light & Magic
Ladytron, 604
The Go-Betweens, Before Hollywood
Beck, Midnight Vultures
Duran Duran, Seven & the Ragged Tiger
Abba, Arrival
The Cardigans, Long Gone Before Daylight
The Psychedelic Furs, All of This & Nothing
Air, Moon Safari
The Knack, Round Trip
Blondie, Parallel Lines
The Psychedelic Furs, Forever Now
The Donnas, Spend the Night
Nancy Sinatra, California Girl
Tatu, 200 KMH in the Wrong Lane
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Organisation
John-Manuel Andriote, Hot Stuff: A Brief History of Disco
Bret Easton Ellis, The Rules of Attraction
Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
Jean Kilbourne, Deadly Persuasion
Nick Hornby, High Fidelity
Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho
Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation
