Friday, March 26, 2010

alice in wonderland (2010). directed by tim burton.

managed to catch alice in wonderland (2010), i am not impressed. well i don't please easy especially when the story is all fun fare but no substance. where is the tim burton, the visionary, who made edward scissorhands (1990)?

nothing will change this - no story, then no amount of computer graphics can make up for the fact that there is no story to tell in the first place.

ps: i loved lewis carroll's alice in wonderland and through a looking glass. the books are so clever and full of tricks - where is all that in the movie?

kissing jessica stein (2001). directed by charles herman-wurmfeld.


Josh: You know Stein, why don't you cut yourself a break. It's obviously not the time to be meeting someone anyway.
Jessica: [sarcastically] Really? What? Not the season?
Josh: No. It's just because you're clearly not open to it.
Jessica: [laughs] Excuse me? I'm sorry. How would you know?
Josh: Well, I do have a little history to draw from. But even if I didn't, you've known Charles here for about an hour and in that time you've dismissed a panoply of men based on factors as reductive as a linguistic misstep, a different view from yours on going dutch, a kind reaction to your legendary lateness, and a genuine interest in yoga. You know, I think it was Anais Nin who said, "We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are."
[chuckles]
Josh: Generally I'm not much of a Nin fan, but I do feel that bit sums you up to a "T", Stein. So I don't think the problem's with these poor men, these freaks and morons, as you put it. I think the problem is with you.
i am pedantic too. i do not like people who can not spell or put words together properly. i know it is childish to screen people like that - but it is such a turn off to see bad spelling. there is a person that i know - when he sms-ed - he wrote "jew" instead of "je" or wrote "wak" instead of "awak". forgive me god, but i am forever like this and it is not asking too much for someone who can spell - i know it has no bearing on happiness either.