Thus Says Suzanne...

she's been waiting a month

About a month ago the Disney Channel started showing promo commercials for Twitches Too.  I'll just say that the original Twitches was a big hit with the youngster and she's been impatiently counting down the days until TiVo records her movie.  Last night her stomach was off and she felt pretty low.  This morning she still doesn't feel well but upon awakening her first question was if she could watch her movie which recorded last night.  I suppose if you wake on a Saturday and feel yucky it's good to have something to take your mind off your misery.

Here's the promo in case you're interested...

Indiana Jones 4

Are you keeping track of the progress of the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones franchise?  News today is that Cate Blancett has signed on for the film.  Hmmmm.   

In case you forgot why this character is so cool...

Not what I had hoped for...

Ever hear of Nora Roberts?  Maybe you know her through her other books, written as J.D. Robb?  Lifetime television channel converted four of her books into screenplays and is running the movies on consecutive Mondays, the first aired last week.  Oh boy. 

Let me start by saying there was a lot to like about the film.  I don't know where it was shot but the outdoor shots were breathtaking.  I could live with most of the changes required when condensing a book down to two hours minus commercial breaks.  However, though I have no problems in general with Heather Locklear, I thought she was horribly miscast.  The role was written for someone 10-15 years younger, and her physical appearance was not even remotely close to the description in the book.  Worse than that though was that she had gone seriously overboard with facial injections of Botox and/or collagen type fillers.  Her frozen and bloated face distracted me throughout the entire movie.  I checked the Lifetime message boards the other day and found that many others had the same thoughts about her face and the miscasting.  Sad. 

Had she just left her face alone I could have gotten past my other concerns and enjoyed the film. 

movie trailer

I'm not usually into movies but ever since Ladybuck got me to watch Zoolander I sometimes enjoy Ben Stiller's movies.  This one comes out around Christmas and I might have to go see it.

007

I adored Pierce Brosnan as James Bond.  Before that we had a long, long, long dry spell as the only other Bond worth watching was Sean Connery.  Now we have a new guy and there are plenty of people who have already decided that he is not 007 material.  I'm taking a wait-and-see approach, and want him to be great.  Having said that, who picked the theme song for this film?  It is seriously lame.  The film looks promising though...

Please no

It is being reported that there will be a "National Treasure 2."

I had high hopes for the first one was really looking forward to it, talked Lorraine into going to see it with me...and it sucked.  Seriously, within the first ten minutes I knew I was stuck.  Had I gone alone I would have walked out but you don't ask a friend to go to the movies with you and then ditch them. 

As viewers we're asked to take a leap of faith and go with what is on the screen and hope that it pays off.  Shortly after the film begins there is a massive explosion that should have at the very least shredded their innards, pulverized their bones, liquified their brains (well, you get the picture) but nooooooo, not our heroes, nothing more troubling than a little ringing in the ears.  It only went downhill from there.  All the actors phoned in their performances.  The film could have been fun and informative, instead it was cheesy and tiresome.   On top of everything else I found the soundtrack distracting (not in a good way).

Is a second film necessary?  I think not.

When did this become okay?

I came across this story a couple days ago but I've been so outraged by it I couldn't post about it until now.  Miss Dakota Fanning is participating in a movie in which her character is to be raped on screen.  There is already buzz about this being a film that can earn her an Oscar.  She is twelve years old.  Who came up with the obscene plan to have her run around naked or nearly naked in a film and simulate a rape scene!!!???!!! 

When did we begin requiring nude and sex scenes of twelve-year-old girls so that they could win an Oscar?  What's next for this little girl?  I am repulsed that the people around her allow this to happen. 

The Mummy 3?

Will there be a Mummy 3?   (Please yes...please yes...please yes!)

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