March 02, 2008
Stranded
Even at 10 a.m. on Saturday, after very few hours of sleep and drinking too much the night before, I was captured by Stranded. I'd heard the story of the Uruguayan rugby team before, but to watch the survivors speak about the incident, 30 years afterward, and to watch them struggle to keep their voices steady and their eyes dry, was extremely powerful. Unfortunately, I had to leave partway through the movie to go to work, but this is a film I'm going to hunt down at Ninth Street Video. The director has done his job because I can't wait ...
April 25, 2007
Lost: The stranger
WOAH! WOAH! WOAH!!! I don’t know what else to say. Wow. I am just speechless. The funny thing is that about two days ago my good friend and I were talking about Lost (yes, my friends and I are so cool that we sit around and discuss TV shows). And she asked me if I thought they were in purgatory. I said I didn’t think so, but after watching this show, I may have to reconsider my opinion! The first two thirds of the show really were not that exciting to me. Yeah, yeah, Jin’s mother was a prostitute. Yeah, ...
April 24, 2007
Lost: Penny
So from the very start I knew that this episode was going to involve Charlie’s death and a vision. I am very glad it didn’t go that far, however. But it brought up a few questions. Like would it have been Penny if Charlie died? I just don’t know. But I am glad that Des decided not to be selfish and to save Charlie. While the “camping” trip was the main focus of the story (and who the heck was that woman?), I found the love triangle a lot more interesting. Obviously Kate still has some feelings for Jack. Jeez, ...
April 12, 2007
Lost: Juliet (that lying little...)
So WOW! That is all I can say. I had such high hopes for Julie and then that ending! WOW! I cannot believe what a jerk she is. This whole episode was building up to make me like her more and more and then POW! They throw that last clip in there. Julie is a two-timing little jerk. Complete jerk. I don't think there is another way to describe her. But now that we know she is a jerk, what is she doing there?! I mean we know she is double crossing them...but why? And what can she get done ...
April 06, 2007
Lost: The truth about Kate
It is so weird to have them on these two separate sides of the island. It makes it almost feel like two separate shows. I keep having to switch plot lines, which just makes me even more confused. So now we are back with The Others. Gotch ya. Locke is acting weird again. Gotch ya. Oh wait…there is Sawyer and the camp again. I’m Lost. What’s a girl to do? I have to say I am still not quite over the whole being buried alive business. Scared me half to death. I keep thinking they’ll dig their way out or ...
Lost: Paralyzed
Ok, so when this episode started I was really confused. I felt like I hadn’t watched the show in a year rather than just being a week behind. (Sorry, you know how spring break is. No time for TV.) It took me a while to figure out what was going on, but then I got into the swing of things. Still was all a bit crazy, however. I love how the Lost writers brought this entire story out of the woodwork. It was so crazy to see how it all fit together with the plot we know and love already. ...
March 21, 2007
Lost: Daddy?
WOAH! WOAH! WOAH! So much happened, I don’t know where to start! Well, they found Jack when we left off last week. Now we learn that Jack made a deal to get off the island, but oh wait…we can’t loose Jack, so Locke has to go and destroy the submarine! Go figure. They put that hope in you and then dash it to bits. Cruel, Cruel writers. But we do learn more about Locke. FINALLY we are told why he is in a wheelchair. Thank you, writers! Interesting little story there. I can’t believe the irony though on his father ...
March 14, 2007
Lost: The flight of the birds
Well, Clair was once a brunette. Who’d have thought? What a rebel teen. I guess it goes along with her unwanted pregnancy and everything. She’s definitely got the moody teenager attitude down cold. But seriously, Jack and Claire are half-brother and sister?! Or did I mess that one up? It just keeps getting crazier and crazier. It was nice to learn more about Claire. I don’t understand who the father of her child is, however. They never really went into that. They just like to let these things dribble out, don’t they? I think we could all relate to Claire ...
March 07, 2007
Lost: The Flame station
So they find the man they saw in the observational hatch. What’s with the eye patch? I was so excited at first because I thought we were going to learn more about DHARMA, then Lost goes and breaks my heart by making him an “other.” Just when I think we’re getting somewhere! Now I am just as confused as ever. And what is with the cat? It is kind of like the horse that Kate kept seeing. Weird. And then there was my favorite, Sawyer. They can’t talk away his nicknames! They are part of what ...
February 28, 2007
Lost: The car and the beer
Ok, am I the only one who thought there were more commercials than actual show with this episode? Especially with all the storm interruptions. I felt like I was watching the news rather than Lost. It also made me feel like I missed a lot. I might have to re-watch it tomorrow. In reference to the show, however, we learned more about Hugo and those “evil” numbers. I thought it was interesting though that he looked way more Hispanic as a kid than he does now (even though the guy who plays Hugo does have the last name Garcia). I ...
February 22, 2007
Lost: Stranger in a Strange Land
If you haven’t seen Lost before, stop right now. Go to Blockbuster, and rent season one. It makes more sense if you start at the beginning. That’s how you fall in love with the show. That said, this episode mostly just confused me. Sure, Sawyer and Kate are free, whoop-de-doo. Ben’s alive and kicking, which I’m not sure is a good thing. But the whole Jack’s tattoo flashback stuff was confusing. We still have no clue who the “others” really are and I don’t feel like I learned anything about Jack from that either. Maybe it will come up in ...
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