2008 is halfway over. Here are my music and film favs over the first halfsy of the year.
Film
1. WALL-E (pure magic and inspiration)
2. Iron Man (Downey Jr. is the cat's pajamas)
3. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Doesn't quite reach the hilarity of Knocked Up, but still funny)
4. In Bruges (a little uneven, but strong in parts)
5. Wanted (fun to watch, altogether forgettable)
Films I have not yet seen that may have changed this list
The Bank Job
Redbelt
Smart People
The Life Before Her Eyes
Leatherheads
Kung Fu Panda
Paranoid Park
Run Fat Boy Run
The Visitor
Disappointing first half film
Be Kind Rewind (Great cast, promising premise, solid director, bad film)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal School (Could have been terrible...it wasn't, could've been great...it wasn't)
Prince Caspian (Not a bad film by any stretch...too much action and too little character development, fun action but could've been so much more)
Second half film I'm looking forward to
The Road (John Hillcoat)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (David Fincher)
Milk (Gus Van Sant)
The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan)
Synechdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman)
Pineapple Express (David Gordan Green)
Choke (Clark Gregg)
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (Peter Sollett)
W. (Oliver Stone)
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Kevin Smith)
Quantum of Solace (Marc Forster)
House of Lies (Ridley Scott)
Changeling (Clint Eastwood)
Che (Steven Soderbergh)
Brothers (Jim Sheridan)
Music
Five Favs so far
1. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
2. Sun Kil Moon - April
3. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
4. Spiritualized - Songs in A & E
5. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
Very Solid albums (alphabetically)
The Black Keys - Attack and Release
Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
DeVotchKa - A Mad And Faithful Telling
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
Jack Johnson - Sleep through the Static
The Roots - Rising Down
Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
Unwed Sailor - Little Wars
Decent Albums, few good songs, altogether forgettable
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
Weezer - Weezer (Red Album)
Albums I'm most looking forward to
Beck - Modern Guilt (tomorrow)
Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst (August 5)
The Verve - Four (August 19)
The Cure - ??? (September 13)
Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling (September 23)
Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul (October 6)
David Bazan - ??? (???)
Common - The Believer (November)
Both these lists are subject to change...especially the music list, seeing as albums grow on you with repeated listens.
2 comments:
Go see The Visitor. It is phenomenal. That movie would be tops on my list, if I had one.
Also, I haven't heard your number 1 or even heard of your number two on the music list... but Bon Iver is currently sitting atop my imaginary list as well.
I highly recommend My Morning Jacket. They're pretty big. Big enough that they are actually headlining at Red Rocks in August. Surprised you haven't heard them. Sun Kil Moon is also fantastic. The genius behind the band is named Mark Kozelek. He was in a band in the 90's called Red House Painters and then put out a solo album. RHP are great and Sun Kil moon is not so bad either. Check 'em out. Good call on Bon Iver
The Visitor is no longer playing in Colorado Springs. I missed it. I'll watch it in a few months once Netflix sends it to me. The Station Agent is great, so I have high hopes for this one. I also think Richard Jenkins plays great and often unsung supporting roles, so I'm excited to see him as a leading man. Thanks for your continued readership of my blog. By the way...who are you and what is your blog site?
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