A bit behind

[missmiah]

So, yes... I sort of forgot to post about the 13th Annual After-Christmas Christmas party two weekends ago. Well, I did post, I just didn't post anything substantial.

I was going to post a very detailed synopsis, but I think I'll just hit the high points.

• Wii Boxing - hilarious to watch.
  
• Wii Boogie - the dancing wasn't the best thing ever, but slightly tipsy karaoke is Love.
  
• Sushi making kits - made me hungry.
  
• Clue: The Movie - 1+2+2+1. 1+1+2+1.
  
• Kobolds Ate My Baby - 'nough said.
  
• Mike's Hard Lemondade - Is sort of like having some juice? Right?
  
• Fra-Gee-lay.
  
• Settlers of Catan - I have wood for sheep.
  
• Hu Hut and Happy Valley - yummy
  
• The Legend of Jodi Pig continues
  
• Fizzgig - Demonspawn cat of pointy-ended death
  
• Wrapping Paper fight!
  and finally
  
• Spending the day catching up with friends - Super, awesome Love.
  

I never realize just how much I miss hanging out with them until we meet up and I have that moment of "This is how it should be. This is what I've missed."

The only way the weekend could have been better was if Captain could have come and if people could have stayed longer (Am already working on plans for next year, peoples, be warned).


And Cloverfield


Aside from the barfing, I liked the movie. It didn't make any effort to explain the hows or whys of the creature or where it came from - it was just giant, freakish monstery death.

I can respect that.

I could have respected it a bit more with a steady cam, I'm just sayin'.

Apparently, there are plenty of websites out there that were created by the movie maker peeps that do make an effort to explain a bit more - like a bit more about Rob and Co., possible reasons for the monster, lots of stuff that really has no more than two seconds of screen time in the movie flashing by in the background of a scene but is actually totally involved in the hows and whys of the Cloverfield "mythos", etc.

However, you don't need to know any of that to appreciate the above mentioned giant, freakish monstery death. Complete with parasitic mini-monstery death. Although I'm pretty sure I saw the evil-monster lice thing before in Godzilla 1985, but I may be the only person on the planet who actually watched that one so I'll give them a pass this time.

I really need to see the movie again because there are a lot of things I know to look for now that I didn't on the first viewing, but I'm going to have to wait until it's out on DVD because there is no way I can sit through the entire movie without a pause button for motion sickness breaks.

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[begstodiffer.livejournal.com]

Although I'm pretty sure I saw the evil-monster lice thing before in Godzilla 1985, but I may be the only person on the planet who actually watched that one so I'll give them a pass this time.

There are two of us on the planet- I remember Godzilla 1985 and the giant saurian body lice, too. (One killed a sailor on a fishing boat, or something, right?) Technically, my mom was sitting in the living room crocheting at the time, but I don't think she counts.

Cloverfield sounds interesting, and I might have to check it out. This is remarkable for a couple of reasons: One, Blair Witch wasn't really my thing. Two, I don't have a good track record with watching movies. I still have a DVRed copy of A Scanner Darkly from last April that I haven't watched...

[missmiah.livejournal.com]

I still have movies on the DVD shelf that are in their plastic wrap because I wanted them enough to purchase them, but not quite enough to open and watch them. Also, I'm lazy.

I figure I'll have plenty of free time while Captain is in Iraq, I'll catch up on my movie watching then. And Doctor Who. And Torchwood. And Highlander. And all the other TV shows I have on DVD around here.

The sailor killing Godzilla lice is pretty much the only scene from Godzilla 1985 that I remember (not sure if that means the scene was that good, or the rest of the movie was that bad).

[kauricat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought they did a good job of conveying the shock, confusion, grief, and desperation that would happen in that kind of attack.

My husband did not think we got to see enough of the monster, and he was dismayed that there was no obvious explanation of where it came from or why it was attacking. But he knew going in that it was J.J. Abrams, of disappointing (so far) Smoke Creature fame, so he was kind of expecting that. :) Sorry it made you sickly. I was nearly to that point myself when they were running away from the bridge.

[missmiah.livejournal.com]

I suspect the movie wouldn't have gotten to me quite so badly if I hadn't just eaten and I wasn't still feeling a bit wooblie from the anesthetic two days before (that stuff hit me like a tea cup ride of doom).

I was surprised that we saw as much of the monster as we did, to be honest. Not enough to be able to completely picture it in my mind, but enough to have a general idea of the creepy.

Thought the funny bits were amusing without being unbelievable, and I laughed when everyone whipped out their camera phones when Lady Liberty's head hit the street. Of course, I immediately turned to Captain and said, "You know people would actually do that."