Now Playing: collective soul - dosage
- the lion the witch and the wardrobe - the bbc version. the effects are easily forgivable, even some of the worst of them, but damn it if they didn't add a hell of a lot of dialogue to the book--why did they have to have a three hour movie when the book could probably be boiled down to one if one really put some effort into it. i still say--about the story, that is, not this incarnation in particular--that it's a crap story and aslan, just like jesus, is a bit of a cheater. i mean, who the hell wouldn't die if it meant you get to go be a god and everyone will worship you forever... or that you'll wake up the morning and all will be fine? and, i can't decided if the casting on lucy was brilliant or horrific; i mean, the girl, with her blatantly british looks, big teeth and extra weight, captured that arrogant annoying devout bitch lucy quite well, almost too well. sorry, lucy's annoying
- harry potter and the chamber of secrets - not as good a plot as any of the other books, but this one works well as a movie. saw it a few times already, of course, but reviewing for goblet of fire this weekend. one thing worth noting on this one and the other two (and what will probably be the case with the fourth)--the casting is brilliant
- house - "spin" - not the best episode of house, but also not the worst
- nip/tuck - "hannah tedesco" - less heavyhanded with the metaphor, and that's shocking since the main surgery was extra graphic and extended--hell, the two facial surgery bits could be the reason this episode was 20 minutes long--and speaking of being long, did anything announce that? odd twist at the end of sean's bit in this one, but at least he's still around, and the wedding next week should go down in flames quite well... or surprise us all by being absolutely normal in the end
- recorded but not watched yet: boston legal, the daily show, the colbert report