ShortCircuited

Gonna take a while to get back to the old movie-watching habits. My goal is to have seen all the notable 07 films by next month.

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It is pretty much understood that most independent films, particularly ones made by first time directors and writers, will not gather much of an audience. They may bring it around the festival circuit, or they may get a few open-minded fans, and if they’re really lucky, they can find a good distributor, sell enough tickets to keep the producers happy, and gather enough credibility to finance their next project. But every once in a while, such a independent film (usually a comedy) comes along and makes it very, VERY big. I’m talking about hundreds of millions in box office revenue and a multitude of media attention. In 2006, there was Little Miss Sunshine; before that, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and most recently, it was Juno.

Good luck exploring the infinite abyss, Braff. (I’ll explain how this is relevant)

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I saw one whole movie this month, but at least now I’m done with exams.

Southland Tales - It’s a movie staring Dwyane Johnson, Justing Timberlake, Seamm William Scott, Mandy Moore, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and half of the cast of Saturday Night Live. How can it possibly go wrong?

I’m just trying to get the word out on this online petition. The goal is 1 million names, a number is set by Uwe Boll himself. There are 140800 signatures so far, but considering that it went up from 101591 in about… 26 hours, I’d say that’s pretty good. Spread the news.

http://www.petitiononline.com/RRH53888/petition.html

I did not get a chance to see many films this month. :’( I’ll make up for it when I finish my exams.
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Here’s the trailer for the new M. Night Shayamalan Movie

Here’s how it ends - they were killed by Shayamalan’s giant ego.

Now that you know, there’ll be no reason to see it. I just saved 2 hours of your life. You should thank me.

I’ve been a little busy this month, so the list is much shorter.

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Here’s the second monthly Bitsize reviews, where I attempt to summarize the movies I’ve seen in 20 words or less.

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I’m going to try and predict this year’s Oscar winners. I have not seen most of these films. It’s purely based on how much hype they have received. Here we go… :)

Film: Atonement
Director: Cohen Brothers
Male Lead: Daniel Day Lewis
Female Lead: Ellen Page
Male Support: Javier Bardem
Female Support: Cate Blanchett (Duh)
Adapted Screenplay: No Country for Old Men
Original Screenplay: Juno
Documentary: No End in Sight
Animated: Ratatoueille

I’m going to try and make this a monthly feature. I’ll list the movies that I saw in the past month and try to summarize them with 20 words or less.

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