I'm doing 19 things
My Best Fiend
2 months ago
Pretty good, not my favorite, but good none the less. How did anyone ever work with Kinski?? I am glad Herzog managed since those are some of my all-time favorite movies.
Montagia's Life List
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1. Make my bed every day
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2. Cook two meals from scratch/week
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3. Walk (or ride my bike or the bus) one place a week that I would normally drive to
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4. Eat two vegetarian meals a week
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5. Eat fish twice a week
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6. Photograph 43 Sunsets
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7. Be my very best by the age of 40
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8. Get my daughter through the teen years (relatively) unscathed
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9. Visit all 50 states
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10. Make new friends
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11. Lower my cholesterol
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12. stop homophobia
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13. Drink 64 ozs of water daily
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14. Do yoga twice weekly
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15. Lose 50 pounds by December 22, 2008
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16. Track all the movies I watch in 2008
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17. see every Werner Herzog film
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18. get up when my alarm clock goes off
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19. get a rainwater tank
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Recent entries
Fantasia (1940) 7/10
5 months ago
Technically, this probably deserves a higher rating, but I am rating partially on enjoyment and, while this is brilliant in many ways, this is not without flaws. I had to watch a musical for school and I didn’t think I could stomach Westside Story or Moulin Rouge, so I picked this Disney classic because it at least has the kind of music I enjoy in it. The first “chapter”, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, wow, it blew me away. That opening piece is definitely the best in the movie. I also enjoyed Tcahikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite, probably because Evan watched that one and he was giggling over the clever and funny animation. Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring was well done, too. I actually enjoyed that one more with the animation than just listening to the musical piece alone. Some of this is just too cheesy and, well, Disney-ish for my taste. I really started to watch the clock toward the end, although I must admit, the conclusion, featuring Russian composer Modeste Moussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain and Schubert’s Ave Maria was pretty brilliant.
Back to the Future (1985) 8/10
5 months ago
I had to watch a movie and write about the film score for a Music Appreciation class I am taking, so I chose this one in order to have something to watch with my nine-year-old son. He loved it, by the way! When the film started with “The Power of Love” by Huey Lewis & The News, I questioned my choice, but enough time has passed since the 1980s, I was actually able to listen to Huey Lewis & The News without retching! Anyway, great use of music and a funny and well-done comedy. I had forgoten how CUTE Michael J. Fox was back in the day!! Maybe he is still cute now, but I haven’t seen him. My son said he wished he could go back in time and see me when I was young. Awww.
