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[enthusiastick]

Breaking up of the insurmountable amount of stuff that's happened since I last posted into more managable chunks and posting them without regard to chronological order. Ready, go.

I've seen a ton of movies this summer and I'm sure I've left some out, but this past weekend I saw two more worth mentioning.

• Little Miss Sunshine -- 3 1/2 stars -- I've been wanting to see this one since I first saw previews for it months ago, and reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. Still I kept waiting for it to come to the Somerville theater, but I was starting to worry it never would and getting impatient beside. All the glowing reviews don't come close to doing this film justice; it was funny, engaging, and an absolute joy to watch. If I had one complaint its that Steve Carell's background as a character actor was ocasionally distracting. One sequence in particular, where he's annoying Greg Kinnear's character by being sardonic, really sticks out in my mind. But for the most part it wasn't a problem. All the actors delivered excellent performances, and the timing of the various sequences was clockwork perfect -- funny when a serious scene needed to be deflated, serious enough to keep you immersed in the story.
  
  
• The Devil Wears Prada -- 3 stars -- This one I did catch at the Somerville theater. I'm not the world's biggest Meryl Streep fan, but she was good. Mostly I went for Anne Hathaway, on whom I have an entirely unrepentant geek crush. (I admit Adrian Grenier was also something of a draw, he's dreamy.) It was a good little flick, highly entertaining and easy to watch. Having not read the book I suspect it was simplified somewhat, or was written with the intent of being adapted to a screenplay, as it played like your typical not-quite-romantic-comedy coming-of-age movie. Also, incidentally, there is clearly something wrong with me: I thought Ms. Hathaway looked a million times better before they slimmed her down a dress size and dressed her up in fashion chic.

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[lady-eleret.livejournal.com]

You're awesome; have a great summer, don't ever change.

Oh, and the book was complete garbage (despite what others might try to tell you) and I only read it b'c somebody from BN had to.

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