Apollo Hating

Dear Movies,
Bob said he had avoided seeing Apollo 18 cause people told him it wasnt good. But I thought it was really cool. Please let everyone know that they should check it out.

Thanks,
James

The ArtiSHHt

Dear Movies,
Please, oh please, have it be that The Artist is in fact a modern silent movie. It looks too incredible.

Sincerely,
James

Street ♥

Dear Movies,
Lets art some art sometime. Pick three colors and ill draw you something. And you draw or paint anything for me and we'll trade. Itll be cool.

Love,

I Love You Man

Dear Movies,
This guy! This guy is just the best! Thanks so much for an incredible Muppets movie Jason!

Love,
James

Hit Reset

Dear Movies,
TIL: Hudson's most famous line from Aliens of "Game over man, game over." was entirely improvised. So was the line "Warriors, come and play-ay". What are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do? Maybe we could build a fire, sing a couple songs...

James

$ Penny

Dear Movies,
Why isnt this man still playing Bond? That should be a suitcase bomb he stole away from an Iranian terrorist, not an expensive man-bag.

James

LOL Cat

Dear Movies,
hahahahahahahahaha,

James

Song-ny Lee Jones

Dear Movies,
Its Suntory Time!


Love,
James

From RoboCop to Rebel Cop

Dear Movies,
Officer Anne Lewis just got wasted by a corrupt cop after surviving two and a half movies. RoboCop is about to fuuuuuuuuuck some shit up.

James

Champion of The Universe

Dear Live Theater,
Im absolutely going to be in Chicago this Halloween for the rock opera Alien Queen. Dont stop me now!


James

Movies Id Bone

Dear Movies,
When is Cowboys and Aliens vs. Predator coming out?

James

Big Trouble In Little China

Dear Movies,

The nominees for "best movie title that describes my penis" are:

-Captain Ron

-Pi

-The Accused

-Gone In 60 Seconds

-Big

And the winner is...

Ladies and gentlemen! This is highly unexpected! In a surprise, last second, unanimous agreement, the academy has declared the winner to be....

Oprah Winfrey & Tyler Perry Present a Lee Daniels Film: Precious, based on the novel Push by Sapphire!

Love,

Brendan

Green With Envy

Dear Movies,
I am SO jealous of whomever cut this first teaser trailer for the upcoming Muppet Movie, cause it means theyve gotten to watch all that footage already and piece it together. Damn their eyes,

James

The Worlds Largest 5 year old

Dear Movies,

Did I really go to film school so I could do arts & crafts all day? Seriously, no one's even going to look at these presentation boards!

Love,

Brendan

I CAN'T STAND THESE FEELINGS!

January 27th, 2011

Dear Movies,

ENOUGH WITH THE FEELINGS! I CAN'T HANDLE IT ANYMORE! I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO LOS ANGELES WHERE I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE EMOTIONS!

Love,

Brendan Walsh

Buddy Jesus

Dear Movies,
Why is everyone protesting the new Kevin Smith movie? Is it because he's finally making some camera movements? I for one think Red State looks great. Go Kevin, go Kevin, its your birthday, go Kevin!

James

Hollywood Brendan Walsh

Dear Movies,
Brendan is in Park City, Utah covering Sundance right this very minute, and for many other minutes to come. Show him the best time, will ya?

Thanks,
James

My patience is getting...

Dear Movies,

Whoever it is that has a boner for Martin Short and keeps putting him in things....Stop it. Knock it off, right now.

Love,

Brendan

Hot Grits! Hot Grits!

:::SPOILER ALERT:::
Dear Movies,
5:14 AM
Bob: yo
James: hey buddy happy new year my friend
Bob: happy new year

5:15 AM
James: how was your night?
Bob: pretty mellow both nights. enjoyable

5:16 AM
James: me too
Bob: you?
James: not as mellow but just real nice
Bob: cool
James: saw true grit tonight
Bob: did you work?
niiice
James: serisouly
great film
that girl
oh boy
Bob: how about that movie?
A-dios
James: and jeff bridges voice
ha

5:17 AM
Bob: seen any other movies yet?
James: not yet

5:19 AM
James: josh brolin plays a very interesting character
like how he decided to depict him
and i love that actor who plays ned

5:21 AM
Bob: Check this out...

5:23 AM
Bob: http://bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/wp/wp-content/images/true-grit-teaser-poster-1.jpg
look where the bullethole is

5:24 AM
James: i thought he was shot on the left side. i could be wrong

5:25 AM
Bob: the shot is on the left side
even that it's only on his name is kinda cool
James: oh so that poster is like his back

5:26 AM
Bob: oh, his left?
I see
James: i like that there isnt a picture on that poster
Bob: rules of design prevent it from being that accurate I guess
me too
James: thats the first thing that struck me and what ive like most everytime i see it

5:27 AM
Bob: that girl is unbelievable
I love the scene where they are firing from cover
at the cabin

5:28 AM
James: and matt damons just getting dragged around
the end though i didnt like
Bob: the very end?
James: like the narrator at the beginning and then her as an older woman
Bob: I liked that

5:29 AM
Bob: I liked Cogburn as a sideshow traveller who dies an inglorious death
that rings true to me
James: i liked seeing her without an arm too but it felt like this tacked on thing

5:30 AM
Bob: some people said that about No Country, but I like how we see the cruel march of time ravaging its heroes
James: in that i loved that scene
Bob: and in Assassination of Jesse James

5:31 AM
James: but see once i saw her as an adult, i wanted to watch all of her life that we just skipped over
Bob: yeah, but we don't miss much

5:32 AM
Bob: she is a cruel shut-in who never marries or has another adventure
the events of the movie cripple her from being trusting or affectionate

5:33 AM
James: she was too bad ass to find out she just spent the rest of her life hidden away
it bummed me out
i wanted her to own
Bob: yeah, I get that

5:34 AM
Bob: but they won't allow you that
she isn't John McClane
those events crippled her
she saw some crazy shit and it totally destroyed her mind
she was tough until she got through it
then it was recovering from the trauma

5:35 AM
James: but really shes bad ass until she gets bit by the snake. then all of a sudden 5 min later shes a mess forever? it was too sudden a major shift
like running time wise
Bob: but after her mark was killed she didn't need to be bad ass

5:36 AM
Bob: she completed her task and then everything just caught up
she was only 14
James: i know
Bob: that's too much to handle
that scene in the cabin...it's a wonder she didn't just have a seizure and freeze up

5:37 AM
James: i do like the idea like she went into this trance or zone when she heard her dad died and locked into this bad ass way and then the second the mission was over the wave crashes and shes a little girl again
Bob: yeah
I like that too
James: i can see that

5:38 AM
Bob: but why doesn't that ring truer than her becoming a wild west gunslinger?

5:39 AM
Bob: her grit was a temporary trance, right?
not True Grit. not like Cogburn's
James: i didnt expect her to become a cop or anything. i just thought like the girl were seeing haggling over horses and money; that girl shouldve taken over the town and been super successful
Bob: you think?

5:40 AM
Bob: she was driven by vengeance
after she killed her mark, the vengeance- the motivation- is gone
James: i mean i thought thats the way she was, not that it was some temporary thing. but i see your points

5:41 AM
Bob: I think I want you to post this entire conversation on "Dear Movies,"
this is fuckin' discourse, man

5:42 AM
James: i guess i thought wrong about her cause we never had an early scene where shes not kicking ass
Bob: especially with the 5am timestamps haha
true
true
very true
James: so i think that mightve been a mistake not haiving that
Bob: we meet her and she is already a capable woman with agency in an uncertain Western world
not a helpless girl
James: i mean i totally see your points, but i honestly hadnt thought of that till you said it

5:43 AM
Bob: yeah, but you're right because when we meet her, she has already gone through a transformation
James: instead i was just disappointed that this amazing girl were introduced to suddenly holes up from age 15-40
Bob: yeah.

5:44 AM
Bob: and I think it's because she really wasn't ready to deal with the shit she gets herself into
James: but i really like your temporary vs. true grit idea
Bob: she's being led by vengeance
but you are right because she is never revealed to us as vulnerable at first

5:45 AM
Bob: she starts off hard
Matt Damon is like the middle ground between them
James: it just feels like the narrator and final final scene are like part of a much larger book and the movie was just a few chapters and theres all these other chapters missing
Bob: he has fake grit

5:46 AM
Bob: but then he earns it
yeah, true
James: yeah yeah im totally down with that way of veiwing it

5:47 AM
Bob: I wanna read the book now

5:48 AM
James: lets just agree that it was hilarious when jeff bridges kept kicking the kids off the porch
Bob: that first courtroom scene also hints at an entire lifetime of insane grit-based encounters
hahaha!
I loved that!

5:49 AM
Bob: and that bizarre scene where they discover the hangman and the "doctor" arrives
what the fuck was that about?
James: that dude had great delivery
i think that was all just atmosphere

5:50 AM
Bob: It kind of seems like this story could take place in the Star Wars universe
true
James: crazy things for the girl to learn are out there
Bob: the old weird America
James: cause we are following her
not jeff
Bob: her
Rooster already knows the terrain
he's ready for anything

5:51 AM
Bob: and the weirdness makes him a drunk
I feel that way about NYC sometimes
like seeing that dude's pecker the other day

5:52 AM
Bob: on the subway
did I tell you about this?

5:53 AM
James: ha no
go on
Bob: ok, so I was on my way to do stand-up in Greenpoint
and when I got there I said "I don't normally do this but...a funny thing happened to me on the way here."

5:54 AM
Bob: I hear the guy next to me-removed by the train door- saying "Miss! Miss! Miss!"
then I see this woman get up and walk to the other end of the train
then I smell tobacco smoke

5:55 AM
Bob: and I see this dude messing with his huge black cock
so I get off at the next stop and knock on the conducter's window
I say "Hey, you got a guy trying to expose himself at the back of this train car
and he says "Oh, man! Really?"

5:56 AM
Bob: Then, before I can get back on the train, he drives off.
And I have to wait for the next one
James: oh fuck
what an ass
Bob: yeah
huge bummer
James: huge boner

5:57 AM
Bob: If I didn't purge that shit at stand-up it would have fucking disturbed me.
oh, yeah. huuuuge boner
after she left he was laughing and saying, like "What are you scared of? ha ha ha."

5:58 AM
Bob: The old weird NYC is still alive and well
James: welcome to 2011
Bob: hahaha
shit, man
put this on Dear Movies
this is one of our best movie convos

5:59 AM
Bob: and I never have any ideas for posts

6:01 AM
James: way ahead of ya
Bob: nice
James: give me one second to format edit
Bob: cool
you gonna keep in the parts where I ask you to post it?

6:06 AM
James: of course
Bob: nice
make sure to include a SPOLIER ALERT

6:07 AM
James: ya
5 minutes

6:12 AM
James: http://dearmovies.blogspot.com/

6:15 AM
Bob: niiice

6:16 AM
Bob: good ending

6:17 AM
James: good conversation
Bob: haha
James: and i think also good night
Bob:
you got it
good night, brother
James: job well done sir

6:18 AM
Bob: work tomorrow?
James: nope
Bob: come by Williamsburg late night
I'll be at the Gibson around 2
James: word

6:19 AM
Bob: see Tron at the last showing then take the train
James: now theres an idea
i like where your head is at
Bob: haha