I have been taking advantage of my 3 months of free HBO.
I'm really glad I don't pay for HBO.
We have three months free because our cable company screwed up the transmission (? what do you call it?) of one of the USA hockey games during the Olympics. The cable kept going out and we kept screaming at the tv and of course Salty D. was like OUR TV IS BROKEN THIS SUCKS! meanwhile it was the cable company's fuckup. So as a consolation prize we got $5 and free HBO for three months. I didn't really need to be consoled but I think D. did.
We're watching The Pacific since that's the Spielberg/Hanks must-see-of-the-season, but frankly, and I feel guilty saying this, it's not great. I like Robert Leckie but the storyline is all disconnected. It's more like a collage. Are you watching it? I feel like oooh we should love it because it's frikken SPIELBERG and VETERANS and to dislike it would be unAmerican.
There's that notice of "nudity" along with "adult content" warning before it starts and I always think, oh good, young soldiers' butts! Last week we got to see Leckie get it on with an Aussie girl while his unit (heh heh) was on break. But last night we got to see a nude soldier shoot himself in the jungle. Salty D. said, "Huh. That's not the nudity I was expecting."
Well, I have to say that I'm learning something. I never knew where Guadacanal was. I know nothing about the Pacific Theatre of War. I don't even remember having any classes on this in school! I must have been writing notes including Kajagoogoo song lyrics to my friends and testing out different flavours of Kissing Potion instead of paying attention to Guadacanal. Can you blame me? 15 years old for chrissakes. While watching The Pacific I just kept looking for the woman singing "I'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair"
In heavy rotation last month in my home box office was Forgetting Sarah Marshall and 17 Again, I used to think they were cute funny movies I was excited to see in the listing late at night. Now, totally played out. Only watch it to see Jason Segal nude scenes and Zac Efron getting slapped. Do you see a theme here?
Marley & Me, I made the mistake of watching. Bawled my eyes out, partly because of Jennifer Aniston's crappy so-called "acting."
I was surprisingly entertained by Wanted. Kind of twisted. Angelina is hot in this - as opposed to in The Changeling. Sucked.
The Hammer was Adam Carolla at his least annoying and most romantic and very comedic. A gem! Sparkle on. Watched this one during a snowstorm.
I'm one of maybe 9 people on earth who do not enjoy vampire stories so I don't watch True Blood and don't care that Anna Pacquin is bisexual. But I do love those crazy boys from Entourage and Flight of the Conchords. We have those on DVD though.
The good movies aren't shown enough and the crap is shown too much. I'm sure that shitty Ghosts of Girlfriends Past will be on 50 more times. And what's with the weird sex documentaries? Giant man babies who like to sit in giant high chairs with oversized pacifiers? Thanks, HBO, I really needed to know about big man babies.
I'm really excited about Treme. Luckily that starts next week before our free HBO runs out.
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