So is this the year you finally grant my wish about a money tree? 






(Though seriously, does anyone love me enough to renew my LJ account?)

So last year, the Nostalgia Critic did the Top 12 Best Christmas Specials:

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/3226-top-12-greatest-christmas-specials


This year he's back with a vengeance to bring in the Next 11 Best Christmas movies. 

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/14801-ncchlist11

So let's start with Netflix Reviews, shall we? 

( A Whole Lotta Foreign Films )  

So moving on to my top films of the Decade.  Coming up with 10 right of the bat seems impossible for me.  So instead, I decided to pick my top 5 of each year, then I'll see if I can whittle it down from there.   And here we go: 

( Top 5 Movies by Year )


So here we go.  My list of what I think is the 10 best films of the past Decade:  

( Starting with #10...  )

My friend sache8  wants to make an Inara costume for Comic-Con.  She's a novice sewer, so I figured any help on finding patterns would be really helpful. She wants to make Inara's outfit from Our Mrs. Reynolds.



The top is pretty straightforward, but if anyone has a pattern # for something similar, that would be awesome. The skirt is my main concern.  It's pretty straight except for the back wedge insert. 




Does anyone have/know of a pattern for skirts like that?  Without the ruffles; I can tell her how to make those easy enough.  :p 

No spoilers: This is by far visually the most beautiful film I have ever seen. It was just so... perfect. Like OMG. I couldn't tell what was CGI and what was real by the end of the film. 2 hours and 45 minutes, and I was completely breathless and speechless. Go see it. Even if you think it's over-hyped. Even if you know it's Dances With Wolves in Space. Go see it. James Cameron... wow. Just... wow.

(SPOILERS BELOW)
( My ONLY Two Qualms... )


1 bazillion thumbs up. This just.... damn. wow. This needs a best picture nod. And if it doesn't win best visual effects, there is something very, very wrong with this world.

( Who comments the most on this journal? )

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/12/16/roy.disney.obit/index.html

Roy has been one of the backbones of the company for years. He led the Investors strikes that got both Walt's son-in-law kicked out of the company and 20 years later got Michael Eisner (the man we can thank for all the crappy direct-to-DVD sequels) kicked out as well. He's always tried to keep the Disney company on the path that his uncle Walt started.

We'll miss you, Roy. :-(

( Memage! )

Non-spoilery post:


I loved this so much. It won't knock out any of my favorite Disney films from their spots, but it's DEFINITELY amazing. So much good music, funny and OMG SO SAD parts. Bits of it I felt were rushed or not gone into too much depth, but overall, it's amazing.



What was even more amazing was Brandon's Graduation present to me. He joked earlier this week about how Lucius Malfoy had presented me with a sock, since I was now FREEEEEEE!

So when I showed up at the theater tonight, he shoved a diary into my hands. Two pairs of cute socks were stuck inside, he even labeled it Tom Riddle's Diary, made two pages stabbed through with an ink stain, and then included a scribbled note from Dobby congratulating me on graduating.


Seriously one of the most awesome geeky presents I've ever gotten.