tasukibeth1's Comments (91)

“I would place #5 at #1. There is NOTHING that can ruin a movie faster than people who don't turn off their gadgets. I remember every single one - the woman with the strobe-light bluetooth during Watchmen and another during The Princess and the Frog; the guy who started surfing on his iphone (also during Watchmen), the girl who completely ruined Up by texting mid-movie, the gaggle of teenagers REPEATEDLY texting their friends and probably each other during The Box (why are teenagers watching The Box, anyway?)

Even during Up in the Air, there was the woman whose phone was off, but every time she recieved a text, her *purse* would light up.

Giving/recieving texts during a film is the equivilent to turning on a FLASHLIGHT in a darkened room. It is about the rudest thing you can do, and as you can see, my memories of all the listed movies will forever be just a little bit ruined by these people.

Parents also need to teach this to their kids. Teenagers are the worst, since for many of them, this type of unacceptable behavior is completely normal. The girl during "Up" actually seemed surprised when I told her to turn her phone off.”

“This is the angriest bit of spew I have read in a while. I tuned out a few paragraphs in, yet it just...kept...going.”

“No. No, no, no.”

“I went to bed annoyed last night having just come back from the show. The thing that irritated me the most was that, put simply, Yates told the wrong story. The plots of HBP are, in order of importance:

1) Meet Voldemort!
2) Intruduce the concept of the horcrux, start hunting
3) Hey, what's Draco doing? And why is Snape now teaching DADA?
4) kissy kissy smoochy love stuff, hormones, upcoming nuptuals, and quiddich

Now someone PLEASE tell my why Yates devoted so much freaking time to the love junk, and virtually ignored the actual *point* of the book, which is "Meet Voldemort". Instead of getting to know Tom, his creepy inbred family, his unfortunate witch mother (and more unfortunate father), the children in the seaside cave that he tortured, the old woman he seduced and murdered...we get Lavender, making faces, Lavender making hearts in the window, Lavender elbowing her way into scenes that don't even involve her...

Lavender Brown was an amusing subplot, not the CENTER OF THE STORY. Arrgh, it irks me thinking about it. Shame on Yates for not reeling that girl. She was cranked to 11; she should have been about a 6.

I blame Twilight.”

“Christie Turlington. Use the Google.”

“YES!

I'm with you Gavin!”

“LOL

I dunno, maybe Michael Savage has interesting things to say. He and Michelle Malkin can host a panel.”

“They changed the ending? WTF?

I read this only recently, and thought that the events in the climax were bone-chillingly precient given the way things have gone this decade.

They'd better come up with something good.”

“Emily Watson was ROBBED for the devastating performance she pulled off in Breaking the Waves.

I love Francis McDormand, but honestly, there is just no comparison.”

“iTunes has it for free, but it's audio only, so the occasional sight-gag might be lost in the translation. Better than nothing, though.”

“The question is, do I want to pay ten dollars to see it?

No. No I don't.

I spent my 10 dollars on Revolutionary Road. I'll Netflix Mr. Blart.”

“Boy do I love Michelle Obama, but I hated the one-shouldered ballgown. It was boxy-looking, the shoulder strap did not transition into the dress, and the waistline did not flatter her figure.

I lover her day outfit, though. And the the girls were so friggin cute that they can make anything look good just by standing next to it.”

“I feel like I am the only person on Earth who remembers this...While promoting "Troy", Brad and Jen were on a teevee show or a magazine interview (my memory is foggy; I think Oprah may have been involved) and when he and Jen were asked if they were going to be together forever, they both replied with a weird, lackluster "we'll be together until we fall out of love" response. To be fair, it was a pretty realistic answer, but it was also startling to hear a couple be so frank, acknowledging that "forever" wasn't a word in their vocabulary, and that they didn't seem to have a willingness to fight if the going got tough.

That was the moment that I knew they weren't going to last. If Jen wants to whine about it, whatever. It's been, like 3 years. She really needs to let it go.”

“Wow. MRb1000 has just discovered the vast gay agenda: to enter the military and specifally make MRb1000 uncomfortable.

Maybe if you took the time to know a gay person you might realize what a tool you sound like.

You talk about choosing your roomates. I didn't choose my college roommate. She was a full-blown praying, fasting, Koran-reading Muslim. Since it never occured to me to be afraid of her, I instead decided to befriend her. Funny how that works...getting to KNOW someone and realizing they're just like you.”

“Wow, that's just rude. I am straight. Does that mean my support is phony? Were my tears and frustrations and donations just pretend? Kathy Griffin is straight. Is she just in it for the money?

I suggest you direct your anger to the people who deserve it, not the allies who are fighting alongside you.”

“I'll be there! Finally, someone cool in my town!”

“Obama has clearly and repeatedly stated that he thinks it should be left up to the states and that it should not be a national issue. He has also clearly and repeatedly stated that Prop 8 was unfair and divisive. As a matter of fact, the Yes on 8 campaign took Obama's own words and twisted them in their commercials to make uninformed voters think that he supported Prop 8. He didn't.

If you know anything about his personality, it is pretty obvious that he couldn't care less about the issue.”

“Prop 8 won because we got lazy and complacent. Not this time. There are rallies all over California right now. Find one near you and MARCH LIKE HELL.

I'll be at the Sacramento rally tomorrow. If you are against prop 8, then get off your butt, find a rally, and GO. DON'T STOP FIGHTING until this prop is overturned.

http://overturnprop8.com/”

“I already screamed about this on the other No on 8 blog.....long story short, this was a crappy, invisible campaign. I can count on one hand the number of signs and bumper stickers that I saw for the No campaign.

How many "Yes" signs did I see? HUNDREDS.

They won because they worked for it. Now WE have to go back to court.”

“There is no such thing as "PRO-ABORTION".

No one has ever gotten excited about having an abortion. No one has ever looked forward to having an abortion.

There is pro-choice and anti-choice.

With each passing day, with each article like this that I read, I look more and more forward to the death of religion. Imagine a world where people don't judge each other because of that their "God" tells them.”

“The religious bigots are wealthy and organized. Money is flooding in from the Mormon church in Utah, I guess because people getting married in California totally ruins Utah's day.

Yesterday they plastered their hate signs all over my neighborhood, ending the day with a street-side rally (You know, "HONK IF YOU HATE TEH GHEY")

I didn't know about it, but my husband drove past them. He flipped them off.

It's not too late to help. Even if you are out of state, you can donate and phone-bank. Please go to www.noonprop8.com and help. Amending the constitution to INCLUDE discrimination is unthinkable.

Bigotry is not a family value. Please vote NO ON PROP H8TE.”

“Reagans, Eisenhowers, and Buckleys....

You're up, Barbara and Jena!”

“LOL.

I couldn't even bring myself to read her screed. Thank you for summing it up...that's about how I thought is would sound.”

“Ka.....me.....ha......”

“I have already donated. Please, you don't have to be a Californian for this to be important. If I can donate to down-tickets on other states, you can send a few bucks to this. This isn't about being gay, it's about adding discrimination into the Constitution.

WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS. We don't mandate bigotry. It is 2008 for crying out loud; seperate-but-equal is no longer acceptable.”