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GI Joe: On the plus- hella cool shit blowing up, scorching hot chicks, 80s retro sentimental happy. On the minus- With the exception of Christopher Eccleston, none of the actors could act a damn-- or at least they weren't acting worth a damn, plot was nearly nonexistent, dialogue was arguably the worst I have ever heard. Not a total waste of 2 hours if you're a guy who played with GI Joes and/or watched the cartoon in the 80s, but not worth seeing twice. 4/10
Julie & Julia: This was a great little movie. Meryl Streep absulotely inhabited Julia Child...it was incredible to watch, she stole every scene she was in. And I am always happy to watch Amy Adams. She's a great actress, always puts in a good working day in her roles, and she's loveable as hell (with one of the world's perkiest asses). The rest of the cast was great also, and Nora Ephron did a surprisingly deft turn both at the screenplay and in the director's chair-- I have liked some of her other films, but in the past I've thought her a little heavy-handed as a director, and this was done with a good, sure touch. But overall, the real star of the film was the food: it looked great, it was treated well, and man, did I come away wanting to cook! 9/10
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Dull sublunary lovers love,
Whose soul is sense, cannot admit
Absence, because it doth remove
That thing which elemented it.
(From "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne)
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