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Spotlight/ Shoutout: Saorise Ronan


Hello Wed.

So as we all know, "New Moon" has been destroying the box office; however, this post has nothing to do with "Twilight Saga." During the previews, the trailer for the "The Lovely Bones" played, and it really caught my eye.

So this week's wonderawesomely awesome s/s goes to Saorise Ronan, the principle star of the flick. I saw the first few moments of the preview, and it looked like "OMG another girly movie about dullness and boredom."

But No, it got way better. Like way way better. I'm now super excited for the movie. It looks suspenseful and serious and extreme and a whole bunch of other things that kick ass. (Truth.) It might be based on a girly looking novel, but there is more to this than meets the eye (or other body parts: hah, bad joke.)

You may remember Saorise from the award winning picture "Atonement," where she played some little girl. No, jk. "Atonement" was actually really good. And I liked the ending. I don't care what anyone says.

QATFYG: Will you go see "The Lovely Bones?" Have you seen "New Moon" yet? (You should see New Moon just to see what the big deal is. It has its ups and downs. Meh, go see it just to be cool.)
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  1. TravelerNovember 25, 2009 at 2:46 PM

    Actually, by not going to see New Moon you would still be cool... just to a different group of people.

    A group of discriminating, intelligent, utterly attractive people. (cough) like me (cough)

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  2. CaraNovember 25, 2009 at 4:13 PM

    duuuuude. kemp and I have been freaking out over the lovely bones since we saw the trailer back in september or october. they pushed the release date back to january and I want to personally throttle peter jackson.

    book was so good. dayyum. the end is a total piece de resistance.

    Saorise (I read somewhere it's pronounced "SHUR-sa") is going places. she was pitch-perfect in atonement. DAMMIT, why wasn't atonement nominated for more academy awards? I hope this movie lives up to my wildest fantasies. Because this is one of the few (very, very few) movies I am excited to see.

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  3. Ned UsaNovember 25, 2009 at 4:47 PM

    Adam + C Raw:
    Right on guys.

    You know. Mark wall-e-burg is also in it. And I used to really dislike the guy, but now him and I are on good terms. Cheers.

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  4. CaraNovember 25, 2009 at 5:50 PM

    who could NOT be on good terms with mark wizzalburg after boogie nights?

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  5. Ned UsaNovember 25, 2009 at 5:57 PM

    yeah, exactly I became a fan of marky dub after watching Boogie Nights. "dirk"

    ps: i wanna see him in "The Corrupter" avec Chow Yun PHAT!

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  6. Britt KempNovember 25, 2009 at 7:29 PM

    my favorite post ever by you Al! EVER!

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