creativity is dead, etc., etc.

1.  This is probably the most creative book I've ever read:

 

Yeah, I'm one of those crazy people who believes in, like, Azathoth and Shub-Niggurath.  Sort of.  It beats regular religion - you don't have to pray, the world's going to get eaten regardless.  Anybody ever read Stephen King's "I Am The Doorway"?  Could totally happen, and that's why we should not go to space.
 

2.  On IMDb, the Dark Knight is #3.  All-time. 

( okay, come on, people. )

3.  I want to see this movie, Frozen River.  I love these kinds of movies, a lot more than I used to, and I think it started with things like Mystic River (which was okay) and Jindabyne (which could've been better but was goood).  I really regret not buying The Sweet Hereafter (I get chills just watching this video.  There is probably something wrong with me, but the last twenty seconds!  It's a flashback to the night before all the children in this town died in a bus accident).  Then of course there's the totally unappreciated Wendigo and the classic and should be even more classic Picnic at Hanging Rock.  Anyone who has not seen Picnic needs to.  I watched it with my mother - she had seen it in college - and certain parts of it are like being on drugs.  Really scary drugs.  As in, I could not watch certain parts - and there's no crawling ghosts either, it's just a fuckin' rock.  That's how amazing this movie is.  What's really funny is that none of these movies, if you use IMDb recommendations, are linked to each other (except for Jindabyne to Mystic River, and I think that's only because both of them involve rivers).  I think it's because IMDb is dumb and doesn't get it.  For instance, if you liked Mystic River, you are recommended by IMDb to see Sin City.  If you liked Jindabyne then you should watch The Da Vinci Code.  The Sweet Hereafter?  The Godfather.  Picnic at Hanging Rock?  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (WTF).  Wendigo?  Escape From New York.  Well, I guess the main characters are from New York City, and go to upstate New York...

4.  The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed.
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Strike-through the books you HATE (I added this one myself).
5) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them (I crossed this out, because I don't force books on people, don't even force them on myself)

( wtf is the big read anyway )