I need to learn how to pick them better. It seems like two of the movies on my list have turned out to be anti-woman. If this is the case, I cannot pay $9 to see them. So sadly I will not be adding my own views on both films, until they are on Netflix or online.
I feel like I should have known, with all the lingerie and school girl outfits, that Sucker Punch was going to be a little misogynistic but if A.O. Scott calls you out on it then it must be bad. Shame on you Zack Snyder Dawn of the Dead was an excellent movie (or should I say remake?). It seems like all his movies after that were lacking substance. Although I quite enjoyed 300, if it weren't for the jaw-dropping visuals and sexy 8-packs that movie would have been nothing but cheese.
So, I now hope that the other films that I added to my list are somewhat enjoyable. Otherwise, I am going to start watching foreign films ONLY!
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Stick Thin
I was actually inspired by my last post to show how stardom effects many women's self esteem and confidence.
Let's look at J-Hud. I think it's amazing that she was able to over come struggles with her weight. But I feel like she lost way too much way too fast and now, especially in her face, she looks weird. I may be completely wrong, but I feel like she has lost too much weight.
Right: Grammy's 2010 Left: Grammy's 2011
Let's look at J-Hud. I think it's amazing that she was able to over come struggles with her weight. But I feel like she lost way too much way too fast and now, especially in her face, she looks weird. I may be completely wrong, but I feel like she has lost too much weight.
Right: Grammy's 2010 Left: Grammy's 2011
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The Three Musketeers
AHHH!!! I am so excited! This movie is going to be super cheesy and action packed. The kind of movie I like to watch when I need a break from reality. Not so pleased about the 3D though...perhaps they will have a 2D option for those of us who hate Hollywood's half assed attempts to recreate 3D shown in Avatar.
There's Matthew Macfadyen (and you all know how much I love me some Mr. Darcy), Orlando Bloom (yeah you heard me right...maybe not so excited about him) and Ray Stevenson (who if you didn't know was in this awesome HBO show Rome)
Then there's Logan Lerman who is super cute.
Have a look.
There's Matthew Macfadyen (and you all know how much I love me some Mr. Darcy), Orlando Bloom (yeah you heard me right...maybe not so excited about him) and Ray Stevenson (who if you didn't know was in this awesome HBO show Rome)
Then there's Logan Lerman who is super cute.
Have a look.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
It has been awhile! I can say I have been neglecting my blog because I have been busy etc but the truth is that my spring break was last week and I didn't feel like doing ANYTHING. It was lovely. Now I am back in school and sick as a dog....not fun
I just watched the trailer for Beautiful Boy which starts off going in one direction, but then takes an interesting turn. I am intrigued and cant wait to hear the reviews for this one.
I just watched the trailer for Beautiful Boy which starts off going in one direction, but then takes an interesting turn. I am intrigued and cant wait to hear the reviews for this one.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
My Inner Nerd is emerging
I just stumbled upon this new series on HBO called Game of Thrones. This show is totally up my ally. It is set in medieval times with horses and sword fighting, romance and long dresses. It has a very Camelot-y feel to it, and I cannot wait to watch it :)
Check it out
Correction (9:49 PM): I lied. I actually heard about this series a while back and just remembered being told that the twins on the show have a borderline incestuous relationship (which is sad because the male twin is attractive). That was almost a year ago probably. Can't believe how fast time flies...
Check it out
Correction (9:49 PM): I lied. I actually heard about this series a while back and just remembered being told that the twins on the show have a borderline incestuous relationship (which is sad because the male twin is attractive). That was almost a year ago probably. Can't believe how fast time flies...
Monday, March 14, 2011
Listen To Your Heart
Actually please don't.
I just finished watching this film, and I really can't even begin to put together what exactly happened. It starts off innocently enough, but none of the reviews (which are scarce) were actually honest. Either these people have no clue what a good movie is or because of the sensitive content they felt bad about saying anything negative.
***SPOILERS****(please dont read any further if you wish to see this movie...which I highly advise against)
Meet Danny, a sweet out of luck waiter working in the big apple. He wishes to record his own music, so that other people can use it, not so he can become famous (Really?). For a movie that spoke so much about the music in the this film and the importance of it in Danny's life, there really wasn't that much of it, nor did we see him dedicating much of his time to it. And when there was music it was mediocre to simply god awful, so maybe that was a god send.
Most of the film actually focused on the strained relationship between Danny and Arianna (a deaf girl), who's over bearing, bordering psychotic mother comes between them in The Notebook meets Misery like fashion. First of all their was no explanation for the mother's horrid behavior other than the fact that she was "controlling." Seriously? You don't create a fake email address pretending to be your daughter's boyfriend, so you can send your daughter an email, using said email address, telling her that he has moved on....that is beyond "controlling" in my humble opinion. I could go on about this mother's behavior but it's hard to put it into words.
And, of course, there's the cancer. Why wouldn't you suddenly, half way though the fim have you main character suddenly start dying of cancer, that makes SO much sense! At that point we really couldn't make fun of this film any more, which just made it painful to watch. This film already had a deaf girl who was so hindered by her maniacal mother and her disability that she felt she couldn't make her own choices. PLUS both main characters' parents had died when they were younger. Danny getting cancer was just ridiculous, not to mention, unnecessary. It seemed as if the two characters were going to get back together, but after Danny's bffl gets done taking a dump in Danny's bathroom he see's Danny seizing on the living room floor (not kidding). BAM! Cancer!!!
Of course, after his death Arianna is able to find her voice and listen to her heart...just writing that made me nauseated!
I just finished watching this film, and I really can't even begin to put together what exactly happened. It starts off innocently enough, but none of the reviews (which are scarce) were actually honest. Either these people have no clue what a good movie is or because of the sensitive content they felt bad about saying anything negative.
***SPOILERS****(please dont read any further if you wish to see this movie...which I highly advise against)
Meet Danny, a sweet out of luck waiter working in the big apple. He wishes to record his own music, so that other people can use it, not so he can become famous (Really?). For a movie that spoke so much about the music in the this film and the importance of it in Danny's life, there really wasn't that much of it, nor did we see him dedicating much of his time to it. And when there was music it was mediocre to simply god awful, so maybe that was a god send.
Most of the film actually focused on the strained relationship between Danny and Arianna (a deaf girl), who's over bearing, bordering psychotic mother comes between them in The Notebook meets Misery like fashion. First of all their was no explanation for the mother's horrid behavior other than the fact that she was "controlling." Seriously? You don't create a fake email address pretending to be your daughter's boyfriend, so you can send your daughter an email, using said email address, telling her that he has moved on....that is beyond "controlling" in my humble opinion. I could go on about this mother's behavior but it's hard to put it into words.
And, of course, there's the cancer. Why wouldn't you suddenly, half way though the fim have you main character suddenly start dying of cancer, that makes SO much sense! At that point we really couldn't make fun of this film any more, which just made it painful to watch. This film already had a deaf girl who was so hindered by her maniacal mother and her disability that she felt she couldn't make her own choices. PLUS both main characters' parents had died when they were younger. Danny getting cancer was just ridiculous, not to mention, unnecessary. It seemed as if the two characters were going to get back together, but after Danny's bffl gets done taking a dump in Danny's bathroom he see's Danny seizing on the living room floor (not kidding). BAM! Cancer!!!
Of course, after his death Arianna is able to find her voice and listen to her heart...just writing that made me nauseated!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Day Breakers
Side note: As I was trying to think of a creative title for this review, I kept repeating "Day Breakers" over and over again in my head, which when said quickly turns into Date Rapers...lol
Anyways, I just watched this film on Netflix instant que and semi enjoyed it. Watching the trailer a year ago I had so many expectations for the film, because it looked to good! But instead all I got was about 5 coinciding story lines, gratuitous violence and scenes that just dragged on for WAAAY too long. (I was having flash backs to Lord of the Rings Part III)
I believe the premise would have made an incredible film, but somewhere along the line someone dropped the ball and all I got was decent acting and a subpar story.
Basically, for those of you who have not heard of this movie, it centers around a world where, after an epidemic, most of the world's population is turned into vampires. Jump to 10 years later and the vampire race is running out of human blood. Bad things then begin to happen.
I thought the beginning was very clever and it definitely set the tone and bar for the rest of the film. Sadly, the rest could not live up to the opening. Don't get me wrong I definitely enjoyed watching it, and I heart Ethan Hawke but this film could have been so much more!
Anyways, I just watched this film on Netflix instant que and semi enjoyed it. Watching the trailer a year ago I had so many expectations for the film, because it looked to good! But instead all I got was about 5 coinciding story lines, gratuitous violence and scenes that just dragged on for WAAAY too long. (I was having flash backs to Lord of the Rings Part III)
I believe the premise would have made an incredible film, but somewhere along the line someone dropped the ball and all I got was decent acting and a subpar story.
Basically, for those of you who have not heard of this movie, it centers around a world where, after an epidemic, most of the world's population is turned into vampires. Jump to 10 years later and the vampire race is running out of human blood. Bad things then begin to happen.
I thought the beginning was very clever and it definitely set the tone and bar for the rest of the film. Sadly, the rest could not live up to the opening. Don't get me wrong I definitely enjoyed watching it, and I heart Ethan Hawke but this film could have been so much more!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Oh Lent...
So this is the first year that I will be participating in Lent...if you can phrase it that way.
I will be giving up the following:
1. Swearing. I have gotten into this nasty habit of using the F-word a little too often. I dont have a potty mouth by any means I just don't see the need of using bad words, besides the fact that it feels oh so nice :)
2. Unnatural sweets. I tend to snack when I am bored, and my snacks are none too healthy. Natural sugars will have to be my friends for 40 days.
Hopefully, I will become so used to not swearing/not eating candy that I will be able to last longer than 40 days. We shall see!
I will be giving up the following:
1. Swearing. I have gotten into this nasty habit of using the F-word a little too often. I dont have a potty mouth by any means I just don't see the need of using bad words, besides the fact that it feels oh so nice :)
2. Unnatural sweets. I tend to snack when I am bored, and my snacks are none too healthy. Natural sugars will have to be my friends for 40 days.
Hopefully, I will become so used to not swearing/not eating candy that I will be able to last longer than 40 days. We shall see!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Loose Adaptations of the Classic Fairytale
With Beastly just released, I thought it might be fun to do a theme to coincide. Here are a few movies that are based on the classic fairytale. Some good, some god awful.
Beastly
Of course we'll start with Beastly, which is the teem version of the classic Beauty and the Beast. I have yet to see this film, but it looks bad and the ratings seem to back up my hypothesis. Besides Niel Patrick Harris, the acting looks like it may be pretty shoddy as well.
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
I actually enjoyed this adaptation of Snow White. It was very, very dark (like the original tale) and Sigourney Weaver is fabulous as always. I also like the subtle romance between dwarf and princess. It was a lot sexier and definitely more violent than Disney's, but never-the-less still good.
Red Riding Hood
Like I have mentioned before, I am excited to watch this movie. It looks sexy and I am totally digging the big bad wolf as misunderstood hottie. If you aren't completely sold, Hardwicke told Newsweek that even the wolf is a temptation, "In the traditional story, the wolf cross-dresses and lures her into bed. That’s pretty kinky right there! The wolf is the original tranny." Hilarious.
Ever After
This is one of my favorite adaptations of the fairy tale Cinderella. Instead of being a meek heroine, Drew Berrymore's character is opinionated and strong willed. My favorite :)
Tangled
This movie was so cute! I really enjoyed this adaptation of Repunzel. Not only was it appropriate for the demographic it was made for, it was also very funny. I would definitely buy this movie :)
Splash
Very loose telling of The Little Mermaid, same premise though. I actually have not seen this movie in a very, very long time. Probably not since I was 8 maybe, so I don't really remember much. But I do remember loving it.
That's all that I can think of a the moment!
Beastly
Of course we'll start with Beastly, which is the teem version of the classic Beauty and the Beast. I have yet to see this film, but it looks bad and the ratings seem to back up my hypothesis. Besides Niel Patrick Harris, the acting looks like it may be pretty shoddy as well.
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
I actually enjoyed this adaptation of Snow White. It was very, very dark (like the original tale) and Sigourney Weaver is fabulous as always. I also like the subtle romance between dwarf and princess. It was a lot sexier and definitely more violent than Disney's, but never-the-less still good.
Red Riding Hood
Like I have mentioned before, I am excited to watch this movie. It looks sexy and I am totally digging the big bad wolf as misunderstood hottie. If you aren't completely sold, Hardwicke told Newsweek that even the wolf is a temptation, "In the traditional story, the wolf cross-dresses and lures her into bed. That’s pretty kinky right there! The wolf is the original tranny." Hilarious.
Ever After
This is one of my favorite adaptations of the fairy tale Cinderella. Instead of being a meek heroine, Drew Berrymore's character is opinionated and strong willed. My favorite :)
Tangled
This movie was so cute! I really enjoyed this adaptation of Repunzel. Not only was it appropriate for the demographic it was made for, it was also very funny. I would definitely buy this movie :)
Splash
Very loose telling of The Little Mermaid, same premise though. I actually have not seen this movie in a very, very long time. Probably not since I was 8 maybe, so I don't really remember much. But I do remember loving it.
That's all that I can think of a the moment!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Miscast or Misunderstood?
Hayden Christiansen in Star Wars Episode I-III
What the hell were they thinking?! He turned one of the most badass villains of all time into a whiny, pathetic wimp. Come on Hayden, Darth Vadar (who was voiced by the great James Earl Jones) does not pitch fits when things don't go his way, he chokes people! I would like you to grow a pair and discontinue acting, because you are terrible at it. This butchery of one of my favorite characters of all time should have made him a pariah.
See atrocious acting below:
What the hell were they thinking?! He turned one of the most badass villains of all time into a whiny, pathetic wimp. Come on Hayden, Darth Vadar (who was voiced by the great James Earl Jones) does not pitch fits when things don't go his way, he chokes people! I would like you to grow a pair and discontinue acting, because you are terrible at it. This butchery of one of my favorite characters of all time should have made him a pariah.
See atrocious acting below:
AHH!!
I just paid the "down payment" for my internship this summer!! I am so excited. Yes, I have to take out a loan to afford this, but I have a great feeling that it's going to be worth it!
Sometimes you have to pay the big bucks to make the big bucks.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
So Sad
So sorry for having gone AWOL from this blog, but I have been super stressed out trying to figure out how I am going to finance my internship this summer. Being poor is no fun.
Sadly, I was only able to watch maybe 5 minutes of the Oscars, because I got home very late and dont have cable. Word to the wise: live streaming sucks. I am sure that website attempted to give me many viruses, but seeing Colin Firth win his first Oscar made it totally worth it.
I actually heard that I didn't miss much. Apparently, Anne Hathaway and James Franco were not good hosts. This makes me sad :(
Anyways, I was pretty happy with the results, after reading about them just now (yes, yes I know I am behind).
Most of my picks actually won!
:) = I was right; >:( = I was wrong
The King's Speech - Best Picture :)
Colin Firth - Best Actor :)
Christian Bale - Best Supporting Actor :)
Natalie Portman - Best Actress :)
Melissa Leo - Best Supporting Actress >:(
Toy Story - Best Animated Film :)
Sadly, I was only able to watch maybe 5 minutes of the Oscars, because I got home very late and dont have cable. Word to the wise: live streaming sucks. I am sure that website attempted to give me many viruses, but seeing Colin Firth win his first Oscar made it totally worth it.
I actually heard that I didn't miss much. Apparently, Anne Hathaway and James Franco were not good hosts. This makes me sad :(
Anyways, I was pretty happy with the results, after reading about them just now (yes, yes I know I am behind).
Most of my picks actually won!
:) = I was right; >:( = I was wrong
The King's Speech - Best Picture :)
Colin Firth - Best Actor :)
Christian Bale - Best Supporting Actor :)
Natalie Portman - Best Actress :)
Melissa Leo - Best Supporting Actress >:(
Toy Story - Best Animated Film :)
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