Has anyone noticed how similar Jesse Bradford and Colin Farrell look so similar?!
Another thing Im on a movie rant. Just finished Cake Eaters and Hackers, anyone have anythingelse that they think I should watch? Im going throught the free movies on On Demand but I could be persuaded to go to rent a movie if I think its good enough. You think you have a good one for me? Leave a comment and I'll look it up.
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Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Aug 30, 2012
My Thoughts On: Kristen Stewart
So first maybe I should go over the cheating thing since its the first thing on everyones mind. I don't really care that she cheated. Yeah it was horrible of her but thats in her own personal life, none of my busniess. Its not going ot effect my watching her movies. No one should really have the right to judge her, since its her life and not ours. So thats my thought on the cheating scandel onto my real point: her movies.
My friends all say they don't like her and she cant act thanks to the twilight movie. My response is that Bella was a very hard character to protray since she was kind of bland to fit every teenage girl. Every other role that she has played she has done great. From Cake Eaters to Speak she has played really diffucult roles and acceled at them. So when I hear people say she can't act I always have to point out she can act better than they probably can.
So thats just a rambling going on my head right now because I'm watching one of her movies.
My friends all say they don't like her and she cant act thanks to the twilight movie. My response is that Bella was a very hard character to protray since she was kind of bland to fit every teenage girl. Every other role that she has played she has done great. From Cake Eaters to Speak she has played really diffucult roles and acceled at them. So when I hear people say she can't act I always have to point out she can act better than they probably can.
So thats just a rambling going on my head right now because I'm watching one of her movies.
May 7, 2012
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo...American and Swedish...
First off I would like to start with I really enjoyed these movies and books. Though they bring light to the topic of misogynistic men I think that it also sensationalizes it with the movies. Rape isn't romantic and it isn't pretty anyway you show it, and the videos did a really good job of portraying how brutal that is.
The original Swedish novel's title translated to 'Men who hate Women'. When it was being reprinted in english they decided to change the title to the less offensive, 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'. Personally I wouldn't have minded if they had kept the other title. It suited the purpose of the writer and got straight to the point.
It is said that in his past, Steig Larsson witnessed a rape of a girl named Lisbeth and did nothing to stop it. So this book was probably dedicated to the girl he could never forget. Most of his life was dedicated to stopping injustices whether they be rape, immigration issues, or racism. I do believe he was a great man.
The Swedish version of the movie gives more light to Lisbeth obsession with Blomkvist, her past, her pattern of thinking, and her relationships with others. The American version goes more into detail about her sexual relationship with Blomkvist, her attitude to others, and most importantly her way of dress. I think that they put a little too much emphasis on clothing in the American version, especially since they came out with an H&M clothing line for her. The only other problem that I had with the American version was that it didn't show much of her past like it did in the first one or the book and it kind of let the fact that she has a photographic memory slide by. Not to say that I didnt like the American version. All in all I think that it was really well put together and that I shouldnt have been so scared to watch it. If you havent seen either or read the books, you should. Not if you have a weak stomach or are a candy ass. It would probably give you nightmares.
American Version: 4 out of 5
Swedish Version: 5 out of 5
Books: 4 out of 5
The only reason the books scored so low is because they take a long time to read through. Not saying that there is a lot of pages, but its difficult to stay interested when there is so much description of useless things and not enough action. I still think that they warrant a read through though.
The original Swedish novel's title translated to 'Men who hate Women'. When it was being reprinted in english they decided to change the title to the less offensive, 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'. Personally I wouldn't have minded if they had kept the other title. It suited the purpose of the writer and got straight to the point.
It is said that in his past, Steig Larsson witnessed a rape of a girl named Lisbeth and did nothing to stop it. So this book was probably dedicated to the girl he could never forget. Most of his life was dedicated to stopping injustices whether they be rape, immigration issues, or racism. I do believe he was a great man.
The Swedish version of the movie gives more light to Lisbeth obsession with Blomkvist, her past, her pattern of thinking, and her relationships with others. The American version goes more into detail about her sexual relationship with Blomkvist, her attitude to others, and most importantly her way of dress. I think that they put a little too much emphasis on clothing in the American version, especially since they came out with an H&M clothing line for her. The only other problem that I had with the American version was that it didn't show much of her past like it did in the first one or the book and it kind of let the fact that she has a photographic memory slide by. Not to say that I didnt like the American version. All in all I think that it was really well put together and that I shouldnt have been so scared to watch it. If you havent seen either or read the books, you should. Not if you have a weak stomach or are a candy ass. It would probably give you nightmares.
American Version: 4 out of 5
Swedish Version: 5 out of 5
Books: 4 out of 5
The only reason the books scored so low is because they take a long time to read through. Not saying that there is a lot of pages, but its difficult to stay interested when there is so much description of useless things and not enough action. I still think that they warrant a read through though.
Apr 19, 2012
Beatsly Review.....
If you havent watched the movie the dont read this as it will go into detail about it and spoil it for you.
I really enjoyed this new, modern day spin to the tale of Beauty and the Beast. It followed the story line of a vain boy getting cursed by a witch to learn the true meaning of love and beauty, and finding a girl to love him for who he truely is.
The movie opens with a school campain for president of some green campain, but lets face it you werent paying attention to what they were running for. You were paying attention to how the boy, girl, and witch interact. You learn right away that the boy is arrogant and vain and really needs to be smacked. The girl had been watching him from affar even though he was an ass and the witch was totally going to curse his ass.
Then it moves to him trying to trick the witch and humiliate her, but ends with him getting cursed. But before that he becomes smitten with the girl of his dreams.
What follows is him wallowing for a whiole in self loathing before running into the girl again and realizing he loves her. He then begins in ernest trying to protect her and win her heart.
He writes her a letter in long hand about his feelings which she reads when, you guessed it, she has to go see her father who over dosed. He the hides away from her until he realizes that there is no way that she couldnt love him since she saw a beautiful man underneath. They then kiss, she tells him she loves him, and he turns back to the beautiful man he was and she realizes he was her classmate that she liked all along. Happy ending.
There were only a few parts that I didnt like but they were easily overlooked since the movie was fiction. The part where he follows her around like a stalker is telling people that its ok to be creepy and watch people when they don't know your there. I let that go though considering that he didnt want her to see what he really looked like. But the thing that I couldnt let go was that there was no dancing furnature! Yes the blind guy was a nice touch but who doesnt like seeing and dancing appliances?
Other than those few things I found wrong with the movie I overall loved it. It was one of those perfect romance story of boy finds out how to be a better person because of love of a girl. Ands girl feels really great for taming a bad boy. Who wouldnt like that? Well probably people that hate romances....but they suck so it doesn't matter.
This movie gets a 5 out of 5 on my must watch scale, so get it now.
I really enjoyed this new, modern day spin to the tale of Beauty and the Beast. It followed the story line of a vain boy getting cursed by a witch to learn the true meaning of love and beauty, and finding a girl to love him for who he truely is.
The movie opens with a school campain for president of some green campain, but lets face it you werent paying attention to what they were running for. You were paying attention to how the boy, girl, and witch interact. You learn right away that the boy is arrogant and vain and really needs to be smacked. The girl had been watching him from affar even though he was an ass and the witch was totally going to curse his ass.
Then it moves to him trying to trick the witch and humiliate her, but ends with him getting cursed. But before that he becomes smitten with the girl of his dreams.
What follows is him wallowing for a whiole in self loathing before running into the girl again and realizing he loves her. He then begins in ernest trying to protect her and win her heart.
He writes her a letter in long hand about his feelings which she reads when, you guessed it, she has to go see her father who over dosed. He the hides away from her until he realizes that there is no way that she couldnt love him since she saw a beautiful man underneath. They then kiss, she tells him she loves him, and he turns back to the beautiful man he was and she realizes he was her classmate that she liked all along. Happy ending.
There were only a few parts that I didnt like but they were easily overlooked since the movie was fiction. The part where he follows her around like a stalker is telling people that its ok to be creepy and watch people when they don't know your there. I let that go though considering that he didnt want her to see what he really looked like. But the thing that I couldnt let go was that there was no dancing furnature! Yes the blind guy was a nice touch but who doesnt like seeing and dancing appliances?
Other than those few things I found wrong with the movie I overall loved it. It was one of those perfect romance story of boy finds out how to be a better person because of love of a girl. Ands girl feels really great for taming a bad boy. Who wouldnt like that? Well probably people that hate romances....but they suck so it doesn't matter.
This movie gets a 5 out of 5 on my must watch scale, so get it now.
Feb 4, 2012
Movies I think people should watch...
Some of my favorite movies I have discovered some people, cough Claire cough, haven't watched, let alone heard of. So I shall list them for your viewing pleasure with a youtube link to a trailer if I can find it. Oh and theres no order to how I'm listing them, just whichever pops into my mind.
GINGER SNAPS
LABYRINTH
THE HUNGER
THE CRAFT
REPO THE GENETIC OPERA
DOG SOLDIERS
That is just a few that I think you should watch. I'll come back with more later.
GINGER SNAPS
LABYRINTH
THE HUNGER
THE CRAFT
REPO THE GENETIC OPERA
DOG SOLDIERS
That is just a few that I think you should watch. I'll come back with more later.
New Underworld...havent seen it don't read. Spoilers...
So we all knew they were going to go there with the whole you have a kid thing. Personally I thought it was going to happen in the second movie when I thought her boy toy was dead, but nope they saved it so they could keep the Underworld train going.
Don't get me wrong, I actually liked it even though it was slightly predictable. Its taking place in the near future where, since Alexander Corvinus died in the second movie, the human world now knows about vampires and lycans. The human populace starts an epidemic called the cleansing where they find out which people are lycans or vampires and destroy them. Selene and Michael try to escape from America to another place where they will not be persecuted as vampire and whatever the hell Michael is. Sadly they don't make it, and it is thought at least by me through the whole movie that Michael is dead. I was like 'really? Kill off the hottie and lose half your fan base.' But it turned out alright in the end cause he was alive. Anyway back to the story. Selene gets captured and frozen and when she wakes up not only does she think Michael is dead but she finds out that she has a daughter. The daughter is ultra special and the bad guys who happen to be lycans (knew I hated werewolves for a reason) want to use her to become immune to silver. The only problem is that they are going to kill her for that. So Selene goes in to save the day and her, her daughter, another vampire, and a human save the day and kick lots of ass.
Good movie overall. Love the series. I vote that people should see them.
But this movie does bring up the question of what would happen if the outside world found out about vampires? Would they be able to band together and destroy them like they did in this movie, or would they all be enslaved like we are here in Morganville? I don't really want to think about unsuspecting people finding out their nightmares are real and that they have no real way of dealing with it. Yeah sure we have bigger numbers than the vampires but lets face it, lots of people would die before we took them all out. Most people when facing them or a loved one dying would rather just put up with the vampires than risk freedom for everyone else. Besides that, if they did take out the vampires they would take them all out. Including Michael. I doubt they would believe 'don't worry hes a good vampire. He doesn't bite much.' No they would probably stake him on site. So I guess my thought is that no, I hope the outside world never finds out about Morganville. Us locals can handle it just fine. We haven't all gotten ourselves killed so far, and I doubt we plan to anytime soon.
Track List:
Made of Stone (Renholdër Remix) – Evanescence
Heavy Prey – Lacey Sturm of Flyleaf feat. Geno Lenardo
Blackout (Renholdër Remix) – Linkin Park
Apart (Renholdër Remix) – The Cure
Killer & a Queen – Stella Katsoudas of Sister Soleil feat. Geno Lenardo
Watch Yourself (Renholdër Remix) – Ministry
Trip the Darkness (Ben Weinman Remix) – Lacuna Coil
Young Blood (Renholdër Remix) – The Naked and Famous
It Rapes All In Its Path – Black Light Burns
The Posthumous Letter – William Control
How’m I Supposed to Die- Civil Twilight
Consolation Prize – & SONS
Liar (Revenant mix by 8mm) – 8MM
You Won’t See The Light – Ryan T.Hope of The Lifeline feat. Geno Lenardo
Bottle of Pain – Combichrist
Intruder – Collide
Exit Wounds (Justin Lassen Remix) – Justin Lassen feat. Silent Fury
Some of these songs are the originals since I couldn't find the remix on youtube. Also couldn't find half the songs yer, sorry. You find them why don't you post them in a comment.
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