Well, I haven't written in this for a long time. It's not because I don't have anything to write about, I just never feel like it. Chrissy and I go see the film society movies at least once a week. It's kinda a ritual now, and I am really liking it. I made her go see Grizzly Man with me the other night. I. LOVE. THAT. MOVIE. I have a weird obsession with Werner Herzog and his voice. Timmy Treadwell is pretty damn amusing, too.
As good as Grizzly Man was and as much as I loved watching my friend's reactions while watching it, there were some problems. The girl that was playing the show was being EXTREMELY irritating and rude during the movie. She would perpetually laugh and say comments that she just didn't need to say the ENTIRE time. It ruined the whole experience.
Moments that should have been contemplative and touching were trivialized by immature comments and cackles. All this girl and her equally repugnant friend did was degrade Treadwell and the amazing film he and Herzog made. All they got from the movie was "Wow, that guy is CRAZY." I am pretty sure the point of the movie wasn't to make fun of this loony bear guy. Though he was kinda crazy, I am almost positive that if I was alone for that long with bears, cute foxes, and a camera, I would be doing most of the same things. I talk to myself when I am alone in my room sometimes, I can only imagine what would happen to me his that position. One of the things that got to me the most was the churlish remark, "OH YEAH, YOU REALLY HAVE A LIFE NOW!" that burst from the miss lovely's mouth as Tredwell gave an emotional tirade about how rough his life was prior to living with the bears in the summer. That asshole comment was just one of many. WHYYYY? I just don't understand why someone would do that. It's called inhibition. It's called politeness. It's called decency. arrrrghhhhhhhhh!!!! I get all worked up just thinking about it.
Anyway, in conclusion, Herzog is awesome, Treadwell was troubled but had good intentions, and the documentary permeated with the breath taking footage from Treadwell and Herzog's ominous voice which only added to the already compelling story.
Well, I know that review wasn't really a review. I will try to get out of the ranting bitchy blog posts and more into the serious analytical ones soon. I just can't help bitching on this blog though!! It's what I vent to.
Anyway!!!! I think I might be a psychology major, but I still don't know. It's just so interesting to me! I still think I may want to do something with English though. I don't know... I just love to write. I love to learn new words. I love to turn in an essay and have it decimated by my teacher and learn what I did wrong. I even love studying my ass of for science tests as much as I complain about them. I just love to learn.... well I like learning when there is no complex math involved. Ok, well this really needs to end!
Here is a neat video of Werner on one of my favorite shows, The Henry Rollins Show. Yes, Henry Rollins formerly of the infamous hardcore punk band Black Flag! Too bad we don't get IFC at my house anymore... I miss that show.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Little Children... really late
"Little Children" is the kind of movie that has you thinking about it in a daze all the way back home. The kind of movie that will influence your dreams that night and pop into your mind sporadically the following day. With an engrossing story line and multifarious characters, the movie won me over.
The stories of an unhappy house wife, a husband questioning his life and role in his family, a retired cop with too much time on his hands, and a creepy guy moving into their neighborhood after being released from jail all somehow intertwine and converge in the end. Kate Winslet did a great job as Sarah and her dashing co-star and love intrest in the movie (whose name I don't know) also did a wonderful job.
The creepy new man in the neighborhood who was just released from jail for indescent exposure proved to have the most surprises and distrubing plot shifts in the film, and this plot really kept me guessing. Usually, I am good at figuring out to some extent what will happen at the end of movies, but "Little Children" had me completely in the dark. Just when I thought creepy guy was going to get an equally weird girlfriend, he went and started masterbating in the car .... Just when I thought he was going to kill himself, Sarah, or Sarah's daughter, he goes and castrates himself. Oh how many references I make to that scene now. Along with being very unpredictable, the outcomes and actions of the movie were VERY susspensful. I was holding my breath for the majority of the movie and shaking my head and saying "don't do it.... what's going to happen!" to myself.
The omonoius narrator was the cement of the movie and actions. It reminded me of the narrator in Y tu Mama Tambien, and that was an aspect I loved about that movie. The narrator always seemed to come in at just the right times and only add to the movie.
it was just a good movie. a movie that you can talk about after watching it. That's all I ask for, just to be able to discuss what happened, maybe some themes... just any kind of thought provoking talk after a movie.... not like "Oh yeah man those explosions were awesome!" or "Oh yeah man those were some nice tits!" umm no thanks, man! But, this was just an all around good crazy ass movie.
The stories of an unhappy house wife, a husband questioning his life and role in his family, a retired cop with too much time on his hands, and a creepy guy moving into their neighborhood after being released from jail all somehow intertwine and converge in the end. Kate Winslet did a great job as Sarah and her dashing co-star and love intrest in the movie (whose name I don't know) also did a wonderful job.
The creepy new man in the neighborhood who was just released from jail for indescent exposure proved to have the most surprises and distrubing plot shifts in the film, and this plot really kept me guessing. Usually, I am good at figuring out to some extent what will happen at the end of movies, but "Little Children" had me completely in the dark. Just when I thought creepy guy was going to get an equally weird girlfriend, he went and started masterbating in the car .... Just when I thought he was going to kill himself, Sarah, or Sarah's daughter, he goes and castrates himself. Oh how many references I make to that scene now. Along with being very unpredictable, the outcomes and actions of the movie were VERY susspensful. I was holding my breath for the majority of the movie and shaking my head and saying "don't do it.... what's going to happen!" to myself.
The omonoius narrator was the cement of the movie and actions. It reminded me of the narrator in Y tu Mama Tambien, and that was an aspect I loved about that movie. The narrator always seemed to come in at just the right times and only add to the movie.
it was just a good movie. a movie that you can talk about after watching it. That's all I ask for, just to be able to discuss what happened, maybe some themes... just any kind of thought provoking talk after a movie.... not like "Oh yeah man those explosions were awesome!" or "Oh yeah man those were some nice tits!" umm no thanks, man! But, this was just an all around good crazy ass movie.
Monday, September 17, 2007
BORED
Well, I actually have free time right now. I kinda don't know what to do with myself. I am watching Take Home Chef right now, and my roomie is not in here.... thank god. College is really awesome though! I like it so far. I can't wait for the new season of House!!!!!!!! Next Tuesday can't come fast enough!!!! I am unhealthily obsessed with it... Oh well!! Ummm I guess I will write about a movie or something...
The weekend before I left for college, my friend Ankur and I wanted to hang out and see a movie for the last time before we went away. There weren't any really good movies playing, but there was nothing better to do. In Alexandria, that's about all there is. We decided to go see the Bourn Supremacy even though we hadn't seen any of the other Bourn movies. Well, when we got to the theatre, we were about 1o min late, as usual, and decided to see what other movies were playing around the same time.
When I saw that the only other option was Balls of Fury I wanted to scream "NOOOOOOOOO!!" deep down inside but Ankur wanted to go, so I agreed. If you couldn't tell by the title, the movie was HORRIBLE!!! It is literally the worst movie I have ever seen in my life. I laughed maybe once in the entire 'comedy' movie, and the laugh was because I was thinking about how stupid the movie was. I nearly fell asleep, and I never fall asleep during movies. After the movie was finally over, Ankur looked over at me and said "Umm, are you OK?" Apparently my inward disgust for the movie was bursting out of me. On a lighter note, one of my other friends went to see the movie when she was high and loved it. I wholeheartedly agree that a person would have to be under the influence to enjoy that revolting movie.
Watching that shitty movie got me to thinking about a lot of things. I am sure everyone has noticed the lack of good movies and music in popular culture these days. Though I hear people complain about this problem, I always see them endorsing the bad movies and music in the end. The music today has gotten so deluded, so watered down and uninspired because we, the consumers, demand it. Movies today are so pointless and vapid because we spend money to watch them and put them at the top of the box office. If we demand better movies, if we demand better music, we will get it. Though we are all guilty of going to see movies we know will be bad or buying the CD of a singer for one song, it doesn't have to be that way. It didn't used to be that way, especially in the music world. Anyway, I feel like an old disgruntled person writing all of this...
With all that being said, and my tirade coming to an end, I just want to conclude this blog with
PLEASE, DON'T GO SEE BALLS OF FURY!!!!!!! You will regret it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W26aM0ldwMs
best part of the emmy's!!!
The weekend before I left for college, my friend Ankur and I wanted to hang out and see a movie for the last time before we went away. There weren't any really good movies playing, but there was nothing better to do. In Alexandria, that's about all there is. We decided to go see the Bourn Supremacy even though we hadn't seen any of the other Bourn movies. Well, when we got to the theatre, we were about 1o min late, as usual, and decided to see what other movies were playing around the same time.
When I saw that the only other option was Balls of Fury I wanted to scream "NOOOOOOOOO!!" deep down inside but Ankur wanted to go, so I agreed. If you couldn't tell by the title, the movie was HORRIBLE!!! It is literally the worst movie I have ever seen in my life. I laughed maybe once in the entire 'comedy' movie, and the laugh was because I was thinking about how stupid the movie was. I nearly fell asleep, and I never fall asleep during movies. After the movie was finally over, Ankur looked over at me and said "Umm, are you OK?" Apparently my inward disgust for the movie was bursting out of me. On a lighter note, one of my other friends went to see the movie when she was high and loved it. I wholeheartedly agree that a person would have to be under the influence to enjoy that revolting movie.
Watching that shitty movie got me to thinking about a lot of things. I am sure everyone has noticed the lack of good movies and music in popular culture these days. Though I hear people complain about this problem, I always see them endorsing the bad movies and music in the end. The music today has gotten so deluded, so watered down and uninspired because we, the consumers, demand it. Movies today are so pointless and vapid because we spend money to watch them and put them at the top of the box office. If we demand better movies, if we demand better music, we will get it. Though we are all guilty of going to see movies we know will be bad or buying the CD of a singer for one song, it doesn't have to be that way. It didn't used to be that way, especially in the music world. Anyway, I feel like an old disgruntled person writing all of this...
With all that being said, and my tirade coming to an end, I just want to conclude this blog with
PLEASE, DON'T GO SEE BALLS OF FURY!!!!!!! You will regret it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W26aM0ldwMs
best part of the emmy's!!!
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Perfume... I am almost speachless...
OK, so I saw Perfume with Chrissy and Hayley and IT. WAS. WEIRD. You know when that's coming from me, it must be true. I kind of don't want to go to sleep tonight because I am afraid of the dreams I'll have.
Anyway, the movie is about this serial killer that kills women to preserve their luscious scent FOREVERR in a perfume. Take your freakish notions of that and amplify it by 10 and that's how strange it was. It was pretty well done, and it really looked like a lot of thought and effort was put into the movie from all parties. Dustin Hoffman and the guy that plays Snape was a nice surprise. It was a very beautiful film. I loved the cinematography. The angles kept my attention and the colors were vivid and rich. The amazing visuals made up for the lack of smell o vision. My favorite aspect of the movie was the kind of cut away, up close glimpses, different transition scenes (I don't know what to call it or how exactly to describe it). It reminded me of how Requiem for a Dream (another movie that scarred my life) was filmed in some parts. There was an obscene amount of nudity in the movie, but looking back on it, all of it was done pretty tastefully and was almost alluring at times. My attention was well kept throughout the entire movie.
The plot line was VERY unpredictable. "What the hell!?" went through my mind at least 5 times during the movie, and most of those times were in the last 3o min. WOW! talk about weird. Just when the creepy bastard is about to get killed he dabs on a little bit of his woman oil perfume and everyone bows to him as if he is some hallowed angel... oh yeah the crowd of hundreds of people starts having an orgy, too!!! Even the priest/bishop! That was definitely Chrissy's favorite part!!!! AWKWARD! Another disturbing part was when the guy gets eaten by homeless people after he pours the rest of the perfume over his head. I definitely was not expecting that. I felt bad for the troubled Jean Baptiest because he couldn't help his eerie demeanor. He just needed a girlfriend!
Well on another note, my best friend Seol hates college!!!! yay for her!! I personally can't imagine liking school if you are taking classes to be a chemical engineer. Chemistry, Biology, Calculus.... nooooo thank you!!! oh well!!! She will do fine though. She's a freak like that. That's why I love her!
ANYWAY..... I guess I am done with this... this whole blog thing is new/strange to me. I still don't know how to change the colors or do anything, but I am sure i will soon enough.
Anyway, the movie is about this serial killer that kills women to preserve their luscious scent FOREVERR in a perfume. Take your freakish notions of that and amplify it by 10 and that's how strange it was. It was pretty well done, and it really looked like a lot of thought and effort was put into the movie from all parties. Dustin Hoffman and the guy that plays Snape was a nice surprise. It was a very beautiful film. I loved the cinematography. The angles kept my attention and the colors were vivid and rich. The amazing visuals made up for the lack of smell o vision. My favorite aspect of the movie was the kind of cut away, up close glimpses, different transition scenes (I don't know what to call it or how exactly to describe it). It reminded me of how Requiem for a Dream (another movie that scarred my life) was filmed in some parts. There was an obscene amount of nudity in the movie, but looking back on it, all of it was done pretty tastefully and was almost alluring at times. My attention was well kept throughout the entire movie.
The plot line was VERY unpredictable. "What the hell!?" went through my mind at least 5 times during the movie, and most of those times were in the last 3o min. WOW! talk about weird. Just when the creepy bastard is about to get killed he dabs on a little bit of his woman oil perfume and everyone bows to him as if he is some hallowed angel... oh yeah the crowd of hundreds of people starts having an orgy, too!!! Even the priest/bishop! That was definitely Chrissy's favorite part!!!! AWKWARD! Another disturbing part was when the guy gets eaten by homeless people after he pours the rest of the perfume over his head. I definitely was not expecting that. I felt bad for the troubled Jean Baptiest because he couldn't help his eerie demeanor. He just needed a girlfriend!
Well on another note, my best friend Seol hates college!!!! yay for her!! I personally can't imagine liking school if you are taking classes to be a chemical engineer. Chemistry, Biology, Calculus.... nooooo thank you!!! oh well!!! She will do fine though. She's a freak like that. That's why I love her!
ANYWAY..... I guess I am done with this... this whole blog thing is new/strange to me. I still don't know how to change the colors or do anything, but I am sure i will soon enough.
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