Let me just take a minute or two to revisit Stereo Hearts (ft. Adam Levine), by Gym Class Heroes. I listened to it again and really paid attention to the lyrics, and I have to say, I like this song even more now. It's using music, and music playback gear (radios, stereos, vinyl records etc) as a metaphor for this person, his heart, and his feelings.
Ok sure, it's a bit cheesy, but it just comes across as quite clever, I feel. I especially like the first verse, where it goes:
Furthermore, I apologize for any skipping tracks
It's just the last girl that played me left a couple cracks
I used to used to - used to - used to -, now I’m over thatCause holding grudges over love is ancient artifacts
It ties in the "I'm just another record you've found" image with a brief story of the past but still retains the metaphor. And the "used to" repetition, the way it's spoken to sound like a track skipping: awesome.
Watched a couple of movies the other day. The first was Frozen (2010). For some reason I thought this movie and Open Water (2003) were connected, either by writer, or director - something. But I did a little searching and as far as I can tell, they're not related in either way, other than a similar scenario: being left behind.
Open Water was about a couple that goes on a scuba diving trip, only to realize their boat forgot them and left them stranded in shark infested waters. In Frozen, three friends are skiing/snowboarding and try to squeeze in one last run down the mountain as night falls and the resort is closing, but they end up getting forgotten and are stranded on the ski lift while everything else is closed and shut down, and the mountain doesn't open up for another several days.
Anyways. This film is preeeetty silly. Or maybe it was because of the company I had while watching the movie, and thus, we laughed and joked about everything we could. Granted, everything about the story is psychological, the whole what-if scenario.
If I had to recommend this movie, I'd say watch it when you have spare time and seriously have nothing else better to do.
But the for other movie I watched, holy. shit. You need to watch this film.
And it goes by the name of Ip Man (2008). You should know it's a kung fu movie - a kung fu movie that kicks so much ass, it's mind boggling. The story is a semi-biography about Yip Man, a Chinese Martial artist. It depicts his life during the late 1930s - early 40s when he's mastered a relatively unpopular branch of martial arts at the time - Wing Chun. If that name sounds familiar at all, it's because it's the style some chump named Bruce Lee mastered. I hear he's pretty awesome. But guess who taught him? Yeah that's right: Yip Man. So this should already be a clue about how much kick-ass-ery is going to go down in this film.
To be more specific about the movie's story, the world's on the brink of WWII and Japan's starting to be a great big bully and occupying all the neighboring Asian countries it can. A Japanese general is stationed in Yip Man's city and starts challenging any and all local Chinese martial artists in order to prove the superiority of Japanese martial arts. Yip Man doesn't want to fight, but through a series of unfortunate events, he's obviously forced to fight and restore honor to his city and Chinese martial artists everywhere. Hooray!
To be honest, I first heard about this film after someone (blog, or stumbleupon, whatever) linked to a video clip of a particular fight scene in this movie. It's incredible. It made me want to see it. You should watch this clip too and also be inspired to watch this film.
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