Movie Madness .2

On The Oscars:

BOOM, Nat Portman with that Best Actress, hellz yeah. Knew she had it coming. You go girl.


That aside, I have some qualms with a couple of the nominees. I don't particularly agree with all the nominations The Social Network got. Sure, it was a great movie and fairly insightful, but at the core it's a dramatization of a series of events. I don't think it was deserving of Best Picture nomination. And as for Jesse Eisenberg getting nominated for Best Actor, I don't quite agree with that either. All it took was his playing a pretty douche-y character, and was Mark Zuckerberg even that big of a prick? I don't think it takes too much skill to act douche-y. Overall, The Social Network was an excellent film, but I don't think it's deserving of all the Oscar nominations its received. But if anything, I would agree that Trent Reznor is deserving of Best Original Score for this film. Props to him.
Then...there's Inception. I liked the movie. It's great. It's a spectacle. It makes you think. But all the hype about it still just seems...overrated, again, like The Social Network. Ooh, let's make the entire street/this half of the city turn on its side. Let's make the hallway spin around! I don't know, it seems like everyone made a big fuss over it. I just wasn't that impressed, I guess.

Moving right along.



Thank You for Smoking (2005)
I think I'm starting to get an Aaron Eckhart fever going on (Rabbit Hole, anyone?) [WHICH I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN, DAMNIT].) Eckhart's just such a smooth talker in Smoking, it's great. He's got the persona, the charm, the wit. Everything about his character in this movie is so awesome. I think starting into the movie, I had the idea it would be some farce/commentary on smoking and the tobacco industry, and while those issues do provide the setting for the story, the film as a whole is more about this man and how he's managed to get by in life because of his charisma. Really interesting and entertaining film.

Hard Candy (2005)
Ellen Page: WHAT THE FUCK. Girl you are SERIOUSLY creepy in this movie. And here I was thinking you're some odd kind of cute, what with Juno and Whip It. Then we get a taste of a more mature you in Inception, but now I watch this movie of your younger self and all I can think is WHAT THE FUCK.
Basically, this movie is creepy. Not in a scary, horror way, nor in the little-girl-is-odd-murderous kind of way (ok maybe the latter is somewhat true.) Creepy in the way that makes you wonder why the hell is this girl doing the things she does? How can this 14 year old girl be so mature that she outwits and overpowers a much older man? Psychological Thriller indeed. Holy damn.
Ok I'll say the movie is...good. It's good in that it's rather shocking and messes with your mind, somewhat, but golly, Ellen Page's character. Whoa girl. Whoa.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY SISTER

YOU'RE ONLY TURNING 19 AND THAT'S KINDA BORING AND NOT VERY EXCITING BECAUSE WELL GEEZ WHAT CAN YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE 19 YEARS OLD EXCEPT ALL THE STUFF YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO DO SINCE YOU TURNED 18

BUT THAT'S OK

BECAUSE YOU ARE AWESOME AND IF ANYONE TRIES TO SAY OTHERWISE I'LL PERSONALLY MAKE THEM TASTE THE DELICIOUS CONCRETE SIDEWALK AND BESIDES IF YOU THINK 19 IS BORING THEN WAIT UNTIL YOU TURN I DUNNO 22 BECAUSE FUCK, IT'S ALL DOWNHILL FROM THERE (OR SO I'VE HEARD) AMIRITE? 

SO YEAH HAVE SUPER FRICKIN' AWESOME BIRTHDAY.

I'D USE THE FOLLOWING SPACE TO LINK TO AN AWESOME KICK ASS BIRTHDAY SONG EXCEPT BIRTHDAY SONGS KINDA SUCK AND WOULDN'T DO JUSTICE TO YOUR AWESOMENESS SO INSTEAD I'M GONNA PICK THIS SONG BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON EVERY TIME I LISTEN TO IT, IT REMINDS ME OF YOU AND IT SHOULD PROBABLY BE YOUR THEME SONG HELLZ YA. 

고마워, 누나.

Nothing like a good talkin' to with older cuz to keep me going. 

On a side note, painting is surprisingly calming. For the most part.

You're tearing me apart, Lisa!

So. I can only describe The Room as something you MUST experience at some point in your life. It's hilarious. The best, worst movie ever. A movie so bad, that's it's so awesome. Preferably, find a local cinema that screens it, because this film is best enjoyed with friends, in a crowd. Trust me on this. Fortunately for me, the indie theatre here in Athens screens The Room once a month. I'm certainly going to be attending again.

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On a suspiciously-gay note, I absolutely LOVE this Dove Men+Care: Extra Fresh bar soap. It's so good. Normally I don't use bar soaps, but hot damn, this is great shit. I decided to give it try as I'd been using the bottle version of the Dove Men+Care deep clean. I've concluded that the Extra Fresh bar soap is fantastic because not only is it more cost efficient than the bottle version (2 soap bars for almost the same price) and it feels better to use compared to Deep Clean, but when the bar is left to sit in my shower, it also freshens up my entire bathroom with its nice, clean scent! Score.

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I like stumblingupon these words that other languages have but do not exist in the English language (English is dumb anyways.)

Gheegle: (Filipino) The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute.

Cualacino: (Italian) The mark left on a table by a cold glass.

Sgriob: (Gaelic) The itchiness that overcomes the upper lip just before taking a sip of whisky

L’esprit de escalier: (French) The feeling you get after leaving a conversation, when you think of all the things you should have said. Translated it means “the spirit of the staircase.”

Pari-pari and Saku-saku: (Japanese) Hard-crispy verses Soft-crispy, i.e. a rice cracker versus fried chicken

Stam: (Hebrew) An agreement out of amusement and frustration that something doesn’t have a satisfactory answer among those talking.

Forelsket: (Norwegian) The euphoria you experience when you are first falling in love.

Pena ajena: (Mexican Spanish) The embarrassment you feel watching someone else’s humiliation.

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One day, during a rehearsal for Seussical in my freshman year, I overheard a conversation and a guy was talking about his underclassmen years (yeah I people-watch and eavesdrop, wanna fight about it?). I recall how he described he could just feel himself being molded, his being and ideas shifting and morphing. Kinda trippy, but at the time it made me wonder what I was doing to expand my own values and knowledge, my character in general. At the time, I couldn't recognize any sort of self-transformation. At the time, I was scared that I was missing out on something.

But now, I think I can sense that very something. This entire year so far has been a rather molding experience (wait, that sounds like fungal growth, but it's not, I swear). A lot of things have changed, and will continue to change in times to come. However, I feel like only in the recent month or two have I begun adapting accordingly. It's a surreal feeling, and I can only wait and see what the outcome will be. It might've taken two years, but hey, better late than never, right? It's rather enthralling, really. 

Whip it good

Just watched Whip It (yeah so I'm behind the times so what wanna fight about it?) and I have to say, Ellen Page is just such a darling in this movie. That's all that comes to mind if I had to describe her performance/character. And I kinda thought Drew Barrymore would have a bigger role, but then again, she directed it so I imagine must of her time must've been spent behind the camera. Also, Landon Pigg's the band-singer-boyfriend? No wonder he could sing. Kind of.

BABE RUTHLESS, BITCH. 

Then last week, I watched Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds. He wakes up and discovers he's been buried alive and has only a cell phone and a lighter to figure out where he is and get rescued. The entire movie is only him in the coffin. Remember the scene in Kill Bill II where The Bride is buried alive and you see her trying to figure out how to free herself? Now imagine instead of Uma Thurman it's Ryan Reynolds for 90 mins without flashbacks. Yeah. The movie was pretty suspenseful though, not gonna lie. The ending pissed me off though. Geez. 

And later tonight: THE ROOM. Oh yeah, I'm excited. 

I really need to know

From Crimes of the Heart, by Beth Henley:

CHICK: They say each cigarette is just a little stick of cancer. A little death stick.
MEG: That's what I like about it, Chick - taking a drag off of death. Mmm! Gives me a sense of controlling my own destiny. What power! What exhilaration! Want a drag?

Oh yeah.

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At the moment, I'd say things are...progressing neutrally. If that makes sense.




But in the meantime:



You feel so good, you make me stutter. 

THIS IS FULL OF SO MUCH "AWWW"

SERIOUSLY. THE AWW-NESS CANNOT BE DESCRIBED.


Signs
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...ok fine, call me lame and cheesy. But goddamnit, I like this short film.

Valentine's Day-ish? Hah.