Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Little Women
There were three beloved books of my pre-teen/early teen years. Pride and Prejudice, Little Women, and Anne of Green Gables.
This past year, Keira Knightly has already played the heroine of one of these books. This past weekend, when my parents took me to see Little Women - the musical, I became convinced she should play a second heroine, namely Jo. You see, the actress who played Jo in the Musical looked an awful lot like Knightly, or at least she did from the balcony seats. But really, the Knightly look worked. And knightly plays fiery very well. Someone should get on this.
Sadly, I am not sure if Knightly could complete the trifeca of favorite female characters of my childhood, she does not have red hair, and i think she would look awful with it, but who knows, maybe I can be convinced otherwise.
This past year, Keira Knightly has already played the heroine of one of these books. This past weekend, when my parents took me to see Little Women - the musical, I became convinced she should play a second heroine, namely Jo. You see, the actress who played Jo in the Musical looked an awful lot like Knightly, or at least she did from the balcony seats. But really, the Knightly look worked. And knightly plays fiery very well. Someone should get on this.
Sadly, I am not sure if Knightly could complete the trifeca of favorite female characters of my childhood, she does not have red hair, and i think she would look awful with it, but who knows, maybe I can be convinced otherwise.
Superman
So you know how sometimes you don't really like a movie, but then you keep having to explain why you don't like it, and the need to justify yourself makes your negative feelings towards the movie increase tenfold....
Well, Superman = LONGEST. MOVIE. EVER.
It was 2.5 hours long. It is not that the movie had no redeeming qualities. Some of the shots were really cool. But anything that has only cool shots should not be longer than 90 minutes. As for the rest, the plot was painfully boring, and there was no chemistry between the actors. But really, the problem is that i don't like Superman.
I mean it is not that I would not like Superman if he existed in real life. I would totally think that the world needs Superman. And I like truth, justice, and the american way as much as the next person. But, for some reason, in this more than even any other superhero, you just know that everything will work out. Superman will never die or turn bad. And so the movie is really boring, cause even as bad things were happening, I was just waiting for things to turn ok again.
Well, Superman = LONGEST. MOVIE. EVER.
It was 2.5 hours long. It is not that the movie had no redeeming qualities. Some of the shots were really cool. But anything that has only cool shots should not be longer than 90 minutes. As for the rest, the plot was painfully boring, and there was no chemistry between the actors. But really, the problem is that i don't like Superman.
I mean it is not that I would not like Superman if he existed in real life. I would totally think that the world needs Superman. And I like truth, justice, and the american way as much as the next person. But, for some reason, in this more than even any other superhero, you just know that everything will work out. Superman will never die or turn bad. And so the movie is really boring, cause even as bad things were happening, I was just waiting for things to turn ok again.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
The Devil Wears Prada
It was good. Go see it in the theater. There are lots of pretty clothes. I am sure you can see them better on the big screen.
So I have one comment to make about this movie. Afterward, I complained that it annoyed me that she and her friends did not actually sound like real people when they talk to eachother. And Shawn said "well, it is not like they talk like real people on Dawson's Creek."
Now put aside for a sec that Dawson's Creek has never been on my list of favorite shows, there is a difference between shows in which they are not supposed to sound like real people and ones in which they just fail. In Dawson's Creek, as well as Gilmore Girls and the West Wing, the whole point is that they talk in this really stylized way. Part of the reason the show is cool is because of the fast, funny way they talk that is like nothing in real life. The same goes actually for the characters of Miranda and Emily in the Devil Wears Prada. It does not matter that they don't talk like real people, because that is part of the humor of the movie. But when Andy (Hathaway) is talking to her friends, she is supposed to be normal, and failure, well, it is a flaw in the movie.
So I have one comment to make about this movie. Afterward, I complained that it annoyed me that she and her friends did not actually sound like real people when they talk to eachother. And Shawn said "well, it is not like they talk like real people on Dawson's Creek."
Now put aside for a sec that Dawson's Creek has never been on my list of favorite shows, there is a difference between shows in which they are not supposed to sound like real people and ones in which they just fail. In Dawson's Creek, as well as Gilmore Girls and the West Wing, the whole point is that they talk in this really stylized way. Part of the reason the show is cool is because of the fast, funny way they talk that is like nothing in real life. The same goes actually for the characters of Miranda and Emily in the Devil Wears Prada. It does not matter that they don't talk like real people, because that is part of the humor of the movie. But when Andy (Hathaway) is talking to her friends, she is supposed to be normal, and failure, well, it is a flaw in the movie.
Can't Touch This
No internet access at home = less blogging.
Anyway, about a week and a half ago I went to a MC Hammer Concert (actually it was an LL Cool J concert, but MC was playing) and it was the stragest feeling in the world.
When I came here in 1990, all them kids in Philly were listening to MC Hammer. And I, of-course, awkwardly pretended to like him, when I really didn't. But you know, MC Hammer was something that was too good for me, too American, something to aim for.
So as I sat there in the Verizon Center listening to him play his set in his ugly jumpsuit (no Hammer pants,) I had the strangest "where am I? who am I? how did I get here?" moment.
Never in a million years would 9 year old me think she was cool enough to go to an MC Hammer concert. I mean my parents would not even let me. Even less so (never in a billion years, if you will) would nine year old me would ever imagine that at 25, I would not only watch him play live, but would actually be too cool MC Hammer, and I would only be seeing him because it is funny and ironic.
Anyway, about a week and a half ago I went to a MC Hammer Concert (actually it was an LL Cool J concert, but MC was playing) and it was the stragest feeling in the world.
When I came here in 1990, all them kids in Philly were listening to MC Hammer. And I, of-course, awkwardly pretended to like him, when I really didn't. But you know, MC Hammer was something that was too good for me, too American, something to aim for.
So as I sat there in the Verizon Center listening to him play his set in his ugly jumpsuit (no Hammer pants,) I had the strangest "where am I? who am I? how did I get here?" moment.
Never in a million years would 9 year old me think she was cool enough to go to an MC Hammer concert. I mean my parents would not even let me. Even less so (never in a billion years, if you will) would nine year old me would ever imagine that at 25, I would not only watch him play live, but would actually be too cool MC Hammer, and I would only be seeing him because it is funny and ironic.
