Here is a sample of some of the movies.
C'est la vie, mon ami!
Monday, March 2, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
its the little details...
Amy and Doug
My new roomie, Kim
Yes we can... oh, no she didn't!
chestnuts roasting. Weiners boiling... same thing!
Sean and Mike on an "unofficial" double date with Jenna and I... I say "unofficial" because at the time, Sean was dating someone.
Dockweiler 
The 110
Serenity in a vase
Serenity in guitar form
the 110 againI borrowed my brother's camera and this is the magic that spewed from it... enjoy!
Sunday, January 4, 2009
My top 10 films of 2008
I know. I know. It's kinda late. But i just watched "the wrestler" and I wanted to watch it before I made a decision. I still have yet to see "Waltz with Bashir", but Heidi has it on DVD so I'll watch it later and I'm sure its really good, but I couldn't wait to write up my top 10 of last year.
#1. Milk.
It was moving, inspiring, the acting was phenomenal, it was raw and gritty and the movie just all around has great written all over it.
#2. Dark Knight.
Come on. Do you have to question why? I was watching the blu-ray just tonite and its so cool. It goes through the different action sequences and dissects them and explains how C. Nolan did it. Theres a cool one on the IMAX version of the beginning heist sequence. Heath Ledger was awesome as the Joker and i loved Gary Oldman and Christian Bale. The actions scenes were awese and some of the shots were breathtaking.
#3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Before I watched it, everyone complained that it was so long, but damn it was well worth the sit. It was gorgeous! I enjoyed the acting of both main actors and the cinematography was beautiful. The story itself was so great.
#4. Doubt.
Here's the thing: you put an amazing cast together and you really can't go wrong. The stand out being Meryl Streep as an angry no nonsense nun. The story was intriguing and never boring.
#5. Slumdog Millionaire.
I heard all the buzz about it. Went in with high expectations and came out totally satisfied. It was your typical underdog story and it just builds up to this great emotional fantastic finale. It was touching and inspiring. (you'll notice with alot of films that I watch I want to be affected in some way, but when it inspires me, you know I will like it)
#6. Wall-E.
See, Heidi. I did like it enough to put it on here. It was full of positive, Al gore-like messages. I like Al Gore. It was touching, made a great impression, cute. Its definitely the kind of thing that needed to be portrayed on film, especially in animated form to reach out and make an impression on the little ones. Pixar honestly never disappoints and i really enjoyed the "presto" short in the beginning.
#7. Frost/Nixon.
I went into the movie thinking it was gonna be boring but turned out to be one of the more entertaining movies I saw this year. It was captivating and pretty edge of your seat. The acting from both Michael Sheen and Frank Langella was superb and honest.
#8. Tropic Thunder.
Two words: Tom Cruise. He is on a roll. Still haven't seen Valkyrie, but from what I hear, its pretty good. But he was so great in Tropic Thunder. Also you can't forget to mention Robert Downey Jr. as a black guy. Sheer genius! The movie was just hilarious from beginning to end and that's what I wanted going in so it didn't disappoint.
#9. The Wrestler
SO raw. I would almost go as far as calling it a beautiful film. Mickey Rourke will definitely get an oscar nod for this. It was gritty, emotional, sometimes hard to watch, but it was amazing.
#10. Burn After Reading
This movie was only two kinds of emotions for me: sad and funny. It's comparable to Fargo as far as the other Coen films, not as great, but still a pretty good dark DARK comedy. Brad Pitt was hilarious and Frances McDormand was stellar.
Honorable mention: Iron Man.
I ashamed to say I watched Hellboy 2 twice in the movie theatre. Ok I mean it wasn't that bad but I know I will get crap from everyone because I watched it twice. Still I enjoyed it. Hey what can I say, sometimes I enjoy a little bit of mindless entertainment... I do hang out with Andrew and Nate.... HAHA!
#1. Milk.
It was moving, inspiring, the acting was phenomenal, it was raw and gritty and the movie just all around has great written all over it.
#2. Dark Knight.
Come on. Do you have to question why? I was watching the blu-ray just tonite and its so cool. It goes through the different action sequences and dissects them and explains how C. Nolan did it. Theres a cool one on the IMAX version of the beginning heist sequence. Heath Ledger was awesome as the Joker and i loved Gary Oldman and Christian Bale. The actions scenes were awese and some of the shots were breathtaking.
#3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Before I watched it, everyone complained that it was so long, but damn it was well worth the sit. It was gorgeous! I enjoyed the acting of both main actors and the cinematography was beautiful. The story itself was so great.
#4. Doubt.
Here's the thing: you put an amazing cast together and you really can't go wrong. The stand out being Meryl Streep as an angry no nonsense nun. The story was intriguing and never boring.
#5. Slumdog Millionaire.
I heard all the buzz about it. Went in with high expectations and came out totally satisfied. It was your typical underdog story and it just builds up to this great emotional fantastic finale. It was touching and inspiring. (you'll notice with alot of films that I watch I want to be affected in some way, but when it inspires me, you know I will like it)
#6. Wall-E.
See, Heidi. I did like it enough to put it on here. It was full of positive, Al gore-like messages. I like Al Gore. It was touching, made a great impression, cute. Its definitely the kind of thing that needed to be portrayed on film, especially in animated form to reach out and make an impression on the little ones. Pixar honestly never disappoints and i really enjoyed the "presto" short in the beginning.
#7. Frost/Nixon.
I went into the movie thinking it was gonna be boring but turned out to be one of the more entertaining movies I saw this year. It was captivating and pretty edge of your seat. The acting from both Michael Sheen and Frank Langella was superb and honest.
#8. Tropic Thunder.
Two words: Tom Cruise. He is on a roll. Still haven't seen Valkyrie, but from what I hear, its pretty good. But he was so great in Tropic Thunder. Also you can't forget to mention Robert Downey Jr. as a black guy. Sheer genius! The movie was just hilarious from beginning to end and that's what I wanted going in so it didn't disappoint.
#9. The Wrestler
SO raw. I would almost go as far as calling it a beautiful film. Mickey Rourke will definitely get an oscar nod for this. It was gritty, emotional, sometimes hard to watch, but it was amazing.
#10. Burn After Reading
This movie was only two kinds of emotions for me: sad and funny. It's comparable to Fargo as far as the other Coen films, not as great, but still a pretty good dark DARK comedy. Brad Pitt was hilarious and Frances McDormand was stellar.
Honorable mention: Iron Man.
I ashamed to say I watched Hellboy 2 twice in the movie theatre. Ok I mean it wasn't that bad but I know I will get crap from everyone because I watched it twice. Still I enjoyed it. Hey what can I say, sometimes I enjoy a little bit of mindless entertainment... I do hang out with Andrew and Nate.... HAHA!
Monday, December 22, 2008
Milk
MilkI know, I know! the movie came out a while ago, but I felt compelled to write this review on Milk because I think it's one of the most important films released this year. Now mind you, I didn't say "the best" because lets face it, I don't think ANYTHING can top the Dark Knight (then again, i haven't seen the wrestler yet). So before you all start your bitching, hear me out.
Milk is the story of Harvey Milk, who is masterfully portrayed by Sean Penn. He was a gay man who ultimately just wanted to be accepted for who he was and his lifestyle choices. He wanted gay and lesbian people to have the same rights as straight people. He had a powerful influence in the area he lived in in San Francisco, so he used that popularity and influence and decided to run for the office of city supervisor. After numerous attempts, he achieved enough of a following to win. He was in office for 11 months before he was murdered by a fellow city supervisor, Dan White, who was played by Josh Brolin. Brolin did an excellent job portraying the insecure White. There is also an amazing supporting cast: James Franco plays Scott, Harvey's first love interest and Diego Luna plays Jack Lira another love interest. Also in the film is Emile Hirsch playing Cleve Jones, who played a vital role in the gay rights movement.
The film is very much in usual style of Gus Van Sant's movies: gritty, sometimes dark, the camera work gave you the feeling like you were pretty much in the crowd watching Milk give his famous "Hope Speech" or one of the guys in the camera shop listening in on what the campaign plans were and his male leads are always spot on. I think this is Van Sant's best film, then good will hunting, elephant, and finally my own private idaho.
I highly recommend everyone watch this. It's moving, a "think" movie, it makes you want to get out there and make a difference in your life and your community and the acting is phenomenal.
To hear parts of THE Harvey Milk's "Hope Speech", check out the link below.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
7 Deadly Things....
or not.
This is the second request to write on my blog 7 things about me so here it goes (Thanks to Karen and Heidi for the requests)
#1. I almost died when I was about 10. My brother and I were visiting family in El Salvador and went to a beach area and we got stuck in a rip tide. We couldn't swim. We were yelling and struggling to stay afloat and nobody could hear us. Finally I felt a rock with my foot, immersed my self down while holding my bro and pushed as hard as I could so we could doggy paddle to shore.
#2. I find Seth Rogen VERY attractive. Like its sick. I have a thing for "doughy" guys with facial hair and a sense of humor. If you want to win me over, have a beard and crack jokes.
#3. I don't have any blood sisters, so I tend to cling on to and embrace the friendships I have with girls I let into my life, which aren't very many. We fight alot (mostly my fault) but I know that I can always turn to them when I need them. The bestest girlfriends nearest and dearest to my heart are and always will be Jenna, Mel, Liz and Esther... whether they like it or not!
Very close seconds are Heidi, Becca, and Karen
#4. I REALLY enjoy boy things. Let me explain. I enjoy the same things that guys enjoy because growing up I only had my brothers and my father was a huge influence in my life. My dad would take us to the L.A. auto show, every Sunday we would go to the comic book store and pick out spawn comics or marvel cards, we would go to museums and gawk at the dinosaurs, one of our most recent trips together was a motley crue concert and an AC/DC concert. I loved that my both my parents instilled in all three of us the love of heavy metal. I think my love for these things is also the reason I tend to get along with boys sometimes better than girls.
#5. I was a bully in high school. I would cut in front of people in line and I would take lunch money. I really did. I will someday regret it.
#6. I've used my womanly wiles to get what I want... and it worked. A more recent example: Adam, Andrew and I were at Vons buying food to BBQ and we wanted chicken. The chicken wasn't on sale, so I went to the guy behind the meat counter and asked him if there was anyway he could find some chicken that was on sale. He smiled and said, "Sure sweetheart." The chicken came out to like $7. Awese.
#7. I like kissing. Alot. And I'm only writing this because I didn't know what else to write when I know there's gotta be alot more things, but I just saw that Keanan logged onto g-chat and he reminded me that I do enjoy kissing and that he's a good kisser. :)
I tag Chris, Sasha, Amy, Jessica, and Tanner.
This is the second request to write on my blog 7 things about me so here it goes (Thanks to Karen and Heidi for the requests)
#1. I almost died when I was about 10. My brother and I were visiting family in El Salvador and went to a beach area and we got stuck in a rip tide. We couldn't swim. We were yelling and struggling to stay afloat and nobody could hear us. Finally I felt a rock with my foot, immersed my self down while holding my bro and pushed as hard as I could so we could doggy paddle to shore.
#2. I find Seth Rogen VERY attractive. Like its sick. I have a thing for "doughy" guys with facial hair and a sense of humor. If you want to win me over, have a beard and crack jokes.
#3. I don't have any blood sisters, so I tend to cling on to and embrace the friendships I have with girls I let into my life, which aren't very many. We fight alot (mostly my fault) but I know that I can always turn to them when I need them. The bestest girlfriends nearest and dearest to my heart are and always will be Jenna, Mel, Liz and Esther... whether they like it or not!
Very close seconds are Heidi, Becca, and Karen
#4. I REALLY enjoy boy things. Let me explain. I enjoy the same things that guys enjoy because growing up I only had my brothers and my father was a huge influence in my life. My dad would take us to the L.A. auto show, every Sunday we would go to the comic book store and pick out spawn comics or marvel cards, we would go to museums and gawk at the dinosaurs, one of our most recent trips together was a motley crue concert and an AC/DC concert. I loved that my both my parents instilled in all three of us the love of heavy metal. I think my love for these things is also the reason I tend to get along with boys sometimes better than girls.
#5. I was a bully in high school. I would cut in front of people in line and I would take lunch money. I really did. I will someday regret it.
#6. I've used my womanly wiles to get what I want... and it worked. A more recent example: Adam, Andrew and I were at Vons buying food to BBQ and we wanted chicken. The chicken wasn't on sale, so I went to the guy behind the meat counter and asked him if there was anyway he could find some chicken that was on sale. He smiled and said, "Sure sweetheart." The chicken came out to like $7. Awese.
#7. I like kissing. Alot. And I'm only writing this because I didn't know what else to write when I know there's gotta be alot more things, but I just saw that Keanan logged onto g-chat and he reminded me that I do enjoy kissing and that he's a good kisser. :)
I tag Chris, Sasha, Amy, Jessica, and Tanner.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
watched Twilight...
...I think my friends Jen Hager pretty much summed it up perfectly as her facebook status:
"Twilight: the comedy event of the season"
more later...
Monday, November 24, 2008
Movies I want to see more than (GASP) Twilight
There are some pretty amazing movies coming out and here is just a teeny, tiny list of them.
If anybody wants to join me in watching, please do!
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
A Christmas Tale
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Watchmen!!!!!!!! (more than anything else)
and of course
Star Trek
click on the movie to check out the trailers!
If anybody wants to join me in watching, please do!
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
A Christmas Tale
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Watchmen!!!!!!!! (more than anything else)
and of course
Star Trek
click on the movie to check out the trailers!
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