The first is Scott Pilgrim vs. The World




Going into this movie, I had no idea it was based on a popular anime toon, it would have been nice knowing that before subjecting myself to this awkward torture of a flick. I was mildly amused by the brightly colored hair vixens in this flick. I love weird punk hair colors, especially on girls, so that was the only captivating element for me in this preteen flop. While I love all the actors in this movie, everything was completely ridiculous and nearly painful for me to sit through. If you love rpg video games and anime, you'll love this movie.


My next mediocre flick review:

The A Team



I loved this show as a kid, and I was mildly disappointed by the seemingly lackluster cast. It was a good action flick though. I found myself humming the annoyingly catchy theme song for a few days afterwards!

A movie worth watching a 2nd time!



I recently watched Inception, and I absolutely loved it. It has to be my favorite movie of 2010 so far!

Since watching it thought, I've been having odd dreams, stranger than normal. This film guves lucid dreaming a whole new meaning. I've found that some people say it's a great action flick where others are totally tripped out by it. I find myself in category number 2!

I was at home and bored for a couple of days. Usually, I would be working, but unusual circumstances kept me at home. I thought many thoughts and ate many hot pockets. I also watched a great movie, which I'll get to in a bit :D

Blogging plagued my mind as I fought back the urges to do my homework in a timely manner. As many know, I LOVE themed blogs. I think they are the most successful, and they are the easiest to read! I however love too many themes to just stick with one. Here's a list of blogs I really should create but will probably never have time for:

Travel
Restaurant Reviews
Movies Reviews
The Bible
Church Reviews
Concerts
Teaching Strategies
Digital Photography Tips
Random Unplanned Adventures
Books I'll never Read
All Things Ice Cream
Weight Loss Advice I'll never follow
Socks: just for feet?
Great Shark Quotes: example: "He's so awesome, the sharks have a week dedicated to him"


Maybe I'm getting a little carried away but you get the idea.

Watching a redbox classic (I'm lying), The Road, really got me thinking. It's a dreary Apocalyptic type of movie in which Viggo Mortensen clearly isn't in Middle earth anymore. The setting is more like dead, grey gloomy cannibalistic Earth: it wasn't fun, that's for sure. There was one point in the movie where these people were being starved to death in this cellar and then their limbs were being eaten, one by one. BAH! I thought to myself, how could anyone still believe in God at that point of pain and terror. My head began cycling the evil vs good rationale of my past atheist wanderings: it spawned a nasty cycle of self doubt, just until the end of the movie, and then I felt tiptop again.

It made me think about how detrimental it is for me personally to watch and participate in somber activities. In my heart I have an awareness of things to stay away from, things which are mentally, emotionally, and spiritually damaging. While this movie was well written if I had to do it over again, I think I might skip out due to it's dark nature. Some may argue that I'm in the "dark" by avoiding things I feel are depressing. Do I really care what other people think? not usually.

In other news,

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A friend of a friend's father died yesterday. I've only been around this person a handful of times. She's really awful and annoying, but still I feel bad for her. She's 2 years younger than me. I cannot imagine either one of my parents passing. It must be a horrible thing to deal with, yet I do not know what to say to her. I don't even know her, do I say "I'm sorry for your loss". SO far, I've left it to her actual friends to express their condolences, but still I feel like sort of a douche for not saying anything. Conundrums.

In this movie, the world is unaware of dishonesty, and everyone tells the truth. People are "brutally" honest in every aspect of their lives. It was a novel concept to say the least. I was a little annoyed as the movie clearly took on an atheist point of view and tried to make faith seem "stupid" as is a popular belief of the "new" atheist movement. I will say though that even with that disheartening tidbit, it was fun to watch. The language itself was intoxicating to listen to because brutal honesty is sort of foreign to our ears.

In short, the main character discovers that by lying he can get "anything" since the people of the world are too gullible to not believe every word he says... It's both amusing and alarming seeing him abuse this power to get what he personally wants out of life as he becomes a compulsive liar.

I began thinking about the compulsive liars I've known: total sociopaths. It's intriguing to me how they get by and find satisfaction out of a life void of genuine sentiment. My boyfriend is sadly discovering everyday that his birth mother is one of those people. She lied about his conception: his adoption: his family: her past. She's been in prison for embezzlement and fraud. She lies everyday to everyone around her with no remorse. She's blinded by her own made up innocence in every tainted part of her life.

It's difficult finding out a parent, who you yearn to look up to is a complete and utter liar. I wonder how liars would view this movie. I wonder if they would find some parts of it as shocking and upsetting as I did, or if they would merely see it is as a glorious attestation to their daily lives.

The movie sort of wanted me to keep track of my own little lies, just to see how much I do it. It definitely makes you more aware of your own actions and behaviors as well as those around you. We try so hard not to upset people and be "nice" that we end up being liars most of the time. It makes you wonder how your life would be without lies, and which lies if any are you able to cut out all together. Hmm.