I just have to write this post because I think it's time that somebody is completely honest with the rest of the world. Twilight the movie was a horrible adaption of the book and could have been done better in so many ways. It has its moments of pure 'omg, that's so cute' and 'ahaha! that's hilarious', but its has just as many 'wtf' moments as well. I think its definitely one of those movies that you have to see on your own to establish an opinion and here's the one I put together. Movie reviewer James Berardinelli said it best, "Twilight isn't an especially good movie, but neither is it an abomination."
I recently read an article on yahoo titled`Twilight' sucks up $70.6M in box office debut . It should be written more like 'Twilight' sucks (up $70.6M in box office debut). It's easier to ignore stuff thats in parenthesis. The movie didn't do so well because it was good. It did well because teenage girls are ignorant and gullible. I can say this without being prejudice, because I count myself as a part of that crowd. I, just like most of the girls I know, sat in the movie theatre at 12:01 am anticipating what I thought was going to be the movie of the year. Everything pertaining to this movie drew me in. The casting. The advertising. Posters, keychains, shirts (which i still want btw), and trailers all screamed blockbuster hit. The product, however, was very disappointing. It was a blockbuster alright. Shattering numbers and breaking records for females director, but I will not go as far as to say it was a hit.
A lot of things made this movie less than A quality. An inconcosistent plot for one. Everything jumped around. And none of the scenes ever really felt like they linked together. One moment you're looking at a scene in front of Bella's house, the next her school, then all of the sudden you are watching a scene in the forrest without having no earthly idea how the story ended up there. I read the book so I could pretty much followed what was going on. But the idea to stretch out James' antagonistic role to more than it was meant to be in the book was a mistake. Twilight the book's plot was more about Edward and Bella's budding affection for each other and the pros and cons (mostly cons) of that relationship. Playing up a minor part of the book so that movie watchers now have to follow two plots (a forming love affair and a psycho vampire) throughout the whole movie was a bit much.
This movie had its ups and downs. Even though the ups were fewer if I don't talk about them then this post will seem one-sided (and be inaccurate even). I don't care what anyone says, I think the casting for this movie was really good. Kristen Stewart's moodiness and teen angst breathed life into Bella and Robert Pattinson.....well he's just hot! The acting could have been better (especially for our main characters. i KNOW the actors have more talent than that. i've seen their other movies). Even though some moments weren't purposally funny, you will get a laugh. And the setting is excellent. Most people always think of that as an unimportant feature, but I think it really stuck out (thank goodness).
I'm not going to rant about the entire movie and break down ever little thing that was wrong with it, Robert Pattinson's acting for one. I'm sorry but they should have let him use his accent, poor boy was trying so hard to maintain the American facade (yes, it showed). Lucky for him Catherine Hardwicke's movies don't consist of much dialogue. I saw 'The Nativity Story'. Awesome and very moving movie, but there had to be about ten lines of dialogue total throughout the whole thing. Oh right I said I WOULDN'T rant. That's what critics are for.
What I can't understand though is why critics are being so nice to the movie. They are sugar-coating their critiques and blaming the success on teenage girls instead of focusing on the movie. Maybe they just don't want a horde of crazy Twilight fangirls coming after them (can't blame them for not wanting that). Two critics got it right though. I may not agree with everything either says, but they stay it, for the most part, like I would have if I were a critic. Check out their reviews:
http://www.reelviews.net/php_review_template.php?identifier=1394
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2008-11-19-twilight_N.htm
I hope this helps all of those who are still thinking about whether or not they want to see the movie. Ultimately,though, the only one who can really decide for you if its a good movie or not is you.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Headache
It is so hard to accept a situation where you know something needs to be changed and other people remine oblivious to the fact that there even is a problem. The question then becomes, well who's right. Is it that person who sees the situation from a "leave it alone time with heal stand point", making you seem like a paranoid drama started or is it you who sees the damaging effects of the ignorant bliss for what it actually is?
I promise you if I actually knew the answer to that question I wouldn't be sitting here writing this post now. However, I do hold the opinions and views of the latter, which is the position I will write from.
The situation, or problem, as it seems to be in the majority of the mother-daughter fights that I have been having with my mom lately centers around my little sister. My little sister is a special type. She doesn't really do much of aything except internet surf and talk on the phone all day. She's 12 and before you come to the conclusion that she is the same as most girls her age let me further my description. She doesn't like to do ANYTHING else. She doesn't know how to ride a bike, skate, mini golf, bowl, dance, or anything that involves trying something new. She's a "shy type" (<- yea whatever). If it were up to her, which it is, she would be content with NEVER learning how to any of those things and for awhile that bother me. I thought she was missing out on things that kids her age like to do for fun. For the longest time I fussed and fussed with my mom to get her to try something new. If she did then maybe her world wouldn't be so small. Maybe she would be more opened to trying other new things. As time went on I realized that if she didn't want to do it, she wasn't going to do it. End of store, which was basically my mother's entire arguement, that my sister would grow into her own in her own time. So I have pretty much given up on that.
There is, however, another problem which is probably the biggest one of all it just took me until now to finally see it clear. My sister's biggest problem is not her unwillingness to try new things, oh no. She has an issue with communication and possibly even reality. She is rude even to the point of being called evil, which she has been called many times, when it comes to simple things like talking to someone. She is short-tempered and loud. It takes very little to set her off and she always wants things done her way. For example, once I came downstairs while she was watching tv and it was up pretty loud so I asked her why that was. She apologized then turned it down. Just as I'm about to head back to my business she whips around and nearly yells "Why do you care anyway?" "I just thought it was a little loud," I tell her. "Its not like its bothering you," she screams at me. At this point I'm shocked. I'm thinking why does it matter anymore. You turned it down already, which I tell her. Big mistake. This makes her madder and she just goes off. At this point I'm just trying to shut her up by telling her okay its over blah blah blah. I don't even know how it ended. It just did. Even today she woke my mom up, who's been under loads of stress lately, just to wash some of her drawers, because she doesn't like taking showers in the morning. My mother was already washing clothes, but she woke her up specifically for that task, because she was about to take her bath. See stuff like that really pisses me off, because the first person my parents want to blame is me for making her yell or for not helping her .
My mom thinks that its a phase that she'll grow out of in time. What time? She's been like that for 12 YEARS. The thing is when she was little she was a screamer. My parents, were no longer young parents when she was born so instead of discplining her, or punishing her to make her stop screaming they gave in to what she wanted. It was the quickest, and in my opinion, deadliest way to make her stop. She is a product of classical conditioning because of this. Though I may not have gotten the best score on my AP Psy test I do know a little about the subject. When she was little if she screamed she got what she wanted. Screaming equals her wishes equals happy parents until the next time, which was usually like five minutes later. Point is my mother is wrong to think that this is something she'll just grow out of. This is not a part of her personality, its something she learned. She was taught this. I'm just so tired of it. I can't even have a normal conversation with her without fearing that something I say or the way I say it will set her off. She is supposedly this shy, sensitive type personality who cries whenever someone tries to tell her about herself and yet she can explode in someone elses faces when the world isn't going the way she wants it. My opinion is that she isn't really even shy. The only reason why she turns inward around over family members or people she doesn't know is because she finds herself surrounded by people she can't control and she doesn't know how to handle that, because she is only like that around her intermediate. She wouldn't even be like that around me if it wasn't for the parents because I sure would have back handed her a couple of times when she deserved it if they wouldn't've stopped me. And the thing is I know I'm not perfect, by far I'm not, but the difference is I can admit it. My parents don't even choice to see the problem.
My mom told me today that I talk as if my sister is broken when she's not.
She's not? I'll believe that when I'm not the one stepping on the pieces of her distorted personality.
I promise you if I actually knew the answer to that question I wouldn't be sitting here writing this post now. However, I do hold the opinions and views of the latter, which is the position I will write from.
The situation, or problem, as it seems to be in the majority of the mother-daughter fights that I have been having with my mom lately centers around my little sister. My little sister is a special type. She doesn't really do much of aything except internet surf and talk on the phone all day. She's 12 and before you come to the conclusion that she is the same as most girls her age let me further my description. She doesn't like to do ANYTHING else. She doesn't know how to ride a bike, skate, mini golf, bowl, dance, or anything that involves trying something new. She's a "shy type" (<- yea whatever). If it were up to her, which it is, she would be content with NEVER learning how to any of those things and for awhile that bother me. I thought she was missing out on things that kids her age like to do for fun. For the longest time I fussed and fussed with my mom to get her to try something new. If she did then maybe her world wouldn't be so small. Maybe she would be more opened to trying other new things. As time went on I realized that if she didn't want to do it, she wasn't going to do it. End of store, which was basically my mother's entire arguement, that my sister would grow into her own in her own time. So I have pretty much given up on that.
There is, however, another problem which is probably the biggest one of all it just took me until now to finally see it clear. My sister's biggest problem is not her unwillingness to try new things, oh no. She has an issue with communication and possibly even reality. She is rude even to the point of being called evil, which she has been called many times, when it comes to simple things like talking to someone. She is short-tempered and loud. It takes very little to set her off and she always wants things done her way. For example, once I came downstairs while she was watching tv and it was up pretty loud so I asked her why that was. She apologized then turned it down. Just as I'm about to head back to my business she whips around and nearly yells "Why do you care anyway?" "I just thought it was a little loud," I tell her. "Its not like its bothering you," she screams at me. At this point I'm shocked. I'm thinking why does it matter anymore. You turned it down already, which I tell her. Big mistake. This makes her madder and she just goes off. At this point I'm just trying to shut her up by telling her okay its over blah blah blah. I don't even know how it ended. It just did. Even today she woke my mom up, who's been under loads of stress lately, just to wash some of her drawers, because she doesn't like taking showers in the morning. My mother was already washing clothes, but she woke her up specifically for that task, because she was about to take her bath. See stuff like that really pisses me off, because the first person my parents want to blame is me for making her yell or for not helping her .
My mom thinks that its a phase that she'll grow out of in time. What time? She's been like that for 12 YEARS. The thing is when she was little she was a screamer. My parents, were no longer young parents when she was born so instead of discplining her, or punishing her to make her stop screaming they gave in to what she wanted. It was the quickest, and in my opinion, deadliest way to make her stop. She is a product of classical conditioning because of this. Though I may not have gotten the best score on my AP Psy test I do know a little about the subject. When she was little if she screamed she got what she wanted. Screaming equals her wishes equals happy parents until the next time, which was usually like five minutes later. Point is my mother is wrong to think that this is something she'll just grow out of. This is not a part of her personality, its something she learned. She was taught this. I'm just so tired of it. I can't even have a normal conversation with her without fearing that something I say or the way I say it will set her off. She is supposedly this shy, sensitive type personality who cries whenever someone tries to tell her about herself and yet she can explode in someone elses faces when the world isn't going the way she wants it. My opinion is that she isn't really even shy. The only reason why she turns inward around over family members or people she doesn't know is because she finds herself surrounded by people she can't control and she doesn't know how to handle that, because she is only like that around her intermediate. She wouldn't even be like that around me if it wasn't for the parents because I sure would have back handed her a couple of times when she deserved it if they wouldn't've stopped me. And the thing is I know I'm not perfect, by far I'm not, but the difference is I can admit it. My parents don't even choice to see the problem.
My mom told me today that I talk as if my sister is broken when she's not.
She's not? I'll believe that when I'm not the one stepping on the pieces of her distorted personality.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Emotional
I hate being emotional. You can never control what you're doing because how you're feeling is too busy doing that for you. I'm suppose to be spending this summer with my sister. I just got here yesterday. How about this morning I get a phone call from mom my telling me that my grandmother who was already in the hospital has taken a turn for the worst. She tells me that her and my dad are on their way to the hospital and that they will give me more info on the situation as soon as they have it. This afternoon I get a phone call fron my dad who tells me that my grandma has just finished having surgery and is now unconscious. He tells me that people are their supporting my mom like her coworkers and his family; everyone, but me. I'm two hours away what came I really do to help. "Maybe you should go back," my sister tells me. I was thinking that the whole time, but I wasn't really sure if it was a good idea. I decided to good anyway. I figure that this was a moment I could show my mom I was I there for her by actually being there.
I start out on the highway. This is a two hours drive by the way(<- just thought i shuld mention it again). There's alot of construction around the area I need to get off at. I pass by a sign that says right line ends, but since I'm in a middle lane I figure it's not pertaining to me. I was wrong. I'm still going about my business in the same lane trying to find my exit when I notice the truck behind me is getting over. At the same time I notice highway cones start to appear in my lane. I try to get over, but the truck passing me is longer than i thought and if I don't want to get hit I better stay put, which is exactly what did. In my franatic state however, just before getting over into the right lane after the truck passes I manage to hit a cone. More like total, but its all the same right about now.
As soon as I could pull over I did and I immediately burst into tears. The problem wasn't me crying either. The problem was I didn't know why I was crying. Was it for my grandma, my mom, me, or the cone I just murdered. Either way I wasn't going to be able to drive two hours in the state that I was in. So I didn't. When I gained some posure I headed back I my sister's house to let all the cyberspace know my business and that I'm a bad drive who can't read road signs (<- im really not. its just a one time thing.......i hope). Writing all of this down has calmed me so much that I think I'm going to do something out of character.........clean. THANKS CYBERWORLD!!!! Until next time ~waves bye~!!!!
I start out on the highway. This is a two hours drive by the way(<- just thought i shuld mention it again). There's alot of construction around the area I need to get off at. I pass by a sign that says right line ends, but since I'm in a middle lane I figure it's not pertaining to me. I was wrong. I'm still going about my business in the same lane trying to find my exit when I notice the truck behind me is getting over. At the same time I notice highway cones start to appear in my lane. I try to get over, but the truck passing me is longer than i thought and if I don't want to get hit I better stay put, which is exactly what did. In my franatic state however, just before getting over into the right lane after the truck passes I manage to hit a cone. More like total, but its all the same right about now.
As soon as I could pull over I did and I immediately burst into tears. The problem wasn't me crying either. The problem was I didn't know why I was crying. Was it for my grandma, my mom, me, or the cone I just murdered. Either way I wasn't going to be able to drive two hours in the state that I was in. So I didn't. When I gained some posure I headed back I my sister's house to let all the cyberspace know my business and that I'm a bad drive who can't read road signs (<- im really not. its just a one time thing.......i hope). Writing all of this down has calmed me so much that I think I'm going to do something out of character.........clean. THANKS CYBERWORLD!!!! Until next time ~waves bye~!!!!
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Chess
As lame as it might sound i actually learned how to pay chess. Its fun enough. An interesting game in its on way. To tell the truth at first i wasn't sure if i was smart enough to learn because i'm not strategic at all. Like i seriously have zero plan ahead ability. But still i learned. Its amazing how much you can learn with the internet and about an hour of time on your hands. I suck though. It doesn't surprise me much i'm terrible at all board games. Checkers is the worst of them all. I think that game hates me :'-(. But chess that's not a bad game at all except for the thinking.....there's sooo much thinking in that game. I have only played against a computer though. I don't even wanna think about how much harder i'd have to work if there was an actual person on the other side of the board. I'll keep it digital for now. At least i know i can win with a computer. It was only once, but it was still a win. I was so happy when i won. i was all like "...... XD i did it. Yay me!" That's how rare winning board games is for me. Anyway i probaby won't play for much longer. I have such a short attention span for current interest that its ~laughs~ funny. My whole reason for learning something new is not to learn it and get good at it. Its to learn it and say "ok i know how to do that now. moving on!" In the words of some old person i seem to be stretching myself a mile wide while only being an itch thick. Hmmm........~thinking~ oh well. I'm young. I have plenty of time to find the thing that catches AND keeps my attention :).
Monday, June 9, 2008
My First Blog
I did it. Who ever knew it was this easy to create a blog. Everybody.....? Well I didn't. The fact that I'm not an immigrant to the technological era and was actually born in the years where the Internet and all things digital boomed doesn't mean I actually know anything about technology. On the contrary computer stuff is hard for me to master. Luckily for me I have an entire summer and an awesome personal tutor to devote to learning the computer :) . If it wasn't a necessity though I don't think I would care much. I'd rather leave all that stuff to the people who actually care about the progression of technology. I'm just simple like that.
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