Friday, December 30, 2011

American Horror Review

*WARNING: TONS OF AMERICAN HORROR STORY SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVN'T SEEN THE FINALE*



Spoilers ahead! BEWARE!!



Note to television writers/producers: if you create a show that ends up killing off almost every single main character during the first season, it's gonna end up being my favorite new show of the year! That's what happened with American Horror Story, and aside from the entire cast dying off, there's a long list of reasons why this show was amazing! For one, you get to see Dylan McDermott's very very nice butt ;) The entire season was well thought out, well organized, creepy, and just SPECTACULAR! I hope Jessica Lange was happy with this being her first big television role, because I sure was =)

My favorite character, though, was the housekeeper, Moira. I want to go out and buy the complete series of Six Feet Under just to see more of Frances Conroy!

Last week, Ryan Murphy announced that he plans to change the cast and location for season 2... Which means that there will likely be no more Jessica Lange, Frances Conroy, ect =( But I also read that some of the major characters might return with cameos or something.. o.O So my fingers are crossed for more Moira! As she always seemed so distraught knowing her body was buried out back, so maybe we'll get some conclusion to that =)

My hopes are that season 2 has more episodes! THAT would be awesome! And really hoping we don't have to wait all the way until next October for more, but that is very unlikely..

Sherlock Downey, Jr.

I'm going to come out and say that I'm probably one of the few select people in this worth that doesn't really like Robert Downey, Jr. I didn't like him in Iron Man, and I thought Iron Man 2 was one of the most boring movies ever, and I faintly remember what even happened in it.

That said, I absolutely LOVED him in Sherlock Holmes. This role I think is absolutely perfect for him. This movie doesn't really fall into the category of movies I usually watch, which is probably why it took me over 2 years from its original release to even watch it, but I really enjoyed it! The movie had great action, loads of mystery, and the perfect touch of comedy!

Every single character was beautifully cast, the sets were spectacular, the props and costumes were spot on! Watching this really has me more interested in seeing the sequel that's in theaters now!

I think, I think I love Beastly.

Beastly was AAA-MAZING!!! Only problem, was how bad some of Alex Pettyfer's lines were.. Ex: "I think, I think I love you.."...seriously? I don't blame Alex for how horrible that line sounded coming out of his mouth, that would be the writer's fault. And they whole part with them whispering outside the zoo.....Alex Pettyfer sounds like a creep when he whispers >.<

But I love love loveeeed Mary-Kate in this :D She's one bad-ass witch! And Vanessa Hudgens is just down right adorable ^-^

Had this movie had better scripting, it would have killed. Also, Alex Pettyfer can't pull off ugly. Even with all the tattoos and weird face blemishes, he was still hot. o.O But if you want a good adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, this is the movie for it!

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

3 Days Later...How My Christmas Went.

Our main Christmas event took place on Christmas Eve this year! Got all the aunts, uncles, and cousins from my mom's side (including my grandparents), to come over for dinner and a small present opening ceremony. Tried to get some from my dad's side over, but they are rarely around in the first place, so that cause was lost before it even began..

But overall, I'd say the whole thing was a success =) The entire has was spotless from top to bottom (even wrapped by dad's HUGE 120 gallon fish tank that he just got in wrapping paper to hide its ugliness since it couldn't be moved!). And there was SO MUCH GOOD FOOD =) However, like Thanksgiving, my grandma decided to experiment with her foods =/ and she really needs to stop. like now. She made some crazy ravioli-lasagna, with cottage cheese, and decided to put cranberries and rice krispies in her no bake cookies >.< After everyone left, we had Christmas that night with my grandparents =)

Then came Christmas morning.. Getting woke up at 8am on a day off to watch a bunch of ungrateful children open presents (I can be included in the "ungrateful children" category, as I'll admit I was a bit pissed off that my one and only present still had yet to arrive in the mail, so I had nothing to open up Christmas morning..). I'm glad that went by fast, so we could go back to our normal lives.

So Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! =)

Thorring!!

Thor would have been much better had there been less talking and more action! Overall, I thought the film was bad-ass, and definitely the beginning of a movie franchise.

But my thoughts on Chris Hemsworth are all over the place. His acting....not the spectacular. And I don't like his face.. if it were me, the camera would be focused on those abs 100% of the time. ;D It might just be that I haven't seen a lot from him, but next year with The Avengers and Snow White & the Huntsman, I should have a final decision by then.

But this was probably my favorite Stan Lee cameo in a Marvel movie, so that was pretty awesome =)

Kevin James, Zookeeper.

Normally, I don't really like Kevin James as an actor. I find most of his work outrageously unfunny, and pathetic. But this was probably one of my favorite films by him! I wanted to see this movie because 1) I love animals and 2) I wanted to be a zookeeper at one point. So I thought it'd be fun to watch this movie. And I was right!

This is a perfect family movie that both kids and adults could love! I watched it with both my younger siblings (7 and 12), and eventually my 16-year-old sister even walked in and got into it! Talking animals = good for kids. Big name celebs like Cher, Adam Sandler, and Sylvester Stallone voicing said animals = good for adults.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Crazy, Stupid, Slightly Entertaining, Love.

I wouldn't describe Crazy, Stupid, Love. as anything more than slightly entertaining. The only part I didn't see coming was that Hannah was the Weavers' daughter. I must have missed something at the beginning or whatever..

This is one of those movies where you only watch it because of one actor, and that actor lives up to your hopes and dreams, but the others kinda ruin it for you. Emma Stone is going to be my best man at my wedding because I love her so much, then you have Steve Carell there being the drunken cousin who ruins it all...  Steve Carell has shown me he can only do one type of acting, but for some reason people choose to watch that same type over and over and OVER again. He bores me. But this gets me even more excited to see Emma Stone in the Amazing Spider-man next year :D And I also ordered The Help to be my next choice from Netflix just to keep my Emma Stone high going ;D haha


This movie is very typical and predicatable. And only worth seeing for Emma Stone...and for Ryan Gosling taking his shirt off..




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