...ride our machines without getting hassled by the man, and we wanna get loaded!" Googling won't help this. It's in a song but it isn't a lyric per se. Let's see.

As you may or may not know depending on how much you payed attention to my last blog, I'm in New York visiting my Dad. First day was actually pretty good. I couldn't go to sleep until 4 in the morning last night because the bed I had to sleep on was hard as a rock. My dad and evil step-mother (who hasn't been evil yet) keep talking about how great the matress is. "it's so nice!", "It's so firm!" Yeah well guess what **** Beds are supposed to be soft, not like sleeping on a pile of bricks. Whatever, I'm sleeping on the couch bed tonight, which while thin and lacking of enough padding between me and the springs, is better than a cematress (Cement matress get it? Haha I'm funny! What? I'm not? Shut up! Go away...or don't, whatever floats your boat...ass).

I'm assuming you've all seen this classic film:

Personally, my second favorite comedy movie of all time...

*Wolf howls*

Dr. Frankenstein: "What was that?"

Inga: "Vervolf." (Werewolf with accent)

Dr. Frankenstein: "Werewolf?!?!?!"

Igor: "Where wolf? There wolf. There castle."

:lol: ****c movie.

I give that movie a 10/10, if not one of those 11s I give occasionally.

Back to the point, as you may or may not know, Young Frankenstein had a musical adaptation on Broadway:

Now, I'm not a fan of musicals, and I've only seen four: Beauty and the Beast (for a school trip), A Christmas Carol (when I was 7), Monty Python's Spamalot (awesome because it was based on my favorite comedy ever, although the altered ending sucked), and this.

I've wanted to check this out, just see if it was near what the movie is. My dad told me that they have a lottery drawing, and if you're one of the 8 picked, you can get two tickets for $27 each, that would normally cost $120 each. Absolute front row of the whole theatre. My dad and I both entered it. We went to the McDonalds where the winners were announced. We were pretty sure we weren't going to win. There were just way too many entrants too win. They called 7 names, and on the 8th name, I heard them mispronounce my last name. I was pretty stoked. I mean, musicals usually suck, but this is Young Frankenstein! How could it be bad? This may sound like a lead in to saying it sucked, but it's not.

We paid $27 a ticket to get front row, which was $54 overall, against what normally would have been $240. I think that's a nice bargain.

I don't have much to compare it to, but this was a crack up. It had all the lines that made the movie great (exception of the "Could be raining," scene), the songs were actually funny (there was one about Frankenstein's wife not wanting to be touched, and they especially focused on not wanting men to touch their **** (I believe they mentioned it 20 times)). It didn't derive from the original plot in the slightest. It had a few moments that were added in, but the beginning, middle, and end were all the same.

Best part: Actually seeing "Frankenstein" perform "Putting on the Ritz" :lol:. Even better than the movie.

I can't score it because I have nothing to compare it to, but it's the best musical I've ever seen. Maybe because the songs were limited, it was mostly dialogue, and were actually funny to hear when they actually sang. But if you have a chance, see this. I don't like musicals for the most part (a little premature to say since I've only seen 4, but I don't like the ideas I've heard or most clips I've seen), but this was a crack up, just like the movie, but more fun. Especially when you're ten feet from the stage. Even if you don't like musicals either, don't let it turn you away from this.

And on the airplane on the way here (Virgin America, best airline ever), I got to see a free movie, being an unaccompanied minor (meaning under 16), so I picked one I've been wanting to see for a long time now.

THERE WILL BE BLOOD

I worried if I would like this or not. Everything was so mixed. 90% of critics loved it (92 average on Metacritic), but some hated it, and the user reviews were very mixed). As usual, when I worry about something being great or bad, it turns out great.

Let me state the first obvious thing: the fact that Jonny Greenwood did the score was one of the main reasons I wanted to see the movie. It was when it got such acclaim and all the nominations when I needed to see it. Greenwood did a fantastic job with the score. I know I'm one of those freaks who will adore everything Jonny or Radiohead does, but Greenwood or not, it's undeniable that he did a great job. The string driven scores excellently support the movie's constant rising tension and changing climate. I enjoyed them, at thought they backed the movie very well, and din't overpower and draw attention away from the actual movie.

Now the second obvious thing: Daniel Day Lewis' performance was absolutely phenomenal. Definitely one of this day's best actors. The role was magnificently convincing and real. You felt Daniel's (name of the character as well) emotions, hatred, and greed as if they were of a person next to you. The church scene where he confesses to abandoning his son is one of the most powerful, anguished, and realistic scenes I've ever seen.

The plot has been criticized by everyday movie goers for not having a point, not having direction, not having character development, and not following basic plot structure. They're completely missing the point: this isn't that type of movie. This is a dramatic story of the life and emotions of a man. A story that could happen, and symbolically, has happened many times in history. It's a story of greed and selfishness, which leads to untold riches, what every money obsessed man seeks. It chronicles the path from greed to riches to misery.

Without a care to his fellow man, who he admits, he finds worthless and hates all humans other than himself, Daniel Plainview's ruthless quest for riches begins when he is tipped of an untapped oil haven in Little Boston, by a resident of the town. He travels there, rips off the local land owners with what apears to be a good deal. He builds an oil derrick, and seemingly cares not about what happens to anyone other than himself. Of all, he cares most about his adopted son H.W. (he adopts him from a man killed in an oil mining accident earlier). He considers him his business partner more than anything. He seems to love him from the beginning. However, a tragic accident at the derrick leads to H.W.'s loss of hearing. Eventually, he abandons H.W. at a boarding school, and leaves him. Eventually he brings him back, and seems to care minimally about him again. He begins to love him less, as he reveals that he isn't his father, in a hatred filled manner. For the rest of the story, and into H.W.'s adulthood, he cares about him less and less, and begins to hate him like everyone else.

There is the story of his relationship with Eli, twin brother of Paul (played by the same actor), whom tipped the oil's location, and reverend of the town. I'm not going to begin attempting to describe it because it's just impossible. Any explanation I came up with would get the wrong message across, and be entirely faulty. It must be seen to be understood. As is most of the movie.

This is just one layer of the complex and detailed story told in There Will Be Blood. In fact, the story is likely too complex to summarize without writing an essay. And I'd like you all to have a chance to see the movie for yourself without knowing what will happen, although even knowing that likely wouldn't spoil much.

The story spirals into a masterpiece of an ending, set over 10 years in the future, where Daniel has become an insane and miserable old man. He has his giant house, he has a bowling alley in his house, yet he cannot settle as happy. The final scene is too breathtaking to be spoiled, but you will love it, or hate it, just like the whole movie.

Final verdict? Definitely deserved the attention it got last year. I'm not sure if any of you've seen it (I'm pretty sure Indie saw it but that's all I remember), but it's a great film.

Score: 10/10

May be a premature scoring, but it was a fantastic movie. No, this does not necessarily make it one of my 5 or even ten favorite movies ever. I'm learning that there are too many movies and such where it feels almost guilty to give anything less than a perfect.

My very favorite movies extend past perfect to me, and probably a good 20 to 30 or so reach a 10.

You know what? I can't remember the last time I saw a bad movie. Actually I can, it was Beowulf (God awful, 30/100, only that 30 for the amazing animation), but I've always had great luck with finding great movies.

But I need to start reviewing more movies. Why? It seems like I give everything perfect doesn't it? Do you know the reason? I only review movies I think are great. Same with music albums, same with everything. I think it's making it seem like every movie is equally great. Fact is: no.

I've seen a good 15-20 movies in the last year, and I've reviewed like 5. Well, here's a quick review just for fun.

Kung Fu Panda

In case you never caugh on, I'm a sucker for animated movies. They're always so light and fun, and the adult references are hilarious to pick up on when there's a bunch of kids who have no idea what they're talking about (example, in Ratatouille: I have...a little...thing :P). So, on a day I was bored I went to see this. Dreamworks has suckd for the most part recently. The last good movie they made was Madagascar, which was a very enjoyable and fun movie. The recent ones, have been bad. Well, they decided to break the suck streak with something more enjoyable. Definitely one of the goofier and funnier animated movies recently, it's definitely worth a look

Score: 8/10

I haven't seen a bad movie this year. I only saw one bad last year. I'll start doing more reviews of movies, music, and everything, so I don't give everything I review a perfect. "Pink Flag" by Wire, "Neon Bible" by Arcade Fire (hey that rhymed :P), and "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain" coming soon. I'm probably getting "Pink Flag" tomorrow or the day after, and I'll try to grab "I Might Be Wrong" and "My Iron Lung" EPs by Radiohead since the music store here is ten times as big as the best one in L.A.. I've got some spare money, I was given $25 for food and a movie on the plane, but I get everything free (I can order soda's by ordering from the TV/movie/game/music screen too, so I got 5, how sweet is that?), so I have a spare $25. I made a deal that I keep whatever's left over (it's one of those Gift Card Debit cards), so that's a free CD and a half of the next.

And next blog, if enough of you won't care, I have a question, that's worrying me a little, but telling anyone else is a little...weird. So if I have a question where some of you could ease my mind by answering, would you help? It's a little gross, and you may not want to hear about it, so I'll put it in white text next blog. From A to B you can highlight, but it's a little disturbing, so you may not want to know A It has to do with a worry of something...on me if you catch my driftB. But I guess you're actually the people who would know most about it that I know, and probably the ones it would feel least awkward to talk to with.

If you don't want to talk about it at all, no big deal. It's a small worry I've mine, and could actually easily get help, just a little embarrassing.

Let's end by making a subjective list for fun, just so there's no arguing. In case you didn't catch it, the list is subjective, meaning it's opinion.

My 5 Favorite Indie Band

Not necessarily indie, they just can't be well known.

1. The Pixies

2. Pavement

3. My Bloody Valentine

4. Mudhoney

5. Dinosaur Jr.

No arguing will be done over this...hopefully. Bye.