So, yeah. Today is Friday. You know what that means? Well, of course it's the weekend. But, for me, IT IS FRIGGIN SPRING BREAK:D!!!!!!!!! Shibby. Wow, I just realized it, but it has been 1 year since I played Kingdom Hearts 2 and Maple Story for the first time:shock:. And by now I have finished KH2 and I have abandoned Maple Story:|. Wow, how times have changed. But damn those were the good days.......
It really doesn't feel like it's spring break, though. Must be because this week went by so sluggishly, and it has been hard. Stupid teachers. Always cramming as much work as they can before a long break:evil:. Speaking of which, my English teacher JUST HAD to reveal a research paper we're going to have to work on after Spring Break today during cl@$$:|. WTF? Not to mention in Spanish, it was just like a regular day, where my teacher becomes a communist because of all the immature underclassmen in the cl@$$, so she makes all the rest of the students that don't cause trouble to suffer as well. I ****ing hate that. Oh, and I had two quizzes today, and I think I'm back down to a B in my History cl@$$ due to the hard quiz we took today. As for Chemistry, though, I got a solid 92 on that test, which SHOULD take my grade back up to at least an A-. But, I'm out of school for now, so let's just forget about it.
I went to the dentist on Wednesday, after missing an appointment earlier this month:roll:. But it wasn't just a regular visit. Nope. This time, they put a band in my braces to make my teeth come closer together. And guess what? IT HURTS LIKE F*CK!!!!!! I've starved myself for the past couple of days because I have nothing incredibly soft to eat. Oh sure, in the mornings I eat applesauce, but that sh*t is starting to make me sick to my stomach. And seeing constant fast food commercials on television doesn't help matters much, either:|.
And to end this "cliched Colonel Pork blog post" (indicating that I write about the same stuff all the time:P), I have a movie review and a score for you. The review is of a movie that's probably one of the best movies of last year, and the other is a movie we watched in English based on a book we read.
Children of Men
:shock: My God. This was one HELL of a movie. How this didn't manage to get nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars is beyond me. This movie blows The Departed, Babel, The Queen, and Little Miss Sunshine out of the water with a torpedo (I didn't mention Letters From Iwo Jima because I haven't seen it yet, but I DID mention The Queen because it looks boring as hell). As soon as the opening scene was over, and the title of the movie appeared, I was already in awe. Sure, it was shown in its movie trailers, but still, that scene still gave me chills. And where the film went from there? Well, basically, it went to hell......literally. The world in which this movie takes place is so hectic and chaotic, that it might actually make one paranoid for thinking what our actual future will be like. I could tell the plot, but I'll just let you go to imdb or something to find out. The acting is amazing. Clive Owen gives the best performance of his career, hands down (yes, even better than in Sin City). The supporting actor and actress, Michael Caine and Julianne Moore, have surprisingly small roles, but they still act their heart out. Then, there was the cimematography. Awesome. Simply awesome. There are scenes in which the camera just keeps rolling without stopping and is just recorded in a single take, which made the experience shine. There's even one scene in which blood gets splattered on the camera8). Hardcore. Unfortunately, this movie isn't perfect. First of all, and it probably isn't a flaw, but 109 minutes just seemed so short for this kind of movie. I wanted so much more when the movie ended. Speaking of the ending, it left me a little disappointed. I was expecting something more dramatic and shocking, but it's really a little cliched how it ends. Also, being the hardcore movie that it is, it DOES have some minor slow parts in it, but that's probably in every movie I see, so it's not that big of a flaw. All in all, go see this movie immediately. Some critics may compare it to Blade Runner, but IMO, this movie tears a hole in Blade Runner, sticks dynomite in it, stitches up the hole, and lets it blow to pieces. In fact, with movies like 300 being successful, I'm surprised a movie like this was so overlooked and underappriciated last year. A 9.5/10.
*Clive Owen pops up*
"Awww shucks, I didn't know you cared.............I think I might want to kiss you after staring at you with my sexy blue eyes. Or are they a different color? Nevertheless, I'll just keep smiling at you."
:? Mmkay? MOVING ON.....
Of Mice and Men--7.5/10
*John Malkovich appears randomly*
"WTF? First of all, you say I'm a 'weird looking dude.' Second, I acted my ass off played a mentally challanged individual in a movie based off of a novel, and you give Clive Owen's technologically stupendous movie a better score than mine. I'M SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE BETTER ACTING PERFORMANCE!!!!!!"
*Clive Owen appears again*
"The hell you talking about John? At least you got a movie dedicated to you that was called "Being John Malkovich." What the hell do I get? You don't see a movie about a portal leading into my f*ckin head, do you?"
"*gasp* Where the hell did your ass come from? I thought you disappeared after Colonel Porky raved about your precious movie."
*talking in his mellow voice* "I'm everywhere man. I appear, and reappear whenever I want to. Like in Sin City. You remember that scene where I'm about to give Benicio Del Toro's character a swirlie in the toilet, and I hide to wait for him? Yeah, I'm just stealthy like that. I was also quite stealthy in a certain scene in Children of Men. You know, I could be a ninja."
"Yeah, well.............I could be stealthy too. Remember when I escaped from the ranch in Of Mice and Men after killing that certain someone? Yep, all I wanted to do was tend the rabbits..........and have ketchup in my beans........"
"Goddammit, shut the hell up! You're just like a fly that's constantly buzzing in my f*cking ear--"
*Jeff Goldblum interrupts*
"Did someone mention anything about flies? Or dinosaurs?"
"Christ, what the hell is he doing here? Malkovich, did you invite him?
"Hell no. The fella fell off after his lame ass role in Igby Goes Down. I would never associate with an outcast like him. Man, let's just continue this argument somewhere else."
"Fine by me. Let's get the hell out of here. For all we know, he could beat up more little kids, like he did in that crapptastic movie you mentioned. Let's go."
*Clive and John leave*
"Dammit. Doesn't ANYONE have room for Jeff Goldblum? WTH, I just refered to myself in third person!"
Heh, and VGK, if you're reading this, you probably know where my inspiration came from:P.
Until Next Time, LATA!