So, right now, Terrence Howard and Crispin Glover are sleeping away in their sleeping bags right now, and I'm wide awake next to our campfire. Since there's no commotion going on this time, I'm just going to TRY to keep this blog post nice and normal, like back in the ol' days, so if something unexpected happens, well, I apoligize:P.
First of all, as you can see in my now playing list, I managed to obtain Super Paper Mario for an Easter gift. Quite the game, indeed. It is very addictive, and a fresh take on the Paper Mario franchise. In fact, I actually like the "action RPG" element (AKA platforming) quite a lot in this game. Plus, flipping from the 2-d world to the 3-d world never gets old IMO. The secrets are almost endless, and the puzzles are very clever. And while I'm still only in the 3rd chapter, the humor is just a little stale at times, and I haven't laughed as much as I wanted to yet. But it has its quirks. But yeah, this game truely is the Wii's first superb platformer/RPG to embrace the system. Go out and buy it if you own a Wii and if you have the money. Seriously, do it. I mean it--
*Terrence Howard talks in his sleep*
"Peer pressure...................I DO wanna be............a french fry............maybe I DO.......I WILL......I....zzzzzzzzz"
Ummm, ok:? ? Guess he's dreaming about Burger King again:|. Crazy no good son of a.....
ANYWAYS, back to the "normalcy" (quoted by Warren G. Harding if I'm not mistaken.......damn I'm good at history:D) of my blog. Schoolwise, things are aight I guess. Today was a pain in my stomach, though.....literally. You see, I overindulged a little bit last night with some crunchy fish fillets and fries, and this morning I ate some Banana Nut Crunch, creating stomach cramps out of this world in my stomach. Well, I figured by the time the first few hours went by at school, they would disappear. But did they? Hell naw. So, suffering the pain long enough, I decided to just risk myself in the filthy school bathroom to "relieve" myself at lunchtime. I still had very minor stomach cramps after that, but it wasn't as bad. Other than that, lots of homework today. Luckily, tomorrow is when all the seniors have to present their senior projects in every cl@$$ (something I'm REALLY looking forward to next year:roll: ), so hopefully no work tomorrow. OH, I also got my ACT scores back. Got a 24 out of 36, which is pretty good I guess. The way I see it is, I passed 2/3 of the test, which is more than half the test, so it's all good if I managed to pass more than half the test:D. There's some that did significantly better than I did, but oh well. Congrats to them:)........:|. Plah.
MOVIE WISE, I watched two superb movies this past weekend. And guess what? THEY EACH GET A REVIEW!!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D HOW EXCITING :D:D:D:D:D:D:D ok I'll just get on with them then:
Volver
This is probably one of the best foreign movies I've watched in awhile. First off, this movie introduced me to the magic of Pedro Almodovar's films, which include movies like Bad Education, All About My Mother, and Talk To Her, all of which I want to see very badly. Now, on to this movie itself. I won't explain the plot, since I had no idea what it was about before I viewed it. So, I'll place you all into my shoes:P. It's mostly women that put on the acting this time around, unlike most films where it features more males than females, but they all did superb. Of course, Penelope Cruz put on quite the performance. Not to mention this chick is hotter than HELL in this movie:D. After watching this, I think I'd put her up in the ranks with Salma Hayak:P. But seriously, the story may not make sense in some parts, but by the time the ending hits, you realize how clever it was. It revolves around subjects such as being close to your family, exposing family secrets, loss of family, lies, affairs, and all that similar good stuff. So, if you are interested in foreign movies, you owe it to yourself to check this one out. You'll laugh, you might cry, but overall, you'll just have a good time. It gets a 9/10.
Boogie Nights
Heh. Well, this was quite the experience. A few years before P.T. Anderson directed the critically acclaimed character mosaic, Magnolia (an 8/10 I gave it a long time ago, but I decided to change it to a 9/10 after watching it again), there was a little movie he directed called Boogie Nights. But I would hardly call it "little," since this is one profound movie. It also happens to be one of the sexually explicit movies I have ever seen. Basically, this whole movie revolves around how a pronographic director (Burt Reynolds) spots a busboy (Mark Wahlberg) working in his friend's nightclub, and basically offers him a job in the late 1970s. From there, it is a movie with amazingly shocking proportions as it takes us into the lives of several characters up onto the early 1980s. The retro vibe this movie gives off is surprisingly effective. It fooled me a couple of times that I was watching a movie that came out in the time period I mentioned:lol:. The cast is superb, ranging from a lot of actors/actresses that were in Magnolia (Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John C. O'Reilly, and many others) and other great actors, such as the previously mentioned Burt Reynolds (in one of his last great roles before he acted in crap movies) and an amature Mark Wahlberg, and others such as Don Cheadle and Heather Graham (who is HAWT in this movie:oops: ). Everyone gives remarkable performances, especially Wahlberg, who, IMO, gives a better and more important performance than he did in The Departed. As for profanity, it's not just the sexuallity in the movie, either. There's also some very shockingly violent scenes in here as well. For instance, there's one part that almost reminded me of the infamous curb stomp in American History X, but wasn't quite as bad. And, of course, the language is f*cking extreme. So, would I say this was a better movie than Magnolia? Well, there wasn't a weird scene in Boogie Nights like that one infamous scene in Magnolia, so that by itself makes Boogie Nights better. But with a better cast, more profanity, more shocking scenes, and a cool retro feel, this movie gets a 9.5/10.
*Terrence Howard talks again in his sleep*
"No...........don't do it............don't..........eat..........the last.........french fry.............Bobsponge Pantsquare..............King of......Arizona........of the.........underoos...........taking my..........family.........to Hawaii.........zzzzzzzzz"
Wow :|. So, as far as movies went this past weekend, pretty good. I've got a movie from the video store sitting in the living room as we speak, and *hint* it has John Malkovich in it;) . And since my mom is planning on cancelling NetFlix soon, I'm making sure I bombard the top of the queue with foreign and rare films that the video store won't have. Oh, and lastly, at the video store, being the nice person that he was, my dad saw The Descent for $10 used, so he decided that that was a good deal, and he bought it so I could add it to my collection:D. Well, being that it's just about one of the best horror films this decade, I figured I needed it sooner or later.
Lastly, how about that tragic shooting at Virginia Tech this morning:(. Damn. What I find shocking is that it is being named "the deadliest mass murder in U.S. history." Well, with all of the massacres I studied in history this past school year, I'm surprised. And the fact that it was worse than Columbine? Wow:shock:....... R.I.P. to all of those who lost their lives.
And to close out this blog post is a little video I found out about on Off-Topic a few days ago, and that I JUST HAD to share. It is probably the sickest and disturbing video I have ever seen on Youtube, so if you are not the type of person that wants to see REAL dead bodies and REAL decapitated heads, avoid NOW. Otherwise, have fun throwing up:)
Teh POSO !!!!!!!
And here's a video of cute kittens to get those nasty images out of your mind:). See how much I care?
*Macaulay Culkin appears from the bushes*
"Pssssssssst. If you care so much, mind if I borrow a couple of those marshmellows over there in your campsite? See, me and my friend here don't have any to make marshmellow pork n bean soup."
*Keanu Reeves waves from the other campsite*
"Hi. How's it goin?"
What in the hell? I thought I was in a private area:?. And you can get your own marshmellows you sorry excuse for a child actor--
*Ben Kingsley suddenly appears in the same bush that Culkin is in*
"Now, the child asked nicely. And my kind friend Keanu Reeves even waved at you and even asked how you were doing. And he hardly even talks much, so what little bit he said meant a significant amount. Now, a couple of little marshmellows isn't too hard to ask for, is it my good fellow?"
*gasp* Sir Ben Kingsley!
"You bet your damned ass it is. Now, do as the man said, or I'm going to knock you out and booby trap your campsite so that when you wake up the next morning, not only will you have a blistering headache worse than a pesky hangover, but you'll hurt the rest of yourself by falling for the traps."
"Yeah. The traps are a b1tch, too."
"You may put down your hand now, Keanu. You already greeted the young man. No need to hold it up like a traffic officer directing rush hour traffic."
"Sorry man."
"And put your shirt back on too, would ya? Just because he said to put your hand down, doesn't mean you have to take your shirt off for some random reason. I have to put up with those nipples every single day when you put Vaseline on your abs. I'm starting to get sickening images in my fragile mind. And where the hell did that old chair come from?"
"My bad. Just wanting some fresh air, that's all."
"And stop leaning on my motorcycle like that. You'll smudge it. And where on Earth did that random window come from?"
"*sigh* Fine. Wouldn't wanna do that now, would I?"
"Hey, don't start getting smart with me, you arrogant son of a bi--"
ALRIGHT! Here's your damned marshmellows. But I'm only giving you these because Ben Kingsley is here with you. And he is a legend. So, without further ado, take your precious marshmellows. *throws 5 toward Macaulay Culkin, and he catches them smoothly*
*Crispin Glover talks in his sleep in the background*
"Hey you, get your......zzzzzz..........damned.......hands off..........of..........her..........Forest.................Whitaker......zzzzzzz."
"Jesus, you didn't have to throw them. See, a mosquito got caught on one of them from the air when you threw them. *sigh* Well, at least I can make my marshmellow pork n bean soup now. And don't even plan on asking me for any, porky boy, because it's all mine!"
Wasn't plannin to. Besides, there's more beans than there is pork in pork and beans most of the time. Plus, the thought of mixing marshmellows in with that makes my stomach turn into a turtle hiding inside its shell.
*Culkin runs back to the campfire to join with Reeves once again*
"Well, I appriciate you finally satisfying the boy. See, I just took him in under my wing after his parents lost their lives from alcohol abuse mixed with cocaine overdose."
Ouch. Sucks for him.
"My thoughts exactly. Well, I'll let you get back to your campfire. Hey, maybe we might even appear in your next dialogue sequence, too.
You wish:lol:. Ditch your two kids back at your campfire, and your access will be granted.
"Wish I could, but I made a promise to Macaulay that I would be his "replaced father" until we find him a rehab clinic. It's hard to find these clinics, you know."
Heh, yeah. Dude's got a major drug problem. His parents probably died to be rid of it forever:lol:.
"It's not a humorous subject."
Sorry.
"As for Reeves, he is just a lonesome man I found lying in a street one day, so I decided to let him tag along. Quite a good fellow, even if he is as silent as a mouse most of the time.
Yeah. I hear ya.
"Anyways, have a great evening--"
*a gunshot goes off*
"WHAT IN TARNATION!!!??? Keanu!!!!"
*Terrence Howard and Crispin Glover wake up in panic*
"WHAT!!!! MY FRIES!!!!! UNDEROOS!!!!!!! Wha.........where the fries at?"
"LORRAINE!!!! I'LL GET FOREST WHITAKER.........off..........you. What the heck?"
"That'll teach you not to f*ckin try to eat all of the marshmellows before putting them in the pork and beans, Culkin. F*ckin brat."
Well, uh, so much for "normalcy" in my blog post:P. Until Next Time, LATA!