Tangled Tangent
October 8, 2010 § 3 Comments
O M G DISNEY IS FINALLY DOING RAPUNZEL!!!!!!! MY FAVORITE FAIRY TALE!
Somehow my favorite princesses always seem to be the most useless [ie. Sleeping Beauty], but they’re the prettiest, trust me. As a child, I had a picture book of the Rapunzel story [I can’t find the specific one anywhere online grr], the illustrations of which were really attractive. Searching for it on Amazon & Google is helping me revisit my love of children’s books, though; the art styles are so creative and diverse and wonderful!
I think it also helped develop this thing I have for blonds…shiny platinum blonde hair is very eye-catching for me. Here are a few of my favorites, all of whom I don’t [or wouldn’t] like as much with another hair color:
L-R: Princess Aurora, Nicole Kidman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sailor Moon, Lady Gaga, G-Dragon, Gwen Stefani, Kevin Woo, Princess Peach [OMG forgot Carrie Underwood]
Anyway, back to the actual movie trailer.
I’m a little disappointed to see that the film seems to center around the male hero instead of the woman trapped in the tower, but the movie description gives them equal weight, so we’ll have to see. The animation looks so smooth that it didn’t even register as non-2D at first. Release date is November 24!
Less Than Two Weeks Left
July 14, 2010 § 7 Comments
This is my temporary home, it’s not where I belong
Windows and rooms that I’m passing through
This is just a stop on the way to where I’m going
I’m not afraid because I know this is my temporary home
I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
June 15, 2010 § Leave a comment
Jealous. So jealous.
At home, I would rarely pay $7US for a movie ticket, but in Hong Kong, shelling out $50HK for a student ticket seems perfectly reasonable. Why does this happen? Kaiti & I spontaneously saw The A-Team today, which was a great idea except THE PERSON BEHIND ME KEPT KICKING MY SEAT. I was ready to bite his/her feet off in the middle of the film. Anyway, overall I enjoyed it greatly and had rather few remarks.
1. This is a much better film than Prince of Persia. It’s a higher quality of action/comedy, and though the CGI isn’t amazing, it at least didn’t look pathetic.
2.The plot is complicated enough to catch your attention, yet simple enough not to get in the way.
3. Very importantly, the romance is kept to a bare minimum, meaning the director only employs it for significantly necessary reasons. THANKS BE TO JOE CARNAHAN for this.
4. I didn’t think Bradley Cooper was that goodlooking in The Hangover, nor when he was featured in our magazine, but I sure like him after The A-Team [PECS!]. He and Patrick Wilson have such nice blue eyes. There are so many goodlooking men in this movie :D
5. Jon Hamm makes an appearance at the end! I’m not sure why I got so excited about this…I’ve never seen Mad Men. But it does add to the attractive man count.
6. For the whole film, Murdock reminded me of a thinner, crazier Luke Wilson.
7. The tough-black-man-afraid-of-flying theme was hilarious, but also a bit ridiculous. I mean…really? Really?
8. Jessica Biel [hot] has an Asian sidekick! I’m not sure he ever spoke…but I noticed him.
9. Pretty much the only complaint I have is from the beginning of the film: I never understood how Hannibal managed to fight off those angry dogs. WHY ISN’T THIS EXPLAINED???
10. Here are the Ghandi quotations, in case anyone is interested:
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
Saving Fish From Drowning
June 13, 2010 § 3 Comments
An excerpt from the end of Amy Tan’s novel, found near the end and what I thought was the most beautiful part of a very beautiful story. You don’t have to know what the book was about; you just have to know.
Dwight sensed what Roxanne was thinking. The thought of his marriage’s ending both scared and saddened him, but he could not tell her that. Early in their relationship, he had wanted to protect her — emotionally — and he knew that she needed that, even though she appeared strong to others. But she had rebuffed his efforts, maybe unknowingly, and he felt useless, then a stranger, alone. She wanted so little of him. He wasn’t as smart as she was, not as strong, not even as athletic. Her disdain had been evident on this trip. She never wanted his help or suggestions. If she didn’t reject his ideas outright, she was quietly unsupportive. He could see it in her eyes. She was tender only when he was weak, when he was sick.
—pg. 453
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Relatedly, an official [lol] photo from my cousin’s wedding, about which I have yet to write:
Why do I look so stupid?
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