spring

I.Can't.Wait.For.Spring.

And this isn't normal for me. I always say Winter is my favorite season and then get sick of it, but this year has just been killing me. I think it's New York. This Winter is mild for New York-- as everyone keeps telling me since I wasn't here last year-- but, I think it's living on the 25th floor of a building with shitty elevators that take FOREVER to get downstairs that is making me feel all trapped and cold.

If you feel the same way as me here's some pictures of totally rad 60s/70s skateboarders to hold you over (Pat McGee and Tony Alva). They feel Spring-y! And, if you live in California or somewhere in the Southern Hemisphere then first, damn you! and second, still, here's some pictures.

siiiick

And while we're on the topic can I just say that Lords of Dogtown is like my top fashion awesomeness movie. Yes, it's true, to the point that I don't even care how loser that last sentence sounded.

I mean, look at Nikki Reed's character.

Mocassin boots? Mexican shirt? Cutoffs? Three of my favorite things. Awesome.

I was

gonna write a post asking why/when/how The Green Lantern went from staring Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively to staring Seth Rogen and an asian man, but then in the process of starting to write this I did a little imdbing and realized that there are actually two movies and the Seth Rogen one is The Green Hornet. This is especially sad because I'm pretty sure I looked this up before, didn't realize it then either, forgot that that happened, and now had to look it up again. Anyways, I wasn't complaning that Reynold's and Lively's top billing had gotten replaced by Rogen and an asian man just... confused? And apparently The Green Hornet is directed by Michel Gondry! which is really suprising and, although I like Seth Rogen, would be the only reason I would go see it.

'Cept I would probably end up buying a ticket for The Green Lantern. Or get really confused and find myself in Blockbuster renting The Green Mile.

A Word On Movies

So I saw Black Swan last night and.... IT WAS FREAKING TERRIFYING! I had to keep shielding my eyes for fear that images of skin peeling off and legs turning into weird human-swan-hybrid-legs and psycadelic screaming paintings would be etched into my mind and I wouldn't be able to sleep. And what happened? These images were etched into my mind and I was unable to sleep. About halfway through I thought to myself, "Hey wait, this isn't that great. Or is it?" I really could not tell. But then it got better as it got to the end. I still haven't decided if overall I liked it or not. I think I did, but maybe I was too scared to fully appreciate it? I also kept thinking that Mila Kunis' character was going to end up not being real... which it sorta seemed like would have been more logical in the scheme of things but because it already happened in Fight Club they couldn't do that so she just had to be real. It was definitely visually striking. Enough so that I'm now scared of both ballerinas and classical music. One of the previews in our theatre was for that rom-com that's coming out with Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher and I totally understand why Natalie Portman would do that movie afterwards. She must've felt like she was going crazy. I'd wanna do something lighter too.

Today I rented Scott Pilgrim Versus The World from Redbox. It was really bad at first. And then it was sorta better. And then it was over. There was a funny part where he goes, "Bread makes you fat?!" Wow. That sounds really unfunny written down.

Machete. Sorry, Ma-che-TE, was marketed realllly weirdly. In all the ads before it came out it looked like a realllllllly horrible action movie (which, perhaps it is, I haven't seen it). But they didn't say it was Robert Rodriguez which I feel like would have been a good selling point for a movie that looks like a really horrible action movie but (maybe) isn't. Also, De Niro is in it, which just always is a selling point right? I didn't know this movie had either of these things until these commercials for the DVD came out. The commercial when it was in theaters was just Jessica Alba saying "Ma-che-TE" and so everyone just went around laughing about saying "Ma-che-TE" with a weird inflection like that and no one considered seeing it.

Boxing Day

So... I never put this together before:

Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Faithfull as Marie Antoinette's momma

I watched that movie today so now I just wanna drink champagne with raspberries in it, especially because I don't have to go to work tomorrow due to the snow! (Unfortunately, this also means I don't really feel like walking to the store, but I'll probably suck it up.) And I cleaned my apartment today. And there's snow! And I just mended my favorite underwear, which may seem excessive for $4 Target underwear but they're pretty and lacey and now don't stretch very well to put them on since my thread isn't elastic. Oops. And I'm about to go watch The Sound of Music 'cause its on. And my boy's coming home. And I didn't even have to use my AK, today was a good day.

The Facebook

Anyone else see The Social Network and now only want to refer to facebook as "the facebook"?

One in the Same

So I went to see Eclipse at the Byrd last night and it really struck me how much the tall evil vampire guy looks like Roger. Look at his (the vampire's) outfit. bahahah Seriously?
Shut the front door.

I couldn't find better pictures. But am I right or am I right?

Wigs in movies are the worst!

Don't get me wrong. This looks pretty good.

BUT HARRY POTTER 7.1 AND 7.2 BETTER BE IN POST-PRODUCTION AT THIS POINT. I cannot stare at some crappy wig for 2 1/2 hours.

That is all.

PS. (I guess it wasn't all.) I have a friend who knows someone in one of Emma Watson's classes and apparently once she answered a question and someone yelled out "10 points to Gryffindor." That's terribly embarrassing but that person is HILARIOUS!

JP

Went to see the midnight showing of Jurassic Park at Bowtie last night and it WAS WAY BETTER THAN I REMEMBERED! I had completely forgotten the fact that it actually was going to have a plot because seeing it as a kid I just remembered it being scary (especially the scene where the velocoraptors chase those kids around that kitchen omg I never forgot that) and about dinosaurs and I didn't remember any storyline, but it was awesome and hilarious (not necessarily on purpose) and actually still pretty frightening.

That shot roused a lot of laughs amongst my friends. Apparently Goldblum's natural state after breaking his leg in a dinosaur related accident is to lounge seductively with his shirt unbuttoned.

One of my fav quotes. When the little boy gets saved from the car that's hanging upside down in the tree and he says "I threw up." And the girl made the BEST FACES EVER!!! What happened to her? Okay I just looked it up. Ain't much happened. She was on one episode of Boy Meets World and now is 31. Weird.

"You go Glen Coco!"

It is a sad day because although I had no doubt that they were the same person, I decided to look it up just to check that I was right.

I was wrong.

Paul Kinsey from Mad Men is not the same actor as Damian aka the guy that says "You go Glen Coco!" in Mean Girls. Unbelievable and unbelievably upsetting. I loved so much that they were the same.

:(

Moon River

Can I just wear this outfit all the time?

I really like the length of them jeans. And I really like the grey crew neck sweatshirt (duh). And recently I've had a weird propensity towards tying things around my head. Usually a hot pink bandana or a piece of red and white gigham cloth. I sorta look like Aunt Jemima.

Also, I just decided to watch Mad Men because I'd never seen it and I'm already pretty into it after one episode. It's sorta like a more mature Gossip Girl in how I really wanna watch it for the clothes and also it has storylines that make you go "Oh snap!" or gasp even though your watching it alone in your bed on your computer.

Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Tonight we watched the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet in film class. Someone behind me commented that it would "totally be like West Side Story if they were just dancing!" Really? REALLY?!!?!?!

Sorry.

Olivia Hussey had the clearest skin I've ever seen on an individual. Is that weird to say? I don't care. It was shockingly nice.

Leonard Whiting totally looked like Luke Skywalker.

Am I right or am I right?

Giant

There is a very loud house show going on across the street from me. Okay, I had a maybe, sort of loud birthday party a month ago, but atleast I wasn't blasting screamo. Get outta my life!!!! I have to wake up at 9:30 tomorrow to finish a paper and be at STRUT by noon. Suckssssssss. And I'm lonely.

Also. East of Eden. One of my faves. Yes, I'm lovin' the LIFE archives. Sue me.

The Importance of Cover Art II

I think this makes up for my having to watch the whole thing.

The Importance of Cover Art

I'm about to watch The Importance of Being Earnest for one of my English classes. I have to write a paper comparing it to the play. I tend to go out on limbs with things. I totally could have watched the 2002 Reese Witherspoon version which I've already seen, but I had to go with the 1952 one for some reason. That face on the cover is making it really hard for me to start watching it...

When finding that cover image, Google Images suggested I look at Marlon Brando LIFE archives. Okay, Google Images, I agree.Google Image's LIFE archives are really sweet. You can look thru millions of awesome photographs instead of watching [probably] obnoxious versions of Wilde plays.

Daft Groundhogs

THE WEATHER IS SO GREAT TODAY AND WILL BE TOMORROW AND TOMORROW'S TOMORROW.

This is very exciting news. It makes going to school feel like I'm just going to summer camp. Maybe it's just that both my classes were pretty interesting today. My International Relations teacher spent literally 20 minutes of class summarizing the plot of The Green Beret. I've never seen it but it sounds crazy. In other news, Avatar didn't win for best picture! Like a groundhog seeing it's shadow, this means that traditional filmmaking gets to live for six more years! Huzzah! When Oprah gave that speech introducing Gabourey Sidibe... wow... that was so intense: "Monday you went to an audition to earn extra money for college. Tuesday the director called you back. Wednesday you got the part. And today you are in nominated in the same category as Meryl Streep." I definitely got a little tear-y.

I'm about to go work, with help of a friend who is a far better seamstress, on my clothes for the STRUT show (I don't know why STRUT is always capitalized... I don't think it stands for anything.). I really don't feel like it. I wanna be outside not indoors sewing, but I have to get this stuff done. I think the reason I'm writing so much is just that I'm procrastinating and didn't even realize it until right now. Okay. Stopping. I only decided to make a new post because I like this:

The Big Sleep (1946)

We've been working on The Big Sleep for the last two meetings of my Fiction into Film class (aka best class ever). First we watched the 1946 version with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall (it was in my Bogie and Bacall box set I got for Christmas but I hadn't watched it yet) and then on Wednesday we watched the '78 version where it's set in England, Marlowe is older and played by Robert Michum, and a very old Jimmy Stewart plays the General. Seeing James Stewart old is really weird for some reason, I guess 'cause I hadn't before, but it was like if somehow James Dean ended up getting old (like that scene is Giant) and randomly showed up in some B-moved on the ONE network and you stumbled upon it only to be shocked and somewhat disgusted. Anyway, I say all that to say that while taking notes in class I ended up writing down "Lauren Bacall's shiny jacket!!!!" That note didn't exactly relate to the response I was required to write which is one of the reasons I have a blog: to write about stuff that I can't for school.

This is the jacket in all it's glory:

It's shiny, presumably gold, has puffy shoulders, and really well fitted. I had to post the video because the pictures didn't do it justice and also the horse racing dialogue is really funny and so dirty in a 1940s movie sort of way.

Other cool stuff:

Carmen's first outfit.

In Marlowe's office.

Right.

Wrong. (I mean this in a very nice, it's-great-you-had-a-long-life-but-this-is-weird sort of way).