Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Christian
Dude, first of all where the hell are you, Second of all make posts preferably not about nerdy stuff. Dude I'm worried about you the last time we talked you sounded like you were gonna shoot yourself or something and that was weeks ago. Please call, email or IM.
Friday, August 3, 2007
Windows Xp is not that bad
So the other day I was trying to install the linux distro ubuntu on my computer using the windows installer known as wubi. Well, it worked but when I was setting the OS up, it crashed and left my computer unable to boot both windows and ubuntu. I started to freak out because I use my computer daily and I can't imagine not being able to use it so I frantically dug around my house for a copy of windows XP and boy was I relieved when I found one. Installation took only a few minutes and even though i took me several hours to find all the drivers I needed for my hardware Iv'e got to say that I now appreciate all the support and stability that microsoft offers. All you people who complain about Windows are just wrong, its a good Os and it is number 1 in the world for good reason.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
The Last Kiss Review
Alrighty then, it's 1 A.M. in the morning and I'm bored so I'm doing a blog post about a movie that I just finished watching. The Last Kiss is a movie starring Zach Braff, Rachel Bilson, Jacinda Barrett, and Casey Affleck. I'm not sure but I think it was directed by Braff. Since I haven't seen any of Braff's other movies (like Garden State) so this was my first experience with Braff's movie making style and I have to say that i am extremely disappointed. But before I get into what I didn't like about the movie I'm gonna talk about what I liked about it.
The music in this film sounds like it was selected just for me, I'm a huge music fan and I especially like Indie rock ( stuff like the shins, death cab for cutie, clap you hands say yes, and the decemberists) and if you are like me, you will LOVE the music in this film. There were several points in the movie where I thought the dialouge was stupid and the writers needed to be fired, but later in the movieI realized that it didn't really matter because the music was speaking for the actors. There are two scenes that come to mind where there are perfect examples of this. One of these scenes is when Braff's character is caught cheating by his girlfriend and even though he hasn't slept with the woman he cheated with his girlfriend flips out and Braff finds himself back at Kim's (The girl who he was cheating with played by Rachel Bilson) apartment where he basically just jumps on her and they start getting it on. Braff is descending into a pit of wrongness and the music reflects this, It's hopeless and despairing but it also is filled with a sense of wonder which totally captures what this scene was all about.
While the music was good, there was so much in this film that just frustrated the hell out of me. First of all, the dialouge seemed dumb and unrealistic and whenever someone spoke in the film I got the feeling that they had just learned their lines the previous day. Also, while I love Rachel Bilson and her work on the OC is still among my favorite TV performances she was not good in this, she seemed dumb and silly and that is not what was needed in this role. She needed to be a bitch who was seducing Braff and not some goofy little college girl who was just wanting to get laid by an older guy. The Story was generally weak and until the end of the movie I had felt no emotions for any of the main characters (and I think that that was what this film was out to achieve because it certainly wasn't good in any other areas) and I was ready to just turn it off. While this movie got better at the end, I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone unless they really liked any of Braffs other films or they really, really want to see Rachel Bilson's boobies(defintitely the best part of the movie.)
The music in this film sounds like it was selected just for me, I'm a huge music fan and I especially like Indie rock ( stuff like the shins, death cab for cutie, clap you hands say yes, and the decemberists) and if you are like me, you will LOVE the music in this film. There were several points in the movie where I thought the dialouge was stupid and the writers needed to be fired, but later in the movieI realized that it didn't really matter because the music was speaking for the actors. There are two scenes that come to mind where there are perfect examples of this. One of these scenes is when Braff's character is caught cheating by his girlfriend and even though he hasn't slept with the woman he cheated with his girlfriend flips out and Braff finds himself back at Kim's (The girl who he was cheating with played by Rachel Bilson) apartment where he basically just jumps on her and they start getting it on. Braff is descending into a pit of wrongness and the music reflects this, It's hopeless and despairing but it also is filled with a sense of wonder which totally captures what this scene was all about.
While the music was good, there was so much in this film that just frustrated the hell out of me. First of all, the dialouge seemed dumb and unrealistic and whenever someone spoke in the film I got the feeling that they had just learned their lines the previous day. Also, while I love Rachel Bilson and her work on the OC is still among my favorite TV performances she was not good in this, she seemed dumb and silly and that is not what was needed in this role. She needed to be a bitch who was seducing Braff and not some goofy little college girl who was just wanting to get laid by an older guy. The Story was generally weak and until the end of the movie I had felt no emotions for any of the main characters (and I think that that was what this film was out to achieve because it certainly wasn't good in any other areas) and I was ready to just turn it off. While this movie got better at the end, I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone unless they really liked any of Braffs other films or they really, really want to see Rachel Bilson's boobies(defintitely the best part of the movie.)
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