Post-Haitus

Hello, all.

Apologies for being less than loquacious as of late. After the aforementioned move into the new house, my new semester started, and I auditioned for (and received a lead role for) a play at my college. I'm painting the set for this show, as well as doing prop design and art direction, along with a full roster of classes. Needless to say, life has been quite hectic and busy lately.

I posted my first vlog here earlier, and since, I have recorded a singing vlog. I am going to try to record another vlog sometime this weeked just to let the people who may or may not) follow me on youtube know why I've been absent.

With that out of the way, Ay dios mio! So much has happened in this past 2 or 3 months! I'll start with saying that my heart goes out to all those affected by the metro rail crash last Monday, and you'll all be in my prayers. Secondly, the world was grieved to lose the King of Pop yesterday. We'll miss your musical genius, MJ. Millions of people are going to remember you for your music, and not for your unfortunate publicity. I almost feel bad for Farrah Fawcett- her death was slightly overshadowed by Jackson's for most.

The sad stuff out of the way, lets talk movies!

First of all- Star Treeeeek!

5 out of 5. Absolutely. I will admit to being a Star Wars nut, and I saw very little of the original Star Trek, but I had geekgasms at the original Star Trek trailers that simply showed the Enterprise. Needless to say, I've been very excited for the movies release, moreso with watching the cast grow on Imdb. I went and saw it as soon as it came out with my Bff, and we absolutely loved it.

The movie has a perfect balance of action and plot with accurate representations of the characters. I was very impressed by Chris Pine's ability to carry the absolute smugness of Kirk with out doing continual Shatner impressions, and Zachary Quinto's Spock stood apart from as well as paid homage to Nemoy's immortal character. I absolutely adored Simon Pegg's Scotty, and I will admit to continually drooling at Karl Urban's Dr. McCoy.

There were a couple story line problems (someone didn't do much research on black holes... and if they needed that small of an amount of the red matter to blow up a planet/ destroy a black hole, why were they hauling such a huge and dangerous amount around the galaxy?) but they didn't even bother me in the big picture. There were many surprising cameos, and I very much hope that there is a sequel in the making.

So, yes. 5 out of 5. If only for Chris Pine indignantly running around in his skivvies and Karl Urban scowling his way through the entire movie. ^_^

Next! Up!

You know its bad when you get choked up at the freaking SHORT at the beginning of the movie. Regardless. Another cinematic masterpiece from Pixar. The story was absolutely and completely touching, and the montage in the beginning of the movie positively took my breath away. As usual, the character design is gorgeous, and Ed Asner's vocal work as Carl Fredricksen is impeccable. Honestly. I have nothing bad to say about this movie. It made me laugh, it made me cry (twice, goddammit) and I left the movie wising I could turn back around and watch it again.

This is why I want to work for Pixar. These people are amazing at creating these beautiful masterpeices. And they love their jobs! Have you seen their offices? Want! I need to mention that I did not get the internship I applied for in the spring, but no matter. I will apply again and again.

So, Up. 5 out of 5. Loved it.

Finally, The Hangover.

Dear God, hysterical. From the very first scene, I was laughing out loud. This movie was great. It had jokes in it for every level of humour. From brash, to smart, to gross, to stupid, whatever type of humour you have, you'll get your moment in this movie. The storyline was clever and moved along quickly and smoothly. Ed Helms (or Andy from The Office) was an absolute riot from his first scene in the movie. Bradley Cooper is, quite surprisingly, in a movie where he doesn't sleep with someones girlfriend/fiancee/wife, and shows some surprising comedy chops. This is the first time I'd seen Zach Galifianakis, and he played such a delightful awkward and odd character that he is certainly the most memorable coming out of the movie.

Full of huge, crazy surprises and many, many laughs, I would absolutely recommend it.

5 out of 5.

Some exciting, completely unrelated news- My birthday is this Tuesday, the 30th. I'm going to Florida! I'm very very ready for doing nothing but lying on the beach an soaking up some sun for a week. I definitely need the vacation. I'm ging to take lots of pictures and hopefully doing some drawing while I'm gone so I'll have plenty of stuff to post when I return.

I'm going to try and get back into a regular posting schedule. I have lots of movie reviews to post, including angels and demons, love n' dancing, and others. Plus, I have an awesome story for when my BFF and I tried to go and see Tally Hall in concert. More to come in the near future though. Stay classy, all!

T