Ke$ha is like the best!

Hahahaha ain't that funny?
Well its a personal joke, so I don't know why you are laughing...

One day you'll hear me singing on the radio!!!
A song that I wrote on the lies you told!
And when you hear me singing whoaaaaa!
Consider this the bitterest goodbye.
Kiss mine.

Sorry for the randomness.

So last time I went to the movies, to see Valentines Day, there was the strangest poster of Alice in Wonderland:
Well if you look at it from affar it looks very scary. I mean it is all too happy and colourful and overwhelming... If I didn't see the title or know its cast or crew, I would have nightmares on that poster...

You see that wormy thing right here?<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Thats the hooka caterpilar thing. It actually looks creepy on this one picture.

-Wolfie

I will say this again.

Go to Ticket Booth Tales and become a follower.

Funny story time.

I look for a template for my new blog.
I look for an hour.
I find the perfect one, almost exact to the one I had in mind, with a gloomy beach and this bridge thing with these mountains besides it called "By the Sea".
I use it.
I spend an hour putting in details, like copying and pasting reviews I did in BTDT, listing movies, putting links, making widgets, etc...
I look at the end result and sigh in happiness.
I get an email from said Sharkie who informs me she decided to change her template.
I laughed.
I thought, "Wouldn't it be funny if she had the same template as me?"
Speak of the devil.
I go to Warm Summers Cold Winters and see she has the very same perfect gloomy beach/mountain template "By the Sea" that I had.
I feel bad and decide that it wasn't her fault.
I spend two hours looking for a new template.
I give up.
I go to bed after wasting four hours of blog decorating.

Anywhom, I am watching The Wolfman tonight. I am expecting to watch Valentine's Day and Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Lightning Thief.

Ooops. Sorry. I'm talking about movies again.

-Wolfie

Captain Sweeney Wonka the Hatter

Frankly, I am growing tired of Johnny Depp. Since (A.D.) 2,000 he as stared in Pirates of the Caribbean, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd, and now he will star in Alice in Wonderland. I mean he has played a drunk failish pirate, a chocolate freak, a serial killer barber, and now a mad hatter. How about if you give the other actors a chance to play cool roles? I'm sorry, Mr. Depp, but you are coming as a sort of Cool Role Hawk.
On the bright side he has variety.

-Wolfie

I'm a bee watching the Oscars

I'm a bee, I'm bee, I'm a, I'm a, I'm bee
I'm a bee, I'm bee, I'm a, I'm a, I'm bee
I'm a bee, I'm bee, I'm a, I'm a, I'm bee

I'm a bee, bee, bee, bee, I'm a, I'm a bee
I'm a bee, bee, bee, bee, I'm a, I'm a bee
I'm a bee, bee, bee, bee, I'm a, I'm a bee

(fast forward >>>>>)

I'm a bee up in the hive
Flyin' where ever I want
I'm a bee, sippin' that honey
Stingin' and buzzing all night
Oh, lets hope I fly forever
Buzzin' in your ear when ever
On and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and


*sighs* I'm sorry, self, but that parody was a fail.
The original song is so good. I myself am not a fan of rap, but how can you not like the Peas?

Oh I miss good parodies *clears throat* ya hear me, PWD crew?

I mean the Black Eyed Peas made the comeback of 2009, which, to me, pawned Britney Spear's comeback! I mean we all knew SHE was going to make a comeback, but the Black Eyed Peas just kinda dissolved, and all of a sudden, they just poof-ed back into the musical, soul food craving world, and I was like "Oh my! You people stille exsist!"

I wonder if Lady Gaga is gonna make one of those "By, ya'll, I'll see ya'll in a year. Buh-bye!"
That would be so cliche...

OhmaigoshawardseasoncontinuesastheAcademyAwardnominationscameouttwodaysago
Whoo-hoo
Avatar has 9 nominations, to my not-thrill
And *gasps* District 9 has a nomination for Best Picture
*double gasp* The Blind Side has a Best Picture nomination.
Up has a Best Picture nomination!
Well, there are ten Best Picture nominations this year...

Imma be rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-roma-romama-gaga-oh-la-la-ing for a long time because that song is stuck in my head, along with Imma Be and Thats Not My Name.

So Imma Be going now. Don't worry, not for a year. Only for a couple of days.

-Wolfie

District 9

"I just want everyone watching this right now to learn from what has happened."

So, I have just finished watching District 9. I am speechless.

Yeah right, you wish... I am never speechless.

I feel like this is Peter Jackson weekend or something, because as you might recall, I recently reviewed The Lovely Bones, which was directed by Peter Jackson, and now I am reviewing a movie produced by Peter Jackson. I feel the sudden urge to write a Peter Jackson biography... You know what, followers? Change of plan; instead of reviewing District 9 I will be telling the story of Peter Jackson's life.

Just kidding.

District 9, as I said before, was produced by Peter Jackson, and directed by Canadian director Neill Blomkamp, who's only feature film is District 9, and I think he is going to get some calls from producers after this one. This film stars Sharlto Copley as Wikus Van De Merwe, Jason Cope, Eugene Khumbanyiwa, David James, and William Allen Young. If you are the type who sees movies based on the actors in them, then you probably won't watch this movie. Unless you also look at the producer, you won't be that lured to watch this film only based on the actors. So for all of you skeptics out there, THIS MOVIE IS DIRECTED BY PETER JACKSON! And most of you still probably don't care.

District 9 switches from documentary format to the regular really fancy camera and awesome lighting format, which I love. It follows an alternative reality where twenty years ago, an unidentified flying object is spotted over Johannesburg, South Africa. After some exploration, millions of arthropod-like extraterrestrial species who are not well taken care of are found, and are given shelter on Earth on a government camp, District 9. There, what the human population has adapted to referring to as "prawns", engage in the act of criminal activities, but are forced to be kept there because the government has separated them from the mother ship. Without any prawns on board, the mother ship cannot move, so the government decides upon leaving it over the city. Over time, humans develop a dislike towards these humanoids and grow tired of their destructive and hazardous activities. The government decides upon setting up a separate camp, District 10, 200 kilometers outside of Johannesburg, were prawns are supplied more decent shelter.

Multinational United (MNU) is given the task of relocating prawns to District 10, but to do so legally, they must get each of the 1.8 million prawns residing District 9 to sign eviction notices. Wilkus Van De Merwe is promoted as MNU field operative, and sets out to harshly persuade the prawns to sign the eviction notices. Along the way, he is exposed to an alien fluid which causes his DNA to mutate into prawn DNA. Since prawn weapons can only respond to prawn DNA, he becomes highly valuable, and is taken into government custody, were he is harshly treated as a biological experiment.

What really makes District 9 unique is that it could easily turn from an alien movie into a human movie, because its plot demonstrates the human nature of discrimination and vicious ambition. It really demonstrates how these people really treat these aliens horridly, even though the only reason they are stuck in Earth is because of technical malfunction. If there weren't any subtitles to the extraterrestrial dialogue, we would probably think of them as this antagonistic invader, but since you understand what they are saying, you are driven to feel pity for them and for how they are treated so unfairly. You see how the government really forces them to sign these notices that should really be optional, and how even the protagonist begins the movie with having this really rude nature towards prawns.

It really is a very human film. It shows how amongst District 9, prawns form gangs, smuggle weapons, steal, and do that sort of things that you would find in a troubled human community in reality. You see how humans sneak into District 9 and form this sort of mafia within it, and how their cruel ambition to master alien weaponry leads them to kill prawns for weapons. It is genius how they sneaked their belief of sorcery and the supernatural into District 9, which very much makes District 9 like any other troubled city, except it has aliens. It all feels very genuine and human.

You even see the example of government mistreating their own people when you see them literally force this mutated, shocked, scared, and innocent field agent down as they try to pry his chest open. It shows both how far people will go in really desperate straits and how ignorant they can be.

The story is partly told in this documentary format, which, if the events in this movie were really happening, you would actually expect to be on the History Channel or on Discovery, and it gives it such a genuine feel. I mean the CGI (special effects) is amazing, but that is really not what captivates you in this movie, which is just downright incredible.

The ending is one of my favorite parts about this film, because it is so not by the book. At first, you think, "That's it?", but then when you think about, it actually is quite satisfying, and it is somewhat more realistic as a fictional story goes.

District 9, although sometimes graphic, is visually stunning, yet manages to captivate the audience in a movie that can't really fit into the category of science fiction, about discrimination and impatience, has a genuine ambiance, has a very satisfying outcome, and tells a very human story.

My verdict: 8/10

-Wolfie

The Lovely Bones

The last time I went to the movie theater was to see Sherlock Holmes drastically disappoint my expectations. The last time I saw a movie was when I bought The Ugly Truth on pay-per-view, which led me to mercilessly trash it on my review. It seemed as if though film was failing me recently.

Thank you, Peter Jackson.

Peter Jackson was the director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and is also known for directing the 2005 remake of King Kong. He produced the critically acclaimed District 9. His latest big-screen project is The Lovely Bones.

The Lovely Bones follows Susie Salmon, after her murder, as she looks down on her family and murderer from the In-Between, a sort of limbo state of mind place, the horizon between heaven and Earth. It is based on the 2002 novel by Alice Sebold. The book received critical acclaim, but not the same for the movie.

It is odd that the studio said they wanted to hire a fairly unknown cast, because, then again, it stars Mark Wahlberg, a former rapper, as Susie's determined father; Rachel Weisz, who won an Academy Award for Best Actress, as Susie's depressed and unfaithful mother; Stanley Tucci, who has played Julia Child's husband and an editor at a fashion magazine, as Mr. Harvey, Susie's killer; Susan Sarandon, another Academy Award winning actress, as Grandma Lynn; and Academy Award nominated Saoirse Ronan as Susie. I would have thought they were aiming at an all-star cast!

One of the highlights of this movie is definitely the acting. Stanley Tucci is just phenomenal as this serial killer middle aged neighbor, and he really managed to make my skin crawl every time he came on screen. They disguised him so well that when he was sitting in a bloody bathtub I had to remind myself this had been the jolly old French food eating husband this past summer in Julie&Julia. It really surprised me how terrifying he could act, given that he hadn't been given such antagonistic roles before.

After watching the movie, it is difficult picturing anyone playing Susie besides Saoirse Ronan. She just has these really innocent blue eyes, and can play such a complex character. Susan Sarandon plays Grandma Lynn, who with a cigarette on one hand a cocktail on the other provides the much needed comic relief.

My only issue with the acting was Mark Walhberg . Mark Walhberg just wasn't right for this role as the loving and sad father, probably because he is just too used to playing Mr. Tough Guy, and probably tried too hard to demonstrate his acting range. His role was supposed to be 'the father who loved his daughter so so much' but it just came off as this troubled man who has anger issues.

Another down side is the subplot of Susie and her romance with her crush, Ray. There was a scene with them nearing the end of the movie that was so irrelevant I just wanted someone to go in there and say "Get a room or leave already before the bad guy wins!" It could have so easily been eliminated, because it wasn't as if though it was comic relief or anything, it was just there for the sake of making the movie long.

But there are many more up sides than down sides. The plot line was so beautifully told, and there was this perfect balance between this sort of dream world and reality, which for me, blended just enough to make the two connect well. The CGI (the special effects) was just amazing, and in my opinion it was not overwhelming at all, because I think it was necessary both to show Susie's imagination and to provide some relief to the plot's inevitable dark sequences. 

The scenes in the real world were also pretty damn good. The many time period lapses gave the film a sort of genuine feel, especially when it showed the characters just doing everyday things, that not only showed they were supposed to be normal people, but also found a way to connect to the main plot line. For example, I thought it was pretty smart when they showed Mr. Harvey sketching his little clubhouse/dungeon, because it showed how it was a process, and how he didn't just decide to go out one night and make a chamber under the cornfield, and showed how Peter Jackson wasn't hurried to tell the story, but he wanted to make it detailed and well told in a way that wasn't tedious, something that I thought he failed to do with King Kong, but improved in this movie. He also knew what to put and what not to in the film. Like when Susie is murdered, he doesn't actually show you how Mr. Harvey did it, but you still get the general idea of what happened in there without making it gruesome to watch. I mean even when you see the other dozen victims of Mr. Harvey laying disfigured in a chicken coop or sinking slowly in a lake, he doesn't over do it, and it doesn't make you want to cover your eyes. I was really happy with the resolution, but then again, that is my opinion, because it gave you the sense of justice that wasn't so by the book.

All in all, this movie was much better than I thought it would be. I think what today's critics are really missing is a broad imagination, and they have learned to go too much by the book rather than say "Hey, that was creative!"
The Lovely Bones is a great movie, that although has some minor flaws, is wonderfully directed and is emotionally stunning, shocking, and satisfying.

My verdict: 9/10

-Wolfie

The Ugly Truth

Scratch that.... The Horrid Truth.

The ugly truth is that some movies just miss the bull's eye. The ugly, ugly truth is that some movies drastically miss the bull's eye. The ugly, ugly, ugly truth is that some movies just miss the dart board, period.

The Ugly Truth, directed by Robert Luketic, follows a control freak television program producer, Abby Richter, who is forced to work with an offensive and self absorbed television host, Mike Chadway, who is the host of The Ugly Truth, a television show in which he reveals what really makes men and women tick. The two instantly develop a disliking for each other, but eventually Mike ends up composing Abby's demeanor as a woman to get her a boyfriend, using his dating theories to guide her relationship with her neighbor, Colin.

This movie was a big disappointment. It was a very brittle set up of lame clichés, stupid gags, and the same old "they hate each other but they end up falling in love" plot. The outcome is very predictable, and the jokes are just plain not funny. The characters are so overwhelmingly stereotyped, and even as an adult movie, the scenes with inapproprate references (in other words, all of the scenes) are just plain awkward to watch. I found myself thinking "They actually thought that was going to be funny?..." numerous times throughout the film.

So if you want to see a movie in which a control freak falls in love with someone she previously hated, go and watch The Proposal again for a better outcome.

The ugly truth in this movie is so dreadfully hideous that it is not even as if the dart missed the dart board, it is as if it missed the dart board and landed on your foot.

My verdict: 3/10
-Wolfie

I don't have anybody to thank!

It's trivia Thursday!
Did you know...
The novel "The Devil Wears Prada" was written by a former assistant of editor-in-chief of fashion magazine Vogue, and is speculated to be based on her real life experience as assistant of Anna Wintour. Ironically, Wintour attended the New York premier of the film adaptation wearing head-to-toe Prada.

And I will also go ahead and do speech Friday because I will not be able to post tomorow.

"If you start playing violins, I will tear this join apart. First of all I would like to thank Susan Downey for telling me that Matt Damon was going to win so don't bother to prepare a speech. That was at about ten in the morning. I don't have anybody to thank! I'm sorry, everyone's been so gratuitous, it was collaboration, and we all did this together. Certainly I'm gonna thank Warner Brothers. Alan Horn and... My god robbing off these guys, they needed me! Avatar is gonna takes us to the cleaners! If they didn't have me they didn't have a shot, buddy!"
-Robert Downey, Jr., acceptance speech for Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for his role in Sherlock Holmes.

I would like to make an account of something that happened to me while I was at Wendy's.
I was going to have the usual '#6, medium fries, Coca-Cola, yes fries, yes medium, no slushy, I already said fries, oh for goodness sake get some hearing aid, lady!', but the problem was that I (father) only had a $100 bill. I asked if they accepted one hundred dollar bills, and the lady just looks at me in the most annoyed look, as if I was Bernie Madoff, and in a very hesitant way said 'yes'. I gave it to her, and she impatiently began looking for change for six dollars and ninety nine cents. She had to look in two cash registers. I kinda felt bad for her not. But if annoyed cashier lady is reading this right now, I would like to point out that just because YOU probably didn't do good in math, which is probably the reason you are working at a Wendy's, does not mean that you should be mad if you are required to subtract 100-6.09 once in a blue moon!

Anyways, I mentioned earlier I am not going to be able to post tomorow. That is because I am going to watch Le Cossard Beau, or in more English terms, The Lovely Bones. Expect a review on Saturday, or Sunday, or soon.

-Wolfie

The Lovely Phones

Bonjour, faithful followers! I'm back, even though I posted like on Wednesday (wait let me check.... Yup Wednesday), and I am dying of boredom. Not really dying, but yes I could use something to do right now besides posting and watching/reading movie reviews. It is kind of creepy because I have become a movie freak, like when someone says 'Oh *insert actor here* is in that movie!', I'll say, 'You mean the guy who won an Oscar for *insert here* and *insert here*?' I just came back from a WAGS (Walking Around Garage Sales), and I am thoroughly exhausted, bored, and thirsty. I have had a recent crave of horror movies, because it is always interesting to see the different plots and characters that they have. Plus, horror movies are the kind that either fail or win, and nowhere in between. Mostly because I was looking around Rotten Tomatoes and I saw a bunch of reviews for Paranormal Activity, which made me go on YouTube for video reviews. I spent like all afternoon yesterday doing just that. So now I really want to see Paranormal Activity, although I don't, because I am scared that I will get too scared. But I am going to watch it anyways, because here is my to-do list of 2010:

• Watch Paranormal Activity

And that is it for now because I can't think of anything else. My mind was wandering to the side of "plant a cactus" so I just stopped thinking and decided to leave the thinking for later.
I was looking through RT I saw the most curious title. "The Lovely Phones." I thought to myself wow. fail. But then I realized that it was all my dyslexic mind (I don't really have dyslexia, I just feel like I do sometimes).
 I am hoping to watch The Lovely Bones, because it seems to have an interesting story. Which is wierd because it was once "the book which every girl must read this year". The reviews have been mixed, and most of the positivity in the reviews was in the acting, which makes me not raise my expectations too much. Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few weeks, you have probably seen this trailer on TV.



-Wolfie

AVATAR

So this week was a movie-tastic week. I watched three movies I hadn't seen. But I will only review one of them. Oh yes, you know its coming... REVIEW TIME.

Avatar

Directed by James Cameron
162 minutes
Rated PG-13

After this movie ended, everyone was silent from 1)shock, 2)exhaustion, 3)breathlessness, 4)inability to remember how to walk. Yes, this movie is two hours and forty two minutes long, but boy does it seem longer. If you are one of those who easily fall asleep in movies, then you are merely paying to sleep at the movie theater. But I am not saying that it was good. It was breathtaking. I saw it in 3-D, and the graphics were WOW, but I am sure even in 2-D it should be incredible. But I am not sure if this movie will be such an OMG in your television set... Any whom, the movie follows a former marine who tries to have a new life by coming to Pandora, a distant planet, to participate in the AVATAR project. AVATAR is basically the synchronization of the human neorological system and that of a Na'vi with mixed human DNA. In other words, his mind is put into that of a native of Pandora. The goal of the Pandora station is to attain a rare material that lays bellow the ground of Pandora, and sells for $20 million per kilo. The main stock of the material is located beneath a large tree in which the entire Na'vi colony resides. The purpose of project AVATAR is to gain the trust of the natives to move them from the tree and avoid mass death, and along the way gather information on the biology of Pandora. While participating in the project, the marine befriends the natives, "becomes one of them", and falls in love with one of their own. The plot itself is somewhat complicated, but is also the classic Pocahontas plot. Overall, the plot is a big cliché, but also very creative and human. A lot of stuff explodes, catches on fire, crashes, etc... The last half of the movie proves to be excessive, and when the last twenty minutes of the movie came, I wanted it to end. Yes, this movie will earn a lot of money, win any awards, but the cliché plot, excessive length, and tiresome special effects overwhelm at times. But all in all, it was way worth watching; once.

My score: 6/10

-Wolfie

You just killed it.

Killed what, you ask? The entire franchise.

Join me as I count down the worst sequels of 2009. The bad thing about a bad sequel is that: Firstly, most of the time, if not based on literature, no one asked for it. Secondly, it ruins the entire series. Don't worry, though, I won't include New Moon, although I didn't particularly enjoy it, but it didn't quite reach the 'bad' level, nor did it ruin the Twilight movie series, nor did I 100% regret seeing it. Yes, critics panned it, but screw critics. What kind of person makes a living of looking for defects in movies?

What gave me this idea is that this year I have panned many movies, loved many, and many I had mixed feelings about. I do believe I have talked about HBP, New Moon, Sherlock Holmes, and several others, but I haven't actually made a list. I don't like criticizing movies either, don't get me wrong; it is just that 2009 had many awfully horrid terrible sequels.

5. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
The name, as I had said before, did not entice me to see the movie. But since I liked the first one, I decided I simply had to see it, because it is the kind of movie that is much better in the big screen than on your television set. It did have a lot of new and interesting looking characters. But I wasn't at all surprised when I realized the movie had sucked. Really, I wasn't. The plot had a creative initiative but failed to captivate. Night at the Museum is one of those movies that should have been kept untouched, unchanged, and un-continued. Like Grease. That movie was worth a long round of applause. The sequel was a fail. The same with Night at the Museum. The plot is too unique and specific. The sequel was overkill.

4. Angels and Demons
This sequel, which actually is a prequel, I actually had expectations for. The Da'Vinci Code was very good, though long. When I went to see Night at the Museum 2 for the first time, we actually ended up seeing Angels and Demons; and I would have much rather watched the other one. This is one of those bad movies that are long, which are the worst kind. The plot was completely un-followable, with far too many twists and a requirement of an Einstein type IQ; a problem that I thought was similar to that of The Dark Night. I had to watch it twice to somewhat understand it. And, unlike The Da'Vinci Code, it was VERY unrealistic. Right from the begginig, when we see a sort of nuclear factory and an eyeball on the floor, I knew this. If you haven't watched this one, don't.

3. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
I was not a big fan of X-Men; nor am I now. To tell the truth, I haven't watched the first one. I liked the second one after watching it on like ABC or something, and then I went to see the third one at the movie theater. Then I saw the trailer for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I didn't know whether to have expectations for it or not. The movie was a mix of a bunch of clichés, explosions, and fights. It was about as long as Night at the Museum, but boy did it feel longer than that. The beginning was somewhat captivating, but then it went on into another overly-extravagant plot that only a hard core fan can follow. It was like the entire movie was supposed to be three, and that it was crammed all together into a complete overkill. At the same time it is very vague, dark, and lacks the charm of the original X-Men series.

2. The Pink Panther 2
This one I had zero expectations for. I was definitly not going to watch it in theaters, nor pay seven dollars at Blockbuster for it, so I waited until the pay-per-view price was down to three dollars and watched it. It didn't disappoint me, just because I didn't expect anything. Once again, Steve Martin wastes his valuable talent on a movie that was saved from rock bottom by his acting. I kind of enjoyed the first movie, but this one was just plain bad. The plot was... wait a second... plot? What am I saying? What plot? Again, the Pink Panther diamond is stolen, which makes the movie awfully unoriginal. What really saved the first movie from the bad level was Beyonce, but sadly, Britney Spears wasn't here to save this one. A lot of people trip, a lot of stuff gets broken, and a lot of words are mispronounced: but all it leads to is a reel of lame gags.

1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Oh yes, Michael Bay, I am REALLY going to add insult to injury to this one, because not only was it a disgrace to the first movie, but it made me spend twelve dollars when I could have just started banging a bunch of cooking pans together and have gotten the same outcome for free. It was the perfect recipe for disaster: bad, complicated, long, and noisy. And I REALLY had high expectations for this one after its prequel. After twenty minutes I just wanted it to end. The plot here really was un-followable, and half of it was explosions.  Yes, the special effects were good, but you need more than that to make a good movie, Michael Bay. The worst thing about it was the never-ending noise; it was torture. Megan Fox acted horridly badly, and in every scene had perfect make up and high heels on. And forgive me, but I have to pan the plot again. It was very, very, very complicated. The movie was very, very, very long. The special effects were very, very, very obnoxious. The noise was very, very, very excruciating. The outcome was very, very, very bad.

Needless to say I won't be watching Transformers 3 in 2011.

-Wolfie

"Marilyn Monroe looks pretty." "Eh thats Meryl Streep." "I don't care."

^Yes you do!^

I hate it when people do that. Of course you care!!!

OMG its Speech Friday! Let's see.... I know!
"Farewell, Aragog, king of arachnids, whose long and faithful friendship those who knew won't forget! Though your body will decay, your spirit lingers on in the quiet, web-spun places of your forest home. May your many-eyed descendants ever flourish and your human friends find solace for the loss they have sustained."
-Horace Slughorn, perhaps, the only person( though fictional) who can make flowers out of garbage (figuratively).

And I do need to give a big  hello to my faithful followers whom I know to be reading this, because I haven't posted since Monday. I apologize, but I did have more time to post during Winter Break. Yes, I am back at the academy, sadly, and have returned in engaging in the act of, as they call it these days, learning. And Winter Break was not as wintery as The-Gloomy-Days-Following-Winter-Break, which have so far been ridiculously cold. One good thing out of it is that the academy has allowed us to wear jeans during these freezing days. 

OH NO!!! Transformers is having another sequel. This one which nobody asked for. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my life. No kidding. I left the movie theater with two nearly deaf ears and one heck of a headache. But it has to be the best non-book based sequel name ever. I will give examples.
1) You may be unaware that a Cats and Dogs sequel is coming out. Why why why so many un-asked-for sequels! But the worst part is the name. Cats and Dogs: the Revenge of Kitty Galore. Oh yes, this is no joke. It is coming out this July. And I have no interest in seeing it.
 2) Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde. I have no comment on that one. Oh who am I kidding I have a comment. That sounds like some cheesy pick-up line, like "My favorite color is blonde."
3) 2 Fast 2 Furious. I just have a big sad WOW for that one.
4) Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. By the time you tell the ticket clerk that, he will already be off his shift.

I have a dream, where sequels merely have a number after the original title, where there won't be puns relating hair colors and actual colors, where ridiculous word puns won't take place, and where titles will be short enough and not have words that half of the population can't pronounce.

-Wolfie

Hangover, Kanye, and Polyester

^I daresay, the funniest movie I have ever seen.^ I myself found it very funny, but obviously not nearly as much as my family:

Mother and Father struggled to breath as they chocked in interminable roaring laughter. Sister daftly and unproductivle tried to feebly grasp the plot of the film, without much success, and laughed occasionally at random parts of the movie, attempting to decieve us into thinking she understood a fraction of the film.

The movie is worth watching and I recomend it. However, do not be decieved by its NR rating. It should without doubt be rated R.

Anyways, I had an odd dream last night.

I was swimming very fastly in this pool to get to the other side, but it was taking like forever. I didn't know why I was doing it, but I kept swimming and swimming. Then I realized I had a dress on. So I started choking on water because I was so surprized and I stood up. This is when I realized that the pool was only a few inches deep. Suddenly, there were a bunch paparazzi everywhere and Tyra Banks was there. She complemented me on my dress right after I forgot about it, so I began to try to take it off, but it was like stuck to my skin. Then Tyra hands me an Academy Award and announces that I just won the Golden Olympic medal for swimming. After she does that, Kanye West shows up and grabs a microphone which had just appeared in my hand and says: Imma let you finish but Michael Phelps had the best swimming win of all time. Just sayin'.

Then I wake up.

Which brings me to something else I would want to address.

A long time ago, we bought a dog. Dog grew up, and as she did, we eradicated some very frustrating habbits of hers. But one habbit we never got rid of was that she always slept on our beds. But Dog is very languid, and all she does all day is sleep and or lay down, so she used to spend all day in one of the beds. I argued that it was because her bed wasn't comfortable enough, but because it wasn't worth spending money (according to Mother and Father) we didn't. After ages of bribing begging them, they finally did so. Dog finally had a decent bed. There was however, one sin in this act. The bed was 100% polyester.

This got me worried. Isn't everyone complaining about polyester all the time for some reason?

And Karma was watching me as I purchased the polyester bed for my own selfish sleep-needing reasons. And Dog probably thought it was cotton. Shame on me. And I thought to myself: Is it possible that one day Dog will remember how comfortable our beds are?

So fast forward to yesterday night. I lay my head on the pillow, and miraculously, my eyes didn't close. And I am the type who gets knocked out as soon as he lays on the bed. But there was something wrong. It turned and turned the pillow over, I moved over to different places on the bed, but something was wrong. Then I found the culprit. There was dog, laying at my feet.

Oh I see how it is. You are taking my bed, huh? Well two can play that game.

Quickly, I took from the closet the old uncomfortable bed and replaced the new one in the corridor with it. I set my now crancky dog on it, and closed my door.

Oh yes. Sweet justice.

You mess with the bull, you get the horns.

-Wolfie

It's elementary, my dear Watson.

^he never really says that, you know.^

So I saw the Sherlock Holmes movie. It was really good. Although it was nothing that blew my mind away, it is still well worth watching. And it is better if you see it in theaters; its one of those movies that is probably three times better in the big screen than on your television. It did not exceed my expectations, but it is not like I was disapointed. What really made the movie good was Robert Downey Jr's acting.

So anyways, the Golden Globe nominations are in. It doesn't seem as if though this year's ceremony will be as good as last year's; or maybe its just me being skeptic about the nominations.

OHMAIGOSH! Voldemort is a Half-Blood! I knew this ages ago, but it only struck me now that this is ironic. I thought, before later books, that he would surely be a pure blood because of his intentions on other people. Which means most of the Death Eaters don't know this, for they would probably hide this from him. It would only be ironic-er is he was a Muggle born. Mudblood Voldie... ehhh that doesn't seem right.

-Wolfie

Movie Monday returns!

You all remember Movie Monday, right? The highly popular TTACD segment? No? Well thats because it never happened. Until today.
I highly concidered doing it for the first post, but then I decided not to, and then kept leaning myselft towards not doing it. But since I have nothing else to post about, I decided in doing in now.

So,
Lets take a sneak preview of 2010 in film:

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: the Lightning Thief- February 12
The Wolfman (the adaptation of some old film)- February 12
Alice in Wonderland (directed by Tim Burton)- March 5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (I know. Of all the books to make a movie of....)- April 2
Iron Man 2- May 7
Shrek Forever After- May 21
Toy Story 3- June 18
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse- June 30
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I- November 19
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader- December 10

Sorry for the time lapse from June to November; I only picked out titles that were familiar/interesting looking. There probably are other good/worth seeing movies, but I didn't want to make the list too long.
By the way, I'm really excited for Toy Story 3. Toy Story is the best Disney Pixar movie ever. I am confuzed on why any director would even consider doing a movie on Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The fourth Shrek movie is going to be the last one :( Of course, I am most excited for the Deathly Hallows.
So basically, this is a list of movies that I would watch in 2010.

-Wolfie

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

***OFFICIAL HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE REVIEW***

by Bouncing Wolf

The amazing ability of the Harry Potter world to charm those who witness it is beyond any magic featured in the series. Watching the trio wander around in the walls of Hogwarts is like putting on a familiar magical cloak, that though not invisible, gives one the feeling of comfort. Perhaps it is because as I grew up listening to Britney Spears and Black Eyed Peas music, watching Law and Order late at night, and watching SpongeBob I also grew up watching Harry Potter. What it was that fascinated me so much as to lure to read the books, I don't know. But as we watched Harry get his scar, get bitten by the Basilisk, travel back in time, witness the return of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, and struggle in agony as he read the mind of the Dark Lord, we not only witnessed these exciting events but we also watched the progression of some acting that before may not have been so talented but now has one heck of a value.

We watched Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, and the other fellow younger actors of the Harry Potter series develop their acting skills. We watched the older actors, Alan Rickman, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Magy Smith, Gary Oldman, Robbie Coltrane, and the other middle aged cast sink more and more into their roles. And of course, we need not exclude the minor yet extremely important roles, like my preference, Bellatrix Lestrange, beautifully portrayed in the Order of the Phoenix and the Half-Blood Prince by Helena Bonham Carter. There was Quirrel from the Sorcerers Stone. We all remember Dobby and Lockheart from the Chamber of Secrets, Lupin and Wormtail from the Prisoner of Askaban, Alastor Moody from the Goblet of Fire, and another one of my favorites, Professor Umbridge. It is how Harry Potter can uniquely combine these actors and characters and plot and settings and make one big fantastic cinematic world that breath-takingly illustrates the even more fantastic world that J.K. Rowling created.

Yet this is not a review of the Sorcerer's Stone, nor the Chamber of Secrets, nor the Prisoner of Askaban, Goblet of Fire, nor Order of the Phoenix. It is a review of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

The movie opens with a dramatic scene following where the Order of the Phoenix left off. Dumbledore wraps a protective arm around a paparazzi surrounded Harry Potter, as we witness a close up to the glasses of the sad looking Harry. This is when I knew David Yates had knocked this one out the park. Next comes a promising scene of Death Eaters wreaking havoc in London with flabbergasting special effects. This movie, from the very beginning, has a mysterious ambiance that captures the more darker theme of the movie throughout the full two hours. The superstar group of this movie is no longer the Harry Ron and Hermione trio, but the Harry and Dumbledore duo. The film captures the flourishing relationship of Harry and Dumbledore from teacher and student to friend and friend. This, however, does not remove the limelight from the classic trio, who also take a big part in the film. Daniel Radcliffe progresses immensely in his acting skills that where once appropriate for a middle school play and now grew to a very professional actor. His impeccable timing is key as he brilliantly captures the essence of comedy and mixes it is the seriousness and excitement of the movie. Rupert Grint made the most improvement in the now chick magnet Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson professionally manages to capture her role as a more mature and less nerdy Hermione. Tom Felton also succeeds at playing a Draco Malfoy that is more involved in the central plot than ever before.

In the latest chapter of the franchise, the Wizarding and Muggle worlds both face danger like no other as Lord Voldemort quickly rises up to power. Harry and his classmates at Hogwarts also take the challenge of surviving adolescence as hormones rage across ramparts. Draco Malfoy receives a grim task from the Dark Lord, Snape is revealed to be a Death Eater, and Harry receives help from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince. He receives private lessons with Professor Dumbledore in which they explore Voldemort's past in look for his weakness. This instalment is also definitely the funniest of them all. Newcomer Professor Slughorn aids this more humorous movie and Jim Broadbent offers the best performance of the film. In the end, a tear jerking climax, a flabbergasting battle and a cliffhanger ending leaves you not only satisfied, but hungry for the next installment.

We have gone from the magical Sorcerer's Stone, the mysterious Chamber of Secrets, the shocking Prisoner of Azkaban, the exciting Goblet of Fire, the dramatic Order of the Phoenix, and have gone all the way to the thrilling Half-Blood Prince. We can only guess as to what awaits us next.

This movie is a success. Funny, romantic, exciting, suspenseful, and terrific. It could not be any more clear to me that David Yates NAILED this movie; and that it is the best installment of the series so far. I am once again reminded of why J.K. Rowling is now a millionaire, and how marvelously she managed to create a magical world that pulls readers and viewers in, an effect movie producers cannot buy.

And I am reminded that I have been wearing the magical cloak all this time, a cloak that is permanent, and whose magic never wears off. I am reminded that this is the SIXTH movie, and that it is a billion dollar franchise; and mostly, I am reminded of WHY it is a billion dollar franchise.

I am left counting the days to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and with a simple message for David Yates: Blow me away.

And no doubt, he will.

-Wolfie

OMG ITS FRANK, NEWTON, NIXON, AND POTTER!

RANDOM FACT: ISAAC NEWTON WAS BORN THE YEAR AFTER GALILEO DIED.
Its OMG week! YAY! So well I've had my dose of confusion, and I will now tell you what happened.
First, I watched this wicked awsome movie called THE BOX . "Huh?", you say? Wolfie shall summarize. It came out like a month ago. How do you not know what it is? Anyways, its about this couple who is broke and recieve a box with a button in it. The stranger who mailed them the box says that if they press the button, two things will happen. First, they will recieve $1,000,000. Second, someone anywhere in the world whom they don't know will die. At first, they are like no that would be terrible. But then the wife presses it because she thinks they need the money. The stranger then comes the next day, gives them the million dollars, and before he leaves, he tells them that whoever recieves the box next will surely not know them. *suspence music*. Ya the other movie I wastched was- well I'll tell you hoq I came to watch it first. We ordered it, and it was family movie night, so naturally I didn't have a choice, I had to see it. I didn't want to see it because it was a politics movie, and from the many politics movies I have been forced to watch, I never liked any of them. Its called FROST/NIXON, and they were all like omg it was nominated for best movie wow sparks will fly angels will sing annoying morning show hosts will resign and all the rest will happen if you watch it. So I did. And amazingly, I ACTUALLY enjoyed it. And Richard Nixon was played by the same guy who played the stranger in THE BOX, this guy named Frank. I think his last name is Lagella or something.
Anyhow I'm doing this project on Isaac Newton, and I am going mad. This guy did way to many things for a lifetime. All of the websites have articles that take like and hour to read, and the books are all not in chronological order. GRR.
AND GUESS WHAT!!! HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE MOVIE DVD IS COMMING OUT DECEMBER!!!!
Anyhow, vote for me, for I am running for possible next Sporks Are Useless member.
+PLUS+
People vote for the offial TTACD things. And I have decided on the month names.
At TTACD,
January- Month of Sleeping
February- Month of Eating
March- Month of Marching
April- Month of Talking
May- Month of Confusing
June- Month of Relaxing
July- Month of Traveling
August- Month of Buying
September- Month of Yelling
October- Month of Scaring
November- Month of Thanking
December- Month of Celebrating
Until my next post, as they say in Finland, hyvästi!
- Wolfie

You and I must make a pact.

We must bring salvation back. Were there is love, I'll be there.
Lol sorry Im in an MJ mood.
Happy Late Turkey Day! Hope you people had a good, overly-high-air-conditioning-free Thanksgiving.
So Black Friday was yesterday, and there were people nearly murdering themselves for 75% off label makers. The mall was packed. It was as if though it was Obama's inaguration or something...
Well November, the month of turkey, orange leaves, and pillgrims is almost over, and the month of holidays, days off, reindeer, and candles is almost here.
Oprah is ending her show in like 2011! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There wont be more people to interview Lady Gaga and Betty Crocker and John McCain and Stephany Meyer anymore!
2012 was terrible, it had no plot, and was scientifically inaccurate. Old Dogs was beyond terrible. A Christmas Carol was okay, and I still need to watch New Moon and the Blind Side. Paranormal Activity I need to see, too. My friend watched it and said it was really scary.
So big anouncement:
Im gonna put multiple polls out for the officiall TTACD things, so vote.
So Im gonna put the new polls up, so until my next post: live long and prosper.
-Wolfie

Cough Cough! Weeze...

Ya I got a cold. Too much AC I tell you.... Well sorry I missed Storytimetime day. But I still have a story...
I was at **this information has been excluded due to its confidentiality** the other day. I finally got a vacation. So me and my family were in the living room watching Star Trek (nerd power) when suddenly the light goes out. And then we see this flickering light by the door. And its the only light, and we are all silent staring at the light attempting not to panic. It was hilarious. It was silent for like a minute then I was like "Im sorry but this is creepy" then we all started to yell. It turns out that the light was a reflection on a mirrow next to the door of my aunts cellfone which was on silent and someone was calling her. That whole weekend the power was out. We had to eat, sleep, go to the bathroom, bathe, and read in darkness... And when the light came back on we realized that we had each slept in the wrong rooms. Eh.
So ya Wolfie is sick. Be jealous. I havent watched New Moon yet, I will soon though, and Im also gonna watch The Blind Side.
-Wolfie

Wolfie is back, MJ madness, and NEW MOON WEEK!!!

GUESS WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?! MY PC IS FINALLY FIXED!!! Nah just kidding but soon it will. Sorry for not having posted in a long time, but PC problems make it hard to. SOOOO much to say, so little energy to type it... Well i shant. Too tired. Anyways, I saw the Michael Jackson movie the other day. It was wicked awsome. Anne are you okay, are you okay, are you okay anne? Thats stuck in my head now. AND NEW MOON IS COMMING OUT IN TWO DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to see it. Ya. Save the gasp moment. No exagerated and overly dramatic pause, please. In my oppinion Twlight is quite interesting. Well at least 1 out of four of the books are. And that one is the moon which is not old. Genius work of art. And HBP dvd is comming out soon, (December 8) and Star Trek dvd already came out. Nerd power.
Sooo to wrap it up
Comming up in TTACD:
New poll (finally)
New Moon review
AND...
Mascot
Another poll
New Feautures
Due to the movie comming out this week, the Most Memorable Person of the Week goes to Edward Cullen.
And due to Star Trek dvd release, the quote of the week is: Live long and prosper.
Dont expect to hear from me soon :(
-Wolfie