I thought I was supposed to read Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher this week for my YA Lit class. But no, I'm supposed to read Does My Head Look Big In This by Randa Abdel-Fattah. Now I have to find a copy of that novel and read it by Tuesday afternoon. Crap.
In other news, I saw The Lightning Thief today. I was extremely disappointed from the get go. BUT it was a good movie. As just a movie. Not a film adaptation of a book. Worth seeing, but don't get your hopes up, I guess. I also saw Valentine's Day last weekend, which was better than I expected. 3 out of 5, I'd say.
Since I'm on the topic of movies, I watched Life As A House this week. I had heard of it but didn't really know what it was all about. Before I rented it I noticed that it starred Hayden Christensen, which almost made me pass it by, but the fact that it also starred Kevin Kline made me stick to my decision. I'm so glad I did. Christensen may have been a less than convincing Darth Vader - and let's just face it, Jumper was a horrible movie acting wise - but he can pull off depressed and angry teenager well enough. The overall story was good, the acting was pretty great the majority of the time, and it was very heartfelt. I like movies that make me...feel, so to speak. That's why I love foreign films, they don't hold back. They throw it all at you at once so that you are so overcome by the intensity and emotions flowing through the film that it makes you feel something. Something you can't get from a good ol' American made film. But I digress. A lot.
Life As A House was different from the norm, but not so different as, say, A Very Long Engagement.
Now I feel like I'm giving it too much praise...I don't know. It was just a good movie in my opinion haha.
I wrote and recorded a rap the other day. I think I'm going to make a music video for it at some point. Some point soon though because it kind of goes with the video I posted yesterday.
I'm never able to segue into an ending to my posts very well. So...
Later days.
Film of the Day: City Of God (2002). So good. So so good. It blows me away every single time I see it, and I've seen it at least 5 times. Because of this movie I want to name one of my future children Benny. True story. And speaking of, this film is actually based on a true story, which is even more unbelievable.
I liked Valentine's Day too. I thought it was quite funny.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you've read Whale Talk now, you'll probably have a week off later in the semester when everyone else in your class has to read it. Just think of all the free time you will gain. :)