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Wow, glad to be home. But I'm really pissy right now, and I have no diea why. I guess I'm just tired. NYC makes me exhausted, how can I expect to go to school up there?
I don't even know where I want to go to school. Hell, ideally, I want a record deal so I can skip college altogether. Oh, yeah.
Anywho, my vacation = very good. Thanksgiving is great, no matter where you are. Because it's all about the greatest things in life! Food and Family and Friends and Giving Thanks to the Lord for Not Killing You this Year. Awesome.
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RENT, Walk the Line, and Harry Potter were my Thanksgiving break movies, and Walk the Line is, hands down, the best. Great writing, acting, singing, everything. It's a trully wonderful film, I think it'll smoke the Oscars. It better.
As for RENT and Harry Potter, I am visually pleased with both but also left wanting. Actually, I think HP comes in as second and RENT third. What is it with writers not having any sense of continuity these days? Everything's so jerky and nothing makes sense! Why did Roger walts up to the roof with his quitar in the freezing NYC weather? Just to be angstier? Why was there a dumbass tango scene? When did Marueen and Joann have a commitment ceremony? Why didn't they use the original broadway recording with the exception of Rosario Dawson, because you can totally tell that everyone's alot older and can't hit those notes anymore? When did Roger buy that ridiculous convertible and actually drive to Santa Fe? Where was Britanny Spears on those rugged yellow cliffs? WHERE DID ALL THE SUNG DIALOGUE GO?! WHERE?!
I was impressed with Rosario Dawson, though, and Angel. Those two were very good. Everyone else, though still great, their direction seemed to falter sometimes.
Oh well.
In Harry Potter, I have one question for the writers: Do you understand the concept of flow? You don't go from A to B with cramming a random H in there, do you? It's so frustrating to have a smooth story going well when suddenly, out of nowhere, something unexplained and badly written happens. Good Lord.
And where was all the 'Constant Vigilance!'? Not once did Mad-eye Moody say it! Though, honestly, his was my favorite performance through the whole thing. Ron and Hermione are always great. Harry and Dumbledore? Not so much.
I had to shift my perception of Voldemort, but now that I have I rather like him. He's more maniacally human than ominous, though he could still use a little more...maliciousness. You know, a deeper, more doom-like voice. Oh well. I do love me some Ralph Feinnes, maybe that's why his performance was more readily acceptable to me.
I heart dragons! Gah, this movie had the best effects. All of the underwater scenes, all the tests looked great. And I think they were very believable. This movie was strange in that it had no middle gound, only extremes: The domestic, silly scenes between all the kids were well acted and well written, and the action and fighting and competing was, too. But everything else was just off.
The beginning moved far to fast. I was almost lost, and I think I would have been completely if I hadn't read the book.
But no worries, overall I liked it. It's interesting to think that this is where my Harry Potter knowledge ends. I haven't read any farther than GoB. I wonder if I'll like the next movies more, than? Who knows.
The Light in the Piazza is possibly the best show on Broadway right now. No, not possibly...it is. It's like modern-day Puccini. The music has incredible depth and wonderful istrumentation, and themes just soar in your heart. The characters and story are adorable and tragic all at the same time, each and every one of them. The story is pretty big for a drama, though, so it's a little hard to take in all at once. But your so preoccupied with the beauty to notice, that. My friend David bought me the CD and I've listened to non-stop since I got home. The singing is marvelous, that precious mix of musical theater and opera. It just soars, I love it!
And Spamalot. Silly, ridiculous, absolutely random, and thus completely awesome. I got my program signed by Alan Tudyk, who is incredible good looking in person, and David Hyde Pierce, who is rather strange looking in person. Maybe it was the fact that he was bundled up in coat, scarf, and hat and I couldn't see below his eyes, haha.
Know what, though? I have a feeling that every show I see from now on will never top The Light in the Piazza, so I'm ruined. It's like Lord of the Rings. There's nothing I can do. Poo.
I don't even know where I want to go to school. Hell, ideally, I want a record deal so I can skip college altogether. Oh, yeah.
Anywho, my vacation = very good. Thanksgiving is great, no matter where you are. Because it's all about the greatest things in life! Food and Family and Friends and Giving Thanks to the Lord for Not Killing You this Year. Awesome.
Some details:
RENT, Walk the Line, and Harry Potter were my Thanksgiving break movies, and Walk the Line is, hands down, the best. Great writing, acting, singing, everything. It's a trully wonderful film, I think it'll smoke the Oscars. It better.
As for RENT and Harry Potter, I am visually pleased with both but also left wanting. Actually, I think HP comes in as second and RENT third. What is it with writers not having any sense of continuity these days? Everything's so jerky and nothing makes sense! Why did Roger walts up to the roof with his quitar in the freezing NYC weather? Just to be angstier? Why was there a dumbass tango scene? When did Marueen and Joann have a commitment ceremony? Why didn't they use the original broadway recording with the exception of Rosario Dawson, because you can totally tell that everyone's alot older and can't hit those notes anymore? When did Roger buy that ridiculous convertible and actually drive to Santa Fe? Where was Britanny Spears on those rugged yellow cliffs? WHERE DID ALL THE SUNG DIALOGUE GO?! WHERE?!
I was impressed with Rosario Dawson, though, and Angel. Those two were very good. Everyone else, though still great, their direction seemed to falter sometimes.
Oh well.
In Harry Potter, I have one question for the writers: Do you understand the concept of flow? You don't go from A to B with cramming a random H in there, do you? It's so frustrating to have a smooth story going well when suddenly, out of nowhere, something unexplained and badly written happens. Good Lord.
And where was all the 'Constant Vigilance!'? Not once did Mad-eye Moody say it! Though, honestly, his was my favorite performance through the whole thing. Ron and Hermione are always great. Harry and Dumbledore? Not so much.
I had to shift my perception of Voldemort, but now that I have I rather like him. He's more maniacally human than ominous, though he could still use a little more...maliciousness. You know, a deeper, more doom-like voice. Oh well. I do love me some Ralph Feinnes, maybe that's why his performance was more readily acceptable to me.
I heart dragons! Gah, this movie had the best effects. All of the underwater scenes, all the tests looked great. And I think they were very believable. This movie was strange in that it had no middle gound, only extremes: The domestic, silly scenes between all the kids were well acted and well written, and the action and fighting and competing was, too. But everything else was just off.
The beginning moved far to fast. I was almost lost, and I think I would have been completely if I hadn't read the book.
But no worries, overall I liked it. It's interesting to think that this is where my Harry Potter knowledge ends. I haven't read any farther than GoB. I wonder if I'll like the next movies more, than? Who knows.
The Light in the Piazza is possibly the best show on Broadway right now. No, not possibly...it is. It's like modern-day Puccini. The music has incredible depth and wonderful istrumentation, and themes just soar in your heart. The characters and story are adorable and tragic all at the same time, each and every one of them. The story is pretty big for a drama, though, so it's a little hard to take in all at once. But your so preoccupied with the beauty to notice, that. My friend David bought me the CD and I've listened to non-stop since I got home. The singing is marvelous, that precious mix of musical theater and opera. It just soars, I love it!
And Spamalot. Silly, ridiculous, absolutely random, and thus completely awesome. I got my program signed by Alan Tudyk, who is incredible good looking in person, and David Hyde Pierce, who is rather strange looking in person. Maybe it was the fact that he was bundled up in coat, scarf, and hat and I couldn't see below his eyes, haha.
Know what, though? I have a feeling that every show I see from now on will never top The Light in the Piazza, so I'm ruined. It's like Lord of the Rings. There's nothing I can do. Poo.