EXTRA!!-- oscar noms & this week's soundtrack...
EEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so i just saw the oscar nominations today (yeah, one whole day late-- i'm such a lousy cinephile #_#) and wow.
little miss sunshine was nominated for best movie and ryan gosling was nominated for best actor!!
*does happy dance*
have i mentioned LMS had, in the last weeks, become my new favorite movie? i love it so much. and everybody tells me i'm totally weird because how can i love a movie where everyone-- and everything-- is completely messed up and it's so not even funny? and i tell them, i do (waaaahhhhh nobody understands me! ;_;), that they just don't look at what i look for in a good movie: grasping plot, not necessarily action or entertainment, but in a gripping, "i can understand what these people are going through as if i was there myself" kind of way, severe character development like WHOA, and very fine acting. and a good lesson to be learned! what more could anyone want? but alas, i've resigned myself that nobody i know likes the same movies i like. it's my cross to bear for all eternity xD it's happened before (like when i got my brother to watch "the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" with me-- people these days just don't appreciate sarcasm, they don't. and they use it so indiscriminately, too! they should be ashamed!), and it will happen again. and again. and again. but i don't care because the academy understands me! yay! *does some more happy dancing*
and ryan gosling. remember i mentioned something about his role in "half nelson" a couple of posts back? i LOVE ryan gosling. like, he's in the top three "men i would sell my soul to the devil to be with if only for one night" list. and his performance was ASTOUNDING. and it wasn't that it was just a good script, with a good director or just a lucky try-- he's been THAT good for a while, and they've overlooked him. not anymore! NU-UH! it's his moment, babeh. and even if he doesn't win (i hear forest whitaker is a shoe-in for that category), it's enough for me that people SEE him now. he completely deserves it, he's awesome, and that movie was awesome too.
ZOMG. could the academy make my day any happier?
yes they could! because they nominated united 93 for best director (i definitely agree, it was the most awesome directing job ever-- the whole movie just made me feel so anguished and anxious, i was clutching my chair the whole time. it was amazing!), mark wahlberg for best supporting actor (i haven't seen "the departed"-- leonardo dicaprio squicks me-- but i love mark and i think he's really good), abigail breslin for best supporting actress (that girl is the CUTEST THING! oh, she said on TV that when she heard the news she screamed like she did in the movie =3), little miss sunshine for original screenplay, and two noms for the prestige (granted, they're minor noms-- art direction and cinematography-- but i thought they'd pass over that movie without even glancing at it and was making me mad ahead of time)!
i don't care if neither of these win. man, i love the oscars! thank you, academy ^_^
i haven't been writing much of anything... i've been translating somnium 6 into english, though, but that's not even halfway done. what i HAVE been doing is reading, though, and i've a few recs for my good harry potter lovers, particularly the "harmonians" i guess (lol, i still call ourselves "pumpkin-piers"... i'm such an oldbie, i have to get in with the latest trends), since they're all portkey fics. but they're GOOD.
restoring hope by paracelsus: post-HBP, post-voldemort fic. i love it mostly because it's a wonderful portrayal of ron, it gives me a decent ginny for once, and because the plot, while it's not terribly original, is done in a completely different way. awesome turns and twists. it's truly a shame if you haven't read it yet.
shadow walks by lorien: harry potter meets the butterfly effect, and in a GOOD way (i didn't like the butterfly effect much, i hate ashton kutcher =S but i definitely like this fic!). no, it's not a crossover, i just mean the topic. it's a seriously good fanfic-- a broken trio, a ron who's battered but still stays true to character, a harry who's desperate after not having seen hermione in the longest time, and several alternate universes that actually make SENSE. it's really good. i would actually advice you to read everything by lorien, cuz everything is very well-written and thought.
and well, since i'm so happy, i decided to share it with you guys by sharing my soundtrack for the week. there's a bit more songs than last time, because i'm feeling very musical at the moment, and because hey, seven's a magic number... ask voldie-poo if you're not convinced ^^ i was listening to these as i walked home from my french class (and since the building is on the total opposite side of campus from my apartment, you can guess i listened to these and many more), and decided you guys just HAD to hear them as well. sorry if the wait for megaupload bothers you, but at least in there they'll be kept online for longer...
1. diffuser, "i wonder."
and i wonder if you're happy or just glad to see me scarred.
did my drunken self-confession sober up your bleeding heart?
i am bending over backwards to get close to you, but still i feel so far...
because...
girl, you mean so much to me.
i wish that we
could start it over, start it over.
i don't need your sympathy or apologies.
still i'm staring in my coffee cup at six am,
and i cannot give up.
i first heard this son in the freaky friday soundtrack, and the melody was really attractive to me. then i heard the lyrics and thought, gosh, it's just so self-deprecating and incredibly hilarious at the same time! xD it's like a push-and-pull, how most of it cries that he misses her and wants her back, and then random lines here and there point out her flaws and that he shouldn't be thinking that way. it's awesome, so human. great song.
2. weezer, "perfect situation."
what's the deal with my brain?
why am i so obviously insane?
in a perfect situation, i let love down the drain.
there's the pitch, slow and straight,
all I have to do is swing and i'm a hero...
but I'm a zero.
the story behind this one is pretty much the same as for the last one-- i love the melody, the way rivers cuomo sings it is so haunting and mellow, but so powerful in the crescendo. it's the kind of self-deprecating song one listens when one's depressed (actually, most of my soundtrack is, now that i think about it), but that i love to listen when i'm happy, because i can sing it to the top of my lungs and it makes me feel liberated. and the baseball metaphores only add to its charm =3
3. tracy bonham, "mother, mother."
yeah, i'm working, making money;
i'm just starting to build a name.
i can feel it around the corner,
i could make it any day.
mother, mother, can you hear me?
sure, i'm sober; sure, i'm sane.
life is perfect, never better.
still your daughter, still the same.
if i tell you what you want to hear,
will it help you to sleep well at night?
are you sure that i'm your perfect dear?
now just cuddle up and sleep tight.
the guitars in this song are one of the most melodic i've heard in my life; i will seriously never forget that riff as long as i live. and the lyrics are so evocative-- haven't we all been in that position? thrown out into the world when we haven't even figured out that we're supposed to be adults, still hanging onto the remains of childhood and teenage years but not wanting to be a disappointment, and missing home like hell? i know i have, i'm kind of in that situation right now, though i tend not to be as harsh about it as tracy bonham was =P but it's a great song to use as an outlet for frustration-- or as a happy head-banging song if you're weird like moi xD
4. the juliana theory, "into the dark."
dad, your boy is about to fall;
he walks the razor's edge,
he's on the brink of fading out,
he's at his bitter end.
dad, your boy, he used to run, you taught him how to crawl.
he left home to find his own, now all he had is gone.
in your eyes i see a darkness that torments you,
and in your head where it dwells.
i'd give you my hand if you'd reach out and grab it,
let's walk away from this hell.
if you take a look at the lyrics of this song, you'll be astounded. it's so deep, so dark, like it's enveloping you in the desperation and the despair, much like the boy the song is about. but the chorus, it's so uplifting, it's almost like a switch is turned on and hey, there's a light at the end of the tunnel. the melody is enchanting, and haunting, if that's possible at the same time. this is not just any simple song.
5. nine days, "crazy."
the words inside my head
are better left unsaid,
to lie like the ghosts beneath my bed...
don't you know that i'd go crazy?
but i've nothing left to give,
though i'll miss you for a while...
don't you know that i'd go crazy?
but you're on your own tonight,
though you know i'll miss your smile...
this could quite possibly be my favorite song EVER. i love it that much, that i even own its fanlisting. it's very slow, the vocals are prolonged, the beat can almost be considered country (GASP! O_O), but it is a lovely song. it projects so much feeling, and what is more, so many CONFLICTING feelings. it's about what the hearts want to do and what we have to do. it's just wonderful.
6. daughtry, "it's not over."
i was blown away; what could i say?
it all seemed to make sense.
you've taken away everything,
and i can't deal with that.
i try to see the good in life,
but good things in life are hard to find.
we'll blow it away, blow it away.
can we make this something good?
well i'll try to do it right this time around!
let's start over...
i'll try to do it right this time around.
it's not over...
'cause a part of me is dead and in the ground.
this love is killing me, but you're the only one.
it's not over...
yesssss, the song that has taken over the world, i know. but in my defense, it's a damn good song. it's about letting go of pride-- what's there to be proud of if you've lost everything that's important in your world? love is the most important thing, really. i think that's the not-so-underlying message of the song, that one can give up anything except love.
7. camila, "coleccionista de canciones."
tú... con la luna en la cabeza,
el lugar en donde empieza,
el motivo y la ilusión de mi existir,
tan solo tú... solamente quiero que seas tú
mi locura, mi tranquilidad y mi delirio;
mi compás y mi camino.
y solo tú... solamente quiero que seas tú.
yo pongo en tus manos mi destino,
porque vivo para estar siempre contigo.
and a shout-out to the spanish-speaking peepz because i'm sure this is the song that has taken over THEIR world =3 it's a beautiful song, a m00shy luv song actually, but it's truly poetic. it reminds me a lot of jose angel buesa's poetry (he's my favorite poet, if you didn't know), and i think that's why i like it. it kinda awakens the girly side of me xD lol.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! *yet another happy dance*