Hot guys do not redeem bad movies.
This morning I felt a little bit like Amelia Earhart as I took a solitary voyage to Nassau Inn, scouting out the place where, beginning tomorrow, I will be teaching a 17-or-so class of students preparing for the MCAT. Traffic wasn't as bad as I expected it to be, but on the way back I decided to take a different route and ended up finding myself heading towards the dreaded Somerville Circle, which is this terrible, 349-road roundabout that goes every which way and is fraught with danger. My mother says that a bunch of her coworkers don't even dare to drive that way, so they take other routes to work. Anyway, I am very proud of myself for getting through it alone without any mishaps, so I just felt I had to mark down this historic occasion.
In other news, my dad finally set up the karaoke machine we bought in China, which, as anticipated, is much fun, heh. The song collection isn't really impressive, since many of the songs are only MIDI files w/ no vocals, and most of them are old anyway, but there's a generous scattering of pop music too, so I think I will be learning many Jay Chou songs this summer :D
Two Movies Not To Watch (no matter how much your curiosity tempts you)- unless you have a lot of free time and are deathly bored.
- Prince Caspian
Dulllll. I found myself fast forwarding through practically anything in this movie that didn't have dialogue, which was quite a lot. I remember liking the book, but anything that I liked about it doesn't seem to be in the movie, or maybe I just forgot. The little mouse, Reepicheep (I'm going to name one of my pets that some day...), was probably the best part of the movie, though having Peter (William Moseley) all grown up and doing the dark-and-brooding routine was a little bit of a plus too XD Other than that, the only other exciting moment was when the White Witch made an almost-appearance. I kind of wish she'd actually made it back, just so it'd be more interesting.
- Koizora
The title of this movie is literally translated as "Sky of Love." If that doesn't give you a perfectly good idea of what this utterly sappy chick flick was like, how about the main male lead being scripted, at some point, to say: "This is the power of my love"? -_-; I actually feel bad for the actor, who is not too shabby in terms of looks, though he is two years younger than I. ::feels mildly pedophilic:: Have a looksie at one of Japan's newest and hottest boy-toys:
But! Boy with bleached-blond hair aside, what other incentives are there for watching two hours worth of dramatized fluff? Taking pictures of the sky w/ handy cell-phone-cam! Promise rings! Shags in the school library! and angst, angst, angst galore... Admittedly, the cinematography is gorgeous. However, please, do not watch for the sake of your own brain cells. Half of mine have already perished.
In other news, my dad finally set up the karaoke machine we bought in China, which, as anticipated, is much fun, heh. The song collection isn't really impressive, since many of the songs are only MIDI files w/ no vocals, and most of them are old anyway, but there's a generous scattering of pop music too, so I think I will be learning many Jay Chou songs this summer :D
Two Movies Not To Watch (no matter how much your curiosity tempts you)- unless you have a lot of free time and are deathly bored.
- Prince Caspian
Dulllll. I found myself fast forwarding through practically anything in this movie that didn't have dialogue, which was quite a lot. I remember liking the book, but anything that I liked about it doesn't seem to be in the movie, or maybe I just forgot. The little mouse, Reepicheep (I'm going to name one of my pets that some day...), was probably the best part of the movie, though having Peter (William Moseley) all grown up and doing the dark-and-brooding routine was a little bit of a plus too XD Other than that, the only other exciting moment was when the White Witch made an almost-appearance. I kind of wish she'd actually made it back, just so it'd be more interesting.
- Koizora
The title of this movie is literally translated as "Sky of Love." If that doesn't give you a perfectly good idea of what this utterly sappy chick flick was like, how about the main male lead being scripted, at some point, to say: "This is the power of my love"? -_-; I actually feel bad for the actor, who is not too shabby in terms of looks, though he is two years younger than I. ::feels mildly pedophilic:: Have a looksie at one of Japan's newest and hottest boy-toys:
But! Boy with bleached-blond hair aside, what other incentives are there for watching two hours worth of dramatized fluff? Taking pictures of the sky w/ handy cell-phone-cam! Promise rings! Shags in the school library! and angst, angst, angst galore... Admittedly, the cinematography is gorgeous. However, please, do not watch for the sake of your own brain cells. Half of mine have already perished.