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...also known as the video where Tom Felton wins your heart just by saying, 'BOO YAH'.

I heart that boy so much.

Zits

This is interesting. CBS apparently picked up the rights to Jerry Scott's and cartoonist Jim Borgmann's popular comic strip, Zits. The live-action comedy explores the life of 16-year old Jeremy Duncan and his comical relationship with his parents.

I love this comic strip. It's funny, witty, and oh-so-true. My slacker of a brother specially gets a kick out of it. Every time he reads it in the newspaper he just screams "MY! LIFE! MY FUCKIN LIFE!"

So the question now is...can this brilliant concept translate well into TV? Much of my reservation for this stems from the fact that Zits works best in small doses. The jokes are short, quick, and funny. But for a half-hour show, there's a huge chance that it'll just turn out whiny and annoying.

The only upside to this is that, if they really follow the vein of the comic strip, we might finally be able to see a teen-oriented show that depicts high school life realistically: bad clothes, mediocrity, and omg zits.

Oh CW, I love the way you lie... 

Red Riding Hood

The trailer for Summit’s Red Riding Hood was recently released and boy, this is definitely not the Little Red of your childhood.

Because if you were like me, the version that was read to you many times tells the story of a little girl in a bright red hood who meets a wolf in the middle of woods en route to her granny’s house. Little Red tells Mr. Wolf of her plans, and because he’s a big bad hungry wolf (they always are), he hurries to grandma’s house, gets there before the girl does, eats grandma, wears her clothes, and waits for the girl. When she gets there she goes “Oh what big teeth you have”. Aaand he eats her.

In the end though they were deus ex machinally (yes, I just used that as an adverb) saved by a hunter who just happen to passed by. He cuts the wolf’s belly and saves Little Red and Grandma.

Also. If you were like me, my Little Red Riding Hood story-telling experience involved a creepy topsy turvy doll. On one side, it’s granny. On the back side, it’s the wolf in granny’s clothes. Now if you flip the skirt, surprise! It turns into Little Red. SO DISTURBING.

Anyhoo. This new film starring Amanda Seyfreid is more of a retelling of the classic tale.

Ooh I love using that word, “retelling”. It’s something that I picked up in college along with the knowledge that wolves don’t talk and they don’t eat their prey like a boa constrictor does.

You know what else college teaches you aside from procrastination, weed, caffeine, weed, beer bong, weed, and Foucault? It teaches you that fairy tales and children stories are not what they always deemed to be. Mice won’t make ball dresses for you. Princes can and will have sex with you while you’re in a coma. And in the case of Little Red… there is bestiality.

So you see. There was a reason why Retelling was such a popular elective back in my university.

In this 2011 version, the film opts for a darker and more-Gothic tone. I like it. The cinematography looks beautiful. Gary Oldman is in it! And no, there is no bestiality. But yes, there is a hint of sex. With a smexy hunter. And because I have a feeling this story would take the Angela Carter route, then that boy is the mystery werewolf. Spoiler schmoiler. It makes sense, right? Because if there’s anything that Taylor Lautner has taught us… 

Hmmm. Wait. What? Oh yeah, so as I was saying before I got distracted with abs is that…

GAH! khdflkgjh;gdjskfhlfwrypjhlhng;'jfhl. Anyway, this adaptation is directed by Catherine Hardwicke of the Twilight fame. You could easily sense that from the sweeping shots of landscapes with tall coniferous trees and the cheesy googly-eyed Bella-Edward exchange between Amanda Seyfreid and Shiloh Fernandez when he said “I’m wrong for you” and she goes, “I don’t care” and omg I am tempted to add another Taylor Lautner pic. But I don’t want to lose the two people who actually bother to read this blog. So here’s the trailer. Enjoy.



What do you think? Do you like it? What versions of this story have you read, liked, or found interesting? If you ask me, this version is my favorite:

Carrey Mulligan in The Great Gatsby

I knew it. I knew it.

After every credible white actress in Hollywood competed for the coveted role of Daisy Buchanan in the highly buzzed Baz Luhrmann rendition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, casting closed deal and the part finally went to.... Carrey Mulligan.

She is not my top choice for the role. I am a Keira Knightely fangirl who can not imagine her doing anything that does not involve the words "period costume" so imo, she should have had this in the bag. Not that I have anything against Grandma Mulligan, acting-wise. I mean, she was great in An Education. It's just that, I don't find her exciting. At all. I stare at her and immediately I feel like grabbing some yarn and knitting needles.

But my unfounded bias aside, I kind of had a feeling she'll end up getting the part. If only because the other actresses who were in the running to be America's next Daisy Buchanan (say it, like Tyra does), were either:

a) already attached with so many projects that it will be physically impossible for them to squeeze in a big budget glitterati film of this kind (ie. Scarlett Johansson who is slated to do Cameron Crowe's We Bought a Zoo and of course the upcoming Marvel-juggernaut The Avengers)    

b) busy writing "the female version of Superbad", blowjobs and all (ie. Natalie Portman)

c) is going to have a mini-hiatus from acting (ie. Michelle Williams)

d) Serena van der Woodsen

Considering the options, and when I say that I mean OPTION D, Carrey Mulligan doesn't seem so bad after all. 

Belle du Seigneur

GYADDAMIT! Here's another case of beautiful people being beautiful. Two of my favorite people are coming together for an awesome film. Supermodel Natalia Vodianova teams up with Jonathan Rhys Meyers also known as the man with the eyes that rape The Tudors' King Henry for her debut leading role (let's just all forget that she was part in the epic disaster that is Clash of the Titans. As the she-monster Medusa, they didn't really utilize her gorgeous face properly. But then again, that movie didn't utilize the whole freakin Greek mythology properly either). The film is an adaptation of Albert Cohen's best-selling novel about the love affair between a WWII Jewish high-ranking official and a married Swiss woman.

It pretty much sounds like every other period love story that existed. There's drama, war, forbidden love, infuriatingly good looking people, picturesque locations, and even though these early photos are making it seem like they are posing for Horse Connection magazine or a highly stylized Ralph Lauren ad campaign (oh the breeches!), I'm sure, there will be a lot of pretty costumes too.

Belle du Seigneur will be released on 2012.

Beautiful people being beautiful

Jeremy Young and Sara Blomqvist
by Andreas Öhlund for Stockholm, Spring 2011

Jane Eyre

HOMAYGAWD IT'S THE JANE EYRE TRAILER WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!!!

Okay maybe not. It's just me who gets excited over these things because I'm a nerd like that.

But seriously. This film is already marked on my calendar. I think I love how they teased this movie as a suspense thriller of sorts instead of highlighting the love story or the melodramatic woe is the orphan angle that other adaptations have done.

I've seen the 1996 Franco Zeffirelli version with William Hurt as Rochester and Charlotte Gainsbourg as Jane. And while that movie was well done, I am anxious to see what the new cast and director Cary Fukunaga can do with this.

And then let's be honest. I think 80% of the reason why I'm dying to see this is because Rochester is going to be played by one Michael Fassbender!!! C'mon! Not only does he have an awesome name, but he is also hot. FOR REALZ.

You don't think so? You're not agreeing? Goddamit! Have you not seen 300? Or Inglourious Basterds?

OMG WHY ARE YOU STILL ALIVE??!

OH LORDEH

I used to have a blog.

I liked the idea of having one. It was comforting to know that there was a place where I can rave and rant and my mother wouldn’t be around to police it. It was even more reassuring when one or two people will respond to my posts and share the same sentiment. It sure feels good to know that there are other crazies out there.

I miss that feeling.

I miss writing.

I also miss the crazies.

*waves hi to you*



What to expect in this blog:

Random musings from a random girl. How very tween, right? But that is exactly what I intend to do. As with my old now dead blog, I’ll keep things simple and pop culture infused. No deep personal shit. Unless it’s necessary. I think you deserve to know when Jake Gyllenhaal and I are going to get married.

Don’t expect this blog to be smart. Or high brow.

Don’t expect it to be free of internet language. SRZLY. Lol.

Don’t expect it to be in perfect grammar / perfect English. I know I’m an English Lit major. I am also fully aware that my parents broke their backs to send me to the best schools in the country to perfect my grasp of the English language. Sadly, the internet has rendered me stupid.



Things I’ll talk about:

Books/Literature
I can’t live without them. If I don’t read at least ONE book a week, I feel incomplete. It's like leaving your house without brushing your teeth.

I don't know about you but I can't live with bad breath...

Film/TV/Music
You know, I wish I had a filter for the music I listen to, for the films that I see, or the TV shows that I watch. SADLY, I don't. I am not selective when it comes to these things.

So don't judge me for citing "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" as a source of entertainment.

Pictures/Artwork
They say it’s worth a thousand words.

Fashion/Style/Shopping
I am a girl. Deal with it.

Boys/Men
My ovaries are my bitches.

Again, deal with it.