MOVIE TIME!! Scream 4: He's baaaaaaack...

(WARNING: If you have not seen this movie then I suggest you stop reading because I am holding nothing back regarding what happens in this movie. Therefore if you continue reading, you are hereby not allowed to blame me for ruining the ending for you. Neener Neener Neener)

The Cast: (Let's be serious here: Who wasn't in this movie?) Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Anthony Anderson, Adam Brody, Rory Culkin, Erik Knudsen, Lucy Hale, Shenae Grimes, Anna Paquin, Kristen Bell, Aimee Teegarden, Brittany Robertson, Alison Brie, Marley Shelton. 

Phew that's a lot of people! The cast was not that bad. The acting is what it is. I was pretty happy to see Adam Brody whom I have loved ever since his days on the OC. He dies terribly. I mean both the way he died and his acting abilities in terms of death scenes. Ouch. (Trust me that ruins nothing). There are a lot of supporting characters that I hope get more recognition because they were fantastic. I thought Courteney Cox went a little Monica in this one and wasn't really the Gale Weathers I remember.

The only problem that I had with the cast was that they tried (and succeeded I guess?) to make the women all talk like dirty sailors and sound really super bitchy. Now I myself curse a LOT and I can also be super bitchy. It's just weird and unnecessary to watch actresses who normally don't play bitchy-constantly cursing people (and probably but possibly are like that in real life) on the big screen. Other than that, awesome! Love that the original cast came back! You know...minus the tons of people that died. Sad. 

The Plot: I find it REALLY unnecessary to have to tell anyone what this movie was about but I'll go into it. It's the anniversary of the horrible murders and stabbings of the Ghost Face killer in good ol' Woodsboro and (shocking!) Sidney Prescott herself is back in town! Oddly enough on the day of her arrival for her book tour, the killer strikes again. A series of stabbings, with new twists and turns of course, ensues. Will Sidney actually survive this one?

The Real Deal: As usual if you're reading my blog you probably get a sense of LOTS of sarcasm coming from me when describing the plot. That's because this is (hopefully) the last in this series. When you get past number 2 in a movie franchise, it's hard to take it seriously. Except Harry Potter. OBVIOUSLY I take that very seriously. 

So don't take my sarcasm the wrong way. I will admit I was excited to see this but being an avid scary/horror movie watcher (or any movie in general) I get skeptical when someone tries to continue a series. Especially when the last one was 11 years ago! However in this case I would like to say....I was pleasantly surprised! 

It's completely possible that I enjoyed this movie more because I saw it in an IMAX theater with ridiculously loud surround sound (seriously I think CHINA heard this movie tonight) so perhaps the movie itself was pounded into my head so much that I liked it. But I really did enjoy myself. I was on the edge of my seat most of the time and jumped a LOT. Plus I kept going back and forth the entire time about who the killer is! (Despite my mean warning at the beginning of every blog including this one, and although I REALLY want to...I wont spoil who the killer is. Happy?) 

All in all if you ever liked the other Scream movies then you will most likely enjoy this one. I mean Wes Craven himself directed this one, so you know it has to be half decent...right? Maybe? No? Well I thought he did a good job. It's entertaining, gory when it needs to be, jumpy when it should be and if you want to have a good time and be able to sleep at night (because you know this isn't THAT scary) then I suggest you go see it. 

Just make sure you can answer one questione before you do: What's your favorite scary movie?

MOVIE TIME!! Adjustment Bureau suspense thriller…. SIKE!!

(WARNING: If you have not seen this movie then I suggest you stop reading because I am holding nothing back regarding what happens in this movie. Therefore if you continue reading, you are hereby not allowed to blame me for ruining the ending for you. Neener Neener Neener)

The Cast: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Michael Kelly, Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Terrence Stamp

I really enjoyed all people in this movie. I liked that they kept Emily Blunt’s accent. I thought her and Matt Damon had really great chemistry. Overall there really isn’t much to say about this cast because I thought they all played their parts very well.

The Plot: Matt Damon is a young politician running for Senate despite being known as a rowdy Frat guy from Brooklyn. He seems to be the campaign favorite until a scandal surrounding a college prank splashes photos of him at the scene of the crime causing him to lose the political race. The night he loses he meets Emily Blunt’s character in the men’s bathroom and they hit it off right away with such great witty banter everyone wishes they had when they meet their soul mate and they end up making out until Damon’s campaign manager interrupts them. She runs away and her charismatic personality and words give Damon the courage to give a speech that saves his political career.  After he loses the race and goes back to the real world he meets Blunt again on a bus, but according to some guys in fedoras, that was not supposed to happen. Despite the odds (or guys in suits and fedoras) against him the two lovebirds that are not supposed to meet and fall in love manage to defy the odds and stay together. But it’s not easy.

The Real Deal: I’m sure everyone thought when they saw the trailer (as did I) that this was going to be a suspense thriller with chasing and action and sure there might be some sprinkles of love like most movies, but it’s really just about the suspense. WRONG! And what a great wrong it is! Yes there is suspense and a tiny bit of action (mostly just lots of running from the guys in spiffy fedoras) but who woulda thunkit that the real theme of this movie is that true love conquers all!

I went into this movie not knowing too much about it except for what I could get from the trailer which seemed like these two people like each other and keep running into each other and then these guys in cool Brat-Pack hats chase them everywhere. Which is actually the gist of the movie but yet there is so much more. Like I mentioned earlier I thought the chemistry between Damon and Blunt was just incredible. I mean they had the kind of movie relationship that I wish would happen in real life and also causes me to hate Hollywood for creating something that is obviously not real. Damn you Hollywood.

The real theme of the movie is not just that things are meant to be (which I totally believe!) but that true love conquers all. If you meet your other half and you really believe that you should be together then you will. And sure maybe you didn’t mean to spill your coffee on your shirt but maybe because you did and you missed the bus and got on the next one, you could meet the girl/guy of your dreams. Aren’t you glad you have that huge stain on your shirt now?

Stalking. Hey, its OK now!

In the past if you wanted to find ANYTHING about anyone, you probably felt a little weird about it. You don't want to seem too interested or ask too many questions because then everyone would think you're weird. Except now that practically everyone has a Facebook page, a Twitter page, a blog, or a YouTube video it is super easy to find at least something about everyone. And the funny thing about that, is that it's becoming more and more acceptable!
The website that is making more and more advances in stalking is Facebook. You may have thought it was Google since you can Google anything and everything these days (and trust me...I do), but nope its handy dandy Facebook. Sure you can manage your privacy settings and make it so that specific people can't see your pictures or wall posts (phew!) but now Facebook has come up with a, somewhat genius, new feature to help stalk the ones you love. Or want to love.
It's called the Breakup Notifier. If you have a crush and they happen to be involved with someone (for now) you can sign up with the Breakup Notifier and if/when they breakup with their old lover, they will notify you of the change giving you the opportunity to be their new lover! To get started on your quest for some stalktastic lovin' you go to the website, found conveniently at breakupnotifier.com, and you can begin your Stalking for Love journey a few easy steps: Login with your Facebook login, pick the person (or people; who says you can only love one person?) whom you want to be notified about and you're done! If the people you chose change their relationship status, you will be the first to find out.
I'd like to say that this new feature will help curb everyones stalking tendencies but lets be honest. You're totally checking their profile right now? Aren't you? AREN'T YOU?!
It's ok. I forgive you :)

MOVIE TIME! Human Centipede...Grossly Disappointing...

(WARNING: If you have not seen this movie then I suggest you stop reading because I am holding nothing back regarding what happens in this movie. Therefore if you continue reading, you are hereby not allowed to blame me for ruining the ending for you. Neener Neener Neener)


The Cast: This movie really had no known people in it which on the one hand is sometimes disappointing because you want to see people you recognize, but at the same time I think having nobodies kind of saved this movie from being just entirely bad. Which it wasn't, but it wasn't that great either. More on that later. The never-heard-of-you-before stars of this movie are Dieter Laser, Ashley Williams, Ashlynn Yennie, and Akihior Kitamura. (There are also two other people in this movie but their parts are small and somewhat unimportant as they get killed off fairly quickly so…I'm just not going to mention them. Woops!). 


So I will give the biggest props I would say to Dieter Laser for being seriously creepy. I mean you can already tell from the title of the movie that it's creepy but Mr. Laser ups the creepy ante just being…himself. The girls are pretty forgettable but I will give them credit for expressing such emotion with their eyes and moans, considering for the better part of the movie they don't…or I should say can't speak. Kitamura I was not the biggest fan of so I don't really feel the need to mention him more than once.


The Plot: In case you didn't Google this movie immediately when you first heard about it or you can't guess from the title I'll help fill you in a little. The movie starts out like most European horror movies. Two pretty but probably not the smartest light bulbs in the bunch are on vacation in Germany and are going out to a night club. Or they at least attempt to. They drive around in the dark and get lost and then their tire blows and then, wait what's that? ITS RAINING? No way! After they sit around waiting for magical cell phone reception to appear, and after a seriously creepy German man drives by and says dirty things to them in German, they decide to brave the elements and venture out on foot in search of a phone and some help. Unfortunately for them they stumble upon the home of Dr. Heiter who at one time was praised for his fantastic surgical skills at separating conjoined twins. However somewhere down the road Dr. Heiter decided he enjoyed attaching people or other living things together instead of taking them apart. Which is where the name of the movie comes in. Dr. Heiter has the brilliant idea that he wants to attach humans together to create the first Human Centipede. And unfortunately for the traveling ladies, they are now a part of this disgusting plan. So is the Asian guy Dr. Heiter goes out and tranquilizes somewhere. 


The Real Deal: The idea of a Human Centipede is gross to just think about in general and then watching it happening is kind of an odd experience. You're fascinated, but horrified, but weirded out and yet intrigued at the same time. And I don't know about anyone else but the entire time I was just waiting for the point in the movie when the whole point of them being connected would happen. Because in order for the whole Human Centipede thing to work, Dr. Heiter attached his unlucky patients ass to face. Yes I'm serious. So after the initial surgery occurs what the audience is left to watch roam around is Kitamura at the front, followed by the two BFF's attached to the ass of the person in front of them. Which looks painful and awkward and embarrassing which is then just flat out horrifying when the front person east, and then has to go to the bathroom at a later point. I'll leave you with that image. 


I really wanted to like this movie from the second I heard about it. Being the huge horror movie buff that I am I was really looking forward to it. What I found was a kind of slow and boring movie, with really gross parts that were somewhat entertaining and then the initial excitement was kind of just a one trick pony. I wanted so much more out of this movie that I was left really disappointed. Some specific things that I was disappointed with: The fact that more than one language was being spoken throughout the movie. I don't mind subtitles at all. Except it gets annoying when I'm trying to watch a movie and it just gets confusing and too much to listen to/watch when theres Japanese, German, and English happening all in the same scene. Too much. The slow parts were really slow as well. Even the semi-painful parts, such as when Dr. Heiter makes his Human Centipede crawl and "fetch" the paper on the lawn. That was painful for a minute and then just awkward and weird. If you are the huge horror fan like me, then you might want to see this movie just to see it. If you're looking to be really entertained…you might want to skip. 

Human Centipede? Is it Gross I'm kind of Psyched...

So for those that are not big horror movie buffs or perhaps you just haven't caught wind of it yet, there is a majorly awesome movie that has hit limited theaters. This little gem (or what I hope is a gem) is called The Human Centipede.
Now I haven't actually seen this movie yet, so this blog will not be a review, but more of an introduction and my thoughts on what will be seen. Review will come soon because I MUST see this disgusting yet awesome looking movie.
So in case you can't tell from the title (which is one of my favorite things by the way; I love movies that tell you EXACTLY what you're in for. Other examples include Drag Me to Hell, The Breakup, etc.) the movie is about this German surgeon who at one time was highly praised for his great work until he went a little crazy and tried attaching multiples of subjects together. Fortunately for him, a couple of American tourist girls get lost in the woods (typical) and run to his house for safety and warmth. Unfortunately for the poor American girls, they then get trapped in this crazy German house of horrors where they are the new playthings for the creepy surgeon who wants to attach them and a fellow Asian man into one human centipede. 
From the preview, and some reviews I have read, this movie basically does every disgusting thing you can think of and you get to see it all. 
The actors in this movie are all basically unknowns according to IMDB.com. Unless you remember any extra Asian man from reality shows such as From G's to Gents, or New York goes to Hollywood or you are a regular watcher of German movies. If you are then you will get to see your favorite actors ripped apart and go nuts! Otherwise, for everyone else, you will be watching people whom you have never seen before, (and most likely wont be seeing in the sequel) get torn apart and tortured. Now who doesn't love that?
As an extra little surprise for you all who are as excited as I am, the writer/director Tom Six, has already said that he is in the process of writing and creating a sequel to this which includes, are you ready for this? A 24 PERSON HUMAN CENTIPEDE! Now since I haven't already seen the first centipede movie I can't vouch for how gross and creepy it actually is...but I can use my imagination to get an idea of the sequel. SO FREAKING EXCITED.
For those that are interested in seeing this movie in theaters the closest theater I found playing it (closest to Long Island that is) is the IFC theater located at 323 Avenue of the Americas in NYC. (Its a pretty awesome theater so if you want to go see this nastily amazing flick in theaters, which I suggest, then this is the theater to go to. Plus you kind of have no choice.)
Have a great weekend everyone!
If anyone has seen this movie already and would like to voice their opinions please do below!

Vegetarian Weekdays....Vege-WHAT?!

So its nothing new that vegetarian and vegan lifestyles are becoming more and more popular. I attempted becoming a vegetarian for about a month last summer. I accidentally watched one of those horrifying PETA videos where they show you how unbelievably cruel people are to the animals that we eat. I cried watching it, and I only watched maybe half it was so awful and sad. After watching the video it made me disgusted to eat meat at all because I felt so insanely bad for those poor animals. At the beginning it was pretty easy eating just vegetables all the time.  (The meatless hot-dogs were the biggest turn off though. I don't even know WHAT those things were. Yuck.) However veggie sammiches were quite delicious it turns out. I actually still eat them today even though I went back to eating meat. My long and boring point is that being a vegetarian and/or vegan are really not the hardest things to do. The only reason I stopped by the way is because I love meat. I live on chicken and cheeseburgers are my absolute favorite food in the whole world. I have a necklace with a hamburger to prove it. True story. 

What sparked this blog is that more and more I keep hearing about people saying how great being a vegetarian/vegan is. The health benefits and how great you feel and all that good stuff. Well it seems as though those people are being heard. According to a blog article on Glamour.com, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has officially ordered that Mondays now become Meatless Mondays. They are encouraging restaurants, grocery stores, and even schools to offer vegetarian friendly options and food goers and buyers to not consume and/or buy meat on Mondays. Officials say that they are against the meat industry because of what the meat packing plants do to the environment, how they treat most animals in those plants, and also for health reasons. People who eat less read meat are less likely to have cardiovascular disease or high cholesterol. 

I think that Meatless Mondays are a fantastic idea. I often have this conversation with my parents, who are huge organic food nuts. At this point in time almost every item of food in my house right now is organic. And it's really difficult for my dad to find a lot of organic food. He often travels to Brooklyn to an organic butcher to stock up on meat for us. We always talk about how we should eat more like vegetarians because when you eat a lot of vegetable dishes, it's actually quite filling. Or using products such as tofu as a main dish makes it feel like you're eating an entire meal and more satisfied. 

I don't think I will be going back to my meatless ways anytime in the near future. However my love of vegetables does make me consider it every now and then. And despite the fact that I just ate a bowl from Chipotle with chicken in it, I totally could have eaten the entire thing minus the chicken. All the veggies and rice made it that tasty. 

If you would like to read the blog post where I read about this you can click here. Have a great Monday everyone! And if its Meatless Monday for you, more power to ya. 

I'm Addic....I'm Addicted to you....

There are lots of things in this world that everyone is obsessed with. Losing weight. Celebrities. Justin Bieber. Something else I noticed that everyone is obsessed with lately is Addiction. 

There is a ridiculous amount of shows that center around the topic of Addiction. Mainly alcohol and drug addiction. There is Intervention on A&E. Addicted on TLC. I saw an ad for a show on addiction on CNN. What is with everyone's obsession with other people's addictions? I understand the curiosity because as someone who does not do drugs, sure I'm a little curious how they work and what happens when you take them. Clearly you get addicted. But when did this obsession to find more information come about?

Perhaps this is the only way people can experience what happens when taking these drugs without actually harming themselves. I have no idea. The only thing I do know is that everyone seems to really want to tune-in, and find out. 

It's kind of interesting that people are getting equally addicted to watching programs that revolve around other people's addictions. Maybe there should be shows on how much people are addicted to watching television. Would that even get the point across? Which brings me to another point (in case anyone is wondering about the direction of this blog...I'm not sure. It's going to be kind of a stream of consciousness kind of day. And you're going to like it).

The point, as far as I can see, of most of these addiction shows, is to show you how harmful the effects of drugs/drinking can be. Not only to the person doing them but also to the people around them and how substance abuse can basically destroy their life. Shouldn't that be some kind of warning to all the viewers? DO NOT DO DRUGS. YOU WILL BE SICK. YOU WILL DIE. YOU WILL HURT EVERYONE YOU LOVE. And yet, producers for these shows keep finding more and more people to be a part of the show. 

Not to mention they keep finding more people to be on Intervention. How is that? Do the drug users spend all their money on drugs so much so that they don't have a television and have never seen the show? How do they keep finding people to be on Intervention and not have any idea they're going to be intervened by everyone they know and love. Riddle me that.(I'm aware that most of these people are probably so drugged up they have no idea what is going on. But come on. Not one of them suspects something weird? Or has seen the show at all? Really?)

So back to my earlier point I was trying to make. Clearly watching all of these shows on how addicting drugs and alcohol are and how harmful they can be to every aspect of your life, is not really being very educational. It's possible the shows are being educational in the sense that you might say to yourself "Oh gross, I didn't know that doing meth can make your teeth rot so bad!" (I actually did learn this from watching an episode of True Life). But are people really saying to themselves "Oh wow look at that...I am never doing drugs!" or "Yikes, I don't want drinking to take over my life like that!". Probably not. I'm also pretty sure people are more likely to say "I will never do drugs" than the word 'Yikes'. Obviously these shows are not as educational as they could be, since there seems to be a never ending supply of people to be featured on them.
Clearly this obsession with people's terrible addictions is going to continue until we all find something better to be interested in. Or until Justin Bieber's voice changes. WHAT WILL WE DO THEN???