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I cannot function in a world without music.
I want to fly.
I admit to being extremely random.
I shop to stay sane.
I ♥ my BHs.
I want to travel the world someday.
I learn from the TV.
I actually love school. :|
I believe I am a superhero in my own right. ;))
I lead, but it is He who leads me.
Not the next.
The first.
Multiply!
I can't believe I still have this
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Saturday, August 29, 2009
Satin lives
I will do a movie review. For lack of better stuff to do.
I recently watched Adventureland. Minutes into the movie, I silently (or maybe not so silently) cursed the "from the director of Superbad tag and the gut-wrenchingly funny trailer. They deceived me into thinking then that I downloaded a mindless comedy with moments that are so funny they hurt (like the now-classic McLovin - it had made me SO HAPPY). It was marketed extensively as some kind of tragic slapstick. You know, the painfully funny ones that try to mask their underlying harsh realities by bringing in the laughs. And usually they're wholly successful with the masking, if they get their targetted laugh-and-go sort of audience.
But Adventureland is no tragic slapstick. It presents its heart to you unduly, maybe a tad silently, but definitely with barely any frills. It's a pleasant surprise in fact - later on, I find myself taking back the curses I had lashed out.
Although - for the stuff I'm accustomed to, the movie is quite a sleeper. Not sure if I'm not used to it or it's just not my thing though. I mean, my mind drifts easily, which is why sleepers rarely work for me.
Anyway. The story: the main dude, James (the adorkable Jesse Eisenberg), is apparently my Michael Cera. Maybe even my Shia LaBeouf, to an extent. He is of the new age of leading men - they defy the extreme stereotypical he-mans and hopeless geeks, and instead showing a more realistic, more complex portrayal. They're usually smack in the middle of the social ladder, with everyday quirks and woes, but they can tend to fall in the trap of being - dare I say it - average. So financial constraints prevented James from the European expedition of his dreams, and was instead cruelly sent to work in Adventureland, a nondescript, run-down amusement park. But Adventureland isn't even close to the whimsy it ought to be - it had cheating, knife-wielding bastards for guests, a corrupted system that aims for no one to ever win the elusive giant-ass pandas (supply lack - blame the recession), and a caste system of sorts, with the "Rides" people toppling the "Games." James then meets people, people just like him - seemingly average, but with their own little tragedies.
Stuff happens, and it turns out to be twisted high school. It's cliched, but not really; insane, but not entirely. The realism of it all had compelled me to empathize, maybe even more compared to the doubly tragic and insufferably formulaic soaps that are everywhere nowadays. The ending for me is anti-climactic, but it's undoubtedly beautiful. Somehow, it gave me the impression that the final scene is a metaphor of two people, with lives depressing in their own ways, finally escaping hell together.
And let me add this, totally unrelated to the movie, but a thereafter realization - in a perfect world I aspire for a Robbie (Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging), but in real life, a James would be perfect. One who cares about you enough to tell you the truth, does not tolerate your mistakes even if it would hurt you, and would brave the dangerous, rainy streets of NYC just to be with you again. He won't save you, but he'll help you save yourself. And somehow, in the process, you'll save him too.
Bottom line, Adventureland is silently life-changing and incredibly moving, but only if you allow it to change you and move you. It's melancholic and profound - for others boring, but for some heartbreaking. I don't think it's the replay-type of movie, as its sleeper nature can get dragging, but no dice - it's too memorable, and you won't ever need to watch it again.
♥ ayna: 3:49 PM.
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Satin lives
I will do a movie review. For lack of better stuff to do.
I recently watched Adventureland. Minutes into the movie, I silently (or maybe not so silently) cursed the "from the director of Superbad tag and the gut-wrenchingly funny trailer. They deceived me into thinking then that I downloaded a mindless comedy with moments that are so funny they hurt (like the now-classic McLovin - it had made me SO HAPPY). It was marketed extensively as some kind of tragic slapstick. You know, the painfully funny ones that try to mask their underlying harsh realities by bringing in the laughs. And usually they're wholly successful with the masking, if they get their targetted laugh-and-go sort of audience.
But Adventureland is no tragic slapstick. It presents its heart to you unduly, maybe a tad silently, but definitely with barely any frills. It's a pleasant surprise in fact - later on, I find myself taking back the curses I had lashed out.
Although - for the stuff I'm accustomed to, the movie is quite a sleeper. Not sure if I'm not used to it or it's just not my thing though. I mean, my mind drifts easily, which is why sleepers rarely work for me.
Anyway. The story: the main dude, James (the adorkable Jesse Eisenberg), is apparently my Michael Cera. Maybe even my Shia LaBeouf, to an extent. He is of the new age of leading men - they defy the extreme stereotypical he-mans and hopeless geeks, and instead showing a more realistic, more complex portrayal. They're usually smack in the middle of the social ladder, with everyday quirks and woes, but they can tend to fall in the trap of being - dare I say it - average. So financial constraints prevented James from the European expedition of his dreams, and was instead cruelly sent to work in Adventureland, a nondescript, run-down amusement park. But Adventureland isn't even close to the whimsy it ought to be - it had cheating, knife-wielding bastards for guests, a corrupted system that aims for no one to ever win the elusive giant-ass pandas (supply lack - blame the recession), and a caste system of sorts, with the "Rides" people toppling the "Games." James then meets people, people just like him - seemingly average, but with their own little tragedies.
Stuff happens, and it turns out to be twisted high school. It's cliched, but not really; insane, but not entirely. The realism of it all had compelled me to empathize, maybe even more compared to the doubly tragic and insufferably formulaic soaps that are everywhere nowadays. The ending for me is anti-climactic, but it's undoubtedly beautiful. Somehow, it gave me the impression that the final scene is a metaphor of two people, with lives depressing in their own ways, finally escaping hell together.
And let me add this, totally unrelated to the movie, but a thereafter realization - in a perfect world I aspire for a Robbie (Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging), but in real life, a James would be perfect. One who cares about you enough to tell you the truth, does not tolerate your mistakes even if it would hurt you, and would brave the dangerous, rainy streets of NYC just to be with you again. He won't save you, but he'll help you save yourself. And somehow, in the process, you'll save him too.
Bottom line, Adventureland is silently life-changing and incredibly moving, but only if you allow it to change you and move you. It's melancholic and profound - for others boring, but for some heartbreaking. I don't think it's the replay-type of movie, as its sleeper nature can get dragging, but no dice - it's too memorable, and you won't ever need to watch it again.
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*AN AMAZING LEGACY
*An amazing prom
*Learn to drive
*To still be in Section 2 with my loves Kind of ;))
*Step foot on NYC ♥
*All Time Low’s So Wrong, It’s Right
*A new iPod
*A white MacBook Pro
*Kris Allen as my American Idol
*Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
*Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors
*A new pair of shades
*Automatic Loveletter’s first studio album to come out
*The entire season of Hunter x Hunter and Ultra Maniac
*Skullcandy headphones
*See Marc Nelson in person! :”>
*A new watch
*The 5th time
*A Canon/Nikon DSLR
*A prized neoprint :> :>
*Watch a live NBA game
*My own Robbie (Aaron Johnson) ♥
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