African Queen!

LOVED IT! Ok, so this one is about an African missionary who has been in English owned Africa for almost ten years with her brother. When Germany and England go to war, her colony is attacked by the German, and her brother dies. Luckily, there's this old steamboat captain who is willing to take her away. They soon realize, however, that their way is barred by a giant German ship. They, being both English, decide to blow it up using the supplies that are on the steamboat. It's a really cute and fun story about how this religious uptight woman and this old alcoholic steamboat captain fall in love. I really enjoyed it! :D

My only complaint is that they fell in love awful fast...and he keeps calling her 'ole girl' which would most certainly not be on my list of things to be called. That, and for a strictly religious woman, she sure does fall in love fast and such. You'd think she'd be a little more guarded or something. But whatevers! Watch this one! It's cute.

The Best Years of Our Lives

Ok. I would just like to say this: I am not anti-war when it came to the two World Wars. BUT...I think people have the right to be. And This movie really didn't like people who were anti-war.

It follows 3 veterans returning from War, coming back home to America and their everyday civilian lives. One of the them is an aging alcoholic, one is a captain who doesn't know what he wants in life, and the last one is a teenager who had his hands burned off when his ship was attacked. It sounds a little exciting, right? Um...no. Not at all. I was bored, and I'll confess I even fast forwarded through parts just because I didn't care for the way the characters were behaving.

For example, Al, the older man who comes home to his wife and two kids, is dolling out presents he brought back for his kids from Japan. And he hands his son this flag and says 'I took that off of a dead Jap!' and you can tell that the audience is supposed to think that's a lovely thing to give his son. Which...at least to me, it's really not. Because he stole it off of a DEAD PERSON.

Also, the only action that ever really takes place is when the young captain punches out a man for saying that America was 'suckered into the war' and such. So, basically, it's ok to punch people that dislike the war. Or at least that's the message I got from this film.

Overall, not a good movie...but I have African Queen coming up next, and that's my Mom's favorite movie.

All About Eve

I would recommend this movie for anyone that's involved in Theatre. It's about a woman who wants to become a star on the stage, so she begins to stalk one of the biggest stars and slowly steals her life.

It's got Bette Davis and Marilyn Monroe in it, so that was for sure a plus. It is black and white, but totally a fun watch, if only because it was one of the first movies to take the psychopath approach to a character!

And everyone loves psychopaths...

Angels in America

Angels in America was a fantastic film. Even though it's not on my list of movies, I still watched all 6 hours of it and absolutely adored it. For one thing, it portrayed Mormonism with perfect realism. As a person who has experienced and participated in that religion I know it quite well, and I'm used to movies making it out to be evil or fucked up. Well, it's not. It's just a religion, like any other religion with beliefs and morals. The only difference is that I find Mormonism, so far, to be the least hypocritical religion I've ever come across (with the exception of UCC, which is my belief structure)

But I digress. Angels in America is set in the 1980's and focuses on the AIDS crisis in NY. It blends together the Mormon belief of modern day prophets with the gay populace. I know this sounds messed up, and to some degree it is confusing, but if you watch the film it makes sense.

WARNING: there is anal sex, extremely bloody scenes, and a whole crap ton of nudity and sex. I myself was not bothered by it, but some of you might be.

The Adventures of Robin Hood

I just got done watching the Adventures of Robin Hood! :D ! First, let me say that the background of this movie is interesting. Olivia DeHavilland is Marian, and she played Melanie in Gone with the Wind (which is the BEST MOVIE EVER) I have to say I liked her more in that movie. An actor named Errol Flynn played Robin Hood, and he was a famous playboy. He had a house in Jamaica, and used to play piano...with his sizable penis. Yep, you read this right. That's the rumor that makes him famous.

The movie itself was lighthearted and adorable, although I hated the costumes. Everything was super colorful and not accurate to the time period at all. I have to also say that everyone being in brightly colored tights was a little strange...

Which brings me to my next point. There were super gay undertones...like all the time. There were only 2 women in the whole movie. And, oh my gosh...the men were always touching each other and jumping on each other. And spanking each other with swords...that happened a lot. Anyways, just watch it and you'll get what I'm telling you.

I really loved the love scene were Robin climbs up to Marian's window and asks if she's in love with him though. For some reason I've always been a fan of a boy smiling and saying 'you do love me don't you?!' And when she denies it he threatens to throw himself out of a window. That was cute in a suicidal way!

Well, all over I'd say if you're looking for an old school film to mock you can't go wrong with this one!

This week has been pretty good. I'm really excited for Nuts to start! :D

Last night I got pretty wasted at Jessie's house. And everyone was rating people on a scale of hot, beautiful, or cute. And everyone voted me cute! :/ I didn't like that at all. Why can't I be hot or beautiful?! grrrrrrr

And, on a side note...I am watching Gone with the Wind right now. And I ADORE CLARK GABLE. We would have been soulmates.

Whoo hoo Netfilix!

Netflix sent me the Adventures of Robin Hood, so that should be a fun Friday night flick! I'm excited to really get into the movies.

Thanks to everyone for your words of praise for my blog. To be honest, I was worried people would make fun of it or call me an idiot or something like that. It's nice to know that you guys enjoy what I write.

My rant for today is how expensive the food is on campus. I mean, I know they jack up the prices on everything just so they can make me pay for a crazy expensive meal plan, but I'm really quite sick of it. I mean, at the new Sports Grill it's six bucks for a cheeseburger. Without any add ons like fries or a soda. That costs extra! And the food isn't even good enough to merit the prices. I can't tell you how many times I've had food poisoning over the salads in the union, or bit into a chicken patty and found out it's frozen in the middle. Gross. Ugh.

Happy news! I passed my second math quiz in two days! I'm still finishing up last semester's math class, so I have a lot of homework to do in the Algebra dept...

First Few Reviews!

I have seen some of the movies on my list. So I'll just start by reviewing them! :D

Ben-Hur was a movie that I watched in my American Film History class in High School. It's a pretty long freaking movie, and I just remember being bored by some of the plot lines. It is a very religious movie, which is why some people adore it. However, I'm not a super religious person. If you are, this movie is fantastic. If not, then I would recommend skipping it. There is one scene that is famous from the movie known as the 'Chariot Scene' where a chariot race is happening. What makes this scene so amazing is the special effects that involve quite a few graphic deaths. Usually in movies when a dummy is used instead of a real person we as viewers can automatically tell you its a dummy. This is not the case in Ben-Hur. A man gets run over by horses and a chariot and you are pretty sure somebody actually died filming that scene.

The Birth of a Nation, while important in it's own right in the history of movies, is just awful to watch as a modern day viewer. It's a silent film that glorifies the Confederacy. The good guys at the end are the KKK. And there is a lot of other plotline in there but honestly I don't care to recall it.

Well, consider those my first two very short reviews :)

Kicking it off.

I went to the public library in Brookings today (love that place!) and got 3 movies. One of the movies is not on the list but I've always wanted to see it. It's Angels in America. So that's one that's not part of the list. But the other two were 'The best years of our lives' and 'All about eve' Pardon the odd capitalization. my shift button isn't working...

on a side note, I am totally in love with Gregory jensen. :) we just got off the phone and I can't imagine finding anyone like him anywhere else. he makes me laugh until i can't breathe. And he's just...I can't wait until I get to see him again

<3

Eh...

It's kind of obvious that nobody really gives a shit about what I do on this blog except Greg. So, I'm going to do the movie thing. Not for anybody else though. Just because I want to. I want to see something that makes me happy.

This is the list I'm using to determine what movies to watch:

http://www.filmsite.org/momentsindx.html#100greats

I've seen some of them already, so I might skip a few (like Ben-Hur and Birth of a Nation...because I hated them...)

Anyhoozle, keep reading if you want!

Lol well I'm not sure how much...

I don't know who reads this anymore I guess...I don't even know if anyone does! But if you want, you can vote. I'm leaning toward the movie thing. But I might change my mind!

Also...today marks the first day Jake has ever yelled at me...and it was a lot more hurtful than he'll ever know.

VOTE!

So...I'm going to either watch my way through the 100 best movies of all time and blog about it. Or I'll listen to the 100 best albums of all time and blog about it. Or I'm going to read the 100 best novels of all time and blog about it...

So you guys should let me know what you wanna read.

This blog needs a purpose.

I just got done watching 'Julie and Julia' and it's a really great movie about a girl who uses her blog to diary cooking through Julia Child's cook book!I am going to try and figure out how to do something like that....

Not cooking of course. I can't even make grilled cheese. But something else. Something reading related maybe...I'm not sure. I'll figure something out. If anyone has any suggestions I'm wide open! :D

Whoo hoo! Prequel!

I recently got done with a book that is set up as a prequel to one of my favorite book series! If you've ever read 'City of Ashes' or any of those books, there be a prequel! :D Only it ends with a total cliffhanger...so if those frustrate you then I warn against it.

Today was Greg and I's 13 month. We didn't do much in the way of dates. We basically lay on his bed and watched the office and snuggled. Twas very much a great evening! :D

I'm making lots of new friends in the Theater now thanks to Capers. It's odd to have so many guys hitting on me now though. Since Greg isn't around to 'guard his territory' or whatever I guess that translates into 'LETS HIT ON LIBBY A SHIT TON!' Which is flattering of course. But it just feels strange...

Hmmmm...not sure what school I'm going to next year! Whoo hoo for uncertainty! :D