Monday, July 15, 2013

Pacific Rim Review

I don't know how to start these kind of interactions. I always get nervous approaching a new venture like yourself. I saw you from across the hall and you looked pretty cool. You're not like everybody else here. You're lighthearted, fun, and genuinely original. I miss meeting unique people. Plus look at your style! You look brand new yet I can see the influences from the past! That shows respect and I love that. Oh I'm sorry, my name is Ethan. Nice to meet you, Pacific Rim.

Friday, July 5, 2013

Bling Ring Review

Like many, I was pretty excited when I saw the trailer for Bling Ring. There are 3 reasons as to why: 1) Emma Watson was in it, and she’s been pretty successful in her post-Potter roles. 2) The real life story behind the movie is fascinating. 3) I have a weakness for tragedies of which a character death takes place, and not physical death. This is when a character is a fairly normal/ successful person at the start of the story, then suddenly an event causes them to be obsessed with an idea (money, fame, revenge) and this idea causes their personality to do a complete 180, leading to their ultimate demise. Good examples of Character death would be Sweeney Todd, Death Note, Lord of the Flies, Requiem for a Dream, and even Great Gatsby in a sense. With everything I’ve researched on the Bling Ring, this seemed to be a prime example of one of those movies. A fascinating true life story of how the idea of fame consumed and destroyed the life of upper-class west coast teens. I say seemed to be because it wasn’t, and in fact it is the single most irritating movie I’ve ever seen in my life.