Vent Sesh

I just need to vent for a quick second.  Anyone remember Project Runway?  Yeah, most people do.  Which is why it is SO not okay for Bravo (the same channel that created Project Runway) to just dismiss that monumental designer show and replace it with "The Fashion Show".  Clearly, their recipe for shows such as this include equal parts famous supermodel, fashion designer, and harsh yet loved critic.  I'm not fooled by your tricks, Bravo.  I see what you're doing and I'm not going to watch. 

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Badass Ad of the Week

The first time I saw this commercial, I thought it was going to have something to do with the 7 degrees of Kevin Bacon.  He just looks like such a NERD as this guy and that makes it much funnier.  Enjoy!

Black Swan...WTF

This picture gives me nightmares.

Upon the movie’s end, I sat speechless for approximately two minutes while the credits started rolling.  Fortunately, I am no longer speechless and thus can attempt to put into words my review of the movie Black Swan starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, and Vincent Cassel.  The movie is about the cutthroat world of ballet and its ability to delude the dancers that compete for the principal role.  So basically, take that comforting and beautiful idea of ballet that you had in your head and throw it away.  Black Swan gives it to you raw and real and at times even makes you feel uncomfortable.

Natalie Portman plays Nina Sayers in what will inevitably be an Oscar-winning role.  Nina is a perfectionist who is influenced and controlled by her has-been mother and looks up to the person that judges her most, the ballet’s director played by Cassel.  Portman is cast as the lead in a new rendition of Swan Lake where she will play both the white and the black swan.  Then things get funky.  There are a lot of graphic scenes and some unexpected gory scenes as well.  The kind that make you squirm in your seat and wonder if everyone around you feels as awkward as you do.

Portman is scary skinny and plays the innocent role so well that it becomes terrifying to see her turn into her counterpart, the black swan.  The movie had a Shutter Island feel to it in the sense that you’re still not sure what happened in real life and what was imagined.  Chatting with friends won’t help solve your problems…that’s just the reaction director Darren Aronosky wanted from his audience (he is also known for his controversial film, Requiem for a Dream).  Any more word vomit from me and I might give away too much.  And yet, I can’t stop thinking about the movie and developing my own theories as to what it all means. 

Spend or Save?  Spend before someone spoils it all for you.  Not reason enough?  Spend so that you can say you saw the Oscar-winning film before it won all its awards.    

Badass Ad of the Week

This is funny. Could you imagine if your girlfriend did that for you, guys? I would totes have more fun preparing/performing this.

In other news, I'm really going to try to post more often now that I'm "settled" into my job. So that means more movie-watching on my end!!

Transformers 3 Trailer...I think?

Really cryptic, Michael Bay. Thanks for telling me next to nothing about one of the most anticipated films of Summer 2011 (second to the final installment of HP, of course). You couldn't even give us a glimpse of Shia LaBeouf and the new Megan Fox? Oh well, I'll still take it.

Don't Show Me How To Burlesque

Have you ever seen Coyote Ugly? Or Moulin Rouge? Chicago? Well, then you’ve pretty much seen Burlesque. Struggling country gal moves to a big city to prove to herself and the world that she can sing & dance her way to fame and happiness.

Honestly, this wasn’t even my top choice for my first $5 Tuesday in months, but I was desperate to see something. Besides, nothing tops Xtina in her dirrty days and the movie promised to be visually appealing at the very least.

Let’s just say that this would make a great Broadway play…as long as the cast was given a major makeover. Okay, the pros: Cher, Stanley Tucci, and the man candy found via Eric Dane and Cam Gigandet. Cons: Christina Aguilera’s acting skills and lack of wearing a bra throughout the entire movie. I guess they couldn’t get around re-casting the lead role because she provides the vocals on the whole movie and she absolutely kills it. But really, you’re surprised to see how you look with makeup on for the first time and you’re 25? Really? Once they realized that the movie needed as little dialogue as possible, I was able to enjoy the musical numbers. The actual club in the movie, Burlesque, looks awesome. Everyone always seemed to be having fun. Seriously, I want to go there when I go to LA…does it exist?

I noticed that the audience for the movie was abnormally full of old people and some very flamboyant men. Then I remembered that Cher was in the movie. She was classic “Snap out of it!” Cher and played a great role. It’s safe to say her love ballad was enjoyed by the entire audience. Stanley Tucci played her gay best friend/costume designer and had some very entertaining one-liners.

Spend or Save? Save your money from the movie ticket and put it towards the soundtrack!