99.9% of the Shit Girls Say parodies are so unfunny it's painful. This one though, is so funny.
I'm waiting for another slew of shite parodies of this now featuring the likes of Robert Pattison or Arnold Schwarzenegger or something just....terrible
Right so, The nominations this year are actually quite boring and predictable. Usually awards season is my favorite time of year but 2011/12 has been pretty mediocre for films I have to say. There were obviously some good ones in there but mostly we've been struck with let downs or films we're forced to see for more then they are.
Best Picture: The Artist, The Descendants, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life, War Horse No real surprises there. I haven't heard much about Extremely Loud yet so I can't say whether I think it's deserving of a nod, War Horse is one of the films I feel like I've been forced into thinking is good just because it's Spielberg, I'm really glad Midnight in Paris got a nod, it was one of my favorite films of the year and although it won't win, its still good it is being recognized as one of the best. Moneyball overrated, same with The Help. I guess The Descendants will take this one.
Best Director:Michel Hazanavicius, Alexander Payne, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Terrence Malick Unfortunately I have only seen The Tree of Life and Midnight in Paris so I can't really judge this one although I have a feeling it won't go to either Woody Allen or Terrence Malick!
Best Actor: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Jean Dujardin, Gary Oldman, Demián Bichir Again, haven't seen them all but I think everyone knows that this one belongs to George Clooney!
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, Glenn Close, Rooney Mara, Viola Davis I wish it wasn't so but I can imagine Meryl will take home Oscar number 3 this year. I wish it was lucky nomination number 8 for Glenn but it just won't be :(
Best Supporting Actor: Kenneth Branagh, Jonah Hill, Nick Nolte, Christopher Plummer, Max von Sydow I'd like this one to go to Nick Nolte, he was brilliant in Warrior, really brilliant. I think however, the Acadamy is trying to capitalize on the insane success of the new school of Hollywood comics and bringing Jonah Hill into the mix will attract a new market to the Oscars....
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa McCarthy, Jessica Chastain, Janet McTeer, Octavia Spencer, Bérénice Bejo Again with the comedy, Bridesmaids was indeed one of the best films of the year and just as it did when I saw Robert Downey Jnr nominated for Tropic Thunder in 2008, my jaw dropped to see Melissa McCarthy nominated this year. I think Octavia Spencer deserves this one hands down anyway and I would be appalled to see McCarthy take it home.
Best Original Screenplay:"The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius, "Bridesmaids" Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig, "Margin Call" Written by J.C. Chandor, "Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen, "A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi I'm hoping for Midnight in Paris but I think maybe The Artist? I like that Bridesmaids was nominated, writing good comedy is a true skill and I'm delighted for Wiig and Mumalo that they've been recognized but I don't think they'll win it this time.
Best Adapted Screenplay:"The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, "Hugo" Screenplay by John Logan, "The Ides of March" Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, "Moneyball" Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan Probably The Descendants again but maybe Ides of March or Moneyball (hope not)
Most of the other categories aren't of much interest to most people but I must say I was quite shocked not to see that the documentary We Were Here wasn't nominated. Even just watching the trailer (seriously watch it) made me sure it wouldn't just be nominated that it was a shoe in to win. I have to say its the biggest disappointment for me it's a very important story and would have really benefited from the exposure of being nominated.
Yahooo the new Nicki Minaj video is fiiiiiiiiiiiinally here I've been suffering Nicki withdrawals for over a year now since Pink Friday and was devi to hear that the release date of her follow up Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded has been pushed back but at least we have this video to keep us going! Even though I actually think her alter egos are a bit weird I really enjoy Roman shes gas so I'm confident this album is going to fab!
For a change, the artist Petite Tiaras has made a series of men's magazines featuring Disney princes rather then women's magazines featuring princesses....
Shame, is the second collaboration between Director Steve McQueen and actor Michael Fassbender after 2008's Hunger and it is brilliant. Shame tells the story of Brandon Sullivan, a sex addict living alone in New York City. Brandon seems to have his addiction under control, his co-workers suspect nothing, he has a routine, he is seemingly content. When his younger sister Sissy (Carey Mulligan) arrives uninvited, his world is completely turned upside down.
There are some disturbing elements to the film, as is to be expected. It is a film about addiction, but unlike a drug addiction, Brandon's addiction is something people tend to be skeptical of, myself included! But Shame really tells the story of sex addiction in a way that allows us to understand it and to realize it does actually exist.
Fassbender is brilliant in this role but my only criticism is the minor detail included that he lived in Ireland as a child. I felt that was included because he could not quite master the American accent. He is one of my favorite actors at the moment but this is his second performance that he has failed to shake off his Kerry accent which is a pity as I can see it being something that may hold him back in the future.
Besides that, I would definitely recommend Shame. In a season I've found to be lacking in films that live up to their reputations, Shame is a must see. It's sad yet hopeful, tragic but funny at times. You will probably walk away from the theater feeling like you've done something bad and you won't want to look anyone you watched it with in the eye for an hour or so but besides that you'll have a great time!
Also Michael Fassbender does full frontal....a lot.
Last night my gorgeous little kitten Harley died, we aren't sure what happened to him exactly but we think he got hit in the head and crawled into a bush to hide afterwards but didn't survive. He was a happy kitten and loved being outside and exploring. I'm sad he's gone but I'm happy that we were able to save him from never having any sort of a life and give him a loving home for the first and last 6 months of his life :)
Young Adult directed by Jason Reitman and penned by Diablo Cody, stars Charlize Theron as a writer of young adult fiction. Having been living the high life off in Minneapolis, Mavis Gary is now divorced, childless and about to finish the last novel in her washed up series. She returns to her hometown of Mercury in order to pursue her highschool boyfriend Buddy, played by Patrick Wilson. Comedy ensues, blah blah blah, she makes a fool of herself, blah blah blah, learns a life lesson blah.
Young Adult has received countless positive reviews and a lot of Oscar buzz. Many websites and blogs are predicting nominations for best original screenplay for Cody, best actress for Theron and even a best supporting actor for Patton Oswalt (yes, Spencer from King of Queens). I just cannot for the life of me understand why! I found the film to be painfully predictable, the narrative was slow and boring, it didn't captivate me at all. I think had Mavis been played a little more insane rather then just a bit drunk it may have been more believable, the deadpan thing doesn't quite work here as far as I'm concerned!
It was OK for maybe a random film to stick on the TV if there's really nothing else on. It does have potential, it's undeniably an interesting premise but it was executed in the wrong way and ended up falling flat on its face. Diablo Cody hasn't lived up to most people's expectations since Juno which I'm beginning to think wasn't clever writing as we previously thought but simply brilliant actors doing what they do best. I was also disappointed in Jason Reitman who not only directed Juno but also one of my all time favorite films Thank You For Smoking and one of 2011's most critically acclaimed pictures Up in the Air. These films were clever, witty and sharp. For me, Young Adult was none of these, it was a disappointment as I had been looking forward to seeing it ever since I first heard about it! Check out the trailer above anyway and make your own decision!
Yesterday I received my FREE iPod nano from Apple in the post and it's great! All I had to do was send them my old nano that I haven't used in about 3 years and I got this shiny new one! Apparently the old ones are in danger of exploding but I suspect a publicity stunt (although a poorly executed one...)
So if you have an iPod that looks like this beauty here
Type in your serial number on the Apple Website and you could be this beauty here!!
These SOPA protests have ruined my day off college. Not only could I not fall back on Wikipedia to help me understand the weird films I have to watch for my dissertation, I couldn't make my procrastination time useful! Reddit, Huffington Post and StumbleUpon were also among the many sites that went down in order to protest the proposed acts which has made the internet a slow and painfully boring place for a whole 24 hours!
My problem is this. I don't live in America, why must I be punished? Why do I have to suffer when from what I can tell this has nothing to do with us! Although I could easily be wrong because before yesterday I had never even heard of this lark. I think rather then throw a hissy fit and spending time creating a site to tell you there is no site, they could have spent a bit of time explaining it all to us properly and over a longer period of time...
My problem is also this. I want to find out the origins of the song Auld Lang Syne after today's episode of 90210....
Anyway if you press esc before the page fully loads on Wikipedia you can view your unreliable article without being bothered :)
These are, as the title said, Unicorn poop cookies. They look DELICIOUS but vile at the same time.... Apparently she was going to make "Unicorn Sneezes" but decided on making unicorn shits instead! Recipe and lots of pictures and even a video HERE
Oh and here's an action shot so you can really get that this is supposed to be a pretend animal shit made of rainbows and glitter
I saw this and initially thought it was a joke or a little cartoon or something, its not apparently.
Its a map of a woman's heart from a book called "The Mirror of True Womanhood: A Book of Instruction for Women in the World" written by Bernard O'Reilly in 1883. I especially like "The Land of Selfishness" there in the right ventricle....
Critical theory is the most painful aspect of my disaster of a degree. I am sick to death of Marxism, Psychoanalytical theory, Barthes and all the rest of the eejits I have to study.
However feminist theory has been given a new lease of life through THIS wonderful website! These are a few of my favorites
I've been extremely busy over the last month so I haven't been able to blog at all. Not busy enjoying my Christmas holidays though thanks to IADT and their inhumane January 3rd exams!
It was a slowish Christmas, I didn't have any presents I wanted in mind so I woke up to some nice little surprises on Christmas morning. I got lots of bits and bobs but this is definitely THE best present I got
It's a map that you scratch out all of the places you've been!
It was great fun scratching out all the countries I've been to in the last few years on my travels. Although I know I've been so fortunate to visit all the places I've been it actually made me realise how little of the world I have seen in comparison to how big it is! I have a major itch to get out of Ireland again now!!
