movie review!

I went and saw The Hunger Games tonight just to see what all of  the fuss was about. And you know what, I really liked it. After Harry Potter, Twilight, and all those not-so-good tweenie movies that came out I thought that this was going to be the same one. But I was very surprised. The main character, Catnis (yes, she has a stupid name), was badass. She wasn’t your typical heroine, which I liked, and was smart and practical and I just really liked her character. The concept was good, so props to the writer (and yes, I know this originated from a book series). It was really interesting and kept me engaged for the whole thing. I was even surprised that they showed kids killing each other. I thought they’d censor that, but I am glad they didn’t. It made it a lot more mature, I guess.

Overall I really enjoyed it to the point that I may even go read the books – but that may spoil the movie for me too. I give it 8.5/10 but it doesn’t get perfect because there were some cheesy parts that I couldn’t stay serious through, but other than that it was good. An 8.5 is a good score for a movie I had low expectations for.

So if you haven’t seen it, I suggest you do! See what all the fuss is about! Help make it one of the largest grossing films at the box office! Or be a pirate and download it off the web. Either way, you should check it out. I liked it, my boyfriend liked it.

-taylorr

movie reviews.

I saw 21 Jump Street the other day, and I have to say, it was really funny. If you like immature comedies and Jonah Hill, I recommend you see it straight away. Even Channing Tatum is funny (which normally I think he’s pretty poor in comedies). I was laughing so hard for at least half of the film, it’s definitely worth the watch. I’d give it 8.5/10 (because there were cheesy bits in it), but the laugh factor was enough to give it that much.

I also saw The Switch, which is where Jennifer Aniston decides to get artificially inseminated, but she ends up getting her best friend’s sperm which he switched when he was drunk. It’s essentially a romantic comedy, but Jason Bates is so funny in it (and very pessimistic), but it’s also really cute. I enjoyed it – but of course I was in a chick flick kind of mood. I give it 7.5/10. If you’re into that kind of genre, I’d suggest seeing it. My sister didn’t like it, but I thought it was cute.

I don’t think I’ve watched any other moves lately, sadly, mostly because I’m over my head in papers and presentations all due in the same week, so sorry for the brevity of this. I hope to get more graphics done after my trip (so after May), so I guess the only thing you can do is wait.

And yes, I know I suck.

-taylorr

news.

I have not gotten the chance to watch many movies lately – I’ve only been religiously watching Bones. Which if you like crime dramas with comedy, it’s a great show. I am so addicted. I absolutely love David Boreanaz, he is daaaaammn fine. And he is great at being funny and a sexy FBI agent. I have been watching it for almost three weeks straight. It’s addictive.

I just wanted to let you know that I probably won’t be updating graphics for a couple of months. My semester is coming to an end, so I have lots of papers and studying to do. Not to mention at the end of April (literally the day after my last exams) I’m going to Costa Rica and Nicaragua for 5 weeks, so I won’t be back until the end of May. So essentially no updates for three months.

I have to be off to write a paper. I’ll hopefully pop in a bit to say hi.

taylorr

news + movie reviews. (p.s. having troubles updating new look)

I have lots of news for you this fine evening. I have brought forward a temporary layout (which temporary for me is a long time) just because I could not stand the other one. My creative muse has been on vacation for a long time so I need to wait for it to return before I can come back with a masterpiece (or not). I also want to remodel the site a bit – just condense it and make it a bit easier to navigate (even though it’s already easy). So it probably won’t start for a while, but I just want to put it out there.

Secondly, after I finish school I’m heading to Costa Rica and Nicaragua for 5 weeks in April. Not like I update regularly, but I have a valid excuse as to why I won’t be for that time period.

And I have recently started watching a bunch of movies, so I’ll lay them all out for you below.

Killers – I had very, very low expectations for this movie so I was mildly surprised when it wasn’t as bad as I had anticipated. Ashton Kutcher wasn’t bad – I couldn’t really take him for a spy, but he looked really good in the movie. The plot was crap, but if you’re looking for a fluff movie with bad acting and a bad plot, this could be it. Katherine Heigl was playing the same role she usually plays so it was nothing out of the ordinary. It was average. 5/10.

Faster – You’ve probably never heard of this movie and I know why: it’s dreadful. It has The Rock in it and I had expected it to at least have some action thrills, but this movie didn’t even deliver that. The Rock was exceptionally bad – trying to play an extreme ‘bad ass’ who got shot in the back of the head but he survived. Billy Bob Thorton was a drugged out cop. And all together it should not have been made. I give it a 3/10 just to be nice.

The Mechanic – First off, I love Jason Statham so any movie he is in automatically gets a couple extra points. This one was his typical role – which works for him – an assassin. This is one of those movies that I need to add to my movie collection. The action in the film is good (by my standards) and the plot wasn’t that bad. Frankly I don’t look for plot in action movies too much.  It’s hard to describe, but if you like Jason Statham and you like action movies, you’ll like this one. 7.5/10.

The American – I got 5 minutes into the movie and almost fell asleep. 0/10.

Limitless – I had wanted to see this movie when it was in theaters but I never got around to it. Finally, I watched it and I really liked it. It wasn’t perfect – the ending kind of killed the movie for me, but the rest of it was pretty decent. Bradley Cooper narrates most of the movie, which I like those kinds of movies (when they’re done well). I think what I liked most about it was that he was a bum writer who can’t write and he evolved into so much more. Plus I have a soft spot for Bradley Cooper. It’s interesting, I’d watch it. 7/10.

Burlesque – I know – guilty as charged. I couldn’t help myself, I’m a sucker for musicals! It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but Christina Aguilera is a baaaad actress (although better than Britney Spears). It was very typical and cliche, so nothing special. But I definitely watched it until the end. 4/10.

I’ve seen some more movies but I can’t think of them right now. Until the next time, over and out.

-taylorr

movie reviews + news.

First off I think I need a new layout because I got tired of looking at this after I posted it. I just haven’t had the time to do anything about it. I vow to change it! Second off, happy new year to everyone. I hope 2012 brings good fortune to everyone, especially me.

I have recently watched some movies so here’s all my two cents:

Sherlock Homes: A Game of Shadows (I think that’s the  title) – I really love Robert Downey Jr. so naturally my opinion is a little bias. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and it helped tie into the first movie very well. I also really like Jude Law so I don’t have anything bad to say. It’s entertaining, a great adventure, and I recommend it to anyone. 9.5/10.

The Adjustment Bureau - This movie was categorized as a Sci-Fi and while it very well has elements of it, it is basically a giant pile of sap. I went in thinking it wasn’t a chick flick but apparently they decided to leave that out of the information. I heard it was based on a book by this science fiction author and the story was not much like the movie, so if you’re interested in that kind of thing then go for the book. It was silly – Matt Damon is not a romance star, but a kick ass spy so I couldn’t take him seriously. While the concept was good – having an organization planning out your life – the movie just didn’t cut it. 3.5/10.

Lethal Weapon 1, 2, & 3 – Believe it or not, I haven’t seen any of these movies until recently. They’re typical 80’s cop movies where they honestly kill too many people. Instead of arresting or trying to stop bad guys, they really just kill everyone. I also can’t take Mel Gibson very seriously after his meltdown, but his character is a bit too dramatic and overblown and he’s always looking for trouble and acting like a bad as, but its just so cheesy. But I can argue that that’s the appeal of these movies and as cheesy 80’s cop flicks, they’re not bad. I like the stories in each of the movies, even though they’re really dramatic, but they’re way more original than some of the cop movies now a days.

I also don’t mind some of  the action scenes, no matter how sometimes they can seem completely unnecessary. If you like action films and you like 80’s movies, then I would recommend them if you’ve never seen them. I’m not a very big Mel Gibson fan – in fact I don’t like him at all, but the movies as is are very entertaining. For the three in total I’ll rate them, in all their cheesy glory: 8/10 (but we’re rating this knowing full-well that its cheesy and sometimes exaggerated a bit – the cheese scale).

I don’t think I’ve seen any other movies as of late, but I’m trying to get more and trying to get back in touch with CT. I’ll try to make a new layout, some new graphics – but I need to find my inspiration and time. Thanks for hanging in there and here’s to another year of Crooked Teeth.

-taylorr

I haven’t done anything this holiday season but buy gifts, work, and try my best to see my friends and family. It has been busy, believe me. I’ll try to get in some time on the weekend or something but my job is very draining. And my baking. I’ll try my best to keep going, keep in touch.

Happy holidays to all!

-taylorr

all good.

I am having some issues, here.

I wanted to change my layout and got everything ready, loaded all of my files and CSS file, and when I go to see it in action its still the SAME layout! And no matter how many times I re-load the CSS file, it still shows up as the old one. Does anyone know how this is possible?

I tried deleting the file from my uploaded folder (so it should look all messed because there’s no style sheet) but it was still the same! Why isn’t it registering the change?

That’s why some of it is all over the place. I don’t have time to figure it out right now, bear with me, so I’ll try and do something later. Ugh. If anyone can offer some help, that would be greatly appreciated.

-taylorr

icons update!

I also just noticed that almost all of my male icons are of Supernatural… aka Jensen Ackles. There’s also some random ones. I’ll hopefully have a new update soon.

-taylorr

new layout + new signatures + movie reviews.

I decided it was time for a new look…that, and I have been binging a bit on Supernatural (if you couldn’t already tell). I’m not very happy with the layout part, but I like the image. It’s more to satisfy my Halloween cravings, if anything. As well, I added two new signatures, one which is basically this layout and then another featuring the lovely Jensen Ackles.

Quick movie reviews:

Transformers 3: I’m a little late getting onto it, but overall it wasn’t horrible, but it wasn’t great. If you can sit through the three hours of it and the terrible Megan Fox replacement, then you may enjoy it. The graphics are amazing to say the least, but my problem is more of the fact that it was just not as exciting as the other two. And even though I love action, towards the end I just wasn’t even paying attention to it. I may have been tired or bored, I couldn’t tell. But I think they probably should have stopped after the second one. 5/10.

Homeland (T.V. Show): I just started watching this show on Showcase and even though I’ve only gotten through one episode, it is really shaping up. If you like war and betrayals (so if you watched 24, haha), you’ll like this. The main character isn’t very typical and the bad guy is a turned U.S. soldier who was a prisoner for 8 years in Iraq. Everyone thinks this guy is a hero except for this one CIA agent, and so she has to try and prove that he’s guilty. It’s really intense. Although because it is a showcase show, there are those sex scenes that just don’t seem tasteful at all — but then again, I am a huge prude. I recommend it to anyone: 8/10.

The Frighteners: This is an old movie that you may or may not have seen. It has Michael J. Fox in it and he can see ghosts ever since his wife died. He eventually starts to see this reaper who is killing people randomly and everyone in the town seems to think it was him, but he sets out to try and stop it — its great. It has some dark humor in it, but I think it’s really well done. It’s like a horror/dark comedy. You should watch it if you haven’t seen it. It’s a great Halloween flick. 8/10.

That’s all I have left in me to slack off — now I must get down to writing my two papers and studying for my midterm. See you on the other side.

-taylorr