The Royal Couch Potato

Right now I'm uber tired but there's something I need to get off my chest. I TOTALLY THOUGHT THE MAIN GUY FROM the Social Network was Michael Cera (Kid from JUNO).

Cera, it looks like he's taking a school photo.

Yes this kid that's famous for playing the awkward teen nerd.
YES I've watched Zombieland and I had a sneaky suspicion that Michael Cera was in that as well.

Zombieland - give me banjo as a weapon any day :)

C'mon guys, I wasn't far off. Give me a kit kat/break. Methinks it's a good idea to wear glasses next time I watch a movie.  the Social Network's gotten nice reviews by everyone - congrats on making something that was insanely popular, even more popular. Facebook blows myspace out of the water. Here in Aus, it was more a college thing, the consistent blue layout makes it more ... nerdier... I guess since you can't change your "skin" to something childish like stars or pink bling. This in my opinion made it far more superior than other social networking sites like myspace and bebo. 
But I digress, This post is more to do with freakish actors/ actresses that were separated by birth (or so I'd like to think) since they look incredibly alike.

PSST: I have this idea that rich people have a clone of themselves as life insurance or something. TOTALLY did NOT get this idea off The Island 

The Island, Pretty technological for an island don't you think?

B)

Every teeny bopper's dream: to be carried on the back of some vampire climbing a tree.

School started and so I've been studying like a man with a loose cannon.
Anyways, I did a very 'teen' thing, I watched...

IT was fairly entertaining for someone small minded like me.

Basically the plot blurts out something like this:
~ 16 year old guitar strumming girl is impregnated by her nerdy-ish boyfriend, Bleeker.
~ Bleeker and her don't really talk that much anymore
~ she pokes her head around the classifieds section to find fun-loving, nurturing parents to adopt the baby (the mother is played by the alias chick - jennifer garner).

SPoiler warning beyond this point


~ the to-be foster parents break-up ( Man unready to become a father)
~ Juno gets sad and ends up giving her child to Garner.
*drumroll* and Juno and Bleeker get back together singing a lovey dovey song together in the end.


Oh what a joyous movie... but what do you expect, they all turn out to be.

The Verdict
This Kooky music and high school setting reminds me of Napoleon Dynamite (and we all know that's the coolest teen movie ever hands down.) but it had less awkward moments. Juno Macguff (Ellen Page) is witty, has heaps of character, sounds fairly smart and a quick response time. She's comparable to House But her jokes are more teen-styled and she DOES have emotions. *shock horror*
Because of this wit - this movie falls under the COMEDY category.
The jokes are quite awesome too - juno fills bleeker's mail box with orange tic tacks - it was his fave - so when he opens it, he's flooded with them.
Yes - it's the dialogue and pranks that makes it an excellent time-waster. Why time-waster you may so cleverly ask. It's one of the movies where you walk out the same as you entered. Sure, it's a story of growing up but we've all been educated about.
It's a happy movie with happy music thus I will give it a happy rating :P


It has a laugh rating of: giggling - snort laughing...and yes you will look like the cat when you're watching the movie.


OVerall Rating: 4/5 humble potatoes

So I got bored till I recently saw something scary on tv. I saw this advert for an aerogarden. It's something you put in your kitchen and you can pluck fresh vegies, tomatoes, herbs, etc when you need it.


Which got me thinking... isn't that like back to the future when McFly called "FRUIT PLEASE" with his broken voice and a massive fruit growing platter descended from the ceiling?
Top: Shoes from the film which McFly wore which were attached to a hovering skatebored. Bottom: shoes designed by Nike in 2008 valued at $70.


Creepy stuff eh? You should watch Idiocracy. It's a cheesy glimpse into what life could be like. People ruled by dumb people:

What is the world coming to???

And so the holidays are almost over for students in Aus, what a shame seeing I haven't done much. Although I did watch the Assassination of Jesse James and it was, how can I put it? Very Average. Don't get your hopes up for this film, the length alone will break your ass. Due to the slow, semi-boring nature of this film, I'll only do a half-hearted review of it.

THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD [ spoiler ahead ]
- yes folks, that's the entire title of the movie (almost as long as the 2hr and 40min movie itself)

Plot:

The film retells Jesse James', a father and a bandit's, final months.
After a train robbery with his gang, the bounty placed on Jesse James' head increases. Jesse's gang (which includes an aged man, 19-year old man who adores Jesse, and a few others know how to shoot a gun) breaks apart. All of which are either in hiding, jailed or dead. Jesse becomes the sad paranoid man who's found a new of hobby of exercising his prowess on certain gang members.
The 19-year old secret admirer, Ford begins to see Jesse's true nature. After sleepless nights and fearing for his life, decides to assassinate him. This was done by a shot to the head as Jesse James adjusts a painting.
What does a man do once he's killed a famous outlaw? BRAG!
So Ford and old gang buddy puts on several plays explaining how he killed Jesse.

My Response:

Perhaps it's because it's Jesse James and everyone loves him because he's part of history. Seriously, these biographs of famous people are hard to watch. Like RAY for example. The only thing I liked from Ray was how it depicted the hardships of growing up blind and how you can tell whether someone's beautiful or not by touching their hands and wrists. The rest left me in physical pain.

There were times I thought the Jesse James movie would end but no, it was very persistant. It lingered on the themes too much and didn't deliver when it came to the ACTION. But I guess the film was deliberately slow so you could absorb the atmosphere and comprehend with Jesse and Ford's emotions.

The lighting and camera work, overall cinematography was good. I know nothing about that but HEY if I ( the average slightly stupid viewer) noticed it then, it must've stood out.

Rating: 3/5

1. Repition

EVERY YEAR they ALWAYS HAVE 'The Santa Clause" with Tim Allen on tv. EVER SINCE IT CAME OUT!
I'm not saying it's a bad movie, it sure trumps something like, Material Girls, but they've gotta have some new stuff! I mean, that film was made in 1994 people!
I wonder if the US is having the same problem. I guess this can be considered as a treat for families with small kids who swear Santa exists.



They always air Sergeant Bilko, twice every year. I practically know the story off by heart. Again, Bilko isn't that bad. Veiwers are left with the feeling of:
"I don't know why I'm watching this, I'm quite ashamed, but I just can't ignore the funny/lame jokes!"


2. Christmas

What's the point with these festive films? Does it really raise the ratings? It's everywhere these days, even the ads on tv are like
"JOLLY JOLLY JOLLY, GET DOWN HERE AND CHECK OUT OUR CHRISTMAS SPECIALS!YOU MAY EVEN GET TO STROKE SANTA'S BEARD!"
"TAKE A PHOTO WITH SANTA FOR FREE!"
"FOR THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS GIFT BUY *insert product*"

I know christmas is approaching! I don't have to be reminded constantly, seriously, all this Christmas stuff is an overdose!

3. Boring Commercials

Welcome to the new age people! Commercials don't have to be boring! I've seen some pretty inventive ones out there. Must say Mc Donald (Maccas) adverts aren't the best for children but I love their creativity. [note: I don't know what they're like in the US though]
BUT the worst adverts are the unproffesional ones that don't even have voice over in them. It's like an assignment you whacked up the day before the due date. =_=
Then there are those classic commercials where some boring guy gives a highschool-styled speech with a droning voice and everything's forgotten as soon as the next ads on.

I've rambled on for long enough and my sore throat has gotten the better of me...for now,
<3 Peace out couch snugglers - I'll leave you with this awesome commercial.