14.12.09
Planet 51
Cinema w/ Carol and Lindsay
Mediocre. Rarely am I impressed by kids films anymore. The one thing I am impressed by was just how intertextual it was. That was obviously for the adults, 'cause it referenced a lot of adult films, and I guess it's good that they added something like that, 'cause otherwise I was a bit bored. I now know how Alien got into space though!

17.12.09
Disney's Beauty and The Beast
Theatre w/ Emma
This was a stage musical but I'm going to put it in anyway just 'cause it was so awesome. Really funny and a lot more thrusting than I remember from the film. The costumes, sets, everything was amazing. And the Beast transformed hanging above the stage instead of leaving it and being replaced like they have to do in most productions. Impressed.

21.12.09
Avatar
Cinema w/ Mikey
I am forced to take back every mediocre, I-won't-like-it comment that I made about this film. It was just... wow. And I'm man enough to admit that I was wrong. The advert makes it look terrible, but the final incarnation is truly amazing. I was tense, sad and in love. Sam Worthington gives me orgasms just by being on screen. I really hate being human now though, haha. Just wow.

Ok, so the rules for buying films are:
1) They have to be from completely different genres. Because then I end up with a DVD collection comprised of similar films from similar genres. This way I'm getting some variety in there. It makes me buy films that I maybe usually wouldn't have.
2) They cannot be films I've seen before. Because I find that if I buy films I've seen, then I don't watch them. They sit on the shelf in their wrappers and I just never get round to watching them again. So again, it makes me buy and watch films I usually wouldn't.
Bit of an experiment really. And I'll fail uni, but I'll have a good film collection!

08-12-09
Cry Baby - Johnny Depp and Amy Locane
DVD w/ Jenny
How come I always choose the weird films? Tried to watch this film before and had to turn it off after like, 15 minutes 'cause it freaked me out so much. I think you need to have someone to laugh with when you watch it or it's overpowering. Actually quite liked it the second time round. Johnny is actually the most gorgeous thing I've ever seen in it, cute and young like in 21 Jump Street. The music is also amazing. Plus Ricki Lake as an obsese pregnant teenager with two kids already, and Iggy Pop and their granddaddy. Wow. ****

09-12-09
Boogie Nights - Burt Reynolds and Mark Wahlberg
DVD
Bought this as research for my Honours class in Porn. The lecturer kept on mentioning it, so I figured I ought to buy it. Weird film again, very long. Didn't really keep me involved (I took a break and watched some Without A Trace half way through). Still an orite film though. Marky Mark was ripped, and I've never seen him act so well. Haha! *

I used to keep all my ticket stubs and write who I went with on the back, but since my Cinema has changed it to stupid paper tickets now, I really can't be arsed. So instead, I'm going to make a Film Diary. This will include films which I have watched on DVD and online. These are not proper reviews, but only for myself to work out how I felt about the films.

05-12-09
Leon - starring Jean Reno and Natalie Portman.
DVD
Um, wow. It was amazing. NP got on my tits a little bit sometimes, but in general the film was amazing. Gary Oldman was spectacular - just as sexy as a psychotic cop as he is in any of his other parts. Really really interesting film. *****

06-12-09
The Box - Cameron Diaz and James Marsden
Cinema w/ Marj Clark
I'm sure it's a great film if you like that sort of sci-fi thing, but I don't. Space fiction I like, camp sci-fi is a yes, but not this. Plus Cam can't act. Best thing about the film was Frank Langella. *

Hide - Christian Kane and Rachel Miner.
Online
Starts out like a copy-cat Pulp Fiction, but gets much better. Some really interesting twists, though the end gets a little confusing. This is caused by an imbalance in the storyline: the big twist unravels in the last ten minutes, but it's so complex that it could have used more time. All in all, I kinda enjoyed it. ***

So, now I'm twenty.
And I will never be a "she achieved this when she was only..." focus on the only. You can't write a best selling novel when you are "only" twenty, or anything like that. It just doesn't work because it's nothing special. S.E.Hinton wrote The Outsides (which is an incredible book) when she was only 17, but you can't say J.K.Rowling wrote Harry Potter when she was "only" 30. It's not the same. It's not special
That isn't to say that I can't or won't achieve anything, because that's not true. I'll achieve tonnes of stuff (hopefully a book too, haha). It's just that if I had achieved those things when I was a teenager it would be different. Slightly more impressive maybe? It's a depressing thought, but my flatmate and I discuss it quite a lot.

In other news, more poetry. And I even got my tablet out the other day - not that I have any time for that these days, but it was fun for all over five minutes. Woo.

Do not like being twenty.

So, I've been thinking about usernames and symbolism. Because I'm bored, a loser and turning 20 in just over an hour and a half (British time).
I'll take mine as an example. I chose it because at the time, I was really into things made out of green glass and I honestly couldn't think of a better name. I did say I was a loser. Anyway, so that's what it means to me - not a lot. But what does it make other people think? Let's see. Green can mean jealousy or envy; it can mean nature, freshness, fruit and veg; poison. And glass: transparent or opaque? complete or shattered? A mirror or a window?
And my other username for other things: Lady-Xxplosive. Selected by putting all my music on random and putting the first two titles that came up together. Lady by Regina Spektor and Xxplosive by Dr. Dre. Other people... Domme, maybe? Which I'm not.
So anyway, what I'm talking about is how we choose seemingly innocent and random names for ourselves, but they can mean anything and everything to someone else, who can make so many judgemetns about you from it.
I don't know why I was thinking about this.

Maybe I'm getting old? Haha.