starter for 10

Everyone in the universe must watch Starter For 10 because it comes equipped with a fantastic soundtrack and a quirky plot despite its slight predictability.

x,b

may

Like Caits, I've finally finished my long history term paper of 11 pages... Next will be my French "dissertation" as they call it in French but in American it's really just an essay... then again, the word dissertation sounds so much more time consuming and dramatic.

After said dissertation I will be taking a trip to my Modern Culture research paper of 10 pages and after I have completed that wonderful masterpiece I will endulge in yet another French Paper about nothing and after that I will be dabbing my ink pen to write a paper presenting the pros and cons of banning Pit Bulls........  I can feel my mind expanding as I type!  






-B

♫

Billie Holiday's I'll Be Seeing You is one of my absolute favorites... The combination between her voice and the sad music trailing is perfect.

Also, soundtrack music is great especially if the movie was great.  Listen to this exact section of this song because it's beautiful.  But it gets lame after a minute or so:
*CLICK HERE! The Notebook Soundtrack Selection*

The wonderful Shigeto came out with a new mix a few days ago: 

The painted Veil was on some channel the other day and I find the music of course, to be absolutely perfect!  Check it out, (Composed by Lang Lang)




Also, a soundtrack that MUST be noted is of course the ever loved Amelie:






Bonne nuit!
~B

Loyalty

In politics, one should never "meet with the enemy."
Hoffman on loyalty in the "Ides of March" (a movie from a few years ago in case you didn't hear or see it... watch this.)

And this is why a dog forever remains man's best friend.

x//B

Stuck Between Stations

   

Today was weird, my night was more or less a continuation of my day: movies all day, movies in the evening, moves at night.  I watched Titanic for the first time in years.  Yaddah Yaddah, love story, epic love story, forbidden epic love story, high love story society, etc.  The film, of course, is entertaining, beautiful, sad, and epic all at the same time.  It pulls at every human emotion which is said to be the most important aspect of a film: to make one feel.  We all associate these American films with our American culture because everyone has seen Titanic and if you haven't then you're clearly not from here.  After my movie marathon: Titanic, Jerry Maguire, Sex and the City, and sections of Flubber, I logged onto netflix and began watching Stuck Between Stations.

It's an extremely interesting love story because it was extremely realistic.  The characters, the storyline, the events.  Simply put, the film follows two people who used to know one another in grade school that crossed paths one night in Minneapolis now that they have both developed their own lives.  It's a slow developed film that keeps you locked in solely for the character development.  The love story is quirky and simple but at the same time develops into something more complex and realistic.  I love finding gems like these.   Love love love them.

-B

The Magic of Movies

Have you ever heard someone use the phrase "The Magic of Movies."  What does that even mean and how can one judge whether a movie is magical or not?  Aren't they all magical?  But let's get technical...