Movie Review

Saw 2: When they announced a sequel last year to the original Saw I thought it was gonna be crap. The film was shot in 25 days with a $3 million budget. "No way is the film gonna be even close to the original, even if the original was shit," I said to myself. But holy shit. This one was good. The film is a marked improvement over the original with better acting and a better twist than the original. Although I found this sequel to be absolutely superior to the original, there are some parts that I hated. I kept on asking myself close to the ending....."Are people this stupid?" Why is it that characters in films finally find things when the countdown is almost down to one minute? Another negative is Darren Lynn Bousman's direction. Instead of having his own style, he recreates James Wan's cross-crap cutting where you don't know what the fuck is happening. Dude, we know the character is dying you don't need to have 500 cuts to show that! Aside from these negatives, the film is much faster in pace and the connection to the original Saw is awesome. B

MOVIE REVIEWS

Green Street Hooligans: Wow. Elijah Wood has been choosing unusual films to follow his Lord of the Rings part and this is one of them. From start to finish, it grabs your attention. Wood is great in the role of an American journalist in a violent world of British firms. Folks, this is one of the best films of the year. A

North Country: I would be putting this film in my top five of the year......until the stupid fucking cliched ending. OH man. I hate the type of film that starts off so great with production value, acting, and writing but then destroys it all with a sentimental and sucky ending. Apart from great performances from Frances McDormand, Charlize Theron, and Sissy Spacek the standout here is Richard Jenkins, who plays Theron's father. The speech he gives to his fellow miners is absolutely heartbreaking. Just give him the supporting actor Academy Award already damn it. C

Wallace and Gromit and the Curse of the Were-Rabbit: This movie was just plain hilarious. Richard Roeper must be an asshole to NOT like this movie. Apart from the subtle sexual inneundo, I can't stop laughing everytime the bunny Hutch speaks or when I see the Were-Rabbit. I always laugh hard when during the last scene where the Were-Rabbit cheers. There have been many sub-par family films this year and at last there's one that rises above the rest. A

There's new South Park premiering Wednesday and you know what it's about? A flooding disaster. Oh man, I expect extreme hilarity from this episode. The episode is titled "Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow." The title is already hilarious!

School has been okay for the most part. Only now did I realize that last year was one of the best years of my life in school. Classes were easy and I was getting straight A's. But this year it's tougher. It wouldn't be tougher if one teacher wasn't such a bitch. Let me run down my teachers:

Jerry Adams - Geology: This professor is really great. He doesn't give that much homework (apart from reading) and he tells a lot of jokes. Aside from that is his penchant for using the word fuck a lot. I'm always interested in his class because he's really passionate about geology and the fun he brings into it.

Molly Chanson - Speech: This teacher is very sweet. There's barely any homework in the class and is extremely lenient. She looks a lot like Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas but understands who a college student is.

Nadine Bopp - Urban Geography: This professor is really nice. I didn't come to class one day to give in a paper and she told me I could just turn it in next week for full credit. She does talk a lot though. One class she spoke about population and cars for two and half straight hours without stopping.

Mary Welling Blackburn - History of Cinema: I only have one film class this semester and this is it. There are not many really model hot teachers in Columbia but Mary is one of them. She used to be a model before she began studying film. I wished she would've stuck to modeling though. She's a major bitch most of the time when she doesn't get her way. The problem is that I can't stop going to her class though because she's so hot (she looks exactly like Amelia Cooke from numerous commercials and "Species III.") One time she bent down to pick up a piece of paper and the class (mostly guys, mind you) gave this almost silent, nearly audible gasp. Another problem with her is that she never uses any of the two books or does she rarely stick to the syllabus. What's the use of a syllabus if she never uses it? Really hot but snobby, bitchy, and kinda mean.

It's been a while since I had a really good and solid post around here. Well, Felice redesigned my room and it now looks great (with the exception of my dad's fucking boxes, which he doesn't even want to move). If the final redesign was great, the work was not. It was supposed to be a one day job: design stripes, tape/edge, then paint. Then my dad started to fuck things up. I mean really fuck things up. Man, I hate him when he gets involved in ANYTHING. If you look up stress in the dictionary, my dad's face would be there. The supposed one day job now became a three day job. We started Saturday and Felice ended everything on Monday. I was so angry at my dad on Saturday for rubbing it in that I did such a bad job painting the edges that I screamed at him. He then proceeded to hit me on the neck (don't worry, he hit me like a pussy) and grabbed my neck. He apologized for the hit and then took back the apology. What an idiot. What's the use of apologizing to someone if you're going to take it back the next in the five seconds. After thinking about it, the scream was worth the fucking trouble.

He then gave me this dumbass lecture about disrespecting him and how he never disrespected his parents. I bet you he wanted to disrespect his parents many times, he just never had the balls to do it. I bet his parents never lowered him to the level of a piece of shit. You see when he's angry, he lowers everyone to a level where they're worthless. He always believes he's right and you're wrong. Sometimes I wonder why he never had a heart attack.

This Saturday Felice is going to redesign Melanie's room and I offered to help. This morning my dad didn't offer to help but instead just said to my mom, "I'm going to help them." FUCK NO, man. Doesn't he ever notice that he makes the situation much worse when he's involved? Doesn't he ever say to himself, "I think they have it under control. I'll just go watch television and relax." He is always in constant need of control. He wants to control anything and everything. When Wency's room was finished by Felice, he was so angry. So angry in fact, he didn't even tell Felice it looks good or thank you. Why was he angry? Is it because he didn't control the situation of painting Wency's room? Is it because he didn't like the color of the room? I will never fucking know.

Back to the disrespecting part about him, how can you respect a person who insults you by calling you "a fucking piece of shit?" Huh? What? And you want me to respect you, you piece of shit motherfucking asshole? Is your definition of respecting you, bowing down on all fours and doing what you want? You know what that is, motherfucker? A slave. That's right. A motherfucking slave. Are you white? Am I black? Are you superior to me? Am I inferior to you? NO. I am much better than you. If I have any children, I will be their best friend, their guardian, and their shoulder to cry on. I will not do what you did to me. I will no strike fear into my children. I want them to love me not hate me.

I'm sorry if I'm being curt. I wanted to get this off my chest for the meantime.

Happy birthday Pam! How old are you now? I hope not too old.

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The Quiet Family: A hilarious black Korean comedy starring the guy from JSA, the guy from Oldboy, the old lady from numerous Korean films, some old guy, and two cute actresses. It has some of the best comedic scenes I've seen all year. A

A History of Violence: Okay, I have been anticipating this film ever since I saw the trailer in April. There is no doubt in my mind that this is one of the best films of the year (not the best though, Batman Begins takes that place). Great performances from Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, and an awesome performance from William Hurt. Yes, there is blood and it is BRUTAL.

There are some people comparing this film and saying that Crash is a better film. The problem is that Crash is a completely different film. Why the hell are they comparing this film to Crash? Crash was about racism in Los Angeles. This film is about the stuff that makes each person violent. Is violence really within us? Can it be passed down from generation to generation? That is what the film is about. A