3 comedies, 1 brilliant actress, 1 extremely gorgeous actress, 1 hot guy, who’s sadly, younger than me and 1 new found comedian.
Okay, so since I’ve been quite down these few days, I’ve been circulating myself with comedies. In this instalment, it’s all about hillarious and funny movies that shall tickle your funny bones. At least I find them extremely amusing haha.
First up – “Juno”. A brilliant movie which starred a brilliant actress, Ellen Page.
Juno is such a fun movie. There are 2 things I love about this movie – the character, Juno herself, and the lines in the movie. The script is so superbly penned and the lines are funny and so clever. I heard from my cousin Doreen that it was written by a stripper, based on her friend’s characteristic. Well I think I already like her friend. Seriously, the lead in the movie, Juno, has this super cool character about her. I just love the way she does things and also how she talks. She’s so clever with words that most of the things she says might be simple, but she conveys it in a friggin’ hillarious manner.
The story of Juno is a really simple and boring one but what is so great about this movie is how it manages to turn a story that is overused and lacklustre into one that is good, if not fantastic. Everyone has watch movies or TV shows about how teenage girls get pregnant with their boyfriends’ baby and have to deal with their new life – “Wonderful Life” (Korean), multiple TVB and Taiwanese dramas and some other English flicks which I can’t remember exactly. Juno has the same story but what it did with the story was make the lines more interesting.
Juno had sex with her boyfriend, due to teenage curiousity I guess and got pregnant. So she had to break the news to her parents and her boyfriend plus deal with the gossips and talks of her mates in school. She’s only fifteen, right? She still has to go to school, even with a baby in her belly. So she wanted to go for abortion at first but later felt that she couldn’t do it. It was too cruel. So she instead settled for an alternative. Give the baby up for adoption. She then found Jennifer Garner and her husband – the perfect parents for her future baby. And then we watch in the movie the development of her pregnancy as well as her love with her boyfriend and father of the baby, Paulie Bleeker.
I guess Juno, like my cousin say, makes all single mums look super cool haha. Seriously, her couldn’t-care-less-with-what-kinda-s***-happens-in-my-life-but-I’ll-go-on attitude is really cool. And I also like her dad and her stepmom. They are such great parents, especially her stepmom. They are angry with their daughter, but they still are supportive. The whole family is very positive in life and that’s what makes them so cool.
Her mum, when she found out about her pregnancy said, “Somebody else is gonna find a precious blessing from Jesus in this garbage dump of a situation.” This is one of my favourite lines in the movie. Usually things which we don’t want might mean the world to other people.
Overall, the movie is a heart-warming one, with implicit educational and family values, that one would enjoy.
“Get Smart” stars the gorgeous Anne Hathaway and funny man, Steve Carrell. Anne Hathaway is just stunningly pretty and she’s one of my favourite actresses. Well, I liked her from “The Princess Diaries” and have been a fan since then.
Anyway back to “Get Smart”. This movie is super hillarious. I wasn’t really keen with the story though because it is predictable. Well, there were some parts which was pretty dull for me but the funny parts really had me laughing my “ahem” off, man! One of my favourite scene was when Anne Hathaway teaches Steve Carrell how to use his belt, which contains a pill that when swallowed, will cause death within 9 seconds. The pill is meant for agents, so that they can kill themselves to escape being tortured. Then Steve Carrell made a funny statement instead by saying, “Great, so how do I get them to eat it?” I don’t know, it was extremely hillarious for me.
Then there was another part, a chase-and-run session between Steve Carrell and the villain in the movie. Then Steve Carrell was like crashing into everything and then his boss shouts “SWORDFISH” – because ahead of them was a shop with a swordfish head as deco. Steve Carrell crashed into it and then asked his boss, “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” Steve Carrell’s boss said, “I don’t know. Were you thinking, Holy S***, Holy S***, a swordfish nearly went through my head. If so, yes.” If you watch this part, then you’ll understand what I mean.
And another reason “Get Smart” is worth watching is because Masi Oka or better known for his role as Hiro Nakamura in Heroes, is in it too and as usual, he was so funny and cute haha. I love him…
Next up “Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging”. The title of this movie itself is funny and it also somehow is very creative that it manages to lure me into watching it.
Well this is a British movie so expect some really cool British accent in it. I love the accent so it is no problem for me at all. Well, let me be honest. It isn’t my choice of a good movie. If I were to grade it, I’ll probably give it a B, an average score. It wasn’t brilliant, wasn’t bad. It was directed by Gurinder Chanda (I think, I’m not sure) who directed Bend It Like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice. It’s like a normal teenage flick, about how this young teenage girl faces her everyday life – with parents whom she feels doesn’t get her, with the need to compete with blondes with pretty faces and big boobs, and with the need to get a hot boyfriend. So the whole movie is about how she and her friends try to score boys and oh yeah, how to kiss perfectly or the term used most frequent in the movie, how to snog.
The only thing great about this movie is the HOT GUY in it. My new found love – Aaron Johnson who plays Robbie “the Sex God” in the movie is superfine! Plus, his band in the movie, The Stiff Dylans plays really good music. My favourite by the band is “Ever Fall In Love”. Check it out. The ending of the movie is good though, very happy.
That's all for now. Oh but i'd like to point out that American Idol season is back and i'm loving the new judge, Kara. Honestly, i usually agree with her and i feel like she is the judge that is not as blunt as Simon but still manages to give clever and spot on criticism. Plus, she's hot. Paula, who's starting to get on my nerves, really should learn from Kara.
There was one episode in which a bikini girl came for audition. Seriously, even though she sounded okay, i think she's so bitchy and her attitude is so annoying. Simon and Randy sided her while Kara was totally against her. Tat bikini girl even challenged Kara and thought she was better off than Kara. Oh plzz...she got to go to Hollywood but thank God was eliminated this week in Hollywood. I mean, her diva and so self-indulgent attitude is not gonna get her far anyway.
You know, she did not practice singing with her group because she was "too tired because she had wore heels the whole day." For Goodness sake, dun wear heels then. Wearing heels won't help you through the competition anyway. I guess she believe that if she continue with her sluttiness (ahem, excuse my language) and her ways of seduction, she'll going to make it to the finals. She thinks the audience or the Americans are stupid, does she?
It's either she's purposely being that patheticly bitchy for the show or she is really like that. She even posed for the camera when she was on stage being judge. How vain. Even Kara couldn't stand her and called her a biarch, which was censored of course. I mean, it's one thing she got eliminated but her 'good' doings has caused her other group members their ticket to the next level of the competition. Pity them, but they did forget the lyrics due to lack of practice.
Anyway, there are also a few early favourites that i feel is going to go super far in the competition. Here are my list of early favourites. Their voices are beautiful....
1. Stevie Wright - She reminds me of Colbie Caillat. She's young and pretty and extremely talented
2. Scott McIntyre - He's blind but he has beautiful eyes and a voice of an angel. He plays instruments and graduated college at the age of 19. Genius or what?
3. Casey Carlton
4. Ashley Anderson - Her rendition of Leona Lewis's "Footprints in the Sand" blew me away. I think she has definitely got what it takes.
5. Matt Breitzke - He might not look like Tom Cruise or any hottie. He's a married man, a father who loves his son and happens to have a beautiful, natural voice. I think he'll sing country songs very well. I like his voice because he sings effortlessly and it's so natural.
6. Anoop or...Noop Dawg haha - He's and Indian and such an adorable geek. His outer appearance might not work for him but he sure has got a voice. I just hope he doesn't end up like Sanjaya - a laughing stock.
7. Danny (i forgot his surname) - He lost his wife a few weeks ago and he almost did not audition due to the grief. But he made it and is one of the judges early favourite as well. I think he too can make it...maybe the next David Cook. He's not my top favourites, but we'll see how he fair later shall we?
8. Michael Castro - Jason Castro's brother. Who is Jason castro? haha..he's one of my favourite last season. he finished 4th or 5th in the competition and he is a super charming lad. Jason is very simple with his singing...he just plays a guitar and does his things. Something like John Mayer, Colbie Caillat, Jason Mraz-zy style i'd say. Overall I was a fan of Jason. Michael Castro has a more aggressive, punk rock style. i'm not sure if i'm gonna like him, but he sounded good during the auditions and since he's jason's bro, i'm gonna also root for him.
So far, i've got 8 talents in hand. I'm gonna find more soon when we move to the Top 12. This year, hopefully, i'll be able to predict the Idol....
With lotsa love,
tammy c
