Personal Rating: 10/10
IMDb Rating (as of 12-17-12): 7.6/10
Beasts of the Southern Wild is a very deserving award winning film. It centers on a five-year-old girl, Hushpuppy, who is pressured by her father to sort of "man up" so as to be able to survive should he perish. Their relationship is rather crude, yet has this element of adorability.
Hushpuppy lives in a community in an island isolated from urbanization. They live with a strong sense of survival and pride (for a small number of them), that when a storm is about to hit their area, Hushpuppy, her father, and a few others stand through it.
This movie will get to any human. There are moments when you might feel like crying, but you hold it in and "man up" because somehow the movie prepares you for that. Somehow.
I would definitely recommend this movie. Keep a pillow or something/someone you can hug close by.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Friday, December 14, 2012
Middlesex [Jeffrey Eugenides]
Personal Rating: 9.8/10
I loved reading this book. Everything is so coherent: from the language to the story to the characters. The text is so self-aware that it effectively suspends disbelief. Also, it involves the reader in creating the story—extending it, and filling in gaps.
Middlesex touches themes such as abandonment, gender identity, love that is often stigmatized, tradition, change, and death.
There was one part though, that I thought was slightly inconsistent. But it was just a few words in a dialogue. Then again, it's not easy to incorporate accent into text (although Eugenides was successful in doing that except for that one part).
Middlesex is one of the best books I've read. It is definitely worth the read. Although this is something bigots might not enjoy.
Warning: spoilers after the jump
I loved reading this book. Everything is so coherent: from the language to the story to the characters. The text is so self-aware that it effectively suspends disbelief. Also, it involves the reader in creating the story—extending it, and filling in gaps.
Middlesex touches themes such as abandonment, gender identity, love that is often stigmatized, tradition, change, and death.
There was one part though, that I thought was slightly inconsistent. But it was just a few words in a dialogue. Then again, it's not easy to incorporate accent into text (although Eugenides was successful in doing that except for that one part).
Middlesex is one of the best books I've read. It is definitely worth the read. Although this is something bigots might not enjoy.
Warning: spoilers after the jump
Pitch Perfect
Personal Rating: 7/10
IMDb Rating (as of 12/15/12): 7.3/10
This is a really fun movie to watch. It's basically acapellas and humor and a poorly weaved story. The story isn't that bad, but it has a lot of room for improvement. There's also an unnecessary love story there. But that doesn't really matter much. What matters is Anna Kendrick's everything and Rebel Wilson's humor. And the unexplored (bummer) sexual tension between Anna Kendrick and Brittany Snow's character.
Pitch Perfect has some quality that you can watch it over and over and not get tired of it—at least in my case. But I wouldn't say it's in the same league as Mean Girls. I'd say it's about two degrees below.
You won't waste your time with this film. It's entertaining, pleasant to the ear, and Anna Kendrick and Brittany Snow.
IMDb Rating (as of 12/15/12): 7.3/10
This is a really fun movie to watch. It's basically acapellas and humor and a poorly weaved story. The story isn't that bad, but it has a lot of room for improvement. There's also an unnecessary love story there. But that doesn't really matter much. What matters is Anna Kendrick's everything and Rebel Wilson's humor. And the unexplored (bummer) sexual tension between Anna Kendrick and Brittany Snow's character.
Pitch Perfect has some quality that you can watch it over and over and not get tired of it—at least in my case. But I wouldn't say it's in the same league as Mean Girls. I'd say it's about two degrees below.
You won't waste your time with this film. It's entertaining, pleasant to the ear, and Anna Kendrick and Brittany Snow.
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