I was in a DeNiro mood yesterday, so I watched Mean Streets and it did not let me down. It was clearly a Scorsese movie, you could tell just watching it, so if you’re a fan of him, you’l definitely like it. I was not a fan of Amy Robinson (Theresa) in this, but Harvey Keitel, who I just realised while watching it was the guy with long hair in that one Taxi Driver scene, created a really good character and did a good job. Even though he was a smaller role and he was so young, DeNiro really stood out as being amazing. I was not sure how to feel about his character at times because sometimes I hated him and sometimes I felt like I was on his side. Either way, there was a huge range of emotions and attitudes required for a part and he nailed it pretty much all the time.  Its a character based story which can turn some people away if they’re into it for the plot, but I thought it was pretty good.

Robert Deniro

I had no idea what to expect from Midnight Cowboy, but I have to say that it was made really well. I personally really disliked Jon Voight’s character (Joe Buck) so that made the movie less fun for me, but that was more of a personal thing and others probably feel different. Dustin Hoffman was amazing though, I wasn’t sure at first since the character is different than so many of them that he plays, but I guess he can do anything. Neither character was supposed to be a hero I guess, I just appreciated Rizzo more I guess, I don’t know. The way the story built up was pretty cool and I guess just a little insight into New York at that time. I did appreciate the ending though and the whole thing was made well so, it depends on your taste I guess.

I’m not sure how to classify American Beauty, but it was good either way. It was kin of weird and creepy, but the book was written well and the movie was really good. Again, it was really strange and some people may get bored by it, but the directing was fantastic. The acting was awesome too, especially with such strange characters that had such definite quirks and auras, they all managed to pull them off really well, especially Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening, who were just incredible. I was watching it with a friend of mine and they seemed like they were losing interest, (they don’t have very good movie taste, they usually only watch adventure or horror movies) but once they saw the ending they seemed like they enjoyed it a lot. Knowing how it was going to end, I was skeptical of how they would portray it in the movie, but it was done really well and the shock held.

Edit: Somebody reblogged it saying how i was wrong, fbvfdjvbjfv and so on, and they’re right it wasn’t technically a book, I was talking with some people who read the screenplay a couple years ago and I read it online a while back and I guess I just forgot which way it was formatted, appreciate the clarification so at least I wont sound like a dumb-ass in real life.

I Find Due Date to be funnier than I think it actually is. Road trip movies can be difficult, but I think, other than the bit with the Mexican border that is absolutely ridiculous, it was really well planned and worked as a story. Zach Galifianakis defined every aspect of the character all the way down to the wierd little walk he does, and he does it fabulously, however I feel like most of his laughs are jut because he was such a ridiculous human being in this. Robert Downey Jr. and him played off of each other well though, they improvised a lot of the lines which i think is pretty impressive. Downey has one scene where he talks about his father where he absolutely nails it, he also gets a chance t get really angry and to shoot some of his one liners. The movie does get stupidly of over the top at times to the point where I wasn’t sure if it would come back, but it did at the end. It’s a pretty fun movie, and Downey and Gaiafianakis fans will love it.

Jim Carrey

I think I have a thing for movies about mental institutions and crazy people. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is one that everyone needs to watch at some point. Jack Nicholson does such a spectacular job, he brings so much into the character and the scenes. I’d have t double check, but I’m pretty sure he won a “Best Actor” Oscar for this, which says something in itself. Other than that, I was surprised when I realized that Danny DeVito was in this, but he well and was almost a comic relief character, even in a serious film like this one. Louise Fletcher is worth noting in this too, she pulled her character off really well, her attitude irritated me as much as it did McMurphey. Anyway, The ending is fantastic, I actually read the book last summer and it’s a really gd adaptation with good writing for both and watch it now if you’ve never seen it.

 I found out that we’re doing Macbeth at school next year and I am so excited.

I watched 16 movies in the past 10 days. I didn;t have time for it at all, but I had to distract myself from the fact that I wasn’t writing my essays or studying or doing homework. oh well….

sorry i haven’t been posting, I have been checking my messages and answering questions, but ii haven;t had time for much else recently, between my mom’s crazy family being in town (and that’s not exaggerating, they need major group therapy) and all of my classes trying to do the end of the year push I’ve been a little busy but I’ll be back soon. Been watching a lot of movies to keep calm though, thats been great, :P .

In General or on Stage?

Either way I suppose it’s a matter of both getting confidence in yourself and not worrying about embarrassing yourself. On stage, a lot of people have trouble because they feel like if they do something eccentric people are going to judge them, but really people usually appreciate it and find it funny if its a comedic thing or impressive if its dramatic. Stage fright can really be conquered best by forcing yourself to not only get on stage as much as possible, but to also really put yourself into it and go all out. If the crowd itself scares you, then if you do a lot of practice of your scene or speech or whatever alone, you’ll eventually be able to just block the audience out. Once you get more comfortable you can begin to feed off the energy the audience gives you, its pretty awesome once you can really enjoy the audience.

brokebackdestiel:

my definition of productivity is finally watching the movie that i hadn’t gotten around to watching

Audrey Hepburn

Bridesmaids is one of those movies where I thought it was just going to be a stupid comedy and it turned out to be really good. Yesterday was actally the secod time I’d seen it, but I forgot how funny it is as well as how adorable Chris O’Dowd’s character is in this. Kristen Wiig is absolutely hilarious, she goes all out into  the scenes an jokes and it’s worth noting. Melissa McCarthy and Ellie Kemper are fantastic in this as well, they’re both really funny, but also do well in their roles. Some parts of the movie feel a little awkward, and one part is really gross, but there are so many hilarious little scenes and moments and details. The kind of goofy/stupid movie you can watch when you don’t feel like thinking.

I watched a cool Tim Burton movie today. Big Fish is really interesting, The way its put together, using flashback from Edward Bloom’s (Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney) life and the stories he told to his kid (Billy Crudup). The whole idea of it was really interesting and the ending was done really well. Burton did a fantastic job of tying up all the loose ends and making things fit, which can be a problem in these types of movies. The performances by McGregor, Helena Bohnam Carter, Finney and Alison Lohman were done really well. The character set was so strange for this film and they were created so well and acted by people who clealy knew what they were doing. The punch of the movie, however, was more abstract than just from the characters, and was brought by good writing.