Cloverfield

Me and my hubby had a date night last night, and went to see Cloverfield. My husband has been anticipating this movie since seeing a snippet of a vague preview, and last night he finally got his fix of the thing he's been obsessing over for weeks. You've just got to love him and his fixations.

The film was really well-done. It was intense and shot in first-person, a way that really put you inside of the camera man's experiences. It was unique in that you only saw the monster when the characters saw the monster. You didn't see the normal movie view as in Alien or Godzilla and the like. While I kind of wanted to see it in more detail in some shots, I was admiring of the way it was done. I am not and never have been one for 'monster movies', but this one had a spice I liked and it actually kept me pretty tense the whole time.

Thankfully, the seat right next to me stayed empty. *sigh of relief* I absolutely hate when a stranger sits RIGHT next to me at the movie theater. Ha.
We arrived 30 minutes in advance to get a good seat. Well, by that time a freaking line was already formed inside the theater about a mile long. So, we didn't get "our" row of four or so seats with all the leg room for our giant selves, but our seats were alright. Thank goodness for big theaters.

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All You Need Is Love

Today (tonight rather.. as I near midnight) seems to be one of those uninspired days, as writing goes. I'm giving it a shot regardless, because I have a goal for myself to write something every day. I didn't want this blog to start sounding livejournal-esque, but due to my brain's lack of creation of interesting topics, I'm elaborating on the movie me and my hubby saw tonight, Across the Universe.

If you haven't seen it already, and are a fan of unique musical films, I suggest you see it. I was impressed and enjoyed it a lot. I think I got chills more than a few times. Beatles songs work magic, they seem to sort of 'puff' into your ears and head and you can't help but move along, sing along, or even cry along. I loved the surprise appearances by Joe Cocker and Bono. Probably my favorite song renditions were Bono's great cover of I am the Walrus, the scene of the guys singing With A Little Help From My Friends (made me want to sing along to the song with my good friends), and the Hey Jude scene towards the end.

The overall art direction was lovely. The rendition of Strawberry Fields was war-themed and pretty interesting. There's a circus-like psychedelic scene featuring a made-up Eddie Izzard that I actually wanted my 22-month old to be able to see, he would've loved it.

Parts of the movie made me want to be a free-loving hippie. And I'm sure movies make the whole "make love not war" thing look more glamorous than it indeed was. There was much hurt and chaos in those days, as there surely are today. Surely. Though my inner flowerchild can't help but want to share a marijuana smoke filled, artsy partment with five of my hippie friends and dance around in the grass in my spare time. Just once.

I kind of fell in love with the character, Max, who looks so much like Kurt Cobain it's eerie.

Sorry, I'll try and not give away the entire movie. I'm just appreciative of it, I haven't seen something so original in quite awhile.

Long live The Beatles.

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