Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Remembering John Lennon

It's one of the saddest days in music history, the anniversary of John Lennon's death. Lennon's lyrical and musical genius are timeless.

I've been listening to Beatles music and Lennon songs today in memory of this rock icon. Below are some of my favorite Lennon songs. Rest in peace John.

  • Across the Universe
  • Dear Prudence
  • Don't Let Me Down
  • A Day in the Life
  • Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
  • I'm Only Sleeping
  • It's Only Love
  • Happiness is a Warm Gun
  • Norwegian Wood
  • Strawberry Fields Forever
  • Julia
  • A Hard Day's Night
  • Revolution 1
  • If I Fell
  • Power to the People
  • Imagine
  • Instant Karma
  • Nobody Told Me
  • War Is Over/Happy Christmas
  • #9 Dream
  • Beautiful Boy

Happy Lost Tuesday!



It's Tuesday, December 8 and for Lost fans that means Season 5 is available on DVD and Blu-ray today. I'm obsessed with Lost but I don't own any of the Seasons on DVD. Mostly, I watch the episodes I want online at ABC's website. Up until about a month ago, I was living with my mom and dad and I got them hooked on Lost as well. They'd never seen any of the episodes, so we rented them from Blockbuster each week and blasted through 4 Seasons. Yip, I like making Lostie devotees wherever I go.

Currently, ABC is not showing all of Season 5 on it's website. I'm not sure if this is a ploy to force people to buy the DVDs first or have people sign up for Lost University or what, but I'm kind of annoyed. I hope they put the full season up before the start of Season 6 so that peeps can refresh their memories.

We are only 8 weeks away from the premiere of Season 6 aka "Destiny Found" aka "The Beginning of the End." ABC's got a couple of trailers (check them out below) out but no new footage. I'm likin that they're keeping things under wraps. Lost is all about suspense and withholding information so this just ups the drama. I've got my calendar marked for Tuesday, February 2. 




Monday, December 7, 2009

Movie Monday: Harry Potter and the Half-Bad Movie



The latest installment in the Harry Potter movie series will be available on DVD tomorrow and as such, I feel it's my duty to warn peeps about this movie. Now, if you heart Harry Potter with all your magical being, I'm sure you'll purchase the DVD and love it. However, if you held off from seeing it at the theater and convinced yourself it would be an early Christmas present, meditate on it for a moment.

I didn't get to see The Half-Blood Prince when it came out in July but from the trailer, I expected it to be spectacular. That's what I expect from Harry Potter movies, mystery, magic, adventure and awesome special effects.

Back in October, Half-Blood Prince came to the dollar movies here and my husband and I thought, "Why not?" If I could ask the cast of this movie for our $2 back, I probably would. Wow! It was a huge disappointment.

The movie staggers along like a drunk on the way home from a bar, and there's a huge lovey dovey scene with Ron and the moon and his pining over some chick that is just plain stupid. The best scenes were flashbacks or "memories" from Tom Riddle, aka Lord Voldemort. Oh, and as for the magic world colliding with the real world like you see in the trailer? That most have lasted a whopping 2 minutes because we were maybe 5 minutes late for the show and didn't see any of the calamity that invaded the muggle world. Draco is initiated by Bellatrix and gang to perform a task for Lord Voldemort and then he spends the rest of the movie practicing a specific magic trick.  

Spoiler Alert!! He's supposed to kill Dumbledore but in the end he just can't do it and so Snape steps in and finishes the job. And you know what? I felt absolutely nothing when Dumbledore died. I felt nothing when the students were mourning him. Btw, Snape is the Half-Blood prince.

I just felt like the characters were total shells in this movie. There was no intensity, even when Dumbledore finally bit it. At the end of the movie, Harry and Co. decide to skip the next year of school to go in search of the Horcruxes and thwart Voldemort's evil plan. Fade to black.

For me, I just hope the next adventures are worth the price of general admission and popcorn. I'm not giving up on Harry Potter yet. I'm just waiting for the magic to come back.

P.S. I should point out that the special effects in this film were great. That's your spoonful of sugar to go with this review.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Soup Saturday-Video Treat from This Week's Edition of the Soup

So, according to The Soup, Matthew McConaughey has signed a deal with Fox to create a cartoon show. Now, from what I've read on other news sources, the cartoon series will actually be about Matthew's brother, Mike "Rooster" McConaughey because, "My brother's life is just so unbelievable, we had to animate it." Matt said.

The anmiated TV show will revolve around a "beer-drinking, redneck sheriff who marries a younger woman from Mexico." Um, yes you read that correctly. I'm not sure if this is supposed to be a cartoon for kids or something more appropriate for Adult Swim. In any case, perhaps some of you remember Rooster from his previous reality show adventures on Black Gold on TruTV or maybe from when he named his kid Miller Lyte McConaughey.

Until Rooster Tales debuts, please enjoy this creation from The Soup.






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