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Weddings, Mythical Creatures and Love Stories.

June 7, 2014 — Image — Leave a comment

Weddings, Mythical Creatures and Love Stories.

Holy crap. Sorry I haven’t been blogging at all lately. I went home for 2 weeks and just kind of laid in bed and ate my mom’s food for 2 weeks. It was wonderful. I also went to my childhood best friend’s wedding….and yes I did tear up. It’s crazy to think that most of my friends are getting married or having kids… I’m not really sure how to feel about that fact in my life.

I also went to a few movies, including X-Men and The FREAKing FAULt In Our STaRs. UGH. First, X-Men wAS so AMAziNG OkAy. Being a fan of the original X-Men (with Halle Barry and Ellen Page) I was a bit upset when they decided to recreate X-Men with a different cast. The first retake of X-Men: First Class (in 2011), directed by Matthew Vaughn (he directed Kick-Ass) was good, nothing special. Although, I was impressed with the cast. Being a huge fan of Skins UK I was pleased to see Nicholas Hoult as Beast, and then there is freaking Jennifer Lawrence who is just amazing in every possible way. (I’m also VERY happy they’re dating). THEN X-Men: Days of Future Past, directed by Bryan Singer (who directed the original X-Men movies) came out. Let me just say…. bringing back the original characters was BRILLIANT. I was so happy, it made the movie THAT MUCH BETTER. I won’t give away too many spoilers…but basically the synopsis is Professor X and Magneto ask Logan (Wolverine) to go back in time and change the doings of Mystique (played by Jennifer Lawrence) so that the future is better for their kind. It’s a really great movie for all sci-fi, comic book lovers.

NEXT… The Fault In Our Stars…. Oh my god…. just oh my god. I’m not sure how to put my feelings of this movie into words. My heart still hurts from watching it. (I saw it Thursday). Being a fan of the book since it came out I was worried that the movie was going to ruin the story. But I put my faith in John Green (the author of the book) and this brilliant piece of art came to be. John Green stated that he wanted to movie to be faithful to the book, and by golly it is. Yes, it does skip a few scenes from the book, but that doesn’t mean that the movie sucked because of those few scenes. It followed the book page by page (no exaggeration). It was the most incredible movie I have seen this year. Josh Boone is a spectacular director (he also directed Stuck in Love which I also recommend watching). I was watching an interview with him and he said that finding the right music really sets the mood in any movie, and TFIOS is no exception. Music describes feelings better than words and I think Boone did a fantastic job in selecting the tracks for the movie. Shailene Woodley… oh that girl can act. Holy crap. Being an actress myself I find it whenever I watch movies I usually pick out something that the actor/actress should have not done in their role. But she portrayed Hazel Grace Lancaster perfectly. Their were no flaws in her acting. I simply adore this lady. After seeing TFIOS I look up to her as not just an actress, but a person. She is truly a role model for all generations to come. Then we have the stud Ansel Elgort who played Augustus Waters. Funny, when I read the book that is how I picture Gus to look like. He did a phenomenal job playing the role of Gus. Thank you Ansel and Hazel for bringing their love story to life. And last, but not least… Nat Wolff as the character Isaac. Wow. Just Wow. I really loved the witty character of Isaac in the book and Nat was perfect for the role. Yes, even though in the book he had blond hair (get over it) that doesn’t mean he wasn’t perfect for the role. He was sarcastic and witty just like the book’s description. So please, for your own sake just see it. See it and you’ll understand why I have no words for this movie. I do recommend you read the book though.

So that’s it for 2 weeks. Sorry it’s a lot of words… 🙂