I think we all can relate to the movie the DUFF. The main
character is this tomboyish girl who loves flannel, is fairly antisocial, and
is considered to be not the most attractive girl in her friend group. In the
DUFF, Bianca (tomboy main character) is forced to “realize” that she is the DUFF
in her friend group. DUFF stands for Designated Ugly Fat Friend. Based on the
movie title this movie does not disappoint. Bianca ends up going to her
childhood best friend for guy advice and in the end she ends up falling for him
not her original crush.
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Saturday, March 12, 2016
Lollapalooza 2016!!!
As of Tuesday of this week the lineup for Lolla this year and tickets went on sale! For those of you who don't know what Lollapalooza is, it is a music festival in Grant Park, Chicago. They play mainly indie/alternative music with the exception of a few headliners that tend to flow into the mainstream music a bit. But those artists are exceptional, for example Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of the headliners this year. The reason that this year is so special is because for one, it's my first year going! Plus it's the 25th anniversary of Lollapalooza so they're pulling out all of the stops. They are having all of the best bands this year, in my opinion.
This year due to the 25th anniversary, instead of having just the standard three days of bands playing, they're having four. Normally it's just Friday through Saturday, but this year they're adding a Thursday! In addition to the extra day, they're having all of the best bands play everyday. Plus did I mention that this is going to be the first year that I'm going to Lollapalooza? To show you just how excited I am about Lollapalooza, I'm going to give you a list of all of the bands I want to see and what days they will be playing on.
Thursday:
Thursday:
- Lana Del Rey
- Flosstradamus
- Bastille
- Daughter
- Yeasayer
- Melanie Martinez
- The 1975
- Wavves
Friday:
- Major Lazer
- M83
- Miike Snow
- MØ
- Saint Motel
Saturday:
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Disclosure
- Two Door Cinema
- Grimes
- Big Grams
- St. Lucia
- X Ambassadors
- Jack Garratt
- Alina Baraz
- The Joy Formidable
- Chairlift
Sunday:
- LCD Soundsystem
- Ellie Goulding
- Years and Years
- Oh Wonder
- Marian Hill
- Låpsley
- Haim
- Bloc Party
- Zhu
- Seven Lions
- Halsey
Friday, March 11, 2016
United States of Tara
A story line following a mother of two with Multiple Personality Disorder or Dissociative Identity Disorder and her crazy family, United States of Tara will peak your interest. While it isn't a new show (2009-2011), it shows a comedic perspective on what it would be like to live the life of someone who lives with this disorder. Spoiler alert, while the entire series is good as a whole, but the ending was complete crap. It was as if they didn't know how to wrap things up and make a good ending. But that's just my personal opinion.
United States of Tara is a unique show because not only does it follow Tara's life but it follows Buck, Alice, T, and more [alters]. Plus there is Marshal or Moosh, Tara's gay son, Max, Tara's also somewhat psychotic husband, Kate, Tara's misguided teenage daughter who is just trying to figure out her place in the world, and Charmaine, Tara's sister that has stuck by her crazy sister's side throughout their lives. My main reason for loving this show is the characters listed above. The plot is a little shaky at times but knowing these guys will be there makes it all worth while, even that dumb ending I was telling you about.
The underlying plot to the entire series is that Tara is trying to figure out what happened in her childhood to cause the Dissociative Identity Disorder. I won't give away whether she discovers the truth or not but I'll tell you this: In the end, Tara realizes that she is just straight up crazy and needs to get some serious help, not try to cure herself. Spoiler alert, she does!
Nothing much more to say than what I've just explained in the paragraphs above, just that United States of Tara is worth your time, except be prepared for a lackluster ending.
Thursday, March 10, 2016
A Review of Room
Realistic. Terrifying. Heartwarming. Heartbreaking. These are the four best words I could find that would best describe Room. A movie about a young mother and her son, Room accurately portrays a situation we all fear to some degree, being kidnapped. After being kidnapped at 17, Joy is kept in a shed and continually raped, when she gives birth to Jack, who spends five years of his life in "Room," which is basically his whole world. We get to see how Joy has had to hide the fact that her and Jack are abducted from her son, because of his age. The story follows the experiences that these two face, and the affect that being kidnapped has taken on their mental health and lives in general.
I really enjoyed this movie because I've had a life long fear of being kidnapped, as surely we all do, and found the ideology and decisions made by the characters to be very realistic sounding. Plus I've always enjoyed a good thriller, where the good guys always wins, which this movie has. I don't want to give too much away but spoiler, Joy and Jack escape their captor! Another reason why I enjoyed this movie is because the acting and setting were very well done. What intrigued me the most was interesting it was to see how "Room" looked while Joy and Jack were held there and after they'd escaped.
I know this blog post has been short but I just figured I would do a mini review and recommendation for those of you who have not seen the incredibly well-done Room.
I really enjoyed this movie because I've had a life long fear of being kidnapped, as surely we all do, and found the ideology and decisions made by the characters to be very realistic sounding. Plus I've always enjoyed a good thriller, where the good guys always wins, which this movie has. I don't want to give too much away but spoiler, Joy and Jack escape their captor! Another reason why I enjoyed this movie is because the acting and setting were very well done. What intrigued me the most was interesting it was to see how "Room" looked while Joy and Jack were held there and after they'd escaped.
I know this blog post has been short but I just figured I would do a mini review and recommendation for those of you who have not seen the incredibly well-done Room.
Sunday, February 28, 2016
My Youtube Favorites
This may not be the most original post I've ever done but I felt like this blog needed a switch from let's be honest, purely movie reviews, because those are all I ever watch anymore.
Jenna Marbles:
I'm going to be honest with you guys, when I first started watching Jenna's channel I honest to god thought that Marbles was her actual last name. But once I was introduced to her cute dog, Marbles, I felt like a complete idiot. The reason why I love Jenna's channel is because she uses humor to cater to all audiences. Then sometimes she just uses her personality to cater to those audiences. Jenna will use her audience as inspiration for her videos and sometimes not. Like in "Jenna's Ratchet Hair Salon," that is just pure comedy in order to get a laugh from her viewers, while in "Some Thoughts On Avacados," she literally uses a whole twelve minutes to rant about avocados being on everything where she lives, and that's just her personality shining through.
Ryan Higa:
I love Ryan Higa because he does a spoof on pretty much every pop culture topic. For example, two of my favorite videos from him are How to Sing Like Your Favorite Artist part 1 and part 2. He finds the humor in the hot topic of the day. About a month ago he made a video spoof on "How to Run for President," clearly a spoof on the presidential race. For me Ryan Higa is a timelessly funny person who I've been watching since "The Big Bouncing Inflatable Green Ball," which premiered around six years ago. Needless to say, I've been watching his channel all the way through the cheesiest of the cheesy videos.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon:
You're probably looking at this title like, "What? This doesn't fit in." Well, believe me I laughed at the thought of putting this on my list but the channel of one of the Youtube channels I most frequently watch. I know that I can just record this on TV, but I'm with the generation who can't live without their smart phone. hence me doing everything on it. Sorry, off topic, let's get back to it. I love the Tonight show because Jimmy is one of my most favorite comedians and I watched his show before it was the Tonight Show and is the only reason I watch the actual Tonight Show.
Jenna Marbles:
I'm going to be honest with you guys, when I first started watching Jenna's channel I honest to god thought that Marbles was her actual last name. But once I was introduced to her cute dog, Marbles, I felt like a complete idiot. The reason why I love Jenna's channel is because she uses humor to cater to all audiences. Then sometimes she just uses her personality to cater to those audiences. Jenna will use her audience as inspiration for her videos and sometimes not. Like in "Jenna's Ratchet Hair Salon," that is just pure comedy in order to get a laugh from her viewers, while in "Some Thoughts On Avacados," she literally uses a whole twelve minutes to rant about avocados being on everything where she lives, and that's just her personality shining through.
Ryan Higa:
I love Ryan Higa because he does a spoof on pretty much every pop culture topic. For example, two of my favorite videos from him are How to Sing Like Your Favorite Artist part 1 and part 2. He finds the humor in the hot topic of the day. About a month ago he made a video spoof on "How to Run for President," clearly a spoof on the presidential race. For me Ryan Higa is a timelessly funny person who I've been watching since "The Big Bouncing Inflatable Green Ball," which premiered around six years ago. Needless to say, I've been watching his channel all the way through the cheesiest of the cheesy videos.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon:
You're probably looking at this title like, "What? This doesn't fit in." Well, believe me I laughed at the thought of putting this on my list but the channel of one of the Youtube channels I most frequently watch. I know that I can just record this on TV, but I'm with the generation who can't live without their smart phone. hence me doing everything on it. Sorry, off topic, let's get back to it. I love the Tonight show because Jimmy is one of my most favorite comedians and I watched his show before it was the Tonight Show and is the only reason I watch the actual Tonight Show.
Thursday, February 25, 2016
New Netflix Shows: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Daredevil
Looking for a cute comedy or an action-packed drama to watch during the spring season? Well, I have just what the doctor ordered. Season two of Netflix Original's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Daredevil return on April 15th (Kimmy Schmidt) and March 18th (Daredevil). Each series is completely different but both equally lovable.
Kimmy Schmidt is a comedy about a 29 year-old who was stuck in a bunker for the majority of her life, then is released, and makes her way to New York to start a whole new life for herself. It's just a wacky, cute comedy with very dramatic and diverse characters. Then there is the theme song. In my opinion when it comes to that show, the theme song is the best part. It is the chatchiest thing ever. It perfectly explains what the show is about, auto-tuned to perfection, in all of about 30 seconds. Kimmy Schmidt is a funny take on a very serious and real topic of kidnapping. I plan on watching the movie Room, also about kidnapping, and it told a very different. In both scenarios both protagonists survive. The difference is in Kimmy Schmidt, it's very dramatic and fantasized, while in Room, it tells the very real story of a very plausible kidnapping story and the ways it impacts a mother and her child.
On the dramatic note, Daredevil is about a blind superhero who, you guessed it, fights crime. But he is also a lawyer, part of the Nelson and Murdock Law Office. During the first season we meet Matt Murdock (Daredevil) and his closest friends, acquaintances, and new people he meets. Plus you get to see a blind man (with a cloth tied over his eyes for dramatic effect) kick some serious butt (oh how I wish to use a different word here). What more could you want? Marvel lovers are in for a treat with this one, but then again if you were a true Marvel lover you would've watched it when it came out last year in April. Either way you get a look into Hell's Kitchen, taking place after the first Avengers movie, where Matt Murdock is trying to pick up the pieces of his city and protect it from the evil it faces. The best part about Daredevil, for me anyway, is the part at the very end of the first season when Daredevil finally gets his own costume and it's like a weight lifted off your shoulders.
Kimmy Schmidt is a comedy about a 29 year-old who was stuck in a bunker for the majority of her life, then is released, and makes her way to New York to start a whole new life for herself. It's just a wacky, cute comedy with very dramatic and diverse characters. Then there is the theme song. In my opinion when it comes to that show, the theme song is the best part. It is the chatchiest thing ever. It perfectly explains what the show is about, auto-tuned to perfection, in all of about 30 seconds. Kimmy Schmidt is a funny take on a very serious and real topic of kidnapping. I plan on watching the movie Room, also about kidnapping, and it told a very different. In both scenarios both protagonists survive. The difference is in Kimmy Schmidt, it's very dramatic and fantasized, while in Room, it tells the very real story of a very plausible kidnapping story and the ways it impacts a mother and her child.
On the dramatic note, Daredevil is about a blind superhero who, you guessed it, fights crime. But he is also a lawyer, part of the Nelson and Murdock Law Office. During the first season we meet Matt Murdock (Daredevil) and his closest friends, acquaintances, and new people he meets. Plus you get to see a blind man (with a cloth tied over his eyes for dramatic effect) kick some serious butt (oh how I wish to use a different word here). What more could you want? Marvel lovers are in for a treat with this one, but then again if you were a true Marvel lover you would've watched it when it came out last year in April. Either way you get a look into Hell's Kitchen, taking place after the first Avengers movie, where Matt Murdock is trying to pick up the pieces of his city and protect it from the evil it faces. The best part about Daredevil, for me anyway, is the part at the very end of the first season when Daredevil finally gets his own costume and it's like a weight lifted off your shoulders.
Thursday, February 18, 2016
iZombie: The CW (A Compilation of My Thoughts)
A show about a zombie who is trying to find a cure in one of the most unique ways possible. I find this show amusing because it takes a modern and humorous take on the whole gory zombie trend. Liv Moore, a human-turned-zombie who has had to uproot her life, become a medical examiner/coroner, and eat the brains of dead people in order to solve police cases. She also has to break up with her fiance, due to the whole being dead thing. The whole show is very quirky, in the sense that there is indeed a cure for the zombification process. Liv discovered that the Utopium (a drug that got laced with something else and created a whole boat-load of zombies) can be cured with more Utopium. The show has an underlying premise of Liv, Ravi (Liv's partner M.E.), and Major (the fiance), all searching for more Utopium in order create the cure.
iZombie is also very amusing due to the fact that Liv takes on the personality of the brains she eats. She has these visions that help her learn the true murderer of the victim's brain whom she is eating. People end up thinking that Liv has some sort of unstable mental health resulting in her overall personality changing very frequently. This all changes once pretty much everyone in her personal life finds out that she is a zombie. \
There isn't really one specific reason why I love iZombie. Sure, it has comic book elements, zombies, some good looking people, lots of humor, lots of actions, you get the point. But what I can say is that it is worth watching even though it may not be the most high quality TV show.
iZombie is also very amusing due to the fact that Liv takes on the personality of the brains she eats. She has these visions that help her learn the true murderer of the victim's brain whom she is eating. People end up thinking that Liv has some sort of unstable mental health resulting in her overall personality changing very frequently. This all changes once pretty much everyone in her personal life finds out that she is a zombie. \
There isn't really one specific reason why I love iZombie. Sure, it has comic book elements, zombies, some good looking people, lots of humor, lots of actions, you get the point. But what I can say is that it is worth watching even though it may not be the most high quality TV show.
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