Lord of the Files (63)

This is one violent movie. Words cannot express how violent it is. I can't wrap my head around the violence in this movie.
Here we go: premise of this movie is that two groups' of boys from two different schools plane crashed. They ended up stranded on an island. They thought they saw a beast. They wanted to kill it, but to no avail. They ended up-now here's the horrendous part-killing their own. There's also a fat boy who wore glasses. The other group took his glasses to start a fire. They ended up killing Piggy, the fat boy by pushing a boulder in his direction; poor guy didn't even see it coming cos he didn't have his glases on. And he was washed out to shore. Maybe even drowned? Now only the level-headed guy was left. They were after like banshees... until they came face-to-face w/ their rescuers. Hallejah!
My opinion of the movie: I would say outstanding except it wasn't. Well it started fine when Jack with the help of Piggy use teamwork to keep the boys in line.
Then it kinda sorta fell apart when they went on the hunt for the 'beast.' It went crazy beyond crazy. It was out of control. Simon and Jack and Piggy didn't believe there was a 'beast.' When Ralph took over things got out of whack! Ralph turned all the boys into barbarians. Their actions were barbaric, killing anything that moved like Simon who was taking a look at the 'beast.' I realised that they have to take care of themselves, but it's unbelivable how things turned out. In Piggy's case, Ralph never treated Jack and friends nicely. He slapped Piggy on the face, breaking his glasses; he can only see out of one eye. He called him all sorts of names-not nice names too. Piggy was killed by his tribe. I mean, boys can be boys, but this is reducing themselves to murderous little boys. Sad to say, rescue came way, way too late.
Which boy do I like? Well, Ralph for one, but I didn't like how he always bullied Piggy. Ralph was so bold so courageous.... and so deadly. What I didn't like about Ralph is that he denied killing Simon. Even though he said he didn't kill Simon, he wanted to go on and 'kill the beast.'
But you also can't help but like Jack, who's so level-headed. He knew that there's no such thing as the
'beast.' And there's nothing he can do to stop the mayhem that Ralph has created. Even though he was elected as chief in the beginning, no one would listen to him now with Ralph as the new leader of the 'hunters.' And Ralph hated how Jack always sided with Piggy. Ralph's tribe always hunted for food while Jack was given the food by Ralph's cronies.
Lord of the Files is a totally barbaric story about boys who would stop at nothing to attain their mission, which is to 'kill the beast,' their enemy whether it be the strange thing on the island or Jack.
I highly don't recommend this movie.

Runaways

I'm so mad over the Runaways!

Watchin' their movie starring Kirsten Stewart & Dakota Fanning had something to do with it....
But listening to their music online made me a true fan of the Runaways. I wish I was a fan of 'em back when they were popular, then I could've collected all those mememorbilia/souvenirs of theirs. I wish I was a group, then I could've known them up-close n' personal.

IMHO, they were true teen punk rockers They were the prob'ly the 1st girl punk girl punk group. You go, girls!

Rock n' Roll, girls! Rock Long Rock Hard.

They prob'ly started the grrrl riot! Way to go, girls!

Body Image Obssession

What is it with our culture about body image?! If we don't look a certain way, we get criticize for it.
If we're too fat, we're obsese or overweight. Or if we're too thin, we're considered bulimic or anorexic; EATING DIORDER ALERT!

What w/ Sara Rue losing 50 lbs thru Jenny Craig and Alison Sweeney losing 30 lbs.-and many more celebs losing wt left and right-I know it's healthy and all that but people think it's unhealthy too thin or too fat. What will become of us? Yeah, sure, Sara Rue snagged herself a man as she was losing all those wt and is planning a May wedding and Ali is no longer bingeing on sweets so there's a plus side to it.

But we still think of body image as being the end-all and be-all, so if we let loose or, fall of the wagon so to speak, once in a while it's not like we'll die, slight exaggeration. I guess people lose weight for health reasons. But if they just want to lose wt to impress people, it so ain't alright cos they'll turned bulimic or anorexic. If they're fat, they should maintain their wt to reasonable wt. And if they are already healthy, they should eat fruits and veggies and exercises as often as they can.

Zsa Zsa Gabor Hospitalized w/ Pneumonia

Zsa Zsa Gabor, 94, hospitalized w/ pneumonia. She's at this age where she's suffering from a whole buncha aliments. Poor dear. I hope she survives. (I'm surprised she's even alive!) I hope she pulls thru!

She feels with Elizabeth Taylor's death, a whole era has ended... And in a way, it has. She feels her death is impending, that any minute she'll croak. Kinda bleak, dontcha think?



Update: Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon Named Their Fraternal Twins! Ooh La La!

Mariah "Mimi' Carey and Nick Cannon have finally named their fraternal twins! Baby girl, Monroe Cannon, who weighed in at 5 lbs 3 oz, and baby boy Moroccan Scott Cannon, who weighed 5 lbs 6 oz. Monroe Cannon wasn't given a middle name cos mama Mariah doesn't have one-she was named after Marilyn Monroe, being a big fan of her (she has her white piano). Moroccan Scott Cannon's first name was inspired by papa Nick's proposal (Nick asked Mariah to marry him in the Moroccan Room on the top tier on Mariah's apt in NYC.) Moroccan's middle name is papa Nick's middle name and maiden name of Nick's grandmother.

Will the kids be under the glare of the paparazzi? Or will they be allowed to lead normal lives?

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon Have Twins

Yesterday Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have fratenal twins-a girl and a boy. The girl came 1st, followed by her brother. Well the happy couple hadn't named their babies yet but they are happy. Who wouldn't be?!
The twins were born on their parents' 3rd anniversary. What a great way to spend their anniversary! For years to come, they'll be celebrating both their anniversary and the birth of their babies! What a happy occasion!