Shame Review Coming Soon

But until then, the Michael Fassbender song:

It's Surely Not The Trailer

Because this shit seems pretty lame. However, the main reason why I would even consider watching a guaranteed shit fest like Battleship is to look at the Skarsgard. 

I don't know if my loyal legion has noticed, but I haven't mentioned True Blood since it premiered last month. That's because I haven't seen an episode yet. Why? Because shit happened and that I'm still too pissed to talk about it at the moment. 

But watching this trailer reminded me that there are other ways for me to get my Skarsgard fix. He has been in other things besides the True Blood. There is this one movie where he plays a tranny who wants to set him/herself on fire. And if you got through that last sentence without scratching your head then you'll probably love it. However, after watching the movie I wanted to set the DVD on fire. I felt that it would save others from renting such crap...

Anywho, here is the trailer for the much anticipated Battleship. Apparently Rihanna is in it, but lucky for me she didn't she didn't spoil the trailer by popping her light bulb-shaped head onto the screen...Someone actually told me that I looked like her. I proceeded to poke that person in the eyeball. 

BATTLESHIP - Trailer PT by dmagianet

Yes ANOTHER Video

X-Men: First Class comes out next week, and I seriously cannot contain myself. I'm not sure what I will do to celebrate the release of this new X-Men film, but since I have the entire day of June 3rd off, I'm sure I'll think of something. 

Do the White Sox play that day?

Anyway, I was on the internet (kinda minding my own business) when a member of the loyal legion emailed me (thank you!) this video of the X-Men: First Class cast on the Today show. It's a cute little clip with Michael Fassbender mentioning that he wished he had a tail to hold his beverage while he typed on the computer. Although it didn't make much sense, I still giggled like a school girl.

I also learned that the film's premiere was held in NYC last night. Once I took a glimpse at the premiere photos, I noticed that the Fassbender looks like a huge douche with blonde hair and that damn cigarette. That was the moment my crush officially died.

Aside from losing a crush and finally being within a week of X-Men bliss, I got a chance to read some of the reviews about the film. Majority of them were positive, while some...not so flattering. However, I'm going to keep an open mind for the next week and not let those critics opinions influence me. I'm almost sure I'll see a film 10x better than that shit-fest X-Men Origins: Wolverine...God I hope so!

pic snatched from popsugar

Review: Jane Eyre

I hate when I read movie reviews and it takes the critic three paragraphs to explain to the reader that they loved a movie. So I'll start off by saying that I liked this movie.

I'm not going to lie, I seriously felt that this movie might actually be a waste of time and money; especially since I had attempted to read the book and fell into a deep slumber every time. I'm glad I stuck with my initial plan to see this movie on its opening weekend. I believe that if I had waited too long then the memory of what I had read would have left me, and I would have blindly gone into this experience...and I don't like to do that at all. 

Synopsis: Jane Eyre is basically the story of a young woman who had to struggle her entire life. She was orphaned at a young age, brought up by a bitch of an aunt, sent off to a shady ass boarding school for being "too difficult to manage"; then when she was too old to be there, she became the governess at some big ass house out in the middle of nowhere for a little girl that didn't know a word of English.

A real hard-knock life...

The one thing that I loved about the character of Jane Eyre (I also noticed this when I read the book) is that she never appeared to act as if she was a victim. She stood up for herself and hardly, if ever, cried over spilled milk. She was never the damsel. 

The actress that played Jane, Mia Wasikowska, was in a word: awesome. I loved her, and looked forward to seeing more of her whenever she left the screen.

Since seeing this movie this past Saturday, I took to seeing two of the many adaptations of this book. Although I love Samantha Morton (1997 adaptation) and the 1996 adaptation with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Anna Paquin, I must say that Wasikowska's version of Jane was more believable. Wasikowska's Jane was youthful in both age and looks, where the other women barely came close to looking the part. I don't think Samantha  Morton ever looked 19 years old even when she was 19 years old, but who can blame her for trying.

While living in that big ass house in the middle of nowhere, Jane meets the master of the house, Mr. Rochester. In the beginning, I'm sure the audience is not supposed to like him, but I immediately loved him...blame it on the casting. Michael Fassbender as Mr. Rochester is the only reason why I took my ass to the theater in the first place. The moment his face graced the screen, me and the other 20 women sitting in the theater gasped simultaneously. He is just...so beautiful, even though I'm almost sure Mr. Rochester is described as butt ass ugly in the book, but I'm not complaining.

Fassbender's portrayal of Mr. Rochester was very good. Compared to the other actors I've seen, the overacting and over brooding wasn't necessary, and he played the character true to his own original style. It was just right. 

However, there were some moments that had me thinking what the hell is going on. For example, the chemistry between Wasikowska and Fassbender never appeared. I was waiting for there to be an obvious spark, but nothing. The only moment that I felt that there was a little something between the two characters, was when Rochester creepily watched Jane sleep after she saved him from a fire. Then came that God awful marriage proposal...I'm not sure about my loyal legion, but if someone is head over heels in love with me and wants to marry me, he is going to have to do a little bit better than calling me a "strange and most unearthly thing" before he pops the question. I'm not fond of being called anything other than my name during a marriage proposal.

Like any other book turned movie, there are a lot of differences. There are a lot of characters and moments that I saw as crucial in the novel that weren't mentioned in the movie. However, to be honest, they weren't missed.

I wished the movie could have gone on a little longer, especially after I warmed up to the idea of Jane and Rochester being together, but a four hour movie would have been to much for some. 

Like I said before, I liked this movie. I will recommended it to people I know; the only downside is no one I know would want to see this movie. Damn you CGI, you have officially ruined the effect of word of mouth. 

Kenny Loggins = Montage!!!

not a montage but I just had to

The language? Oooohhhh! It must be Italian.