Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol. I know. I know. I haven't blogged all year. Since April of this year actually. Sorry. What is my excuse? I don't have one. I'm just sorry. lol. (Being lazy, of course!) But now I'm back and in full effect! This blog is going to remain the same which means I will be posting interesting news stories and movie and book reviews. That's what I do! Shall we begin?
Okay, so today I'm going to review The Sorcerer's Apprentice starring Nicolas Cage, Easy- A starring Emma Stone and then I'm going to talk a little about that horrifying Lakers vs. Bucks game that ended disastrously last night! lol.
So, this weekend I rented two movies, The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Easy-A. Both were great rentals!
The Sorcerer's Apprentice stars Nicolas Cage as good wizard Balthazar who has for centuries searched for the descendent of Merlin whom will also have his marvelous power. He meets the little boy in 2000 and that goes awry when his enemy played by Alfred Molina is unleashed. Then he meets up with the boy played by Jay Baruchel in 2010 and together they have to stop Maxim Horvath (Molina) from unleashing a powerful, evil wizardress! I was not sure about this movie since it stars Mr. Cage. I'm sorry but many of his current movies have been terrible, from Bangkok, to The Knowing (one of the worst movies ever!) and even Astro Boy was terribly acted. (That's a cartoon!) But I must say that he did justice in this movie. It was eye catching from the very beginning with the fight out between Balthazar and Maxim in an antique shop. Throw in the charming but dorky personality that Jay brings to every one of his movies and you have a cute but adventurous tale of magic, science and love. I definitely recommend this movie for you all to rent.
Grade- B+
Next, I watched Easy A starring Emma Stone as an ignored teenage girl named Olive who discovers an easy way to become popular fast: become a trollop by pretending to sleep with alot of dorky boys and make them popular too. But she finds out that the reputation of a skank is a hard one to manage gracefully especially when religious fanatic Marianne (played by the lovely Amanda Bynes) decides that she has to go! This a very funny tale inspired by the Scarlette Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I laughed throughout the movie and enjoyed it immensely. I definitely recommend you rent this movie soon.
Grade- B+
Okay. So now let's talk about this game last night between the Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks. Point blank the Bucks tore the Lakers to pieces. And this was very upsetting since the Bucks are a mediocre basketball team. Pictures of an angry, pouting Kobe Bryant can be searched on the internet and I can't help but giggle at the sight. It's so amazing to me how he has played basketball for 14 years and have won and lost games dozens of times and he still gets so mad when he loses. Poor Kobe:( lol. I definitely understand the embarrassment of being a top tier team and losing to Bucks. Add in the knowledge that Kobe was in a minor car accident and damaged his expensive car earlier that day and you have a star in a very bad mood. But I can't help but laugh because the Lakers are still in the running to the NBA championships; they are 21-8 now, won last year (and 15 other championships to boot) and Kobe must learn that everyone have bad days. Don't get so upet! lol. We love you anyway! You're Kobe! He's probably thinking about how the Celtics are pretty much #1 in the league thus far but he must remember that the Lakers beat them last year. So what? Kobe, you're handsome, rich and have a beautiful family (Vanessa Laine is a lucky chick if there ever was one). Take a deep breath and smile!
And that goes for all of you out there, too. Whenever you find yourself getting upset, remember that having good and bad days is a part of life and that it's going to be alright. Take a breath and smile:)
Let me know what you think.
Until next time,
Lew
