It's All About Song Choice

Currently Listening To: Paramore - Turn It Off

I actually went to Gurney Plaza today with the intention to watch Avatar again (my mum is anxious to watch it in 3D), but since the tickets for the 2.55pm show was kinda limited, we ended up watching the 72 Tenants of Prosperity instead and bought tickets for Avatar tomorrow.

Not a bad movie I guess. Not something I'd usually watch in the cinema but hey, Bosco Wong's in it! =P

Anyway, thanks to that movie I watched American Idol at 8pm instead of the usual 6pm. As I've said before, I was really excited about the girls this year but errr after watching them sing I am no longer that excited.

Why? Because 90% of the girls sounded terrible tonight.
I'm serious here. I'm not quite sure what happened to them, but the judges were spot on about the song choices. Most of them chose songs that were either too big for them, or too boring and slow for the big stage.

Just awful song choices all around. The award for the worse song choice goes to Lacey Brown. And she's one of my favourites! Unbelievable.

Surprisingly, Katelyn Epperly did better than I had expected. Still not the best singer, but a lot wiser than the others. She picked a song she liked and sang it quite well. Great song choice. The rest, not so much.

Highlights: Lilly Scott, Didi Benami, Crystal Bowersox.
Nightmare: Lacey Brown (WHY?!), Ashley Rodriquez, Haeley Vaughan.
Oh-Wow-That-Wasn't-Bad-Afterall: Katelyn Epperly, Michelle Delamour, Siobhan Magnus.

Loved Lilly's song choice. No idea what that song was but I would love to listen to that again.

I thought Didi sang really well too, loved her voice but the song was a bit bleh. Still one of my favourites though.

Siobhan Magnus is like the female version of Adam Lambert - big voice, great vocal range and the ability to screech on command. I did not like her during the group performance, but she sang pretty well tonight and surpassed my expectations.

And Crystal Bowersox...well what can I say, she has performed consistently well and she did it again tonight. Solid vocal performance, decent song choice but there's something about her that just spells...trouble. I didn't like the fact that she's just doing this for her son. I mean, if you wanna be the next American Idol you have to ENJOY singing too you know. Not just 'Oh it's only for my son. I don't care about this any other way.' A lot of people would kill for the opportunity to stand on that stage, so she could stand to show a little more enthusiasm.

As for the rest of them...I don't think I'd want to listen to them sing ever again. I wonder if they're taking the competition seriously? Ashley Rodriguez was dreadful - I couldn't hear a single thing she was singing AND yet she thought she was wonderful when she wasn't. Haeley Vaughan - poor girl the judges DID NOT love her tonight. She has great range, but needs A LOT of training before she can sing on stage. Lacey Brown was so terrible I don't even wanna think about it.

Those I didn't mention obviously did not leave much of an impression on me. Who did I miss out? Michelle Delamour (sang a decent cover of Alicia Key's Falling but other than that she was uninspiring), Janell Wheeler (what did she sing? I can't remember), Paige something (I can't even remember her full name. Shows how memorable she was) and Katie Stevens (cute, decent voice but boring).

Randy Jackson was another pleasant surprise. He actually gave constructive comments for once. I found myself nodding and agreeing with him for once, while Kara was just...Kara as usual.

So who's going home tomorrow? I have no idea but Haeley, Lacey and Ashley are NOT SAFE from the looks of it.

Next Week: The Boys - hopefully they'll do better than the girls.

Not The Avatar I Was Thinking Of

Currently Listening To: Grizzly Bear - Ready Able

Today I watched a movie about blue people.

And other than the blue people, I actually found the movie super cheesy.

I don't know why. Everything's so cliche-ish. Blue people rox.

For the entire duration of the movie, all I could think of was...Final Fantasy.

'Omg lookie there, that looks like Macalania forest.

BLUE PPL! Ronsos and Guados anyone?

OOOOOOH those floating islands are so Final Fantasy XII-ish.

HEY they have machina!

Big giant tree that got destroyed? Whoopee where's Zidane and Garnet...'

So now we need Squall's scowls and Cloud's Buster Sword and then the fantasy will be complete.

To sum it up...GFX FTW!

Remind me to listen to the OST. Sounds very FF-ish too.

Some Updates

Ah I was suppose to update my blog days ago but I got really lazy so...
...here's a slightly outdated update for American Idol:












Allison Iraheta was eliminated from AI on Thursday =(
It's really sad actually, cos she definitely deserves to be in the competition more than Danny Gokey.
Come on America, it's time for him to go home.
Adam and Kris for the Top 2!

Other than that, I watched X-Men Origins: Wolverine on Thursday.


Pretty good movie I'd say.
Wolverine's one of my favourite characters, so obviously I don't mind a whole movie about him lol.
Also love the fact that Gambit was in this movie, cos he's my favourite character among the guys and had zero screen time in the first three movies =(
Apparently they're working on a Gambit movie too, so I'm looking forward to that!

And who knew that Will.i.am from Black Eyed Peas could act? He was actually good in the movie, and so was Ryan Reynolds (as Wade Wilson aka Deadpool).

If I'm not wrong there'll be a movie for Deadpool too, so I was thinking...why not a whole TV series about the origins of the X-Men? Instead of a bunch of X-Men movies...I mean, Halle Berry's talking about a movie for Storm. Sooner or later, all the other cast members will be demanding for a movie...now we can't have too many X-Men movies, can we?

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Currently Listening To: Kalafina - Oblivious

I know I'm suppose to be doing assignments (THREE DUE IN LESS THAN A WEEK!!) but I just can't resist going out for a movie XD

So.

Watched Confessions of a Shopaholic at Gurney Plaza today.

For a chick flick, it's not bad. More or less on par with Bride Wars, which wasn't bad either despite the horrible reviews for both shows on imdb.com.

The best part of the movie? I guess Isla Fisher as Rebecca Bloomwood. She makes the show, without her it would so totally suck. The guy who plays Luke is kinda cute, but not how I imagined Luke to be. Seriously people, go read the book! How can you not read Shopaholic? It's light-hearted fun, and is good for a depressing day. Not for guys though unless you're into...well, chick-lit.

~.~

American Idol Update: Well, finally Michael Sarver is out people. Obviously he doesn't deserve to be saved. Another surprise bottom 3: Matt, Michael and Scott. What is Matt doing there? Stupid Idol people. Putting front runners in the bottom 3? Not fun anymore.

Watchmen

So.

Watched Watchmen today.

What can I say, the movie was pretty cool =D

Then again, I love superhero-ish movies so I might be biased. Well, everything except for Superman. Now that I can't stand.

Anyway, I've never read the comics before, but after watching the movie, I'm quite inspired to get the graphic novels! (Now how much does it cost I wonder...)

I saw some complains about the special effects used while surfing the net for reviews of the movie, but I'll have to disagree with the complainers. IMHO, the effects used were quite good; awesome explosion scene! *cough*directorofHeroespleasecheckthisout*cough*

And Dr. Manhattan looks really interesting. Seriously. Youtube it or something. Or better still, go watch the movie!




Have a look at the trailers if you have no idea of what I'm talking about.

Definitely my favourite movie of 2009 so far.

The plot is interesting and unusual, the characters are awesome and the actors portraying them did a really good job too.

It might be a little gory for um, most people (those I watched the movie with were literally squirming in their seats, no offense guys =P)

Flawed (codeword for deranged and delusional and completely psychotic...) superheroes are a lot more interesting than traditional ones.

A lot of hacking, and throwing, and smashing, and punching, and all that blood...

Not to mention the nudity and the sex. (WTF they didn't even sensor Dr. Manhattan's genitals!)

Final words for the movie - IT ROCKS AND YOU ALL SHOULD GO WATCH IT LIKE RIGHT NOW! =P

(Oh and take note, this movie is 2 hours and 45 minutes long.)

PS: Ozymandias looks so gay! But his voice is so sexy lol.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Ahem *clears throat*

Woke up at 11 something today.

Got ready and stuff =P

Met up with Trix for lunch at Nandos (Queensbay).

Watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button after that.

Long movie.

Interesting story, but the movie itself was kinda boring.

Note to self; never watch Oscar/Golden Globe nominated stuff in the cinema.

To those who are planning to watch it: be prepared to sit in the freezing cinema for what seems to be eternity. Unless if you're into that kind of movies to begin with.

I have never been a Brad Pitt fan, but watching Benjamin Button kinda makes me appreciate his...fine looks XD
(who wouldn't after seeing him as an old man for at least hour??)

At one point of the movie, they were actually showing him (Brad) off. Posing on the yacht (he did look darn good though *blinks rapidly*), riding his bike, and just...posing in general.

Awesome makeup/effects though.

The Dark Knight

Music: Destiny's Child - Say My Name

Ah it takes me 5 days to blog about Batman =P (am I lazy or what??!!)

Anyway, I watched The Dark Knight on Wednesday (the 23rd). Treated my parents to the movie, as it is my dad's birthday next Wednesday (in three days)and that's my present for him.

The movie? It rocked! (My dad kept raving about Jack Nicholson though *rolls eyes*)

Heath Ledger was fantastic as the Joker, it's a pity that he never lived to see his own masterpiece =( Why do the good die young?? WHY GOD WHY??? *wipes away a tear*

Ahem *clears throat*

I feel sorry for Bruce Wayne aka Batman because the Joker? Well, he totally stole every scene away from dear old Batty. I can remember the Joker's every movement (okay, I'm exaggerating) but dear old Brucey...I can't remember anything about him. Other than him crashing his Lamborghini (that poor car! Batty, if you don't want it please give it to me, mmkay?)


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Did I mention that I have a costing test tomorrow? Here I am...BLOGGING instead of studying...ahahahaha.... =/