A year of movies in review.

This is the last day in 2008 and the last day for movies to make their water-stained mark on the year to get a last minute bid for the Oscars. BTW doesn't it always seems that most of the movies nominated at the Oscars are movies that are done with production in that year, but not released to the public until the next year? I think those movies should have to wait until the appropriate year for their chance at the Oscars. It seems like the best time to release your film is now so that way it can get an Oscar bid. Anyways, here are my picks for the years best, and I only do a few categories, because honestly lets face it, not all categories are interesting.





Best Actor in a Drama



Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man. His performance is flawless and he nails Tony Stark's manurisms. I cannot think of any actor that would have played the role more acurately.















Best Supporting Actor in a Drama













Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight. 'Nuff said.




















Best Actor in a Comedy

Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading. Pitt plays a classic jockey airhead in this movie that has everyone up in arms over, well nothing.

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy

James Franco in Pineapple Express. Franco seems to have a natural talent as this stoner in Pineapple Express.

Best Actress in a Drama

Angelina Jolie steals the spotlight in Changeling.

Best Actress in a Comedy

Elizabeth Banks in Zack and Miri Make a Porno. I have a feeling we have not seen the last of this comedy princess.

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama

Amy Adams in Doubt. Adams shows that she is more than just a cute face for Disney movies in this suspense driven film.

Best Supporting Acress in a Comedy

Amy Poehler in Baby Mama is the cream to Fey's coffee.

and lastly...

Best Movie of 2008

Just a quick thought...

So what to do while on Christmas break form school? It seems to be a boring time of the year for me, once the holidays are over. It just feels like I am sitting and waiting for school to restart. So what have I done? Well you see the answer is simple, I have done nothing and now I am actually bored with doing nothing. I can only play so much Playstation before I really want to implode. I would love to get my scrapbooking stuff out, but I dont dare because I have an addiction to it. (Also I just do not have the space to "spread out") I really want to go and play volleyball, but I have to wait another week. Uhg!

On another note, Eleanor is growing and so is my belly. I can feel her move almost constantly and it is almost to the point where you can see her move inside me. It is an incredible feeling! She also made out like a banshee for xmas, even though she has not graced us with her presence yet. I am relly temped to post pictures of all the cute little pink outfits that we have accumulated for her, but I fear that would make me an obsessed parent, and also not always interesting for a reader. I hope that she is very girly in a way that I was not. I want her to be feminine yet strongwilled and not ditsy. My mother-in-law thinks she is going to become a tomboy to despite me. But according to Watsonian behaviorism, I can raise her to be literally anything I desire through conditioning, right? I guess that is another topic for later discussion.

I think it is nap time...

Marriage and the End of the World

On Monday I was listening to NPR, as I usually do, and they had a clip about the statement Pope Benedict the something made from the Vatican about the church's stance on gay marriage. I must say I was rather shocked to hear their view. He made the statement that we must "save the world from homosexuality and transsexual behavior" and further stated that it was "self-destructive to mankind." Claims from the church have also stated that same-sex marriages would bring an end to the mankind since it is only a man and a woman that can reproduce to keep the Earth populated.

The Mundane View
It appears that the Vatican as well as many other religious organizations have some homophobic fear that if we allow same-sex couples to marry that everyone in the world will become gay and marry and that there will be no more reproduction. If same-sex marriage is legalized in my state or country, I am certainly not going to divorce my husband and marry my best girlfriend. Why is this view clinched to so tightly? There is a small percentage of people in the world that would define themselves as homosexuals and of that population an even smaller amount that desire to get married. Certainly this small population of people could not bring about the extinction of mankind as Pope Benedict fears it may. So it seems that there must be another reason for not allowing same-sex marriages other than it will "destroy mankind." (which by the way we should probably be PC and say humankind, but it is not my statement...)

What do I think is the reason we will not allow same-sex marriages? One word describes it... DESCRIMINATION against a minority group of people. Same way Black Americans have been descriminated against, or women, or any other oppressed group in history. Is it wrong to be a different nationality? Certainly not, so why is it wrong to be a different sexuality? I think it is because people fear what they cannot comprehend. Then they choose diferent artifacts to stand behind that "back up their opinions" and "prove that it is wrong." One example is the Bible. It has been the center of defense against anti-homosexuality. But I see it misquoted constantly and people use certain parts of the Bible for their own beliefs yet omitt the one that do not fit into their neatly formed constructs of what is good and what is not good. And it really bothers me when people solely referrence the Old Testament. In the New Testament Jesus redefines Christianity and says that love is the path to God. But people interpret love to mean what they want it to mean. Love between a man and a woman. I am sure if I had the time I could do some research on commonly quoted scripture and find all sorts of references and how they condem this or that, but if love is the message why is that the one that has been forgotten? Maybe soon we will have the next big civil rights movement and I always think that it will be either the mentally ill population (which I am sure I will write about soon) or the homosexual population. A revolution is already brewing in California... hopefully we do not continue to oppress these PEOPLE!

Just Finished!

I just completed the first book that I have read for enjoyment in a long time! I started reading Dan Brown's Angels and Demons a few years back and was never able to finish it. Upon hearing about the up coming theatrical release of Angels and Demons I figured it was time to read the damn book. It was so good I devoured it! I like the way Brown combine suspense with historical quifs that grab the readers attention. Especially if you have some idea about the topic.
I have read the DaVinci Code and I thought it was a good read as well, but the theatrical adaptation I was not so keen about. Hopefully this one will be better.