The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

SWEENEY TODD. There you have it. A wonderfully amazing musical that enthralls viewers with its musical numbers, violence, romance, and some pretty sexy actors. While there have been MANY adaptions [spell check is telling me I can't pluralize adaption....why?] of the Broadway musical, none surpass the sexiness that is Johnny Depp:

While the movie adaption (2007) isn't my favorite MUSIC-wise---as in there aren't as many songs  in it, including The Ballad of Sweeney Todd, the "theme song", in a sense---it is by far the most enthralling, and the easiest accessed. While stage productions can be watched on sites such as YouTube, they  aren't in as good as quality, nor do any other film adaptions [shut up spell check, I'm using the word "adaptions"] have such strikingly gorgeous Todds, they do fill a certain void when the 2007 version can't be accessed. 

NOT TO MENTION:

Helena Bonham Carter

(Bellatrix Lestrange

Timothy Spall

(Peter Pettigrew) 

Alan Rickman

(Severus Snape)

Anthony

(Gellert Grindelwald)

OUR HARRY POTTER ACTORS!!!! =)

So, if you have NOT seen Sweeney Todd, GO AND SEE IT NOW!! (i warn you though, I may be someone who enjoys this kind of gruesome, bloody, gory movie, but you may not be...not for the squeamish or weak of hear! =D)

Earth's Children Series

So, my readers, I feel it is my duty, as an avid reader of books, that I introduce you to, if you don't know it already, an amazing piece of literary work: the Earth's Children Series by Jean M. Auel.

                                  

 

The  Clan of the Cave Bear

Book 1

(1980)

The Valley of Horses

Book 2

(1982)

The Mammoth Hunters

Book 3

(1985)

The Plains of Passage

Book 4

(1990)

The Shelters of Stone

Book 5

(2002)

The Land of Painted Caves

Book 6

(2011)

So, all 6 of these books are part of the AMAZING Earth's Children series by Jean M. Auel. They're the story of the incredibly strong, brave, confidant heroin Ayla. Ayla is a Cro-Magnon living in prehistoric Europe before the extinction of the Neanderthals. Now, I'm not going to give away what happens in these books, because that would be DEADLY evil, but I will say that they're, BY FAR the best series I've come across since Harry Potter---though the first few were published before Harry Potter was even thought of by the great Jo Rowling. I would say, next to Harry Potter, this is my FAVORITE series. It is awesome. The amount of research that Jean M. Auel went through, and the countless months she spent compiling her knowledge to create such a realistic plot, is amazing. Her descriptions are beautifully written and give you a PERFECT peak into the Upper Paleolithic era, and though there may be one or two irritating things (such as grammar, or odd, unrealistic abilities) the overall AMAZINGNEESS of these books overrides those minor irritations. I'm quite happy to say that, though she may have known about the series, and planned on reading it at some point, my dear friend Mixie has now been reeled into this thrilling tale, and I hope that many of you, my dear readers, will too!!

IMPORTANT NOTE!!!!!!!

The final book of this series, The Land of Painted Caves will be published on March 29, 2011, so that's coming up!!! I plan on buying AS SOON AS I CAN! and I hope that those of you, who find you love this series just as much as I do, will relish in the fact that you don't have to sit around waiting for months (or in this case YEARS) for the next installation to come!

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

So, I have a fascination with Heath Ledger



because he is rather gorgeous...and I think it's terrible that he died =(

But, in honor of him, I started watching The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,



the last movie that he made (GRANTED I started last night, and then the whole tsunami thing interrupted, so I'm about to resume watching it). Unfortunately, Heath died about 1/3 of the way through filming, and so his critical role was taken up by a cornucopia of actors...it almost became like a tribute, and an honor to finish the role for Heath.

The actors who portrayed the part were:


HEATH LEDGER (RIP)


JOHNNY DEPP


COLIN FARRELL


JUDE LAW

Japan Earthquake

Oh my god. So, I'm typing, as I'm watching the news, of the massive earthquake that hit off the coast of japan. An 8.9 magnitude earthquake Japan, and there is now a tsunami warning. I'm watching live as the waves flood in over hundreds of acres of land, drowning houses and cars and airports. This is terrible. I really don't want this to be a repeat of Indonesia. God, this is just heart wrenching. There have been 5 major aftershocks, fires, waves of 13 ft high...Send your prays/hopes/strength, whatever you feel fit to send to all those in Japan and possibly in Hawaii because there's a possibility of the tsunami waves reaching Hawaii....I'm sending all my strength to all those in Japan or anywhere it hits with enough force to cause harm, especially the family that I have in both Japan and Hawaii

Lent

So, I was off perusing my best friend, Mixie's blog (ALL OF YOU SHOULD GO CHECK IT OUT! http://missmixie.blogspot.com/) and she had a post about Lent, so I decided, hey, why not share what I'm giving up for Lent?


So, first of all, for those of you who may not know, Lent is a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday. A period of penitence for Christians before Easter. And it is a common practice for Christians to give something up/do something for the 40 day period. Also you don't eat meat on Ash Wednesday or any Friday in Lent (which isn't too hard for me since I'm a vegetarian).


So this year for lent I have decided that I will be giving up television. 
                                                    
Giving up television is going to be hard for me, but I'm tired of giving up soda every year and want to be a little more active about what I'm giving up. I will, however, allow myself to watch movies (a little bit of cheating, but hey, what can I say, I like movies =p)


The second thing I'm doing is I'm not going to swear. period. Which is VERY difficult for me, because I say f*** or s*** of d*** every few minutes generally.


                                 
Every time that I swear I'm going to put a bit of money in a "Rice Bowl" 
                                                                  
And, while I'm not going to use an actual rice bowl, nor am I going to give it to the organization that the Rice Bowl centers itself around, the effect is generally the same. 


When I DO flub and swear, the money that I donate will, most likely, go to the ASPCA, my favorite charity =).


                                        


SO, feel free to comment/share with me what you all are planning on giving up for Lent (if you plan on it at all =D )

OSCARS!

Well everyone, it's that time of the year again!

THE OSCARS

I can tell you I was pretty darn excited! I had hoped that some of the few movies that I actually managed to see would win, and that, most of all, HP7.1 would win the one Oscar it got nominated for.

And, as most of you know, it did not. And, to kick a dog when it's down, Alice in Wonderland beat it. I mean C'MON!

I rather disliked that movie. I thought the plot was stupid, and the acting only so-so. And the title was rather irritating too! I mean, it was NOT Alice in Wonderland. A more applicable name would have been Alice in Underland, since in the movie itself it's not WONDERland it's UNDERland, or After Alice would have worked, since it was not the story that Lewis Carol wrote, and it barely hung on by a thread to be affiliated with Alice in Wonderland.

To make matters worse, I'm watching the Oscars and WHABAM! Right in the middle of the original song nominee from Toy Story 3 the cable goes out! THIS SUCKS!!! URGH!!!

Well, I hope that the rest of the show goes good, and that the nominees whom I want to win do, *knock on wood*, I'll be googleing it tomorrow to find out!

Enlightened

I am going to enlighten all of you on a few things that you may not have been previously aware of:


This is a penguin

This rock is not alive







This is the happiest place on earth







This is called being happy







This is called being sad







This is not how it actually works



I hope you are all feeling just a tad bit more enlightened!  You're welcome! =)