Sunday Movie Review

So I only occasionally do a Friday Tunes, and even more rarely do a Saturday Product Placement...why not throw in another weekend thing that I don't do?? Introducing................SUNDAY MOVIE REVIEW!!!!


This week I'm going to review Limitless.

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I give it... 3/5 stars.

Out of the four of of watching it, two (the dudes) really liked it and the other two (the chicks) were like...meh. She just thought it was boring. I had issues with the plot. And not the "there's no way that would happen" issues, like I usually do. The main character was extremely unlikable. The guys disagreed with me on that point.

Oh - SPOILER ALERT.

So he starts out as an "author" who is basically just a failure at life. He has a contract, but hasn't written a word of the novel. His girlfriend dumps him because she's tired of taking care of his sorry butt. Then he runs into his ex-wife's brother who was a low-class drug dealer back when he knew him. Dude gives him this random pill, but swears he's no longer a dealer, this is a legit drug that's approved by the FDA.  So he's like...la la la...okay, I'll take it! And of course goes all voodoo magic with the smarts it gives you, or whatever.

He gets all productive and has sex with a married woman then writes part of his book. The publisher or whoever loves it. Then he panics because the drug wore off and he's back to being a useless human being. So he goes to get more from the ex-brother-in-law and after Dude makes him run some errands he comes back to find him dead. So of course he steals his stash of magic pills. Starts taking them like crazy. Then he has a weird blackout where he can't account for something like 20 hours. And a woman turns up dead.

This man's stalking him, blah blah blah. He gets back with his girlfriend because she thinks he's turned his life around. Ah - but that happened before the blackout night with the murdering and such. So he's cheated on his girlfriend now. He becomes an amazing stock broker. Doesn't care that he's taking mysterious, illegal, and stolen drugs that someone is probably looking for and might notice his amazing nobody-to-somebody story that has amazing timing. (Hint - they are, and they do)

He tries to get off the drug because of the weird blackout thing and starts getting really sick. That's when he finds out if you get off it you die. So he's got this limited supply and he'll die when he runs out. Also, his girlfriend leaves him (again) because he's not really a better person. Some more stuff happens, blah blah blah...

Now it's a few years later and he's running for Senate or something. This man who used to be his boss shows up and is all "Dude, I know how you did this, and I've closed down all your suppliers - you have to obey everything I tell you or I'll cut you off and you die." And then he's all "Dude - I'm freaking brilliant and figured out how to get off the pill and stay this brilliant (and - most importantly - not die)!! I don't need your stupid drugs, so gtfo." And the dude's like "...oh. Well, bye then!" And he goes to eat lunch with *drumroll* the girlfriend.

He never learns a lesson. He never does anything good or helpful, like save a life or stop global warming or something....he just benefits himself. There are no repercussions back on him. Sure his girlfriend left him (twice) - but she came back! (twice) A couple of bodyguards died, but they were just hired goons - who cares?? His ex-wife is basically mentally and physically crippled because of the drug and as far as the movie shows he's done nothing to help her.

AND - you see the teal/orange that is the movie poster? That goes on throughout the entire movie. That is my biggest pet peeve in movies, thanks to the linked article.

I've changed my mind.... 2/5 stars.

Probably More Than You Want To Know

I can never remember which words should be capitalized in titles, so my default move is to just capitalize all of them. And that's what I did. Right up there. In the title. In case you don't know what I'm talking about. Which wouldn't be unusual.

Anyway.

Good grief - if you were to count the number of times I've said specific words (excluding silly things like "the" and "of" and..."and"), "anyway" would probably be right at the top. Maybe because I get off topic and ramble? Sometimes? Maybe.

Anyway.


This is the part that is Probably More Than You Want To Know. Just a warning before you read any further. You're welcome. PMTYWTK? Nah, too long. Okay - back on topic. My birth control prescription ran out at the end of December. I thought it would last through January since I got a card in the mail saying I was scheduled for my yearly check up in February. So when I went earlier this month to pick up my pills, I was going to ask when it ran out. Turns out it already had. Huzzah!

I'm planning on switching over BC methods for...well, reasons that are definitely MTYWTK. And because of that, I didn't really want to phone in another prescription. And yes, I'm sure the doctor could have called in a one-month prescription, but do you know who you're dealing with here? Yeah - didn't happen. So we've just been using condoms the past month. My cousin and his wife have been married longer than we have, and that's the only BC they've ever used. And they haven't gotten pregnant. But now one of my single friends is in a bit of a pregnancy scare and it's got me kind of paranoid. To be fair I don't know if she used any form of BC when The Incident occurred (and she might not even be pregnant), but it's still scary. The bright side is I might be to be a god mother! Huzzah!

In other news, I woke up with the sniffles today and it's sad. And I may get popcorn lung from the excessive amount of popcorn I eat.

Here is a cute little... hamster? Mouse? Something...eating some corn. Just because I wanted a picture to show up when I posted this link on Facebook. Logic isn't required here, people!! Also, I'm not sure why they spelled "corn" wrong...it might not have been on purpose.

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Friday Tunes

You thought I forgot, didn't you?? Silly Internet - I'll never go away!

Here are my "tunes" for today. Which just happens to be....FRIDAY! Garfunkel and Oates are amazing, guys. Go watch all their videos and thank me. By commenting. Please just comment. I'm so lonely. Love meeeee....

Hair! Update

I did it!! I got my hair cut today. You'll have to wait another day to get normal hair shots, because one of the "Future Professionals," or whatever they call themselves, wanted to curl it. So I let them have fun. And it's crazy looking!!! They should pay me to let them have as much fun as they do. :P

Speaking of money, I had $45 worth of "fun money" I had gotten from my mom and N. It was my splurge money that made the haircut okay (it's only $15, but still). I LOST IT! It fell out of my pocket in the salon and we couldn't find it. They checked security cameras and it didn't look like anyone swiped it, but still. They know me pretty well since I've been going there for nearly two years, so they said if it turned up they'd give me a call.

Not that you care about any of that - picture time! I'll post more tomorrow when I've had a shower and tamed the beast that is these curls...

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Crazy, right? Don't worry (or unfortunately?) - it will never look like this again.

Another Bizarre Dream

Dude. Dreams. amiright? Weird.

Let's see if I can remember all of last night's dream. I mean, it won't be the same to you as it is to me, because I suck at explaining things. But I'll try.

I was with four friends, and we had been invited to hang out with a group of people. It's weird because we didn't think we would know anyone there, but then my friend Moe was there. But we didn't notice him until we were leaving...

So anyway. They were sitting outside at these weird tables that were kind of just tree stumps. And they were in front of those old-school tents like you see in Civil War movies and stuff. Apparently they get together and camp out? And play Bridge? Because that's what they were doing. But none of the four of us knew how to play. We got stuck at a table with this guy who didn't like us, for some reason, so he didn't teach us how to play. Then all of a sudden he's all "I win!" and I got mad and threw a penny at his head, yelling "OF COURSE YOU WON - YOU NEVER TAUGHT US HOW TO PLAY!" Then we left. And that's when I saw Moe and was all - "Hey!"

But we still left.

I'm not sure how I found this out - if it was pictures on FB or some sort of out of body experience or what - but turns out they had a crazy party. Drugs, alcohol, all sorts of naughty stuff. So we missed out on a great time? Maybe? I'm not sure. It was just kind of "this is what happened when you were gone" information.

At some point in time I met Booth from the TV show Bones. It was actually the character and not the actor. And it was actually in an earlier episode, because I was all "Want me to tell you what happens?!?!" And he was freaking out because he didn't want to know. Spoiler: BONES GETS PREGGERS WITH YO BABY!

I was helping these scientists clean up after their lab got...trashed...somehow. They had all these plants they were trying to save, and I was collecting the fish, because the tanks had been broken. There was this one blue one that jumped out of the cup I had put him in and was chasing me across the floor. I was freaking out and telling the scientists about it and they were all "Dude - that's an octopus!" (They may not have said "dude.") But it was totally an octopus! It was tiny and blue and looked like a fish, because its tentacles looked like fins.

Then Mr. T and I went to a rave with another couple. It was crazy and had all these entrances into the main room using pipes and tiny elf doors and stuff. The lady who took our tickets was from the weird Bridge party we had left. She was all "Dude - you missed a great party!" (She probably said "dude.")

Fin.

When I told Mr. T he said he was worried about our kids. I kindly pointed out I got all our kids in me right now. Gettin' weird from my crazy dreams. Oh, yeah.