Movies: Mass Post... Part III

Huzzah! Uni is finished for the semester! Well, sorta... I do have exams in a couple of weeks... but in the meantime, blog post! Today is about a few films that left me saying "Huh?" or were just a bit strange...

I have to start with Only Lovers Left Alive because I watched this one the most recently and I'm still thinking about it. It's a vampire movie... but it's not like any vampire movie I've seen before. It's very jaded, and yet it's a love story. Adam (Tom Hiddleston) and Eve (Tilda Swinton) (and yes, I wondered whether they were the Adam and Eve) have been alive (dead?) for many, many years. They have been married several times and although they sometimes live together they are apart at the beginning of the film. Adam is a popular musician who is toying with the idea of putting an end to his eternity while Eve spends time with other vampire friends in Tangier. Then enters Eve's sister, Ava (Mia Wasikowska) who is a total spanner in the works. I loved the conversations between Adam and Eve, their dry, intellectual humour was my favourite bit. The soundtrack was amazing, Hiddleson and Swinton's performances were brilliant. I fell a little bit in love with both of them... Don't expect a conclusion to this story though; it leaves you hanging, wondering what's going to happen next.

If you know someone who has a love affair with their computer then watching Her will make you even more confused. Technology has advanced so far that we are using Artificial Intelligence instead of Operating Systems (like Windows) and the main guy (Joaquin Phoenix) orders a brand new AI (voiced by Scarlett Johansson) who grows and learns as you talk to them and set them tasks. The thing is, this guy falls madly in love with his AI... It's all kinds of weird and sad... until almost suddenly you realise how normal of a relationship it is, which makes it even weirder... I was pretty disturbed by the time the film ended, but I think it was because I'd accepted the relationship between human and AI as normal. The film is long and there is lots of talking. It's pretty mundane really. But the ending still has me thinking about it. Give it a shot. Also featuring Amy Adams (Man of Steel, American Hustle), Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids).

I picked up Sexy Evil Genius because it has some of my favourite cast members ever: Seth Green (Buffy, Entourage) Michelle Trachtenberg (Buffy, Gossip Girl), Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Gallactica, Riddick) and Harold Perrineau (Romeo + Juliet, Sons of Anarchy), plus William Baldwin (Backdraft, Forgetting Sarah Marshall)... can't go wrong with a Baldwin right? Ha! It's set in a bar where we are all waiting for our crazy ex-girlfriend Nikki (Sackhoff) to show up and tell us why we're here... That's pretty much it. As we wait, we tell stories of all the crazy things that Nikki used to do and speculate as to why she has called us all together like this. I spent the entire movie wondering what the hell and in the last 10 minutes or so when it's all revealed... I was still wondering what the hell was happening. I would watch this movie again. Such a simple concept. Give it a go.

We might go back to the normal Gee Spot programming from now on cos I just saw the new X-Men and I'm about to watch The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and they both need full posts, right? There might be a Books mass post sometime too... Anyway, all fun! Stay tuned!

Love Gee

xoxo

TV: Gossip Girl SE6 EP1

Gossip Girl
Drama, Romance

I know, I know! This show is... not to my usual standards but I just cannot help myself! I have some kind of sick fascination with the back stabbing illuminati of the Upper East Side. Last season seemed a bit lackluster to me at first but now I'm looking back on it I realize how much stuff actually happened; I've gotten so used to these crappy short seasons that when I come across a long twenty-something episode one I go a little into shock.

Lets see how quick I can run through this. Last season; Bart Bass (Robert John Burke) returns from the dead with the help of Diana Payne (Liz Hurley) who then leaves to run a magazine in London, Bart ousted Chuck (Ed Westwick) from Bass industries blaming his obsession with Blair (Leighton Meester) over his lack of business acumen. Gossip Girl (Kristen Bell - the voice of GG) starts uploading parts of Blair's diary that Serena (Blake Lively) left on the laptop GG stole back, Blair kicks Serena out, so Serena goes and sleeps with Dan (Penn Badgley) and films it to get back at her. Dan is furious and tells Serena he doesn't want to see her again so of course Serena spirals and goes back on the drugs...again. Blair has to chose between Dan and Chuck and we all cheer when she gets back with Chuck... cos you know, how weird was it with her and Dan together? But Chuck says they can't be together yet after what just happened with Bart and Bass industries. Dan takes Georgina (Michelle Trachtenberg) to Italy with him in order to use her viciousness to help him write his next book.

Meanwhile, Lily (Kelly Rutherford) has to decide between Bart and Rufus. Due to Bart being alive and the tension between her and Rufus (Matthew Settle) she decides that her marriage to Rufus is invalid because she's obviously still married to Bart... I know, confusing... and that's only two of her marriages! One of her other ex-husbands, William Van der Woodsen (William Baldwin), is discovered as Lola's (Ella Rae Peck) father... he'd had an affair with Lily's sister Carol (Sheila Kelley) and so Lily took revenge by sabotaging her court case and stealing her inheritance from Cece's (Caroline Lagerfelt) death. When Lola discovers she is a Van der Woodsen, William signs over her portion of the inheritance which she promptly gives to Ivy (Kaylee DeFer) to help her exact their revenge on Lily while Lola goes on tour with her acting group. Ivy moves in with Rufus. Nate (Chase Crawford) receives a copy of the video of GG stealing back her laptop and is in the process of trying to figure out who she is.

I think that's it... not as short as I wanted but I remembered a lot actually happened in that last episode. And now... Dan's pissed that Blair dumped him for Chuck and that they are not actually together, meanwhile he's been taking advice from Georgina on how to write his next best seller... She's determined that everyone be named and shamed in the next publication. Serena - who we all thought actually had died as GG told Nate - is alive and well and has dumped everyone she knew in life to start again... but then comes back to the Upper East Side anyway? I don't understand that...

I totally thought that Rufus was too smart to fall for the likes of Ivy... it kind of sickened me that they got together, gross! I thought he had guessed her game for a second there, maybe he has and is just playing along? Really convincingly? Ugh. I don't understand why GG traded the photos of her stealing the laptop for Serena's whereabouts... the photos don't show her face after all, it could have been anyone under that hood! How is that a breaking story?

With this season being the last of GG forever I'm hoping there will be some juicy storylines and possibly an in front of the camera shot of GG herself?! Come on guys, you have to give us that at least!

3 out 5 back stabbers...

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I'd just like to point out that most serial killers are high functioning members of society who lead a double life. She could be trapped in the basement or buried in the backyard." - Georgina Sparks