Trailer Tuesday! pt. 26

Cemetery Junction Trailer

Whip It! Trailer

Broken Embraces Trailer

An Education Trailer

Trailer Tuesday! pt. 25

The Queen and I Trailer

I Love You Phillip Morris Trailer

No Impact Man Trailer

Flame and Citron Trailer

Despicable Me Trailer

Yoo-hoo Mrs. Goldberg Trailer

The Collector Trailer

Bret McKenzie in the Lord of the Rings!

I remember imdb'ing Bret McKenzie (The Flight of the Conchords) a while back and seeing that he was in The Fellowship of the Ring and The Return of the King. I forgot about it until a few nights back. I finally had a chance to go through the films and find him...

Extended Edition- The Fellowship of the Ring
disk one
1:43:25 (far right of the screen)
1:43:38
1:44:03 (far left of the screen)

Extended Edition- The Return of the King
disk one
38:45 "Lady Arwen..."

Half-Blood Prince

I saw the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince earlier this week. I have heard very many mixed reviews so far, so now I am going to write what I say. First of all, there were very many discrepancies between the film and book. This did not bother me as much as it seemed to bother others. I guess that I have kind of gotten used to it since it has also happened that way with all of the other films.

The one thing that I really had a problem with was the way the the film dealt with Fenrir Greyback. I personally think that he is a kind of large part of the story. The problem that I had was that the film showed him, but with absolutely no explanation. I do not understand why he was even put in the film, if he was going to have such a small role.

That all said, I loved the film. There were many moments when I was uncontrollably laughing (the main moment being after Harry takes the luck potion). Prior to seeing the film, I was not completely sure whether Jim Broadbent was the absolutely best choice for Professor Horace Slughorn. Upon seeing the film, all of my doubts were crushed. He was absolutely amazing. He could be in the background of a scene when something extremely important was happening, and still, I could not take my eyes off him. Every facial expression and gesture was perfect.

I encourage you all to post your own reviews in the comments section.

Dream Cast Thursday! Twilight

For this week's "Dream Cast Thursday," I will be recasting Twilight. The original cast includes: Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), Alice Cullen (Ashley Greene), Rosalie Hale (Nikki Reed), Jasper Hale (Jackson Rathbone), Emmett Cullen (Kellan Lutz), Dr. Carlisle Cullen (Peter Facinelli), Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), Esme Cullen (Elizabeth Reaser)

My recasting includes: Bella Swan (Emmy Rossum), Edward Cullen (James Franco), Alice Cullen (Natalie Portman), Rosalie Hale (Amber Heard), Jasper Hale (Trent Ford), Emmett Cullen (Channing Tatum), Dr. Carlisle Cullen (Jason Lewis), Jacob Black (Steven Strait), and Esme Cullen (Rachel Weisz).











It was really hard trying to find the right Edward. I know that James Franco might not be the obvious choice for a seventeen year old looking vampire, but when I saw the above picture from SNL, it seemed really right.

Trailer Tuesday! pt. 24

Weather Girl Trailer

The Windmill Movie Trailer

Betty Blue Trailer

Pandorum Trailer

Trailer Tuesday! pt. 23

The Invention of Lying Trailer

Amelia Trailer

The Box Trailer

Ponyo Trailer

Zombieland Trailer

Daybreakers Trailer

Love Happens Trailer

Nine Trailer

Spread Trailer

Trailer Tuesday! pt. 22

Jennifer's Body Trailer

Brothers Trailer

Carriers Trailer

The Informant Trailer

Couple's Retreat Trailer

Five Minutes of Heaven Trailer

Coco Before Chanel Trailer

Mackinac Bridge

Camping Trip

This past weekend, I went on a camping trip with my dad. I had a really great time. We drove up to Michigan. The first camp site that we went to was at Grass Lake Campground. It was right outside of Paradise in the Upper Peninsula. That first night was pretty cold, but it wasn't too bad with a sweatshirt on in my sleeping bag. The lake was really beautiful, and our site was right on the shore. Above are a few pictures of Grass Lake.























Here are some photos of Mackinac Bridge. We went over it twice and spent some time in Mackinac City. The breezes coming off of the water made the weather really nice. There were some really nice and funny shops. One was called "The Canada Store." It only sold Canadian merchandise.























Later we went to Tahquamenon Falls in the Upper Peninsula. We spent a really long time walking along all of the trails and going to the upper and lower falls. We also spent some time in the Tahquamenon Brewery. I had some absolutely delicious french fries. My dad had a Black and Tan that he said was delicious. One thing that is really nice about Michigan, is that there seems to be an enormous number of dogs. People bring their dogs everywhere. They are allowed in most stores and resturants. Many places have little water dishes outside their doors. At Tahquamenon, we saw many dogs. My dad pet just about all of them.






















Our last site was at Platte river Campground. It was right by the Sleeping Bear Dunes in Glen Arbor right by Lelanau. In Lelanau, there was a really cool store where everything was at least 50% off. Their sunglasses were on sale for 2 for $10.00! Everyone that knows me knows that I hate spending a fortune on sunglasses. We also went to a cute little restaurant called The Cherry Republic. Just about everything had cherries in it. I had the most magnificent grilled cheese of my life. The bread was really good. It had a couple different types of cheese (including provolone) and a really delicious spicy, cherry sauce.



















Our site at Platte River Campground had a trail leading to the Lake Michigan beach. We spent several hours hiking to and along the beach. It was gorgeous. It was really nice, because there were only a couple of crowded areas along the beach. The rest was pretty secluded. For a lot of our hike, there was this tiny, little bird that kept walking ahead of us. Every now and then it would turn around and look at us. If we were too close behind, it would fly ahead a few feet and start walking ahead of us again.