its been a while

Hi all my fabulous readers. It has been awhile, and I have only seen two movies. You know busy with vacation and such. So, I saw Closer... let me tell you, after viewing that one, I hate Julia Roberts, I hate Jude Law, I hate Clive Owen and I hate Natalie Portman... Yes, it was that good of a performance. The only problem I had with this movie was that I had no idea how much time had passed. I also knew the group were a bunch of sluts and whores, but hey, we'd like to see some of that slutiness and whoriness. I would have liked to see some steamy romance scenes, but that's me. Wait til video.
Next, I saw Ocean's Twelve. Good, a few funny twists. It is not like the first one, but it is. Go see it. Do not expect too much, it is a sequel afterall. Can I just say, I like Julia Roberts again, sahe redeeemed herself. And Catherine Zeta-Jones, hot. And the drool fest of men, look no further. Brad Pitt eating a ton in this one too. Matt Damon, you got the central role. Ok that's all from here. I cannot wait to tell you about the viewing tonight. So til next time, I am siging off.

Still More Movies

Hello my favorite movie goers. I just saw two more movies; Alexander and Christmas With the Kranks. Alexander was long... three hours to be exact. I took a little nap to get through it. It was a lot of war and a sad scene with an elephant, thankfully, no animals were hurt in the making of this film... They would be receiving a few calls. So it's long, I recommend renting it so you can take breaks in between.
Christmas with the Kranks was cute. Tim Allen should only do Christmas movies. He is the best at that. Jamie Lee Curtis is great, I've liked her since Halloween and Trading Places. So see it before Christmas to get you in the mood. It was cute.
That's all from here. Seeing Menopause the Musical tonight, looking forward to it. I heard the sound track so I am prepared to laugh.
Go to the movies and we'll see you around. I'm signing off.

Movies and more

Well, Happy Thanksgiving... I am here with a report of four movies. I did not do a marathon, I just have not posted in a few and thought I should recap. I saw After the Sunset with Pierce Brosnan. Not what I thought. Too much romance, not enough heist. Woody Harrelson plays an idiot FBI agent, but did provide the much needed comic relief. I usually love Don Cheadle, not too impressed by his performance either. The movie was filmed on location in the Bahamas, I liked that. But, overall, a rental.
I also saw Polar Express, not like the book. It was a cute X-mas movie. I think its good for kids. Not too good on the animation. I was not thoroughly impressed. Oh well, it was cute. In the same breath we saw Finding Neverland. I love this movie. I love Johnny Depp. He is amazing as an actor. Kate Winslet also does a phenomenal job. She was amazing... I really feel I got a sense of how Peter Pan was written. Definitely a film for everyone.
Last, I saw National Treasure. Disney, Disney, Disney. It was Goonies with a little Indiana Jones action. I liked it. Nothing to go crazy for. Nicolas Cage is still funny, and his sidekick was great for a chuckle. See this if Neverland is sold out.
I hope you ate a lot of turkey, and kissed a lot of grandmas. Til next time, this is Silverplatters signing off.

Bridget Jones and Angels in America

Hello all my friends... This week I saw the girliest movie ever, I even thought it was too girlie. Bridget Jones 2, and in my humble opinion, it was not that great. Bridget finds herself in a relationship with Colin Firth,aka Marc Darcy, they have their quirky, funny parts, then it's just, snoozeville. Which I did. When I finally woke up, she was sent to jail, that was at least action packed, then there was a funny/stupid twist. Nothing to write home about. Do not waste money on this one ladies, and DO NOT BRING A GUY! He will hate you forever, then make you do a lot of boring guy things for a year to make up for it.
I also sat through a play put on by the Saddleback College theatre. This was sooooo depressing, Angels in America. I liked it it was about the rise of AIDS in the gay community in the 80's. It was so sad, and long.
These posts are getting quite short, I need to go on a second movie marathon. I am just beat. Only 8 short days til I am able to sleep in and rejuvinate until the new year. My job rocks. Anyway until later, this is silverplatters signing off.

The Incredibles and Episode 3 trailer

Hey all so this week I am so far behind, and I only saw one movie, and a lot of stuff has been going on. I have been super sick. I hate it too because I never get sick. Anyway, I just have not been myself.
Ok so yeah, The Incredibles, super good. Funny, good story line and flawless animation. Can I just say, I forgot I was watching an animated film, twice. Basically, its a story about a family that in their formidable years, they were super heroes. They had since retired and now have to cope with being different in our society. Great message and super cute.
The best part however was the episode 3 trailer. So, just download it. It is awesome. I am stoked. Lucas rocks!
I was going to write about Disney, but I am over it, I just want to shout out to my friend who got his car tonight... It was mad cool! It's way cool to have a supportive family. I love you guys and please be safe:)
Oh yeah, one last thing, I am learning that I am a freak. A freaky freak. I have so much monologue, I make myself insane. Without getting into too much detail, I got all freaked about a situation and kept it to myself because talking about it, it sounds so lame... anyway, if you want to know what that's about give me a holler.
I'm outtie. This is silverplatters signing off
oh by the way, silver is the ONLY color for a car.
Peace

Shall We Dance and SAW

Ok I am here to report on two movies seen this week. First, Shall we Dance... Now I did not want to see this one at all. I hated the original, I actually fell asleep during it, so I only saw about two thirds of it. So this version, which was in English was a lot better. Probably because I did not have to read the whole thing. Richard Gere is still hot after all these years and Jennifer Lopez still cannot act, but that's my opinion. It's a great dancing movie, so if you liked Center Stage and Dirty Dancing, you'll like this one two. Enough said.
The next movie was Saw, this was a psychological thriller. I loved it. I love Carey Elways, and in one scene I was ready for him to say, "Drop your sword." But I digress, this movie finds Carey Elways locked in a basement with some other guy, why? They do not know, anyway, they later discover the Jigsaw killer has put them there and they have to solve the riddle to escape. It was great with flashbacks. The use of the timing was well done, and the audience gets a sense of the characters. It was gorey, and I kept my eyes shut during a lot of parts, but still a great flick.
Next week I'll review some other movies so until then this is silverplatters signing off.
Oh a real quick shout out to Beejayeak! Congratulations again!

The Grudge, Team America, and Turning 30

Hi all!!! Thanks for logging in, it's time for my fabulous movie review. This week was The Grudge, aka The Ring, so yeah, too much like The Ring. It was good, but the typical Japanese story. People get killed in Scared to death fashion, people keep going in the house and dying, and nothing ever gets resolved, the end. The other problem was the pg-13 rating, that sucked because I had to watch this movie with a bunch of 14 year olds, who screamed at everything including a black screen. So, see it just wait until the later showing.
Team America World Police, F-Yeah!!! This was the funniest. Puppet Sex, Puppet puking , and Puppets blowing up the world in the name of The U.S. . To protect the world from terrorists... It was hilarious. I loved it a lot of 'F' bombs, and pornographic puppet sex, but well worth it!!!
Last, I am turning thirty, what comes up are all the shoulds, I should be married, I should have a house with a fence, and I should have 2.5 kids. Well, I don't and I am ok with that really. I just noticed it is all. The biggest bummer of turning thirty is that I am sick! Oh well call me and wish me a Happy Birthday. :) This is silverplatters signing off.

Sick as a dog plus review of Friday night lights

I am sick... and it sucks. Now, I chatted with a bunch of you and no, I am not Pregnant. Geeze, give me a break. I threw up at school then I went home and threw up there. I talked to my friend who went with me to Hearst castle and Monterey and just two days earlier, she threw up. So there, I also was thinking that I never get a flu shot and this year when there is a shortage, I get the flu. Go figure.
Ok so back to the movies. Friday Night Lights... I really do not like Billy Bob Thornton. It was an ok movie. Believe it or not, I felt it needed more football games. They only show three season games and the final state championship. But, this story could've taken place in Mission Viejo at Capo. In fact, Capo was CIF champions in 1990, the team players were local heroes. I remember they played at Angel stadium that year. Anyway, this movie is ok. I just do not like Billy Bob, so go see it. He may be up for an oscar. Tonight, I get to see Team America and The Grudge, that review is coming soon. Take care, and I'll see you at the movies...

Hearst Castle and Monterey

So I spent four days and three nights on a road trip with my pal. It was so great traveling with her. She was so chill. That's the great thing with people they usually are chill. Anyway, we left for San Simeon on Thursday, stopping at Camarillo. Hello, I made a killing there. I bought so much for myself there... Yeah, and the peeps I was shopping for. They made out even better than I did. So, we shopped then left for Monterey. Oh my Gosh, that drive took way longer than I had expected. It was only an hour and a half to Camarillo. It was another 3 hours to San Simeon, and around 5, major amounts of fog rolled in. Remember that fog in San Diego? Yeah, like that. It was pretty scary.
Well, we arrived in San Simeon at around 8. But, it felt like Midnight. We ate dinner then crashed around 11:00. The next morning was foggy, we left at 9:30 after breakfast in our hotel. We drove up to Hearst Castle, man that place was foggy. When we got to the visitor's center it was so gloomy. Well we drove up this windy hill on a tour bus, and got to the top safely. It was amazing, let's just say, no clouds on that hill... I loved it there. Yeah, can I be rich and build my home on some deserted hill overlooking the Pacific? So we did that, where I chatted it up with a fellow Democrat from OC, which is quitee rare, then left for Monterey.
Monterey was amazing. It was such a cute town and my friend's auntie took great care of us. We chilled and walked, saw the aquarium and had a fun, chill time. Then we drove 6 hours and got back to Mission Viejo. Let's just say, if my Hawaii fantasy can't happen. Monterey is next on the list.
Anyway, I am out. Thanks for reading. I'll catch you later. This is Silverplatters signing off.

oh you can check out some pics on www.msnusers.com/hearstcastle

Movie Review and comment on Real OC

So I saw another movie today, that otherwise I might have passed by. First Daughter with Katie Holmes... Oh my gosh, this movie was sooooo sweet. I cried like three times. It's that sappy teen angst thing. It was so well done I want to own it. The lead guy is HOT. And yeah, how much do I love Michael Keaton. The thing about this movie was that it was not predictable. I really like Katie Holmes in movies. She just sucked as Joey on Dawson's Creek. So I recommend this movie for chicks and for guys who like chick teen angst. That's all from here...
Oh wait on a completely different note: I was watching the "real OC" yeah and I know two people on that show. Trey the lead weird guy, yeah him and his friend Polster. Dude I so know Loren Polster... He was programmed in my phone for Christ's sake. But, yeah my oc movie is waaaaay different than that show. Laterz

Ladder 49 and why Regal sucks an editorial

So in today's exciting report, I am reviewing Ladder 49 and telling the public why Regal Theatres suck. Ok so I go a movie at 8:00. It is playing on the GS (giant screen) I did not know this prior to purchasing my ticket, and the 8:00 time was the only time that really worked for me and my friend. I ask for the ticket and give them a Regal club free movie ticket... They would not accept it. Then I give them a free Regal movie ticket purchased from an outside source, they would not accept it. Then I give them my credit card and my student ID. Again, they would not accept my student ID. What the hell is their problem? Are they not making enough money? Are they too stupid to know that the customer is always right? I realize I should have fought harder. I see that I could've just said that I want to see a different movie. But that is not the point. The point is this, just give a me a friggin' discount when I ask for it. And do not pull some bs line that you cannot accept anything but cash for a movie. It makes us very bitter. And now, I really want to screw Regal and movie hop to four movies in one day.
Anyway, Ladder 49 was good. It was not the best movie of the year, but it goes through the life of a firefighter. We get to see the trials and tribulations of a firefighter's life with a wife and kids. I was sad that it was predictable, but regular movie goers will enjoy it just the same. Let me say, I was not surprised in any of the scenes, but the rats were gross. Anyway, Regal sucks so movie hop. Until next time... I'm signing off.

Shark Tale

Shark Tale is the latest movie viewed. I really liked it. The voices were great!!! The animation was flawless... and, such a cute story. Adults and kids will both like this movie. I took a four year old and he liked completely different parts. I enjoyed the spoofiness, but I usually do. I just loved the whole NYC spoof, and the fact the Will Smith character was so Fresh prince... anyway
well, until next time...
Silverplatters

Being Played

Ok what is it with guys? I have now been played 4 times... and I do not like it very much. What is it? Will you please tell me? Ok, here are the four scenarios:

Scene 1: there's this guy significantly younger than me. We meet, we flirt, we exchange numbers. This guy has a girlfriend, but has made it abundantly clear that he's interested in me. We do the deed, then he "realizes" that he loves his girlfriend and was using me to get back at her... Not so nice.

Scene 2: There's a guy on a cruise ship. He is clearly playing the entire ship. He hooks up with different women every night. Finally on the final night he apologizes and I continue to correspond via email. When he comes out to visit it's amazing. I visit him and still amazing. He then "realizes" that he really has feelings for some other girl and I was just sex and movies....again not so nice.

Scene 3: Another guy, I met in someone's garage (yes, this is my fault) He said he liked me, we hooked up twice, never heard from him again.

and drumroll please...

Scene 4: Again a guy who "seems" interested. He got what he wanted then things "suddenly come up" (Brady Reference).
Guys quit playing games, I am a done deal... If you do not want to hang with me tell me outright. I'll delete you. Instead, I linger for about a week and, then it's unpleasant for us all. So for the future, tell me what you want, and if it's not me tell me immediately. Thank you.

My Job

So, you all know my job, well here's the latest. Our computer system got hacked into and deleted all the courses that we registered for. As of 1:00 pm, the site still is not up, and there is no record of our course work. Two questions arise: 1) Why would someone want to hack into a site with teacher's classes, there really is not anything anything important there? and 2) Why can't our district fix it? Give me a break, this thing went down on Friday... Oh well. Disgruntled employee? who knows.

Forget about It

Hi all! So yeah this week I only saw one movie in the theatres... I wish I had seen more. It was called The Forgotten. I wish they had forgotten to make this movie. Basically, I would have about thirty rewrites to make this movie decent. Without spoiling the movie, which you should never see, let me just say this... uh yeah, my alien encounter when I was four is more plausible than this plot. Clear? Anyway, do not waste your time on this rubbish :)
I rented some classics however that may be more suiting to your needs. Primal Fear with Richard Gere and Ed Norton, now that has a better display of the type of mental illness Julianne Moore needed in The Forgotten. I also saw Phonebooth that was at least entertaining and the psycho again was a more plausible villian.
Well, that covers the movies... Have a great week !
More to come.

movie marathon

Hi! I am back I experienced a movie marathon yesterday. I feel truly that the month of September is purely a month for film makers to put out crap lots and lots of crap. But, I like that. First, Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow crap. Great title, great premise, good cast... crap. It was a spoof on the forties movies. Now if you liked forties movies this was great. the CGI was good and the use of SFX was good too. But as a whole crap.
Next, Wicker Park... What were they thinking on this one? Soap opera in two hours... pretty much. So yeah rent it if you want novelas live.. It's also a purely chick flick, lots and lots of drama, but Matt Lillard is comic relief as usual.
Then, Wimbledon, I liked it. It was a cute, mushy romance thing. I like Kirsten Dunst. If you don't like her, do not see this movie it's crap. If you like her, it's cute. Oh and the guy Bettamy I think, he's great. I like those Brits though.
Last, Cellular well, I liked it. A lot of stupid plot, but entertaining. Its that good crap you can enjoy on a hot Saturday afternoon. I liked the premise and the fact that it has a cheesy happy ending. You go William H. Macy
Well, that's the movie review. Go out and watch them and let me know.
How's that for a Blog?
Hasta

Back to School

Ok so I am back the next day to practice this whole blogging thing. I said before, I have opinions but not about anything interesting. I have not watched too much t.v. this summer, but I heard that Father of the Pride was the most watched show this week.
uhhhhh, oh yeah, I noticed today at school that I lose patience real quickly with these kids. They are super cute and no one is really bad, but still, they can drive you nuts!!
Have a great day and I'll type more random stuff soon
peace:)

first entry

Ok, I am a real techie now!! This being my first entry, I have no opinions about anything. All I know is that I definitely want my remains to be turned into a diamond and placed somewhere in the Haunted Mansion as an Ode to my obsession with that ride.
I think that's it for now. As things arise and opinions form in my little mind, I'll post them for the world to see. Ciao!