my captain phillips experience.

because my favorite holiday is just around the corner (oscar sunday), i thought i had better get festive and talk about some of this year's nominees. you should know and you will plainly see, however, that i am not as well-versed in this year's hits. i spent the majority of this movie season laying out plan of salvation diagrams and asking complete strangers if they want to stop smoking instead of jamming to 70s hits along with j-law or crying my way through another tale of slavery, like i would normally be doing. today we will discuss the nautical tale of captain phillips.

i will begin by asking you this? have you seen a movie in the "d-box"? i didn't know what that was a few weeks ago. i though it was a new kfc meal deal or something. have you seen the "honey i shrunk the kids" hit 4d movie from the 90s version of disneyland? or the 2000s version of it--"the bug's life" one? where it feels like you are part of the movie? it's nice. being part of something bigger than you, ya know? i had that experience, except i didn't have to pay extra. it came with the decision of sitting next to courtney.

courtney is to...

as i...

am to captain p.

i got to feel what captain phillips felt like while trapped in a boat with somali pirates. you know that part where they yell at him? been there. remember that part where he is dying of thirst? done that. i mean, i was trapped in a dark theater, without access to the communal diet coke, with courtney yelling things like...

"why haven't they rescued him yet?!"

"this would never happen like this!"

"i am so angry!"

"this is the longest movie ever!"and

"ii soo bax halkan"

needless to say, it isn't courtney's pick for best picture. and i have some ptsd breathing techniques to go over. until next time.

everybody cut.

it didn't take long for me to realize, at the ripe age of 7, that i was in love.  i was in love with footloose.  the film teaches many things:
a) everyone can dance.  even cowboys.
b) it is in fact possible to switch cars while driving.
c) vw bugs are as cool as they look.
and
d) the only real way to cool down and relieve stress is to dance it out, angry style.
 when i saw that mtv was going to remake it i was skeptical.  when i heard that zac efron was being considered for the lead, i was no longer skeptical.  i mean, was his version of the angry dance in hsm3 not a perfect tryout? his denial was a let down.  so anyway i saw it at the dollars and thought i was being punk'd for real.

i think footloose (2011) starred my friends.

you decide.

british mark as

ren maccormack.

jimmer as

willard.

ben as

{duh} ariel moore.

i know,

totally weird.

paranoid activity.

you know a movie is scary when you are too afraid to...
-shower.
-breathe.
-get into your bed without jumping, just in case there is something under your bed.
-driving without a light on in the car.
-go the speed limit because you are SURE that someone is following you home.
-get out of the car to type on your garage door code.
-sleep in on fall break.
-blog because you are afraid that you will see a person's reflection in the computer screen that isn't your own.
-walk by the stairs that lead into the basement.
-explain why paranormal activity 3 scarred you for life when your dad calls and asks you that.

but really, i'm totally fine.

copy cat.

i've officially hopped aboard the shakespeare bandwagon.  

i've come to realize that this bandwagon isn't all that different than the other bandwagon i joined long ago...

the 500 days of summer bandwagon.

remember the whole 

"my dream girl would probably have better hair 

...yada yada yada

...but she's better than that...

she's real"

{so embarrassing that i 

a. can't recite than from pure memory 

and b. couldn't find a clip of it on youtube.  failure.}

part from the movie?

is that not exactly what

will said

here?

{for those avid "cartwheels" fans that can read old english...}

way to go will.

way to go movie makers.

i knew i liked you for a reason.

a little help here...

wait...

can someone please define "final" for me really quick?

master of suspense and his lowly wanna be.

today in my film class 

all we talked about was mr. hitchcock.

who, by the way is totally brill, right?

right.

my teacher

{imagine the nicest person you have ever met,

then forget that...because that is the furthest thing from her real personality}

told us that hitchcock had heard that

audiences have a 7 second reaction time to 

something frighteneing on screen.

alfred, the genius that he is,

came up with the idea that if you show the audience

something bad is going to happen before it happens

extends their "fright time" and gets them more involved.

perfect example seen here.

well guess what... 

that piece of information about my man alfred

has nothing to do with the direction of my post.

instead 

i just need you to know that i captured one of the scariest moments in history

on my trusty ol' flip a while back.

it was a regular saturday evening.

if i remember correctly

my minions and i drove up to slc

while jamming to the latest avril jam.

i showed them my secret city gems

and captured every moment on film.

we went to the only establishment that is 

opened past 9 and legal for us to join in on the fun.

then edward cullen walked in.

and let's just say our night was cursed from then on out.

watch the freakishly pale guy 

who's dressed like a character from a jane austin novel

{or stephanie meyer...i guess...forget i made the comparison}

behind cassie as she speaks in a japanese accent like a native...

watch this...

it's scary.

let it be known.

evil is lurking.

also know,

that i heart alfred hitchcock 

and am aspiring to be just like him

in my humble flip vids

for your viewing pleasure.

gold man of goodness.

top 3 reasons why i am excited for the oscars 

and the top 3 reasons why everyone else should be too.

1. it is all about movies.
2. it is hosted by james franco.
3. it is sponsored by diet coke.

lava horror picture show.

there are 2 questions in life that i just simply cannot answer.  yes, only 2.  those questions are...

1. why aren't there more horror movies about the salem witch trials?
2. why aren't there any horror movies about lava hot springs, idaho?

i'll get to #1 someday, but my focus right now is on #2, seeing that i was just there for the annual wightman getaway.  for those who have experienced the wonder that is lava hot springs can attest but for those who have not found one minute in their lives for this trip, here are my top 10 {actually 8..because that is all i could come up with...but 10 is a better number when it comes to lists so...}reasons why lava hot springs is a perfect candidate for the next classic horror film.

1. LAVA hot springs.  lava= hot.  hot=hell.  hell=scary.
2. lava HOT springs.  synonym for hot=attractive.  attractive=beyonce.  beyonce=illuminati.  illuminati=satan.  satan= hell.  and as you already know, hell=scary.
3. steam.  hot pools+cold air=steam.
4. cold.  okay this contradicts reasons 1 and 2 but as all horror movie buffs already know horror and contradictions go hand in hand.  prime example:  the orphanage.  tell me, why should a woman run an orphanage for children with special needs when she can't even keep track of her own kid?  contradiction.  anyway it is really chilly in lava hot springs {maybe because i have only gone there in the dead of winter but whatev} and cold=ghosts.  ghosts=scary.
5. location.  there would be no need for set design.  there are cliffs and a train track nearby.  random hotels that have been there since the beginning of time. steam {so no need for a fog machine} and a creepy bridge.  all kinds of naturally frightening elements.
6. residents.  there is no need to hire extras for a lava horror movie since the town is crawling with winners already.  especially the owner of the breakfast place {that us wightmans hit up yearly by tradition on our lava getaway} that got into a heated argument/boarder line knife fight with the man delivering uniforms for his workers.  i never knew anyone could be so passionate about uniforms.
7. it's in idaho.  nothing good happens there. 
8. this one is far fetched but that is how the end of all of my lists are.  everyone there is in swimsuits.  including women.  and if low budget horror films love anything it is gore mixed with women in a small amount of clothing. hello...piranha 3D??

so any film makers want to join me?  i thought of some great script ideas over the long weekend.

and here is me in lava hot springs...before it gets famous.

{scary, right??}

it's the most wonderful time of the year.

it's that time again, my lovelies. 

 my favorite time. 

oscar time!

my predictions, after extensive online research, for oscar noms are as followed:

-127 hours.

-black swan.*

-true grit.*

-inception.

-toy story 3.

-winter's bone.*

-social network.

-the kids are alright.*

-never let me go.*

* the ones we'll all go see, as to be as educated as possible on february 27th, my fave day {besides christmas, labor day, my birthday, march second, and taylorsville dayzz} at my oscar party.  so save up friends, because movie tickets cost a small fortune these days, but word on the street is we won't regret it.

remember my predictions last year?  see how pro i am at this?  not, but still, i was right about some things! i have a feeling that i got better at guessing this year.  that is what college has taught me.  just you wait.

and since we're on the topic, can i just say AMEN to the oscar 2011 hosts, anne hathaway and {my new obsesh} james franco...both of which could potentially be making oscar history, hosting and winning best actor/actress awards {rumored:  jamesie  for 127 hours yes please!, anne for love and other drugs eh..}.  canNOT wait. 

not really cartwheels to car wheels style to drool

over celebrity beauty and grace for all the world to see

{i.e. mom and dad and my 2 other readers, hi marie and nat!}

 but i couldn't resist...



happiness in motion picture form.

this is how happy

cloudy with a chance of meatballs

{i just spelled "meatballs" "meatbells". 

i almost left it because it is silly

but then threw up by the

thought of bells made out of meat. yucky.}

made gavin

in the park on friday.

and that expression on his face

is the very reason why i love movies

with all of my heart.

it is also the same expression

that makes me love gavin

with all of my heart.

one more thing...

remember this?

please add #6 to the list...

#6 states:
please don't put your hand on your head during a movie.  first of all, your hair isn't going anywhere during a movie.  it should still be right where you left it when you exit the theater, no need to hold on to it during a film.  also, i have a hard time trying to see our movie through the space between your head and elbow.  next time, rest your arm.  relax.  enjoy the show.  and give me a chance to also.

i'm scared.

i have this worry.  actually it's more of an extreme fear that haunts my dreams and steals my sleep.  that fear is fear of movie makers running out of ideas and that someday all the ideas will be taken and there will be no more movies ever again.  i am terrified of that.  but then i go to the movies and think what the?  what am i so afraid of...there are lots of good ideas left to be taken. and then i have a good nights sleep. 

...and then there is youtube.  or what i like to call creativity's toy box.  endless supply of goodness.  and this video above makes me just about as happy as i could be.  the mixture of my 2 favorites this summer=me being reassured that creativity lives on. 

go movies!

alfred, my love.

{if you don't already love this movie by the poster...leave.  just kidding!  don't!}

i love movies.  i bet you didn't even know it...yeah right.  movies are the air that i breathe, the sunshine on my storm, the love of my life.  yes, it's that deep.  and one man taught me how to do so.  alfred hitchcock.  genius.  and if you are, say, on 9th & 9th, near a movie theater by the name of the tower, say, oh maybe tomorrow night or saturday afternoon, you too can learn the true meaning of love through the beauty that is rear window.  see you there.

proof.

{the view of my purse this weekend.}

i go to the movies too much.

but that is not a bad thing

in my book.

the end of an era.

a little piece of me dies everytime a

video rental store closes.

where am i supposed to get my movie fix?

redbox is nice.

so is bread

but bread is not a meal.

hollywood video was a meal.

a meal packed with

action and romance.

comedy and drama.

horror and classics.

new releases and tv.

you will be greatly missed my love.

greatly missed.

netflix...will you quench my thirst?

i hope so.

cinema courtesy.

{some of my loves.}

anyone who claims to know me should know one thing.  i love movies.  i literally live and breathe movies.  the oscars are the best day of the year in my mind.  i can't sleep unless a movie is on.  i dream in movie form.  movie theaters...heaven.  but i noticed some of my pet peeves last weekend while at the century theaters {boo} seeing city island {loved it.}.  so if i run into you this weekend, maybe while seeing iron man 2 or something, please do me a favor and don't do any of the following...

1. i know this person who works at my new favorite movie theater who makes $5 an hour.  ouch.  so my first suggestion is doing this guy a favor as much as it is doing me one.  if you are with a big group {big group meaning 2 or more people}, do us all a favor and gather everyone's tickets, hand it to the ticket taker, and carry on.  these poor people make $5 an hour!  the last thing i want to do is make him repeat "last theater on your left" a quadrillion times when i heard him tell my family in front of me.  it's common courtesy.
2. in an empty theater, please don't sit right by me.  i'm an arm rest hog and don't feeling like rubbing elbows with a complete stranger unless i absolutely have to.
3. laugh a little bit more.  i feel like i am the only one dying from laughter these days.  laughing is good.  try it.
4. support greatness.  remember the dollar theaters over by cafe rio and what was once discovery zone and last summer the marquee read "closed forever"?  well don't be fooled--they aren't closed forever...they are now the greatest thing since sliced bread, meaning they show new movies for super cheap.  so it doesn't have as much leg room as jordan landing and you can't go shop at anthropologie immediately following a flick, but you can save...and in college world {a common phrase for me these days} saving is better than leg room.  also, go to the broadway and see artsy goods.  the broadway feels like what i imagine old time theaters were like...super classy and new york-y.  i love you and you should too.
5. love movies more than texting. 

so who wants to go to the movies with me tonight?

a mad, crazy, wonderful dream.

alice,

you are the star in my new favorite movie.

thank you for being so beautiful.

love,

paige

before i die.

i will go to the movies all day long.

and it will be the best day ever.

i wish i was bulimic.

wait...what?!

guess this movie...

matilda:  i became...

hansel:  what?

matilda:  bulimic.

derek:  you can read minds?

if you guessed this

you're right.

now do you see

where i'm going with this?

like previously mention, the uvu shuttle is a magnificent mode of transportation.  but today's adventure on the mean green mobile wasn't heard or seen.  no no.  i believe the true adventure was going on inside the heads of the riders.  but, since i am not bulimic, i could only watch their mind adventures by their facial expressions.

i wish i knew...

• 
  
  why cap {afternoon's version of shades} listens to bird sounds while speeding around the shuttle stops.
• 
  
  why the girl in red glasses was smiling the entire ride.  i think the big shiny diamond that she couldn't take her eyes off of might have something to do with it.
• 
  
  what the shuttle riders thought of me when i wasn't wearing a coat today {fyi:  i am still not wearing a coat to spite mother nature}during a sudden snow storm.
• 
  
  what mother nature was thinking when she took vengeance on the county of utah after tricking us all into believing that my anti-coat stand was really working.

but these are only wishes.  at least until the day when i become a bulimic that is...

p.s.  please don't think i am bulimic.

or was bulimic.

or support bulimia whatsoever

{who supports bulimia?}

because i think we are beautiful.

aren't we?

good news.

golden globe noms are in!

i don't quite understand my immense excitement for this years academy awards but i don't care.  i am so excited and i don't care who knows it.  i am, however, severley behind on my movie watching.  so if you are in my same predicament, don't fret.  here is a list of the golden globe nominees and the must see movies (my faves are bolded) of the year...

best picture. drama.

Avatar

The Hurt Locker

Inglorious Bastards

Precious

Up in the Air

{confession:  i haven't seen any of these. 

 but i'll guess the winner:  the hurt locker.  i

'll go to the movies more

then make a more educated guess.  okay?}

best picture. comedy.

(500) Days of Summer

The Hangover

It's Complicated

Julie & Julia

Nine

{please please please win.  you are my favorite movie.}

best animated film.

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Coraline

Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Princess and the Frog

Up

{there is something wrong with the world if Up doesn't win.  am i right?}

i definitely get enough tv time.  thank you hulu.  so i am not worried about being behind the time in that area. but if you are behind, click here and get watching.  here are the noms and the must see tv list (according to the globes)...

best tv series. drama.

Big Love

Dexter

House

Mad Men

True Blood

{none are my favorite.  i

 only like funny tv i guess...

mom and dad want house i bet...

but i'll make another uneducated guess:

mad men}

best tv series. comedy or musical.

30 Rock

Entourage

Glee

Modern Family

The Office

{love 30 rock and the office but glee deserves the win.}

happy watching lovelies.  let me know what YOU think!