Sunday, November 24, 2013

Late Night Thoughts #5 Exams and Daniel Day-Lewis Has a Rapper Son



-So exams are happening.

-I've had Biology, English and Statistics so far. The human evolution part of Bio seemed to go pretty well (but I'm suspecting foul play on NCEA's behalf - were the questions supposed to be that easy?). English seemed to go pretty well, but I don't really think I'll get solid top marks like I wanted to. And Stats...well, let's just say, I'm not hoping for big things. I just have Drama left, which is basically just a paper about The Crucible which should be okay if I don't ramble on about how cool Arthur Miller is/how cool Rebecca Miller is/how cool Daniel Day-Lewis is. So yeah, exams are pretty much done.

-But school is not done. I have spent much time preparing for the ball, and also writing my valedictory speech, which is probably inspired by every Oscar acceptance speech of all time.


-I admit, all I seem to do in my spare time is watch Oscar acceptance speeches. And any of Daniel Day-Lewis' acceptance speeches. I should be embarrassed, but I'm not.



-In this week's most exciting news, Alex is making his first feature film! I can't actually properly articulate how excited I am for him. It is just so wonderful to see someone living out their dream. I can't wait for the finished product!

-Just in the past week, I've had pretty solid inspiration for a couple of screenplays. But how do you even write them?! That's the tough part (at least there's a screenwriting paper in my BA for my second year)

-In this week's other exciting news, why the hell didn't anyone tell me that Daniel Day-Lewis' oldest son is a rapper?! Probably because it is godawful. I was seriously considering using this guy to marry into the family (haha). My favourite parts of this travesty are "Call me Gabe Day and not Gabe Day-Lewis, because if you're trying to call me out I'm 'bout to Gabe Day Lose-it" and "Judgin' someone for their Dad is just as bad as being racist" and "I did too many drugs, felt like copin' on my own when all I needed was a hug." So apparently having a God for a Dad isn't all it is cracked up to be. It gets better, Gabe Day.

-Though, Gabe Day Lose-It is about to become my next favourite catchphrase.


(I'm sorry that sometimes I just stare and cry at this gifset because he is beautiful and this movie is not. Plus I started following a whole lot of DDL Tumblr blogs, which is detrimental to my health)

-Speaking of Daniel Day-Lewis (coz that's literally all I do these days), the four movies I added to my Daniel Day-Lewis feels pantheon were The Age of Innocence, There Will Be BloodMy Left Foot and Nine. I didn't really enjoy The Age of Innocence all that much (that was a Scorsese film?), it was just a bit lacklustre. There Will Be Blood shot straight to my top ten - how did I ever miss the complete perfection of that film? My Left Foot is definitely one of his best performances - if not the best - but my, that was a dull film. And Nine...well. When I first saw it, I gave it an 8/10. Watching it again this week, in the first five minutes I was just about dying. Such a bad, bad film. And I'm not really sure about what Daniel was doing in any of it. Quite embarrassing.

-My fave new films I saw over the past couple of weeks were Disconnect and What Maisie Knew. I have a review of Disconnect all ready to go (I'm just so useless at actually posting stuff), but that was seriously good. And I'll probably post a review of What Maisie Knew later.

-Outside of copious Atonement rewatches for my English essay, I caught Before Midnight, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Side Effects and Mulholland Dr. again. Anyone seen Before the Devil Knows You're Dead? I first saw that when I was 13 and I was quite surprised at how much I remembered it.

-And while we're at it, was there anyone here who didn't quite love Pacific Rim? Like, it was a fun film, but...nothing to phone home about.

-Can I just say a huge no to Nymphomaniac? Everything I've seen to do with it has given me nightmares. Which I know is what Lars von Trier wants but...ugh.

-I should really start my Oscar predictions but as per usual I won't be seeing any of the movies until June 2014.

-Which is also when I'll be going to see Ellie Goulding in concert!

-So Catching Fire is out, and is getting some good reviews. I just rewatched The Hunger Games, which didn't really hold up on a second viewing, and my, that direction was kind of terrible. I am looking forward to seeing Catching Fire next week, though, as I much preferred that story.

-Ooooh, and the cinema will be air conditioned. I swear it has never been this hot in November before.

-Apparently Michael Fassbender is in Wellington now. WHICH MEANS HE IS CURRENTLY IN THE SAME ISLAND AS ME RIGHT NOW. I bet he'll come to Dannevirke.

-And in totally unrelated to movies news, the NZ Music awards happened this week and guess who is awesome? Lorde. Seriously, listen to Pure Heroine. Buzzcut Season is perfection and I am going to use it in one - if not all - of my movies.

-Finally, new J-Chas photoshoot is making my life.

35 comments:

  1. You just NOW saw There Will Be Blood? I love that movie, almost as much as I randomly love screaming "DRAAAIINNAGE" at my friends. Disconnect and What Maisie Knew were great, I can't wait to read your reviews!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. No! I saw it a couple of years ago. It is only now that I've realised the full awesomeness of it. I scream "DRAAAAAIINAGE!" at my friends randomly too! Haha.

      Delete
  2. Maybe it's because I've subjected myself to far too many mediocre rappers in hip-hop over the years (or people attempting to rap), that I honestly don't think DDL's offspring is really all bad. Not good, yes, but I've heard plenty worse. Much, much worse. It's more boring than offensive, I think.

    On the topic of Pacific Rim, I'm in agreement with you there. Old Japanese monster movies are a lot more exciting than what they made PR made it out to be. Just found it a bit 'eh' and became completely disinterested with it after a while, which is a big shame because I love del Toro and I was pretty excited for this one.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I just love the "Gabe Day Lose-It" part. It really is my new saying.

      Yeah, Pacific Rim was really 'meh' for me too. It just wasn't all that exciting.

      Delete
  3. Don't feel bad about watching Oscar acceptance speeches. I sometimes go back and watch all of the Oscar nomination announcement videos on Youtube.

    I love Before the Devil Knows You're Dead! That's a very underrated film.

    Love Ellie Goulding, and Pure Heroine is on my top 10 albums of 2013 list. :)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Omg same! I'm so glad I'm not the only one who does that! I always watch the 2012 one because I like how there's a few gasps and squeals when Rooney Mara's name got called.

      Heck yeah it is an underrated film!

      Yay Pure Heroine!

      Delete
  4. As an ever increasing number of understudies http://vcbookandauthorfair.com/ dwelling the states and in addition from outside are taking up these state particular

    ReplyDelete
  5. The fruitful understudy will take in these exam study source tips and practice them.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Our colleges are proactive and receptive to squeezing social, moral, and financial issues confronting our groups and more prominent society. Our understudies are individuals of trustworthiness who grasp decent variety and are socially dependable and commonly drawn in for the duration of their lives.Assignment Help

    ReplyDelete
  7. This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  8. This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  9. On the off chance that you are filling in as a bustling medical attendant in a medicinal focus you might not have the advantage of time to go to grounds classes in an ordinary block mortar organization Read More Visit Here https://www.collegepaperworld.com

    ReplyDelete
  10. The item offers an incentive to the methods. The nature of the procedure can be surmised from the nature of the item. As a methods, education is deficient without the finish of the procedure. Dissertation Examples UK

    ReplyDelete
  11. As an all around organized Indian city and Ruling two noteworthy Indian states, Chandigarh is famous for its healthy congenial learning, conveys the phenomenal education to domain level. JAMB admission status 2018/2019

    ReplyDelete
  12. The republic organizers mindful to that performing of the education are routed to makes man is humanitarianly and can make process towards at completion of soul subsequently would extremely unexpected with circumstance of education nowadays.
    UNIVERSITY MURANGA

    ReplyDelete
  13. Wow! Such an amazing and helpful post this is. I really really love it. It's so good and so awesome. I am just amazed. I hope that you continue to do your work like this in the future also
    National JC

    ReplyDelete
  14. Very informative post! There is a lot of information here that canbal niketan public school
    help any business get started with a successful social networking campaign

    ReplyDelete
  15. Interesting post. I Have Been wondering about this issue, jain happy school
    so thanks for posting. Pretty cool post.It 's really very nice and Useful post.Thanks

    ReplyDelete
  16. Really I enjoy your site with effective and useful information. list of private schools in delhi with contact detailsIt is included very nice post with a lot of our resources.thanks for share. i enjoy this

    ReplyDelete
  17. These instructors fundamentally make education increasingly accessible and available to understudies who generally would have constrained access to education because of whatever handicap they are battling with. Certifind

    ReplyDelete
  18. The unremarkable driven methodology of showing is inescapable for educators because of fixed scholastic days and stipulated prospectus. this content

    ReplyDelete
  19. Extraordinary teachers give guidance explicitly customized to address individualized issues. 2020 waec expo

    ReplyDelete
  20. What was so significant or basic to know a year ago, you may think that its simply isn't so any longer, or it has been supplanted by something similarly as or progressively critical to know, similar to the year the web turned out, pune365.com

    ReplyDelete
  21. Well for example, take verse. Verse has meter, which generally is the manner in which a ballad is organized with regards to the progression of the syllables. power rule for derivatives

    ReplyDelete
  22. Great articles and great layout. Your blog post deserves all of the positive feedback it’s been getting. dual language program

    ReplyDelete
  23. I really enjoyed this article. I need more information to learn so kindly update it.
    Salesforce CRM Training
    Salesforce cloud Training
    Salesforce CRM Training in Chennai

    ReplyDelete

You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.

LinkWithin

Related Posts with Thumbnails