Meryl's Mamma Mia....

Being a Swede, I've never really listened to ABBA. It's fun music in my opinion, but I've never been a fan. And even though I've always been a huge fan of musical, I'd never go and see Mamma Mia on stage. Anyways. Meryl Streep, well, I pretty much want to marry that woman. And Amanda Seyfried, well, I'm a huge Veronica Mars fan, and I love her on Big Love as well. So. I decided I wanted to see Mamma Mia, the movie. Being broke, and in my hometown this week, I talked my mom into taking me to the movies to see Mamma Mia the day before my birthday. And. I mean I thought I'd have a good time, I thought it was gonna be fun music and stuff but. I loved this movie, and I so did not see that coming. I fell in love with Meryl Streep all over, I loved the sense of humour in the movie, loved the realness of the characters, and now I find myself listening to the soundtrack. I don't know if there's something wrong with me, but I am frakking in love with this movie.

Oh Laurel

I have an illness, an illness I say! This androgyny obsession has gone too far. Want proof? Well, I'm watching The Incredible Adventures of Two Girls in Love, and I'm finding Laurel Holloman cute. Yeah? Told ya? Too far.

I don't know what else to say. You're right Fran, it's not a good movie, but it was cuter and more entertaining than I thought it would be. And yes, I am sort of ashamed to say that.




[Edit: Realized that it must seem as if I think Laurel Holloman is really ugly etc., that's not at all what I meant. I guess it's somewhat an inside joke, I just don't usually like her characters much, and people who know me know that her "2 girls in love"-character is not normally someone I'd find attractive.]

Kissing Jessica Stein - wtf?

Fuck. Around the wedding scene I was thinking the movie would be a little bit too sugar sweet if it ended right there right then. But hell I would have prefered that – cause fuck...!
    Ok, you know how on Amazon they have all these lists that members have made, with – for example – "my favourite musicals", "greatest TV series boxsets" and "looking for lesbian films to watch?". Yeah, there are quite many lists with lesbian movies, and there are a few movies that tend to show up on most of them. One of these – and one of the only ones I hadn't seen to this morning – is Kissing Jessica Stein.
    Now, I always expected this one to be rather corny – probably one of those movies where you sit through two hours of waiting for the two girls to kiss, and finally in the last scene, they do. That's what I expected, and I honestly didn't feel like Kissing Jessica Stein was a movie I had to see. Well, I expected wrong – and this I realised almost immediately as I started watching. The characters where a lot more interesting than I thought they would be – actually, Jessica herself reminded me a lot of a girl I dated for a few months a while back – and the story wasn't quite so much an i-love-you-but-i-don't-wan't-to-be-gay story as I had imagined.
    So, I was happy with what I found. Girl hasn't dated in a while, doesn't like the men she does date, meets girl, likes girl, is a bit awkward but hey it's all cute and it all goes relatively well. Pretty much all through the movie. Yayness – right? Personally, I didn't use to be into the whole sweet-love-story-with-a-happy-ending thing, I don't really see myself as that person – but to be honest, I completely adore movies like But I'm A Cheerleader and Imagine Me & You. I need those unrealistic tales to give me hope yet make me feel depressed and lonely – and I trusted Kissing Jessica Stein to do that same thing for me! But oh my Joss did it disappoint me.
    When I say disappoint, I am obviously not talking about the actual movie as much as the ending. Turning Jessica straight was a bad idea – bad bad bad. And the ending just didn't make sense – what were they trying to say with this? This certainly wasn't the simplest way to end the movie, so they must have had some kind of point in doing so. Not only does the couple we have wooted for the entire movie not end up together – but our main character falls for the man she has been not interested in for years and years and years? Uh uh, bad decision.
    Again, I would have prefered it if they ended it after Jessica's brother's wedding – when everything was almost annoyingly sweet – 'cause basically... this was no fun.
    Yes I am being childish, but I really expected this to be a silly lesbian happy ending story – that's what I wanted to see... Ah well, I guess I'll have to rewatch Imagine Me & You for the tenth time then. See ya babes. Mhm.

Joan of Arcadia vs. Bring It On.. Or not..

There are a few things that will automatically make a TV show not worth watching for me. Not many, but a few things will disappoint me to the extent where I will just press stop and never press play again. Super crappy music can be one of these things, extremely lame dialogues is another. However, insulting or making fun of one of my favourite movies, is probably the fastest and most definite way to make sure I press the stop-button.
    I started watching Joan of Arcadia very recently. I liked the main character, she's a bit like a younger and way less geeky Mac (ok, look wise) – she's cute and all. The stories aren't fenomenally cool, and the family – even though less annoying – reminds me both of the one in My So-Called Life and the 7th Heaven one, but yeah, it seemed like a sweet enough show. However, the episode I just stopped, started off with God (in the shape of a homeless person) telling the main character, Joan, to try out for the school's cheerleading squad. Being a fan of cheerleaders in movies, this was a "yay fun"-thing in my head, but I should have seen the making-fun-of-cheerleading thing coming. They tend to do that in shows that try – but don't succeed too well – to be just a tiny bit alternative. And sure thing, not only did they make fun of cheerleading (hey I would have forgiven them) but they so mocked the awesomest movie ever – Bring It On! Ok, not awesomest ever, but definitely one of the better high school movies of the end of the '90s – I mean Eliza Dushku and Kirsten Dunst? Could it be any better? (Answer is yes, it could, but let's not go there.)
    Now, I will continue watching this show, of course I will, it does actually seem like a show worth watching. I'm not childish enough to give up that easy – I just need to calm down for a few minutes (yes I'm being silly). But I imagined my first Joan of Arcadia-rant to look a whole lot different than this one does. Mhm. The way to the TV-show space in my heart is just not by mocking awesomely hilarious and cute movies, uh uh...

:p

Strictly Ballroom and the love for Baz

I can't dance to save my life. Seriously, I'm pathetic on the dance floor, it's not even funny. I love to dance though, 'cause I'm silly and I don't care, but I never learnt how to do it for real, I'm way too impatient. However, to be an awesome dancer has been a secret dream of mine – when I was a kid and hadn't yet realised that this was one of those dreams that would just never come true – and I love movies where they dance a lot. I – like many other little girls – adored Dirty Dancing as well as Girls Just Want To Have Fun, Saturday Night Fever, Hair, Billy Elliot, etc. (yes I liked/like all kinds of dancing, mhm, I wanted to dance ballet for a while, *sigh*, good luck epo).
    Now, I have been a fan of Baz Luhrmann since I saw Romeo + Juliet (had a huge crush on Claire Danes when I was ten, well, ok, still kind of do), I also loved Moulin Rouge (I'm an even bigger fan of musicals than I am of dance movies) – and I always really wanted to see Strictly Ballroom.
    There, I finally said the title. Strictly Ballroom. I am ashamed to say I never managed to see this movie until today – actually until an hour ago. And, do I even have to mention that I love it? Well I did. Not as much as I love Moulin Rouge, but this movie is still completely awesome. This makes me want to be a good dancer, so badly, mhm.
    This is hardly one of the best movies ever made – neither is it the best movie about dancing – but it has got something that I can't really put my finger on. It is one of those movies I just really enjoy seeing, and I could probably rewatch it quite a few times without getting bored at all. I will never be a good dancer, it's a fact. But this is one of those movies that turn me into a ten year old girl who can't wait for her dream to come true. I know this sounds completely corny, but it gives me this longing in love feeling, that I just want to hold on to.
    I don't know how to wrap this up, but what can I say? Loving it, and loving Baz Luhrmann – he's a genius, for sure. Mhm.

PotC - for the love of Keira...

So. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (aka Död mans kista, lmfao all you Swedes). When I saw the first PotC movie, I didn't care much for Keira... or Orlando... or anyone except for Johnny – I just fell completely for Captain Jack Sparrow. Johnny Depp is and has always been on my top five "guy's I'd sleep with"-list (aka the "the only five guys in the world I'd sleep with"-list), and him as a pirate, with eyeliner and an awesome pirate-attitude? Weeeeell I loved it.
    Anyways, me and my dear sister Joamna went to the cinema to see the second movie – thinking it could be funny, but not expecting too much (apparently she's got a huge thing for pirates though, I never knew). We got the last two seats and were places in the middle of the front row, which caused my neck to hurt like hell and my head to spin (hey I get dizzy and sick from playing video games, so). BUT, hell it was all so worth it! I take back everything bad I've ever said about Keira Knightley, mmhm. I had been looking forward to this movie, but I didn't really know what to expect – and I sure as hell hadn't expected this! (This being a movie I really loved.) It was funny as hell – hilarious only almost on the border to silly (obviously completely on purpose though). Also a lot darker than the first movie, which would include a lot more darkness to some of the main characters, such as Keira's Elizabeth. Awesome, mhm.
    So, all in all, I don't know if I would say that Dead Man's Chest is better than the first PotC-movie, but there sure were more things to love. Plus everyone looked really cute in this movie, even Orlando's Will... But I'm sorry Orlando; if my options are Keira in a pretty dress gently kissing Will, and hot Keira with her hair down, in pirate clothes, passionately kissing a scruffy looking Johnny Depp/Captain Jack Sparrow... Weeeell... :P

Imagine Me & You

So, I finally got around to see Imagine Me & You, and I really wish I could say that this movie is awesome. Or, like... good. I had been looking forward to this for a while, I knew it involved girl-girl love, and I knew it starred Piper Perabo and Tony Head (whom – being a huge BtVS fan - I completely love), but that's about all I knew. Now, can't say this movie disappointed me, because I honestly didn't expect much from it. It was very corny, partly extremely cliché, but also – in my humble opinion – very sweet indeed.
    The story wasn't much to put in the christmas tree (hey, gotta love Swedish expressions translated to English). Girl married to guy, girl falling for girl, girl not knowing whom to choose. But there weren't that many ups and downs here, and we of course know from minute one that the girls will end up together at the end. Honestly though, the obviousness of the story doesn't bother me. What bothers me are the clichés, the lack of girl on girl action (hey, I'm not asking for much, but even the few kisses we actually get to see, look slightly awekward and "omg I'm kissing another girl"-ish), and the lameness in the end.
    So, all in all, I can unfortunately not say that this is a good movie, that I advise you all to buy on DVD this very moment. But, I have to admit I kinda love Imagine Me & You. I love the sweetness of it. And wtf is up with people going all "ooh" over Piper Perabo? Lena Headly was way more attractive and would make my knees weak in a heartbeat – she alone would make this movie worth seeing (a few times) in my opinion. While Perabo feels like a typical and slightly fake sweet girl, Headley's character feels real and alive.
    Ah what the hell, if you like this kind of movie – watch it, go buy the DVD, enjoy the kinda funny sweetness. Just don't expect a super great movie, this isn't it, far from, but it can be worth seeing none-the-less. Mhm.