Friday, April 29, 2011
Why the Fascination?
Someone please tell me why there is so much fascination with England and it's Royalty here in the USA?
Even though we were not a fully united people, we joined together to fight for our freedom from Great Britain.
Now, it seems that this country is totally in love with England and it's Royalty. Why??
It's become one of my pet peeves, to say the least. My ancestors fought and died to be free of the rule of English ways and law. Why on Earth would we want to become a satellite of England now. Why would we want to be like Europe any anyway? After all, it was American ways, that converted many in Europe to be like us!
Just try reading any of the Twitter messages, or any of thing else on the web today.
Please some one explain to me why the fascination?
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
The Ability to be Loved
I'm not sure that this doesn't come from the fact that these younger generations ( all the way from 14 to 30+ ) haven't grown up in an environment where The Government is supposed to take care of everything and that they are entitled to the Government to take care of them.
Education seems to mean nothing any longer. There was a time that the more education you had, the greater the chances of going into a profession where you would get you slice of the American Dream. That "dream" longer exist.
It doesn't matter what profession you go into.
Most of the young people I've come into contact with want be loved, desperately, but they don't seem to love themselves.
Why is this? There is so much self help material "out there", they shouldn't have any problems finding a source that could help them come to realize that they must love themselves first, then, someone else will be able to love them too!
I've asked them all why they think they won't find someone else love them. It was surprising the answer I got the most. They aren't sure what "love" is, or how to learn to love themselves.
It's broken my heart that so many of the teens I've come to be friends with have no idea how to go about loving themselves. They ask me right off if that's not being selfish.
My answer to them is to take their key from Mother Nature.
The seed is dried out, but a spark of life is within it and when put into the soil, it has to fight for every drop of water and for every ray of light so that magic that occurs can take place. It has to be greedy and suck up as much of these as possible, so it can burst forth and grow and can fulfil it's reason for living...sharing itself.
So it is also with humans. We must grown and take in everything that is necessary for grown and personal fulfillment before they can share themselves with others.
Once we find our place in the Sun, then others can see us for what marvelous creatures we are, can share others, can allow ourselves to be loved.
Robsten Lives
I have to surrender when hard assed Gossipsters such as Ted Casablanca and Lainey of Lainey Gossips are convinced, why should I hold out?
This young couple is unlike any other Hollywood couple that I can remember. Usually Hollywood couples want the publicity and are real camera whores every chance they get. Not these two remarkable young people. I take my hats off to them.
Now with my surrender, they, Robsten, has a very large responsibility to me, and those others who have had the faith right along. They must make a go of it!
I don't honestly care if they get married, though I would not be adverse to it, and would probably be very happy for them, and I would light candles for their marriage to be a long and happy, or at least compatible one.
These two might have a much better chance of making it in a marriage than most Hollywood couples. Since they've managed to withstand so many of the slings and arrows of life in Tinsel Town.
I don't know what I'm going to blog about now. Sigh. Being a pseudo doubter of the couple was fodder for some of my musing.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Huntsman Difficulties
Perhaps they think it's something private and not good advertising for the film?
Granted that could be a factor, but I'm more inclined to think that it's because Hollywood is still a "Man's World" that women are just allowed to play a tiny part of as a sex objects. Sure over the past 5 to 10 years women have made big strides in the industry ,( they're allowed to be killers and beat up on men, but the roles they can get their acting chops into are very hard to find ), but Universals difficulty in finding the Huntsman for Snow White is really beginning to bother me!
First Vigo Mortensen was originally signed onto be the Huntsman, then backed out. Now, I did read there were scheduling conflicts, but these conflicts only seem to have surfaced after Kristen Stewart signed onto the project.
Next the roll was offered to Hugh Jackman, who turned it down for the same reason as Vigo Mortensen did.
Now I'm reading that Kristen Stewart has agreed to slash her fee - take less money - to get the project off the ground. http://www.slashfilm.com/joel-edgarton-star-bourne-legacy-snow-white-huntsman/
My thinking is that neither of the men asked so far to play the huntsman ego's could tolerate the fact that they would be overshadowed by women!
Think about it.
You have Kristen Stewart who has a fan base that surprised Hollywood ( case in point WFE premier in NYC and the fans that were waiting for Kristen to show up to support her reported BF Robert Pattinson even though there was not official statement that KS would be there - now that's a fan base ) and Charlize Theron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlize_Theron who is a power house by herself and a large fan base to boot.
It's my feeling that Hollywood males ego's can't take the fact that women's name attached to the project will over shadow themselves, or that those same women's name could attract a larger pay check.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Was that Kiss staged?
Friday, April 15, 2011
Life? After Twilight Saga
Life? After Twilight Saga?
Is there Life after the Twilight Saga comes to a total end in 2012? Well, one doesn't live to reach my age with developing some good coping skills. To wit, I am now the proud owner of “The Panic Room”, “The Messengers”, “Speak”, “The Cake Eaters”, “Welcome to the Riley” and “Adventure land” is back ordered for some reason. I know Out of the Wilderness is supposed be one of Kristen's best, but I just can't get through the rest of it. Sigh
There must be a couple other movies, oh yeah, The Yellow Handkerchief..
Well, Water for Elephants is going to be out in a couple of days and On the Road follows this summer, then Cosmopolis will start filming soon, and hopefully Snow White will find her Huntsman soon and they can get that moving.
Then in November BD1 will be released and I'll have that DVD to wear out until the final part of BD will come out and I can cheer Bella Wonder Woman the Vampire!
Oh yes, Robsten walks the Red Carpet for each other with every new movie. Then I'd like to see Robsten do another movie together, after they take a very well deserved vacation together on some South Seas Island they they buy together! Can I dream or what!!!
In short, I have no idea what I'll do to replace my obsession with Twilight. I keep hoping someone will come up with a good idea for me?
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Twlight's not just for the young
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
I got a little pissed this morning...
Monday, April 11, 2011
Dawn a Wrap, how about Robsten
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Happy 21st Birthday Kristen!
Friday, April 8, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
PG 13 possible?
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Much Todo About Nothing?
All of the recent flap over the leaked Breaking Dawn pictures is really, IMHO, so much smoke and mirrors. I think it's a grab for publicity.
OK. If, the producers are really upset by this “leak” I ask why?? The more publicity, the better.
The only people that seeing those pictures destroy their movie experience would be those who hadn't read the books, or who have no imagination for those who have read them, and if they have no imagination what could have been the draw for them???
I generally don't think screen plays do enough anyway, but then if I had my way they'd take the books entire text to make the movie! If they could have added another hour to Twilight it would have been a much better movie! LOL. But then the profits on the film would not have been near as much. I would have liked all the deleted scenes included, even the one of Edward attacking Bella, but that would have changed the rating from PG 13.
But, sadly, I do not determine the way films are made.
Now, for another matter that's beginning to bother me.
Is Robsten a product of the studio or, are they really a couple who are really in love??
I want desperately to believe in Robsten, but I have this nagging fear that it's a studio ploy to keep the interest in the Saga to the fore?
If it is a studio ploy, it will destroy the romantic bones I discovered I had that I never knew they were there in the first place!!! No, I'm serious. I've lived all these years thinking I was not a “Romantic” and only sensible and serious thinker – that romantics were dumb and stupid! My own daughter actually asked me when I confessed I was a TwiGrandma, “Who are you, and what have you done with my mother?!” She saw me go through a couple of marriages so she thought she knew her mother.
So what I am going to do if it's all a studio plot? I don't know for sure because I want to believe, but I'm sure it'll be ugly!! ( giggles )