Not Studying for Finals

So this week something very important happened. After three long, desolate, nearly Saharan weeks, I got internet on my computer again. Naturally, it was time to cause a ruckus. But aside from annoying the shit out of strangers, stalking photo web-sites, and being indirectly cyber-bullied (no es bueno), I watched movies. A lot of movies. As a matter of fact I am contemplating spending the next four days of my very free life watching as many movies as I possibly can. And in a very non-traditional sense, I would like to review, not only the plots, but what I have learned:

• Obsessed (4) -In one sentence: crazy ass white chick tries to fuck up some black dudes life. Homegirl was a straight-up 51/50, no lie. Definitely not the greatest movie of my life, but it had some good moments of thrills and definately kept me entertained for a few hours. Lessons learned: the first time that sexy girl at the office tries to rape you, let someone know & do not be a chicken shit babysitter too scared to do her job cause you need to get back to your tech-fest.
  
• The Babysitters (5) - Not only is this one of the most twisted films I have ever seen, it is also one of my favorites. Basically this high school girl finds herself accidentally starting a prositution ring in which her friends/girls/hos/whatever-you-want-to-call-them babysit a married mans kids and then have sex with him while he's giving them a ride home (well not while he's driving cause that'd be dangerous; they usually at least pull over, haha); until eventually some whorey little freshman get involved and fuck up the opperation. The whole film is just this amazing post-grundge indie depiction of adolescence. This girl starts out as a tame little wall flower, and emotionless sex combined with the power and greed of money as well as the fear of legal trouble corrupted, jade, and cheat her out of her innonce and a normal life; and even in these incredible complex adult situations she finds herself in and no matter how grown up you come to believe she is, no matter how grown up any teenager is, by the end of the film you come to realize that she is in way over her head - teenagers can look, walk, talk, act, think, and even feel like adults, but they are not adults. There are so many more points I could make about this movie but honestly, if you can handle some rather crude language and sex scences I recommened watching it yourself - this film definately leaves you thinking.
  
• Passengers (3)- I was initially a bit upset because the summary of this film made it sound like a three but the majority of it's emphasis was on a rather unusual love story. Dispite some misrepresentation however, this was actually a decent film. Rather unconventionally cute love story about two people who seem as if they belonged together in any reality. The overly-chesy ending killed it a bit, but there were lots of good messages about coping mechanisms not to mention Anne Hathaway did a wonderful job.
• Sex and Death 101 (4)- Another movie that ended differently than I expected. It was not the best film I've ever seen (certainly a lot of unknown actors) but overall I like it. It discussed a lot of common themes about life and destiny and making your own fate with out being repetitive. So might argue it was slightly morbid, but I rather enjoyed the various plot twists. Worth watching.
• Water Lillies (5)- Aside from The Babysitters, this is the most fucked up love story I've seen since The Other Boelyn Girl. The basic plot is about the romanctic escapades of two best friends: Marie and other-girl-whose name-I-didn't-really-care-about-so-lets-call-her-Nan-cause-she-kinda-looks-like-my-fat-aunt, and this on-again off-again couple Floraine and Francios (did I mention this was a French film?). So "Nan" is quite obsessed with Francois who is yet another victim of the lustful Floraine. Throughout the film Nan's best friend Marie is enduring this personal struggle of realizing and embrassing her homosexuality as she falls in love with Florine. Florine is this epervescent temptress who we never really understand; she seems geniune at moments with her feeling for both Francois and Marie, but the underlying thought seems to be is that what Florine really cares about is Florine. Technically it would be inaccurate to say that both Nan and Marie lose their virginity, but they do both certainly loose there innoncence as they learn that love hurts, and sometimes no matter how desperately you beg and plead, even the most apparently perfect of people may never be what you want them to be - you can either take them as they are an accept the torment, or find the courage through your heartache to move on (and ultimately it seems your best friend will be their for you no matter what you decide). Not your standard family film (although for a French film, especially considering the subject matter, it was extremly tame), but it was definately intriguing.
• Sugar & Spice (3)- I'm going to admit, I am biased - I have never not loved a cheerleader movie (...well except for those horrible attempts at Bring It On sequels) nor have I disliked many surrounding popular kids. While this happy-go-lucky tale was definately more glitz than depth and a definate low in comparassion to scadal-rific classics like Jawbreaker and The Heathers, it was definately a decent teen film. The characters were relatively static, but they each had unique and well-woven quirks that intertwined to add some depth to an otherwise shallow plot. Not bad if you feel like a few well-knowns in a teeny-bopper flick.

I will probably add more to this list tomorrow when I finish watching a few, so stay tuned.