The Biebs

Ok, I know a lot of judging will take place for this. I know it was wrong and I shouldn't have done it. I was just curious and everyone else was doing it! It was a mistake and I'll never do it again. I watched Justin Bieber's Never Say Never at the dollar theater. It was with a group of friends that watch movies "ironically" (meaning they punish themselves with such films as Yogi Bear in an attempt to make fun of it). At first I thought it would be a harmless little movie that would remind me of my fanatical days of being obsessed with Hanson. But observe the difference between Hanson:Tulsa Tokyo and The Middle of Nowhere (TTnMON for short):

And Justin Bieber's Never Say Never:



Did you see the way he looked at that girl with this "I'm the shizz" attitude? And by the way, he only put like 30 cents in her violin case. I have much beef with this movie.
#1: It's two hours long and only needs to be 30 minutes (if that, I would prefer zero).
#2: He is so so full of himself and NOBODY is around to deflate that ego of his. They're all there just pumping him up. His manager claims he's "the underdog." Yeah its hard to get a record deal, but every recording artist has the same sob story, get over it Scooter (yeah, that's his manger's name).
#3: The "adults" in the film are oozzing with greed and dollar signs. Justin may be in it for the music, stardom, wardrobe, what have you, but everyone--including his parents--are in it for the moola.
#4: There's a clip where Justin implores Scooter to not take away his childhood like they did Michael Jackson's. Too late Biebs. You're 17? Childhood was over years ago. You've missed it.
#5: I see his future and everyone in that movie is in denial. I see in just a few years tabloid scandals involving Miley Cirus, probable substance abuse, fans getting older and over Justin. These are his glory days. His end is near.
This is all pretty harsh I know, but man, you didn't watch the movie. I was trying to make fun of it, trying to watch it on a light-hearted scale. But before I watched it, I was Bieber neutral. Now I'm flat-out Bieber hater. Maybe not against Justin, but against his posy. I'm a Bieber-posy hater. The kid does have talent. But is it really worth all the hype? I'll let you answer that one yourself.

Why Do You Wear That Stupid Bunny Suit?

I watched Donnie Darko last week. It was...interesting. I'm not sure how I feel about it even a week later. It was filmed well and well acted, but I'm not sure it deserves all the hype it's received. The main reason is the whole time travel thing. The idea and theme of time travel was introduced a little late in the film, causing me to be confused. Not by understanding the plot of the film, but the purpose of including something completely from left field. I thought this movie was about a boy with schizophrenia, not sci-fi time warp mumbo jumbo. And I guess I'm supposed to think it's sweet that the boy saves the girl, but I was thoroughly annoyed with Donnie throughout the film. He's kindof an a-hole. I was glad to see him go, honestly.
What I liked about it most were the parents. They showed love and concern and worked as a team, which reminded me of my own awesome parents. The film was also fairly clever and took some thinking to understand, which I like. However, I haven't thought about it much since, and for me, its the movies that keep me thinking that I really enjoy. So while I'm glad I watched the indie cult classic, I don't think I'll be watching it again soon.