I would categorise my hair as long, wavy and untamable and barely any hairstyle holds for more than one day and so I end up just always tieing my hair into a ponytail when I go out. So for all the girls who have untamable hair like mine and want to change it; here are a few videos which I found on YouTube which might help in changing up your look.
I tried this tutorial out and it really does work, it really gives my waves a more defined look and apart from the fact that if you are practically incompetent when it comes to styling your hair like I am, then you will find this quiet easy to follow.
For those who don't want to spend money on a curling iron and have a straightener, then you can check out this video. I personally tried to do a section of my hair and didn't come out very well, but I have to admit I barely can get my hair straight with a straightener, so if you know how to use your straightener (unlike moi) then I suggest you to follow this video;
If you like braided hairstyles, then this is the video for you. I found these tutorials easy to follow and well explained and tried them out for myself and came out the same. Pity they didn't stay long as my hair is layered :-( So I suggest that you follow this video if your hair has a straight cut or know how to use bobby pins properly.
And if you don't have the time to straighten or curl your hair, then you'll like this video. You can create a completely new look with just some accessories.
If you want a hairstyle for special occassions and/or celebrity inspired, then I found this YouTube user who does a fantastic job at this and explains them really well, apart from the fact I love her accent :D Here is the link:- http://www.youtube.com/user/lilithedarkmoon
And speaking of celebrities, here is a tutorial which I love to achieve Kim Kardashian's hair look (the only good thing about Kim Kardashian).
Hope you enjoy these videos and feel free to share your YouTube finds :D
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Blast from the Past.
Haven't heard this song for a long time and I still love it. Such a pity that today's music seems to consist mostly of just rap, hip hop and dance and good songs with good music and lyrics seem to have been forgotten.
Keep it Happy!
Just watched the musical/movie The Producers (2005) and I love the movie :D So here is a mini review and little surprise at the end.
Story
So mainly the story focuses on two characters, a producer and an accountant who together in order to evade taxes and earn millions at the same time they try and create a musical which will open and close on the same night (in other words it will flop).
Acting and Characters of the movie
Nathan Lane as Max Bialystock; previously I had only seen him on TV, such as in Sex and the City and 30 Rock. I personally found him absolutely brilliant in this movie and would wish that he appeared in more movies and TV series.
Matthew Broderick as Leo Bloom. Personally I never was a fan of his, but he really impressed me in this movie.
Will Ferrell as Franz Liebkind. I'm also not a huge fan of his, but Will Ferrell playing a German pigeon-loving Nazi, you cannot go wrong. So please Will Ferrell, do more characters like these in your future movies.
Uma Thurman as Ula. I prefer Uma in more serious roles, but loved her Swedish accent and didn't disappoint at all.
Gary Beach as Roger De Bris. It's such a pity that he doesn't appear in more movies, he is absolutely incredibly talented especially as a comedienne. Love his facial expressions.
Roger Bart as Carmen Ghia. Loved him as well, he needs to appear in more comedy movies together with Gary Beach they would make a perfect comedic team.
To summarise; the cast was amazing together.
Direction and Location
The movie was clearly filmed within a studio, but the color palette used was very beautiful and complemented well with the movie's tone/mood.
Soundtrack
Since it is a musical, then over half the movie consists of songs, which I absolutely loved. They were catchy, not boring and absolutely funny. Pity not all musicals have such a funny soundtrack.
Who should watch this?
I suggest that it is suitable for at least those over 13/15 years of age, there is some adult content but not too much. And some of the comedy will only be understood by adults and personally I suggest that if you get the DVD put on the subtitles to follow the story better as in my musical movies when it comes to singing I don't always understand everything and would sometimes have to rewind a bit.
Conclusion
If you love musicals and love comedy and love Mel Brookes than this is the movie for you. I would rate it 4.5/5 as I would definitely watch it again and again and apart from the fact that I cannot stop thinking about it and how fun it was. And as promised here is a video of one of my favourite scenes. Keep it Happy everyone!
Unfortunately the video doesn't allow embedding and so here is the link, enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puAbM3QHvjw&feature=related
Story
So mainly the story focuses on two characters, a producer and an accountant who together in order to evade taxes and earn millions at the same time they try and create a musical which will open and close on the same night (in other words it will flop).
Acting and Characters of the movie
Nathan Lane as Max Bialystock; previously I had only seen him on TV, such as in Sex and the City and 30 Rock. I personally found him absolutely brilliant in this movie and would wish that he appeared in more movies and TV series.
Matthew Broderick as Leo Bloom. Personally I never was a fan of his, but he really impressed me in this movie.
Will Ferrell as Franz Liebkind. I'm also not a huge fan of his, but Will Ferrell playing a German pigeon-loving Nazi, you cannot go wrong. So please Will Ferrell, do more characters like these in your future movies.
Uma Thurman as Ula. I prefer Uma in more serious roles, but loved her Swedish accent and didn't disappoint at all.
Gary Beach as Roger De Bris. It's such a pity that he doesn't appear in more movies, he is absolutely incredibly talented especially as a comedienne. Love his facial expressions.
Roger Bart as Carmen Ghia. Loved him as well, he needs to appear in more comedy movies together with Gary Beach they would make a perfect comedic team.
To summarise; the cast was amazing together.
Direction and Location
The movie was clearly filmed within a studio, but the color palette used was very beautiful and complemented well with the movie's tone/mood.
Soundtrack
Since it is a musical, then over half the movie consists of songs, which I absolutely loved. They were catchy, not boring and absolutely funny. Pity not all musicals have such a funny soundtrack.
Who should watch this?
I suggest that it is suitable for at least those over 13/15 years of age, there is some adult content but not too much. And some of the comedy will only be understood by adults and personally I suggest that if you get the DVD put on the subtitles to follow the story better as in my musical movies when it comes to singing I don't always understand everything and would sometimes have to rewind a bit.
Conclusion
If you love musicals and love comedy and love Mel Brookes than this is the movie for you. I would rate it 4.5/5 as I would definitely watch it again and again and apart from the fact that I cannot stop thinking about it and how fun it was. And as promised here is a video of one of my favourite scenes. Keep it Happy everyone!
Unfortunately the video doesn't allow embedding and so here is the link, enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puAbM3QHvjw&feature=related
Saturday, April 23, 2011
"Snap Out of IT" Lady Gaga
I have been for a long time debating with myself whether to post something about Gaga and now that I heard her latest single "Judas", I decided that I had to say something.
During the beginning of her career I was a huge fan of hers, her songs were fun and catchy (even though their lyrics were quiet ...). Everything changed for me, from when she did the Paparazzi video and those after it. The videos started to creep me out and were becoming darker and darker, from suicidal models to poisioning the gorgeous Alexander Skarsgård in Paparazzi; killing a guy in Bad Romance, poisoining a whole restaurant of people in Bad Romance (the only good thing about that video was borrowing Tarantino's prop - yes I am a Tarantino fan), creating a sort of Communist place where Gaga is controlloing a bunch of hot gay Hitlers (sans the mini moustache) and seeing throughout the video what resembles a heart with thorns (similar to that of Jesus Christ) in Aljeandro, and giving birth to something absolutely weird in Born this way and now we have Judas.
The timing seems to be perfect since it is Easter and the song refers to some events which led to many of us celebrating Easter; hopefully this won't become an official Easter song.
I admit I did read a bunch of articles on Lady Gaga being part of the Illuminati, but I'm not goign to go into this as I have mixed feelings about this, although the more time passes the more I am beleiving such articles. Anyway the one thing which is evidently clear is that in these last 3 singles of hers she has made great reference to Catholic saints and symbols and now I am getting fed up of it. Yes, I am Catholic I don't agree with everything with the church does and did, but yes I am a beleiver and now I am feeling offended, especially becuase of such 'usage' she is earning more money at the expense of us Catholics.
My point is, she needs to stop this, apart from offending Catholics, the act is now getting boring and predictable and also many of us are experiencing dejavu (remember Madonna?). She doesn't need to mention and refer to such saints, etc... in her songs, they are unnecessary and such songs can still be hits without such references. And I know some of you may argue that she has the right to her freedom of speech, but well personally I wouldn't I have minded if she did it once, but now that it is becoming more repatative and now I think she is abusing such right.
So please Lady Gaga snap out of it, you are better than that!
During the beginning of her career I was a huge fan of hers, her songs were fun and catchy (even though their lyrics were quiet ...). Everything changed for me, from when she did the Paparazzi video and those after it. The videos started to creep me out and were becoming darker and darker, from suicidal models to poisioning the gorgeous Alexander Skarsgård in Paparazzi; killing a guy in Bad Romance, poisoining a whole restaurant of people in Bad Romance (the only good thing about that video was borrowing Tarantino's prop - yes I am a Tarantino fan), creating a sort of Communist place where Gaga is controlloing a bunch of hot gay Hitlers (sans the mini moustache) and seeing throughout the video what resembles a heart with thorns (similar to that of Jesus Christ) in Aljeandro, and giving birth to something absolutely weird in Born this way and now we have Judas.
The timing seems to be perfect since it is Easter and the song refers to some events which led to many of us celebrating Easter; hopefully this won't become an official Easter song.
I admit I did read a bunch of articles on Lady Gaga being part of the Illuminati, but I'm not goign to go into this as I have mixed feelings about this, although the more time passes the more I am beleiving such articles. Anyway the one thing which is evidently clear is that in these last 3 singles of hers she has made great reference to Catholic saints and symbols and now I am getting fed up of it. Yes, I am Catholic I don't agree with everything with the church does and did, but yes I am a beleiver and now I am feeling offended, especially becuase of such 'usage' she is earning more money at the expense of us Catholics.
My point is, she needs to stop this, apart from offending Catholics, the act is now getting boring and predictable and also many of us are experiencing dejavu (remember Madonna?). She doesn't need to mention and refer to such saints, etc... in her songs, they are unnecessary and such songs can still be hits without such references. And I know some of you may argue that she has the right to her freedom of speech, but well personally I wouldn't I have minded if she did it once, but now that it is becoming more repatative and now I think she is abusing such right.
So please Lady Gaga snap out of it, you are better than that!
Dear Asos Curve,
I love your clothes and everything about them, as apart from offering clothes ideal for the young plus size girl, you also provide us with a great choice of fashion forward items. My only complaint is that you don't seem to have a fixed plus size basics 'section', which in my opinion such 'section' should always be present and should at least consist of basic plain; tank tops, t-shirts, cardigans and more. Last year you had a few like these which were great, unfortunately currently you barely have anything like these, which are essential for any plus-size girl's wardrobe and will never run out of style. So please Asos Curve consider my suggestion.
Love,
Dysnomia xxx
Love,
Dysnomia xxx
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Thank you, but no thank you!
Within these past few weeks, many events have happened, from Charlie Sheen's continuous crazy moments to Japan's 3 in 1 catastrophe (Earthquake, Tsunami & Nuclear radiation).
Everyone seems to have forgotten about these. I personally don't mind forgetting about Charlie Sheen's antics, but it is a pity that Japan which suffered a greater catastrophe is practically forgotten and from states to celebrities are barely offering any help to Japan due to the fact that Japan has an advanced economy, which in my opinion such economical facts should be irrelevant since people's lives are at stake. If Japan was another Haiti then everyone would be storming off the help, even when Haiti experienced a less serious earthquake and all the damage that happened there is due to the ignorance of the people and the incompetence of the government to build proper safe buildings and from being incapable of providing humanitarian aid to their own people! I know it is a poor country, but come on, after donating so much money throughout the years through humanitarian missions, etc... to these third world countries, I have barely seen any improvement in these countries, they just seem to be a lost cause.
Anyway this blog isn't about humanitarian aid, but about the events in Libya, which have overshadowed everything that is happening simultaneously in the world.
After a lot of thinking between the major western states, it has been decided through a UN Security Council Resolution that Libya is officially a no-fly zone and that further action can be taken to 'protect' the civilians. Weirdly enough France, who is usually the whiniest country with no balls and a lot of talk, has taken the first action against Libya. Followed by the UK and the US, both of which should have learned from their previous utter failures (Afghanistan, Iran, Vietnam) and just don't interfere since instead of fixing they only make things worse.
It's not that I don't want the Libyan people to achieve their desired democracy. However, when one is trying to overthrow a powerful ruler, like Gaddafi, one can expect trouble to follow when one takes it against such persons.
After these attacks, Gaddafi has threatened the Mediterranean, when lets be honest none of the main Mediterranean countries have attacked Gaddafi, but the UK and the US who are far far away from the Med and France who isn't that near to Libya and so isn't that threatened, unlike Italy, Sicily, Malta, Crete, Cyprus and other countries in the region who are literally next door to Libya.
So maybe Gaddafi is bluffing, no one knows as no one can actually read minds, otherwise these would have long been hired by the secret services to mind read Gaddafi and other leaders. Still even if Gaddafi doesn't blow up any air and sea vessels, not many people are going to risk taking their holidays or send their cargo to the Med due to such threats and risks and who is going to be affected by this? Not the US, UK and France, that's for sure, while us who live in the Med who didn't involve ourselves at all, are now the one's who are threatened.
It is obvious that these 3 don't give a care in the world about the rebels and that their main purpose for such attacks is to eventually have easier access to Libyan oil. If their intentions were to actually help people, then they would have also taken action when Egypt and Tunisia were at 'war', when Georgia was being attacked by Eastern countries, when Zimbabwe was having issues with their government and when Ukraine also had internal problems, but in none of these countries did any of these 3 involve themselves, coincedence? Yes, as none of these are known to have any oil.
Another 'coincedence' about these 3 countries, is that their leaders, Sarkozy, Cameron and Obama have all gotten backlash from their people for being incompetent in doing their job, all talk no action. Probably these 3 thought that by helping some poor rebels would help them to look good in the eyes of their people. Unfortunately, they lost credibility in my opinion, especially Obama who should definately return that Noble Peace Prize he got, since he has just proven, that the Noble Committee were drunk when they decided to give him the Prize. So yes, something is definately fishy about these 3 Amigos.
Still from the bottom of my heart who lives in the Med I would like to thank you, Mr Sarkozy, Mr Cameron and Mr Obama for 'protecting' the Libyan people, but no thank you for putting us unnecessarily in danger due to your egoistic intentions.
Love Dysnomia
Everyone seems to have forgotten about these. I personally don't mind forgetting about Charlie Sheen's antics, but it is a pity that Japan which suffered a greater catastrophe is practically forgotten and from states to celebrities are barely offering any help to Japan due to the fact that Japan has an advanced economy, which in my opinion such economical facts should be irrelevant since people's lives are at stake. If Japan was another Haiti then everyone would be storming off the help, even when Haiti experienced a less serious earthquake and all the damage that happened there is due to the ignorance of the people and the incompetence of the government to build proper safe buildings and from being incapable of providing humanitarian aid to their own people! I know it is a poor country, but come on, after donating so much money throughout the years through humanitarian missions, etc... to these third world countries, I have barely seen any improvement in these countries, they just seem to be a lost cause.
Anyway this blog isn't about humanitarian aid, but about the events in Libya, which have overshadowed everything that is happening simultaneously in the world.
After a lot of thinking between the major western states, it has been decided through a UN Security Council Resolution that Libya is officially a no-fly zone and that further action can be taken to 'protect' the civilians. Weirdly enough France, who is usually the whiniest country with no balls and a lot of talk, has taken the first action against Libya. Followed by the UK and the US, both of which should have learned from their previous utter failures (Afghanistan, Iran, Vietnam) and just don't interfere since instead of fixing they only make things worse.
It's not that I don't want the Libyan people to achieve their desired democracy. However, when one is trying to overthrow a powerful ruler, like Gaddafi, one can expect trouble to follow when one takes it against such persons.
After these attacks, Gaddafi has threatened the Mediterranean, when lets be honest none of the main Mediterranean countries have attacked Gaddafi, but the UK and the US who are far far away from the Med and France who isn't that near to Libya and so isn't that threatened, unlike Italy, Sicily, Malta, Crete, Cyprus and other countries in the region who are literally next door to Libya.
So maybe Gaddafi is bluffing, no one knows as no one can actually read minds, otherwise these would have long been hired by the secret services to mind read Gaddafi and other leaders. Still even if Gaddafi doesn't blow up any air and sea vessels, not many people are going to risk taking their holidays or send their cargo to the Med due to such threats and risks and who is going to be affected by this? Not the US, UK and France, that's for sure, while us who live in the Med who didn't involve ourselves at all, are now the one's who are threatened.
It is obvious that these 3 don't give a care in the world about the rebels and that their main purpose for such attacks is to eventually have easier access to Libyan oil. If their intentions were to actually help people, then they would have also taken action when Egypt and Tunisia were at 'war', when Georgia was being attacked by Eastern countries, when Zimbabwe was having issues with their government and when Ukraine also had internal problems, but in none of these countries did any of these 3 involve themselves, coincedence? Yes, as none of these are known to have any oil.
Another 'coincedence' about these 3 countries, is that their leaders, Sarkozy, Cameron and Obama have all gotten backlash from their people for being incompetent in doing their job, all talk no action. Probably these 3 thought that by helping some poor rebels would help them to look good in the eyes of their people. Unfortunately, they lost credibility in my opinion, especially Obama who should definately return that Noble Peace Prize he got, since he has just proven, that the Noble Committee were drunk when they decided to give him the Prize. So yes, something is definately fishy about these 3 Amigos.
Still from the bottom of my heart who lives in the Med I would like to thank you, Mr Sarkozy, Mr Cameron and Mr Obama for 'protecting' the Libyan people, but no thank you for putting us unnecessarily in danger due to your egoistic intentions.
Love Dysnomia
Saturday, March 12, 2011
A Serious Man - film review
It has been ages since I wrote something on my blog so I decided to write a film review as I thought it was about time that I share my thoughts on certain movies instead of keeping them to myself.
A Serious Man (2009)
Story
The story is about Larry Gopnik's journey into self-discovery and how is going to face his marital/family and job problems with the help of some Rabbi's. I am not going to give out much as I don't wish to ruin the whole story.
Acting & Characters of the movie.
Larry Gopnik is played by Michael Stuhlbarg. At first I thought Jaoquin Phoenix playing Larry, but I was wrong. Stuhlbarg isn't that famous, but in my opinion he deserves to be so and to appear in more movies. I thought he was brilliant and even by simply looking at his eyes one can immediately pity the main character and end up sympathising with Larry for what is happening to him. Apart from conveying emotions perfectly, Stuhlbarg was incredibly funny.
Arthur Gopnik is played by Richard Kind. The first time I saw Kind was in the TV series 'Scrubs', so was quiet surprised when I saw him in this movie. He did quiet a good job and personally I thought that him and Stuhlbarg complemented each other very well as brothers.
Judith Gopnik is played by Sara Lennick. Personally I thought she was very unlikable in the way she portrayed her character, although it worked for the movie since she was the 'mean' wife who cheater on her husband.
Danny and Sarah Gopnik played by Aaron Wolff and Jessica McManus. I hated these actors to be honest. McManus was so annoying and even sometimes her facial expressions were too over the top when the rest of the cast played their characters more realistically. Wolff wasn't that better either, his eyes are quiet dead and expressionless during most of the movie, his best scenes were when his character was stoned and didn't talk at all.
Mrs. Samsky played by Amy Landecker. Landecker didn't have that many lines, but personally I feel the few scenes she was in, she was brilliant especially her eyes, apart from being beautiful her eyes literally oozed sex. She was perfect for the role and wished her character had a bigger role in the movie.
Sy Ableman played by Fred Melamend. Did a good job especially in his parts during Larry's dreams.
The Rabbis played by Simon Helberg, George Wyner and Alan Mandell (in order of appearance). Helberg is mostly known for his role as Howard in the TV series 'The Big Bang Theory', at the beginning of his scene I thought he was a bit weak but then as the scene progressed he really amazed me at how good he was and gave such great significance to 'a parking lot' ( you will get this when you see the movie). Wyner was quiet funny especially when he was narrating a story to Larry. Mandell, I thought was very fitting for the role, as he gave the character an air of mystery which was very fitting for the movie.
Clive played by David Kang. I felt that Kang did an amazing job and was really funny.
Direction & Locations
This movie is directed by the famous Coen Brothers. I have seen the Coen Brothers' take on comedies such as in 'The Ladykillers' ( I really love this movie) and 'Burn After Reading'. Unlike their other comedies and more serious films (like 'No Country for Old Men' which I couldn't understand and ruined Javier Bardem's hotness for me), I thought this comedy was more relaxed and fast paced and the comedy was more natural so to speak.
The locations used for the movie were just beautiful and so peaceful, which led to many great scenes such as when Larry is on top of his roof fixing the tv anthena thing, I thought that even such a small insignificant scene where Larry is doing one simple task one could feel something special which I am finding it hard to describe what I felt when watching that scene.
I also thought it was brilliant how they connected the ending of one scene with the beginning of another scene, which I thought it was brilliant when from one scene we hear Judith cry and then it goes to Larry talking to Rabbi Nachtner.
Soundtrack
I blame this category on Wes Anderson, since I think that to have a good movie you not only need a great cast and a story but also a great soundtrack which creates the right atmosphere for every scene and Wes Anderson always has a great soundtrack in his movies!
Now onto this movie, I love this soundtrack from the beginning till the end! Jefferson Airplane's 'Somebody to Love' was perfect to start off the movie as I felt it set the whole film's story. Also the other music used in many scenes created the perfect atmosphere for each scene. I also absolutely loved how the music matched perfectly when the Dentist's story was being told. The soundtrack was not overpowering and so created the right balance for great scenes.
Who should watch this?
Probably this movie won't be everyone's cup of tea, and to appreciate it I feel one needs a certain level of maturity to understand it's humour. If you find Jackass Movies as funny then this probably isn't the movie for your. If you find Justin Bieber's as meaningful then this probably isn't the movie for you either. I don't advise this movie to young kids due to some swearing and 'smoking' and also it is advisable that when you watch this you pay attention to the dialog as the humour in this movie isn't in your face comedy, so best to pay attention.
Conclusion
It was a very good movie, but probably I wouldn't see it again. I would categorise it as one of those movies that you would see it once and that's it. The moral of the story, I feel, is to live your life every moment the best as you can as you don't know what might happen to you and to not to worry too much as sometimes things seem to fix by themselves. (You'll understand this in one of the last scenes where Larry is on the phone)
So my finally rating for this movie would be 4/5.
Hope you enjoyed my review, feel free to write any comments.
A Serious Man (2009)
Story
The story is about Larry Gopnik's journey into self-discovery and how is going to face his marital/family and job problems with the help of some Rabbi's. I am not going to give out much as I don't wish to ruin the whole story.
Acting & Characters of the movie.
Larry Gopnik is played by Michael Stuhlbarg. At first I thought Jaoquin Phoenix playing Larry, but I was wrong. Stuhlbarg isn't that famous, but in my opinion he deserves to be so and to appear in more movies. I thought he was brilliant and even by simply looking at his eyes one can immediately pity the main character and end up sympathising with Larry for what is happening to him. Apart from conveying emotions perfectly, Stuhlbarg was incredibly funny.
Arthur Gopnik is played by Richard Kind. The first time I saw Kind was in the TV series 'Scrubs', so was quiet surprised when I saw him in this movie. He did quiet a good job and personally I thought that him and Stuhlbarg complemented each other very well as brothers.
Judith Gopnik is played by Sara Lennick. Personally I thought she was very unlikable in the way she portrayed her character, although it worked for the movie since she was the 'mean' wife who cheater on her husband.
Danny and Sarah Gopnik played by Aaron Wolff and Jessica McManus. I hated these actors to be honest. McManus was so annoying and even sometimes her facial expressions were too over the top when the rest of the cast played their characters more realistically. Wolff wasn't that better either, his eyes are quiet dead and expressionless during most of the movie, his best scenes were when his character was stoned and didn't talk at all.
Mrs. Samsky played by Amy Landecker. Landecker didn't have that many lines, but personally I feel the few scenes she was in, she was brilliant especially her eyes, apart from being beautiful her eyes literally oozed sex. She was perfect for the role and wished her character had a bigger role in the movie.
Sy Ableman played by Fred Melamend. Did a good job especially in his parts during Larry's dreams.
The Rabbis played by Simon Helberg, George Wyner and Alan Mandell (in order of appearance). Helberg is mostly known for his role as Howard in the TV series 'The Big Bang Theory', at the beginning of his scene I thought he was a bit weak but then as the scene progressed he really amazed me at how good he was and gave such great significance to 'a parking lot' ( you will get this when you see the movie). Wyner was quiet funny especially when he was narrating a story to Larry. Mandell, I thought was very fitting for the role, as he gave the character an air of mystery which was very fitting for the movie.
Clive played by David Kang. I felt that Kang did an amazing job and was really funny.
Direction & Locations
This movie is directed by the famous Coen Brothers. I have seen the Coen Brothers' take on comedies such as in 'The Ladykillers' ( I really love this movie) and 'Burn After Reading'. Unlike their other comedies and more serious films (like 'No Country for Old Men' which I couldn't understand and ruined Javier Bardem's hotness for me), I thought this comedy was more relaxed and fast paced and the comedy was more natural so to speak.
The locations used for the movie were just beautiful and so peaceful, which led to many great scenes such as when Larry is on top of his roof fixing the tv anthena thing, I thought that even such a small insignificant scene where Larry is doing one simple task one could feel something special which I am finding it hard to describe what I felt when watching that scene.
I also thought it was brilliant how they connected the ending of one scene with the beginning of another scene, which I thought it was brilliant when from one scene we hear Judith cry and then it goes to Larry talking to Rabbi Nachtner.
Soundtrack
I blame this category on Wes Anderson, since I think that to have a good movie you not only need a great cast and a story but also a great soundtrack which creates the right atmosphere for every scene and Wes Anderson always has a great soundtrack in his movies!
Now onto this movie, I love this soundtrack from the beginning till the end! Jefferson Airplane's 'Somebody to Love' was perfect to start off the movie as I felt it set the whole film's story. Also the other music used in many scenes created the perfect atmosphere for each scene. I also absolutely loved how the music matched perfectly when the Dentist's story was being told. The soundtrack was not overpowering and so created the right balance for great scenes.
Who should watch this?
Probably this movie won't be everyone's cup of tea, and to appreciate it I feel one needs a certain level of maturity to understand it's humour. If you find Jackass Movies as funny then this probably isn't the movie for your. If you find Justin Bieber's as meaningful then this probably isn't the movie for you either. I don't advise this movie to young kids due to some swearing and 'smoking' and also it is advisable that when you watch this you pay attention to the dialog as the humour in this movie isn't in your face comedy, so best to pay attention.
Conclusion
It was a very good movie, but probably I wouldn't see it again. I would categorise it as one of those movies that you would see it once and that's it. The moral of the story, I feel, is to live your life every moment the best as you can as you don't know what might happen to you and to not to worry too much as sometimes things seem to fix by themselves. (You'll understand this in one of the last scenes where Larry is on the phone)
So my finally rating for this movie would be 4/5.
Hope you enjoyed my review, feel free to write any comments.
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