Monday, August 29, 2011

Another Week...

...and off to work once again.

Its so amazing how when you have a job that you enjoy, the weeks go by that much quicker. I was sort of excited for our pizza and beer night with the wife tonight, but I forgot that we have tons of leftovers (noodles, yum!) to eat, so I'll suppose we'll do that tomorrow.

Best quote of the weekend:
Me: "How about you talk to my grandma?"
Wife: "I will slit your throat."
-after I surprised her by handing her the phone while talking to my parents. I surprised her true, but she did fine. No worries.


Also, apologies for not posting on here sooner, just honestly keep forgetting. For day to day happenings with me, check out my twitter account

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

PILTH: Vampires, Werewolves, Bad Actors, OH MY!



So, I'm returning with the weekly Monday rituation of PEOPLE I LOVE TO HATE and this week is sort of a cop out because I ranted a bit about her already, but this week I list: Kristen Stewart.

There were other worthy candidates, such as Drew Barrymore (of which the wife and I watched Going the Distance with Barrymore and Justin Long, *que gagging*) and some others, but I realized that I just couldn't go without actually putting her on the list. What happens in 10 years when I look back and say, what were some really bad actors that I hated? WHAT THEN?

I'd like to start off by saying I found the following image online when typing in "i hate kristen stewart" neat huh? Now, I'm not sure whether or not its because girls wish they were her so she is hated or people don't like how she is smug and annoying, but i couldn't care why: JUST AS LONG AS SHE IS HATED.

Here is the reasoning why (not that I need a reason per se): When I first heard about this Twilight series, I was behind the eight ball so to speak. I hadn't read the books (nor did I want to). I didn't even watch the first movie until probably a year after it had come out on DVD. So I only saw the crap surrounding the hype. Little girls going crazy for vampires and werewolves and Kristen Stewart in the middle of it all. Now, if people were going crazy for me, I not only would be super excited and happy, I would be humble. I'm an ACTOR in a MOVIE. I didn't save anyone's life nor did I invent some magical machine to solve all the world's problems. Sure, I may have worked hard to create a work of art, but I'm still an ACTOR. I serve no real purpose in the grand scheme of things. OK, now lets look at Stewart. She never smiles, never seems to be appreciative of the fans of this franchise, never seems to care about anything except her own fame. Lets get something straight: She isn't talented. At all. She acts like herself in movies. Plus, to top it all off, little girls (unless they are lesbians) are not going to see Twilight because of the chick. Its Pattinson and Lautner. Period. So, to recap, there is a non-talent hack acting like she is the biggest star on the planet who mistakenly believes that people are going to see these movies because of her, when in reality everyone knows she can't act but put up with her for more shirtless Taylor Lautner action. Its like when people love to get drunk and have fun but wake up with a hangover the next day. They loved the alcohol the night of, unfortunately wake up feeling like death, but understand that sometimes you just have live with the consequences of partying hard the night before. For tween girls, Stewart is the hangover to Lautner and Pattinson's booze. They sort of put up with it. That's right, I'm comparing Kristen Stewart to a hangover. Both make me want to throw up. 

Now, don't get me wrong. There are a lot of smug actors out there: one of my favoritest even in Brad Pitt. But at least most of those smug bastards have talent; they have reason to be smug. They've won awards and single handledly brought home serious money for their projects.

Kristen Stewart should be elated and be super excited that a bunch of studio execs even let her be in this movie, not walk around like she's god's gift to Hollywood. End of story, you've been listed.