Upon reflection, it has become clear I have been "movie-binging" of late. Ok. 3 in a week may not seem a lot. But bear in mind, I am an anti-social freak who can for months not see the likes of town and forget what it actually looks like.

Last Saturday- The Spiderwick Chronicles
I didn't like it. I think the children acted really well but well... the entire movie was really driven by STUPIDITY!
He finds a book that has a note saying "Do Not Read".
He reads it.
The funny tiny pixie-man person says "The book must stay in the circle"
He takes it out of the circle.
It's damn frustrating because... just because!
It tried to hard to bring acorss the "knowldege can mean danger" deeper meaning. But I think it kinda flopped and died.

Today- Horton
OMG. I cannot believe I watched this movie. I have to say I hate this even more than Spiderwick. At least Spiderwick's special effects and certain attempts at humour bordered on acceptable. But Horton was plain yucky and crude.
The plot simply sucks. The freaking elephant believes that little people live on a speck. He then proceeds to overcome all sorts of obstacles to deliver this speck onto a safe resting place.
The main gist of the movie seems to be
1) "people are people no matter how small": Ok. sorry but this was sorely KI-ish. I mean the kangeroo went "If you can't see it, hear it or touch it, it doesn't exist!". So well. If you're a KI student, I highly urge you to stay away. She repeats the lines at least twice and it makes you wanna go and choke the life out of her animated neck.
2) Civilisation is well self defined and we're all babarians: The film makes some serious criticisms of conformity, cultural/ social pressures etc. But it was all cloaked in very untastefully lame humour which is very disappointing from production with Jim Carrey on board.
3) Forgiveness and Holding onto your Beliefs prevail: I'm sorry. But the whole elephant forgives kangeroo for persecution scene? Just hypocritical. The part where the little people finally believe their mayor/ the animals believe Horton? Just hypocritical.
4) Our world is just a speck: The Matrix already sold the mass audience that the world we perceive may just be an illusion/ insignificant. That was years ago. Plus, the Matrix was cooler. Plus the Matrix had Keanu Reeves. There's simply no fight.

Horton's (the elephant btw) overly paranoid and very silly personality was probably aimed at being endearing or maybe a reflection of our own state in a time of uncertainty. But it just comes across as irritating! Maybe its just me.

Yawn. If I wasn't so well rested from the night before, I would have just dozed off.

The best for last- Step Up 2 The Streets!
Gosh. I've been putting off this show for the longest time. And I finally caught it today! Yay for me.
Yep. The plot is pretty crappy, driven mostly by the underdog story and the whole be yourself vs. fitting in balance... But the dancing is another story altogether. Another awesome, hot and sexy story altogether.
In short: It doesn't tug at your heartstrings, it doesn't make you laugh. But hell. It damn well takes your mind off life/shit and makes you smile.

Other important matters about life:
School: still sucky, worse is the forecast, doom is the promise.
I cannot explain what I am going through.
I cannot believe how many times I have written that I sympathise with characters in fiction because they are suffering in situations out of their control. I cannot believe how I seem to be exactly like them... Except well. Nobody really knows. Haha.

Move along, move along
Just to make it through
...
When everything is wrong
We move along.

They make it seem like we have a choice.