By Sarah Ockler
When you lose somebody, it’s not like you lose just them. But you lose all the possibilities that could have involved that person. That’s what hurts the most, that there will never be more. People hold on to the past and recount the things that had been, but what they mourn are all the things that will never be. The past has died either way, whether that person continues to exist or not, it’s gone anyway, so you can never fully mourn losing it. You can only really mourn losing the future.
There are so many things that I skimmed over after my mom died. I was sick of the gossip and sick of being this person that no one knew how to interact with. So I just swallowed it all, forced myself to be normal so that people could at least figure out how to interact with me again. And I think the reason I like books like this is so I can see how other people ended up dealing with their loss. Because I think in the 14 years since my mother died, I have found peace with it, I have moved on, but at what expense and how, I have no idea. And it’s nice to crawl into someone else’s sadness and know I wasn’t really alone or unique in how I dealt with it. That life goes on. And that every family has a sad story, a loss.
This was a hilarious story! I love stories about intertwining characters and just off the wall comedies. This was all of them. The characters were rich and personable and crazy.
And I particually loved the temporary visual effects, I thought they only improved the story! Having a full house that was a little rowdy was amazing. Just being a part of something that wasn’t completed yet, made me feel as if I was a part of the process of bringing something to life.
So, I got a free ticket to go to the Toronto premiere of this show. It was pretty funny, good Canadian humor. And I think of everyone, Canadians enjoy making fun of themselves maybe more than anyone else. It was fun to watch, but I wouldn’t have paid money to go see it. I’m interested in seeing how it does.
Ummmm… I’m so glad I didn’t watch this in the theaters. But I liked the posters. The one on the right especially, the composition is great.
What was the point of this movie? I kind of expected something more with Paul Bettany in it. And I really like Lucas Black, ever since All the Pretty Horses, but come on, what was the point? What was with the tattoos? What the hell was so special about the baby? Why was God such a flip-flop decision maker? And what the hell were the instructions and why did they get etched onto Jeep? Were they hoping for a sequel?
by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Pretty good read that was relatively original and unpredictable. I loved all the sub-plots, seeing how all of these people’s lives intertwined and overlapped with one another. My very favorite chapter was boy-Robin. His sentences were never ending and I don’t think there was a single paragraph break. It was like listening to someone ramble on and on, yet I still remained completely interested in what he had to say.
I have to admit I got annoyed with the symbols throughout the book whenever Naomi spoke. I’m not sure if in the end it was supposed to be sign language, which would have made it a tiny bit better. Also, I didn’t really like the movie Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, so I was a little surprised, but not shocked it was by the same authors. And, I really do wonder about the movie adaptation of this book, cause to be honest, I kept picturing Blake Lively rather than Hayden Panettiere as Naomi.
I felt this book tied in really well with how I’ve been feeling about friendship. That I’ve never had one that lasted more than 4 years in one location. I don’t know what the hell happens to friends when they’ve known each other for more than 4 consecutive years. All my friends are like Morse code, beep, beep, beep, beep, silence, silence, silence… beep. The friends I keep are the ones that can deal with the silence.
“No. No no no no. It is not easy. Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you’re friends is easy. Being friends is not.”
“And I think that as hard as we try, it still sometimes feels like we all speak different languages. Even if we share all the same words, meanings can be different. And the mistake isn’t in speaking the different languages, but in ignoring the fact.”
I didn’t know that Aaron Johnson (who was the lead in Kick Ass) was also in this film. Felt a lot like Moonlight Mile, especially since Susan Sarandon is in it playing the grieving mother.
But I wonder what it’d be like to hold on to someone you really only knew for less than 24 hours. I guess the love would always feel pure and it’d never disappoint you. You could always look back and romanticize about who that person was and the time you spent together. It’d be hard to ever forget any of the memories, since there were so few. On the flip side though, it’d always leave you wanting more.
This movie was funny and gory and romantic and just funny. This is the first movie since The Rock where I actually liked Nicholas Cage’s performance. Newcomers were witty and the movie wasn’t as super predictable as others are. Laughed my ass off.
Chloe Moretz was great too. I think because it was so comical, maybe it took away from the gore? I wonder if she ever thought it was too much? Oh, child…
The movie was amazing. What a great heroine. I thought Lisbeth was beautiful. Beautiful in how vulnerable she was, how fucked up she was and how strong she was. Noomi Rapace rocks.
It’s sad that there really is so much hate out there in the world. That sometimes the people who are supposed to love and protect you are the ones who are torturing you. And that the only way to survive is to escape and let everyone think you’re dead. Makes me think of those Post Secret postcards, one person chose to have their whole family think they died in 9-11, just to be free.
I have to admit these posters are pretty horrible. The one of the right looks like a 1960s-1970s book cover. I love the book covers, why couldn’t they do something like that? And it’s sad to hear that Hollywood is going to remake the movies. Why can’t some people just let things be? Why do they have to take away from something amazing and ride off of its wave? I hope they release the additional two in the trilogy before the “new” version comes out.
But I liked hearing Swedish. Has a bit of German and English in it, I kept tripping over words that were pretty much the same.
