PT Self Employed Volunteer Pro-Bono Movie Critic... RETIRED

I'm on Netflix and FB WAY more than blogger so I figure I shall retire my blogs on movie reviews. I'm WAY behind on movie reviews and thought to myself, "Self, what if I'm giving away too much in my movie reviews on here?"

Anyway, Netflix will go through FB therefore no one will miss my highly condensed reviews :)

I'm sure this is detrimental to all of you that are dying to read my movie reviews and frequent my blog several times a day ;)

In court...

(I found this little gem in my phone, dated Jan 26th. I mildly amused myself reading this) :)

Now I know that non-payment of my outstanding tickets resulting ignore fines IS ULTIMATELY MY FAULT. However I think prisoners are treated better than this process (I kid, I kid - no hate mail please). I get to the courthouse at 640am, court opens at 8am. No earlier. No later. Promptly at 8am. 50 people are accepted in to see the judge. I'm #45    :-/

After the long... cold... painful wait in line outside, we shuffle through security. The basics- remove belt, shoes, jacket, put purse on conveyor belt... Exactly like I'm at the airport, but I'm not going anywhere fun.

Another long wait in line to talk to the people at the check in window. At least this time we are with heat. Apparently it's a long time to speak with 44 people. 35 min to be exact. I do have to admit that the court clerks are WAY more personable than the DMV... Which is my next stop :(

My back aches. My Uggs are unsupportive for standing 2 hours. I thank the lord I'm not here with the usual derelicts that usually frequent the courthouse. I guess this is considered a "good day".

903am. We've finished "watching" the court video explaining our rights and how to plea... And yes I say VIDEO. Does Pleasanton's Courthouse not take enough money from us law breaking citizens OR receive the funds from the county to transfer this video to DVD? Hell I could do that at home. Maybe I'll offer; in exchange for a reduced fine of course. ;)

They call names and offenders approach the bench area. A depressing "graduation ceremony", however, sometimes the outcome is more rewarding.

*sidenote: do not drink coffee before having to sit in a courtroom waiting for an undetermined amount of time. All sorts of issues.


1029am. I'm still waiting to stand in front of the judge. Unfortunately, I know from experience, that tickets involving marijuana possession or talking on their cell takes priority over my request to reduce my fines and pay today. My sanity is saved by a hilarious couple behind me making fun of everyone. This is one expensive comedy show.

Fines reduced. Yay! They need a cashiers check. I go to a credit union which can only see my Chevron Credit Unions SAVINGS ACCOUNT. I don't have that kind of money in savings! Sheesh! I call and transfer Chevron checking to savings, deposit money and a check. Get cashiers checks and BACK to court to pay. Now off to the DMV to fix my registration and license due to my procrastination ... :(

1208pm. The DMV is party central. Whoot wooo. :-/. Damn furlows. Now serving B137... I'm B168. Thank god for my iPhone.

*sidenote: i have seen WAY too many people wearing sandals/flip flops/open shoes on this very rainy day. I mean ONE person would be considered too many and I've seen SEVERAL today. F'n weirdos. What's wrong with people? Just because it's California doesn't mean your nasty feet showing will make it stop raining.


I fucking hate the DMV. Bunch of people that don't know shit about shit. First person didn't understand me and could hardly speak English. Next person was an angry white bitch giving me attitude instead of helping me get my questions answered. Finally, the manager answered my questions which I turned my head, directed toward that white bitch, and said, "That's all I needed to know". And after ALL that... I couldn't fix my registration and license.
I walk outside and call my mom and I'm YELLING, not AT her but to her about these fucknuts and all she's trying to do is help an calm me down. Thank god for my parents. Ive grossly underestimated them.

Again I know this is ultimately my own fault but I'm not clubbing baby seals or kidnapping children for christsake. I'm TRYING to make it right, accepting my responsibilities and PAYING DEARLY for the
consequences. Cut me a lil slack assholes.

(Unfortunately this horrible saga went on and on... and on. But now I am a legal, law abiding citizen) :)

Shutter Island

I was so disappointed with this movie - ESPECIALLY for being a Martin Scorsese film (The Departed, Casino, Goodfellas, The Aviator! Heeelllloooooo!? Amazing movies) with great actors - but apparently Nick and I are the ONLY ones that thought this movie suuuuuuuuucked.

Great actors BUT ehhh acting - more like ehhh script I should say. Leo is a great actor I think, some of the lines are like "Really. really?"
Horrible editing - Arms on top of his head, next shot its on the cell bars. Tie is in the car gas tank, next shot its in his hands, next shot back in the gas tank. etc
Story line - ummmm I think we've seen this one before.

If this was supposed to be some sort of mind game, a "get in your head" movie, I didn't get it. Well actually I was trying to figure out if this was a joke or a scary movie so I guess that was the only mind game I experienced. Definitely wasn't a mind f*ck like The Shining, Sixth Sense, Identity, Jacob's Ladder, Vanilla Sky, The Game, Momento, Donnie Darko, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fight Club or any great Hitchcock film or the Twilight Zone series... I could go on. I feel inundated with these "Odd story! Odd things are happening?! Wait a minute, it's just all in their head!" If I wanted to watch crazy I'd stare in the mirror...

I don't even think a movie has to be "good" to get into your head - i.e. Blair Witch Project. The hype, people's belief it was reality, the acting, the last scene... not an Oscar winner but a movie people still talk about as if it was an event.

Yes, I did think this was going to be a thriller/scary movie... the ONLY times I was startled: Nick sneezed, extra loud lighting of matches, gunshot in the end.

Can we stop making movies out of books? Can we come up with an ORIGINAL IDEA for once?

My "Chi" Rating (1 of 5):

... The one Chi was for the guards name being McPherson... that is all

MLK Jr. Quotes

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.

Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

A right delayed is a right denied.

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

pET pEEVES #17

17. I despise when people mean to say LOSE but spell it LOOSE... irritating

Up In The Air

Well...
It was definitely not the ending I was expecting... which is good! I rarely watch a movie now-a-days that catches me off guard.

Not the "... and they live happily ever after" bullshit. But hey, I like a good love story as much as anyone. THAT is why I go to the movies - to be entertained, escape reality. I digress...

The chick from Twilight does a great job. Cute. She's versatile and "changes" throughout the movie. Clooneys always ok to watch. But I tell you if I was a lesbian... Vera Farmiga is one hot piece of ass. Pretty. Great body.

Damn - just saw this on IMDB: Vera Farmiga used a body double for her nude scene. In an interview she stated she has no problems being naked in a film but she had recently given birth and "The breast milk running down would have been inappropriate".

Oh well

Good movie


My "Chi" Rating (3.5 of 5):

SATC Quotes

Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free til they find someone just as wild to run with them.

When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho.

Do we need distance to get close?

When it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews?

As we speed along this endless road to the destination called who we hope to be, I can't help but whine, 'Are we there yet?

A guy can just as easily dump you if you fuck him on the first date as he can if you wait until the tenth.