I am finally moved in, well, with the exception of furniture and clothes. Okay so I have a bag of clothes, a tv, an Xbox, a stereo, and a sleeping bag so I am set. Since my parents are letting me live with them, I have been helping them fix up the house they bought. The house they paid cash for was a repo so naturally it needed a lot of work. I ripped out all of the carpeting except for my bedroom, I painted four rooms, and I helped lay laminate wood flooring in two rooms. Needless to say I've been pretty busy. I just came up to visit my brother and get some more clothes a couple of days ago. The climate difference is astonishing. In the middle of January in North Carolina is around 65-70 degrees and it is cold if it drops into the 50s. I come back up to New York and anything over 45 degrees is a heatwave. The good thing has been the snow. I've been able to take quite a few steel wool pictures. If you don't know what they are, they look like this:
One of the first things I like to do in a new town is go to the local movie theater to see a movie. I like to see how theaters differ based on location. The first movie I went to see in my new town was Mama. It is a horror film about two orphans who are raised by a ghost. When they are found in a cabin, they are sent to live with their uncle and his rockstar-wannabe wife. The basic 'BOO' scenes are included with more family drama than a usual horror film but that might be the result of it being rated PG-13. I thought the movie was okay but it was not terrorizing. I don't think I would take a thirteen year old to go see it because there are a few scenes that make you jump. This movie is the product of a drunk one night stand between The Messangers and The Grudge. Aside from the creepy 'mama' I found the children to be fairly creepy. As they say, "pound for pound, Ghost children are the creepiest." Of course these children were not ghosts but when they are first found in the cabin, it is difficult to tell what they are exactly. The movie starts out really spectacularly but I won't spoil anything for you. The ending I thought was pretty good for the movie's pace and storyline. Overall I would say if you are in the mood for a horror movie that isn't going to give you nightmares for the next year then this is the movie for you.
A movie I really want to go see is Warm Bodies. It is a new take on zombie movies (and in my opinion, it kinda sounds like a better love story than Twilight). It is supposed to be about a zombie kid who falls in love with a human girl and loving her starts to turn him back human. I think this is an ingenious idea but I never would've thought it could work. Just the previews have made me change my mind. I love the new take on an old idea.
Movie of the day: Warm Bodies
Song of the day: Comes and Goes (In Waves) by Greg Laswell
One of the first things I like to do in a new town is go to the local movie theater to see a movie. I like to see how theaters differ based on location. The first movie I went to see in my new town was Mama. It is a horror film about two orphans who are raised by a ghost. When they are found in a cabin, they are sent to live with their uncle and his rockstar-wannabe wife. The basic 'BOO' scenes are included with more family drama than a usual horror film but that might be the result of it being rated PG-13. I thought the movie was okay but it was not terrorizing. I don't think I would take a thirteen year old to go see it because there are a few scenes that make you jump. This movie is the product of a drunk one night stand between The Messangers and The Grudge. Aside from the creepy 'mama' I found the children to be fairly creepy. As they say, "pound for pound, Ghost children are the creepiest." Of course these children were not ghosts but when they are first found in the cabin, it is difficult to tell what they are exactly. The movie starts out really spectacularly but I won't spoil anything for you. The ending I thought was pretty good for the movie's pace and storyline. Overall I would say if you are in the mood for a horror movie that isn't going to give you nightmares for the next year then this is the movie for you.
A movie I really want to go see is Warm Bodies. It is a new take on zombie movies (and in my opinion, it kinda sounds like a better love story than Twilight). It is supposed to be about a zombie kid who falls in love with a human girl and loving her starts to turn him back human. I think this is an ingenious idea but I never would've thought it could work. Just the previews have made me change my mind. I love the new take on an old idea.
Movie of the day: Warm Bodies
Song of the day: Comes and Goes (In Waves) by Greg Laswell
