"A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home."
Why did you watch this?: I like sci-fi and it got good reviews.
Pros:
1. The cast:
Sam Worthington as Jake Sully.
Zoe Saldana as Neyteri.
There is good acting.
2. This movie is their own world. It has it's own planet Pandora and the Indigenous people Navid. There are great visuals. There are their own animals and plants. It's magical.
Jake and Neyteri are running around all over the planet, swinging on vines, and flying.
3. There is the conflict that's set up. The Earth people want obtanium which is a rich material that makes money. The Navid's live on it and won't move.
The Earth people will go after the Navids. A war breaks out.
4. The dialogue:
Grace: The wealth of this world is not in the ground, but all around us."
5. There is a lot of action as Jake tries to save the Navid's and the planet.
Cons:
1. The Navids are compared to Indigenous people and Africans. I don't know if those people are offended by this.
Or maybe, this is the sci-fi version of our history of Europeans coming to Canada and meeting the Indigenous people.
2. It is kind of unoriginal in a way, because it is the sci-fi version of our history. Unless you want to see it as James Cameron's story.
My opinion: It was good movie. There is a low chance I would watch it again. I am open to watching the sequels to it.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
Aug. 5, 2019 Gone Girl: I saw this movie in 2017.
"With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent."
Why did you watch this?: It seemed like an interesting mystery and it got good reviews.
Also in the 2015 MTV Movie Awards, Amy Schumer was hosting and she kind of gave the plot line away in a joke:
Spoiler alert: "Gone Girl is a movie about what one crazy white woman would do if she found out her husband was cheating on her. Or what every Latino woman would do if she found out her husband was cheating on her."
Cut to a shot of Jennifer Lopez.
lol.
Pros:
1. The cast:
Rosamund Pike as Amy. She was good in Jack Reacher.
Ben Affleck as Nick. I'm not a fan of his, but he was good here.
Neil Patrick Harris as Desi is average.
Tyler Perry as lawyer Tanner Bolt is average.
2. The writing is very good. There is lots of drama, conflict, and tension. There are plot twists and obstacles that no one saw coming.
It shows Amy putting a lot of time and effort into her revenge plan. There are hitches to the plan.
It shows Nick putting a lot of time and effort into proving he's innocent.
It was a crazy story. It was also realistic too on how the police would investigate this and how the media would investigate this and cover it.
It was creative.
Cons:
1. It was a depressing ending. It was solid and ties up all the loose ends. However, after I saw it, I was kind of in a bad mood.
Amy and Nick are both unlikable characters, but they're very compelling. So you continue watching it. None of this really happened in real life.
It was realistic.
My opinion: It was a good movie. There is a low chance I would watch it again.
Here is an old post from 2016. This movie had infidelity in it and it reminded me of Maury. In most cases, if your partner cheats on you, there is a high chance your partner is going to cheat on you to get back at you:
"New checks on 'predatory' payday loans"/ Cottage couple advice column/ Maury's cheating examples
Aug. 29, 2016: I was thinking about this today. This was a black and white case, with an obvious answer. It was so obvious and stupid. There was no shades of grey.
Maury's cheating examples:
Maury example: If you don't like this show, you can skip to the next paragraph. Here is some shades of grey situation. It was back in 2004 when I used to watch this show.
Couple #1: I remember this white couple. A blonde woman with some weight on her suspect her husband who is a skinny guy is cheating on her. They have 2 kids together. He was put in a room with a "sexy decoy" who is a sexy woman. He hits on her and he kisses her. There is a hidden camera filming all this.
Couple #1: I remember this white couple. A blonde woman with some weight on her suspect her husband who is a skinny guy is cheating on her. They have 2 kids together. He was put in a room with a "sexy decoy" who is a sexy woman. He hits on her and he kisses her. There is a hidden camera filming all this.
He failed the lie detector test (I don't remember the questions). When they showed the hidden camera video of him kissing another woman, he laughed it off and was like "whatever." The wife yells at him.
Cut to one year later she says to him: "I cheated on you to get back at you for you cheating on me. And the baby may not be yours." He is upset and crying. Before the results come, she says: "No matter what happens, I hope we can work it out." He is the father. The audience cheers.
My opinion: I see the husband is 55% wrong because he cheated on her first and didn't feel guilty about it. She is 45% wrong because she cheated, but she wouldn't have if he hadn't cheated on her first. Two wrongs don't make a right, but in this case it does.
I 100% see this marriage lasting because they're even and all the kids are theirs. If he wasn't the father, I would still say the marriage was going to last.
Do you think this marriage is going to last?
A. It will last.
B. It will not last.
C. Undecided.
I 100% see this marriage lasting because they're even and all the kids are theirs. If he wasn't the father, I would still say the marriage was going to last.
Do you think this marriage is going to last?
A. It will last.
B. It will not last.
C. Undecided.
It's totally fine, if you guys disagree with me and say the marriage isn't going to last.
Sept. 1, 2016: One more example is this white married couple.
Couple #2:
Couple #2:
1. Woman cheated on her husband and the baby may not be his. He is the father.
2. They have a second kid and the man thinks he may not be the father due to wife's previous cheating. The woman's mom also thinks the same thing. He is the father. The woman yells at them both.
3. Woman thinks her husband is cheating on her to get back at her for her previous cheating. He does the lie detector and he passes. He hugs her.
My opinion: I see this marriage has a 90% chance of lasting. If he cheats on her, I don't know if it will totally even out. They would need counseling.
https://badcb.blogspot.com/2016/09/new-checks-on-predatory-payday-loans.html
In 2017, I met my friend Trayton, a 20 yr old white boy. He said he thought both marriages were not going to last.
Aug. 18, 2019 Breakout: I watched this movie in Apr. 2017.In 2017, I met my friend Trayton, a 20 yr old white boy. He said he thought both marriages were not going to last.
"A pair of criminals try to track down the kids who witnessed them commit a murder in the woods."
Why did you watch this?: It sounded interesting.
Pros:
1. The cast.
Brendan Fraser is the dad Jack who has to save his 2 kids. I'm not really a fan of his.
Dominic Purcell (Prison Break) is the criminal Tommy Baxter.
Ethan Suplee who plays Kenny Baxter who is mentally disabled. He is a likable character.
Holly Deveaux as Jen one of the kids. I saw her on a Rookie Blue ep.
Christian Martyn as the kid Mikey.
2. The story had drama, conflict, and tension with all the running around in the woods.
Cons:
1. It was boring.
My opinion: The movie was average at best, and mediocre at worst. There is a low chance I would watch this again.
This movie looks like it was produced because it was easy and not expensive to be made. It's all in the woods, and not a lot of sets.
It was released straight-to-dvd in the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakout_(2013_film)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2314886/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
Sept. 27, 2019 Fall 2019 TV season:
The new TV show pilots I saw and in the order of my favorites. These are the shows I will record the series and watch all in a week:
1. Prodigal Son- It's created by Chris Fedak who also created that 2018 TV show I like called Deception.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10327354/?ref_=rvi_tt
2. Evil- this show reminds me of the TV show The Exorcist.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9055008/?ref_=rvi_tt
3. Stumptown- a PI show.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10313066/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
4. Emergence- this kind of reminds me of the TV show Believe with Jake McLaughlin (Ryan on Quantico).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9169658/?ref_=rvi_tt
The TV show I saw the pilot, and will never watch again:
1. All Rise- the pilot was average. I don't usually watch law dramas.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10329042/?ref_=tt_sims_tt
Old favorites:
1. FBI- the season 2 premiere was good.
2. This is Us- the season 4 premiere introduced new characters and how they will affect the Pearson family.
3. A Million Little Things- the season 2 premiere was average.
My week:
Mon. Sept. 23, 2019 University of Alberta: I have been meaning to do this. I went there and passed some resumes in the food court. I also did some shopping there.
Bookstore- I looked at the books, school supplies, and gifts.
Clothing- there was a second- hand clothing pop-up sale.
Posters- there was this huge posters sale this week. I liked looking at the art. There were celebrities, TV shows and movies, and inspirational and beautiful art like:
"Live simply."
Unintentionally funny moments on TV:
Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner get laughed at on the Emmys: I don't watch the Emmys, but this was interesting:
One Twitter user said: "Did the #Emmys audience just laugh at Kim Kardashian? I don't think she was telling a joke."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/23/entertainment/kim-kardashian-kendall-jenner-2019-emmys-mocked/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2Y7j5Q9tQs
My opinion: They were reading from the teleprompter. This was unintentionally funny.
I wrote about this before:
Tyra Banks talk show: This reminds me of the Tyra Banks talk show. Tyra was interviewing a young black woman who came on the show so she could tell her mom and grandma that her real job is a stripper.
Tyra: Where did you tell them you were working at?
Woman: I told them I worked at the public library.
The audience laughs.
Woman: Yeah, well I really like to read and write and the job seems to be a good fit for me.
I didn't laugh. She worked as a stripper to pay for her college tuition and living costs. I bet she knew Tyra was going to ask that question and the audience was going to laugh at her. She wanted to go on the show so her mom and grandma can't freak out and yell at her.
They did seem kind of disappointed in her, but stayed calm.
The woman could have said to the audience:
Woman: I'm working as a stripper to pay for my college tuition and living costs. You should all be ashamed of yourselves for laughing at me.
Unintentionally funny moments in real life:
Gr. 9 health class: Miss. Johnston asking if the class has ever volunteered before and half the class raises their hand.
Miss. Johnston: Where did you volunteer?
Jeff: I volunteered at bible camp.
The class laughs at him.
Miss. Johnston tells the class to be quiet.
Jeff: I made sandwiches.
Jeff didn't look offended. I was thinking about The Simpsons where they made fun of rear window. Bart broke his leg and he thought Ned Flanders killed his wife.
Maude Flanders appears at the end.
Maude: I went to bible camp to learn how to be more judgemental.
I don't know Jeff that well. Is he religious or he was there to help out one time? He didn't yell at the class by saying:
Jeff: Hey, I was helping people by giving my time and effort. You guys should be ashamed of yourselves for laughing at me.
Sept. 24, 2019 Coffee to Keys: I was looking for a job on Kijiji and I found this video on it. It was a 2 min. video and it was light and fun to watch, and I learned about her and her company. I liked the video:
Haircut: I got a haircut in the afternoon.
Sept. 26, 2019 Crystal Paine: I was listening to this free online event series by Sacha Sterling:
Bookstore- I looked at the books, school supplies, and gifts.
Clothing- there was a second- hand clothing pop-up sale.
Posters- there was this huge posters sale this week. I liked looking at the art. There were celebrities, TV shows and movies, and inspirational and beautiful art like:
"Live simply."
Unintentionally funny moments on TV:
Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner get laughed at on the Emmys: I don't watch the Emmys, but this was interesting:
Kardashian, 38, started her introduction to the category by telling the famous audience: "Our family knows first-hand how truly compelling television comes from real people, just being themselves."
Before Jenner could recite her own lines, the auditorium erupted into laughter that was loud enough to be picked up on the broadcast.
A clearly miffed Jenner, 23, pushed on as the chuckles continued: "telling their stories, unfiltered and unscripted."One Twitter user said: "Did the #Emmys audience just laugh at Kim Kardashian? I don't think she was telling a joke."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/23/entertainment/kim-kardashian-kendall-jenner-2019-emmys-mocked/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2Y7j5Q9tQs
My opinion: They were reading from the teleprompter. This was unintentionally funny.
I wrote about this before:
Tyra Banks talk show: This reminds me of the Tyra Banks talk show. Tyra was interviewing a young black woman who came on the show so she could tell her mom and grandma that her real job is a stripper.
Tyra: Where did you tell them you were working at?
Woman: I told them I worked at the public library.
The audience laughs.
Woman: Yeah, well I really like to read and write and the job seems to be a good fit for me.
I didn't laugh. She worked as a stripper to pay for her college tuition and living costs. I bet she knew Tyra was going to ask that question and the audience was going to laugh at her. She wanted to go on the show so her mom and grandma can't freak out and yell at her.
They did seem kind of disappointed in her, but stayed calm.
The woman could have said to the audience:
Woman: I'm working as a stripper to pay for my college tuition and living costs. You should all be ashamed of yourselves for laughing at me.
Unintentionally funny moments in real life:
Gr. 9 health class: Miss. Johnston asking if the class has ever volunteered before and half the class raises their hand.
Miss. Johnston: Where did you volunteer?
Jeff: I volunteered at bible camp.
The class laughs at him.
Miss. Johnston tells the class to be quiet.
Jeff: I made sandwiches.
Jeff didn't look offended. I was thinking about The Simpsons where they made fun of rear window. Bart broke his leg and he thought Ned Flanders killed his wife.
Maude Flanders appears at the end.
Maude: I went to bible camp to learn how to be more judgemental.
I don't know Jeff that well. Is he religious or he was there to help out one time? He didn't yell at the class by saying:
Jeff: Hey, I was helping people by giving my time and effort. You guys should be ashamed of yourselves for laughing at me.
Sept. 24, 2019 Coffee to Keys: I was looking for a job on Kijiji and I found this video on it. It was a 2 min. video and it was light and fun to watch, and I learned about her and her company. I liked the video:
Buy or sell your home…From Coffee to Keys™.
Make your home buying or selling experience as stress-free and comfortable as it can be.
With Nichola Elise Ryhanen, you get a partner who is relentless in meeting your real estate needs while keeping it simple, straightforward, and easy for you.
You get a down-to-earth, professional realtor who cares about you and has your best interests at heart. Have Nichola prove it to you from the first hello over a coffee to handing over of the keys when it’s all done.
https://coffeetokeys.com/Haircut: I got a haircut in the afternoon.
Sept. 26, 2019 Crystal Paine: I was listening to this free online event series by Sacha Sterling:
Crystal Paine is the founder of MoneySavingMom.com, host of The Crystal Paine Show podcast, New York Times bestselling author of Say Goodbye to Survival Mode and author of the book, Money-Making Mom.
Crystal started MoneySavingMom.com in 2007 to provide practical strategies to help women cut their grocery bill and and live on less than they make. It has grown to be one of the top personal finance blogs on the web averaging over 1.5 million unique visitors per month.
In 2017, Crystal started another blog, YourBloggingMentor.com, to teach beginning to intermediate bloggers how to make a part-time to full-time income blogging. She offers courses and blog coaching at YourBloggingUniversity.com.
Crystal has been featured on Good Morning America and FOX Business, she's been spotlighted in articles in Woman's Day and All You magazine; and has earned nods via The Today Show, National Public Radio, CNN, USA Weekend, Shop Smart magazine, Real Simple magazine, and numerous other national outlets.
Her desire is to help women across the globe live with more passion, purpose and intention in their everyday lives. She lives in the Nashville, TN area with her husband and three kids.
The beauty of the blog is that I found an article that mentions her:
https://badcb.blogspot.com/2016/02/skipping-trip-to-tims-week-at-beach-are.html
Becky Kopitzke: Becky Kopitzke is the author of three traditionally published books including her latest release, The Cranky Mom Fix: Get a Happier, More Peaceful Home by Slaying the “Momster” in All of Us. As a professional writing coach, dreamer, believer, lunch packer and recovering neat freak, Becky is on a mission to encourage and equip women to be kind to themselves and others. She loves helping mompreneurs discover their voice, hone their message and reach their writing goals.
Becky and her husband Chad both work from home in northeast Wisconsin where they share precious space with their two tween daughters, tables stacked with homework and slime supplies, and a puppy named Prophet. Find Becky online at beckykopitzke.com.
1. Pass resumes at the U of A
2. Get a haircut
Be Your Own Psychic: Tapping the Innate Power Within by Sherron Mayes:
4. Redeem my Subway coupon to get a free coffee (it's really 2 cups when I brought my thermos).
5. Get a prescription refill
