Thursday, July 22, 2010

In Music: Christina Aguilera - You Lost Me


The video is pretty boring for such a powerful song.  I don't really get it.  She looks pretty good, but the effects seem out of place to me.  The song itself I love, but then again, Sia wrote it.  I gave a higher rating on this because of the song itself, not the video.

★★★☆☆

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

In Film: My Sister's Keeper


In all fairness, it is a good movie.  I just happened to catch it on HBO the other night, and was satisfied with it.  Surprisingly it's not entirely what I thought it was about.  It focuses more on a girl who was conceived for the sole purpose of saving her dying sister who is fighting for the right to her own body at the age of 13.  For that, I give it some kudos.  Cameron Diaz does a really good job, as does Abigail Breslin.  The stand out performance, however, comes from Joan Cusack, who plays a judge who recently lost a daughter herself.  It's a renter for sure.  It's a typical sapfest movie that was done well.

The Good:  A surprisingly interesting story and great acting performances.

The Bad:  It's a typical sapfest with no real twists and turns that you can't see coming from a mile away.

The Ugly:  There's nothing really awful about this movie, no ugly today.

★★★★☆