investing in one, takes away from another.

Rebel Without a Cause (1955): nothing too spectacular about this movie. lots of memorable movie moments, but none of them struck a note with me like they probably did at the time. basically, it just shows how ridiculous kids were in the 50's (not saying any generation of kids were not ridiculous, but all are just for different reasons). dean was amazing and mastered the art of making the audience believe in his "badass" self, but also that he is struggling in life and is really just a boy who's more unstable than not. movie ended on a very sad note which was cool. the movie probably shocked the conscious of many adults at the time just as Kids did in the 90's. for a great look at the times and the perfection of james dean, see it.

Doctor Zhivago (1965): a truly epic masterpiece, so complex yet real, that you'll want to go out and buy volumes of russian revolution history. okay, well maybe only i want to, but you will still love this movie. there are so many characters and intertwining that the fact the movie is 3 hours long won't phase you one bit. think of this movie as the pianist meets magnolia, all set against the backdrop of those crazy ruskies. it is beautifully shot like what you think of when you imagine the sound of music. i really think that this is the best "epic" movie i've ever seen next to gone with the wind. it has every genre rolled into one and really leaves you craving more and more well after the movie has ended. from the first note of the overture, you will be sucked into to this masterpiece. buy it.

Pillow Talk (1959): hard to watch rock hudson being such a pimp to the ladies and at certain times during the movie "pretending" to be gay. if only people knew at the time this movie came out, his career would be worse than my acting career. the movie was decent i guess. not much laughter came out of me. and how is it that a girl, who despises hudson throughout the entire movie, falls for him after realizing he has lied to her about who he really is. after re-reading that last sentence i realize that it makes no sense, but don't worry cuz i'm not going to ask you to see this movie anyways. her final conclusion to love him and be with him was just too unrealistic. any girl with any brain would have dropped the guy in a heartbeat. its better than most terrible romantic comedies today, but still bad. doris day is not pretty, rock hudson is gay, dialogue that and singing that goes on in their heads is stupid, and the opening credits make me want to puke. sets up the movie nicely. don't see.

went to vegas for the weekend to see my bro. pretty uneventful i guess. lost some money (no more vacation for us. oops.) and stayed up way too late. but glad to be home now. talked to my doc this morning and he thinks i have something. don't want to really talk about it cuz i feel pretty dumb having now been labeled this. i think my pills are really kicking in because i've been pretty happy lately. i hate the fact that by taking the pills i'm no longer the real me. this happy ethan is not the real ethan. but my doc and i talked about it and i feel a little better.

my mom and sis are scheduled to get baptized this saturday. i'm so excited for that to happen believe it or not. they seem really happy with the church and its good to see people happy. right now in my life is more stressful than probably any other time in my life prior. i've got so much on my plate right now that i don't know how i will be able to attend to it all. but of course i'm still good and irresponsible and have to watch 1-2 movies a day. but check out my list to watch on the links to the right and you'll see that the list is actually decreasing!! in my stats class again and its been 36 minutes since class started and we still haven't started lecturing. i hate this class. oooo. and i'm so excited because i ordered two wonderful dvds last night. keep an eye on my list of dvds i own to see what i get and when i get it. i'm thrilled though.