Devon wanted to watch Mud, so here's my review of Mud (2012) starring Matthew McConaughey.
The kids act like kids in the movie, which is accurate but also they aren't necessarily the most appropriate. McConaughey is awesome as Mud. I wish I were homeless and living in a boat on a deserted island.
It's sad how Ellis put all his stock in Mud as his last hope that love exists. You really hate to see it when that falls apart and he decides love isn't real. So he's just like me frfr
8/10
By the way, since Reese Witherspoon is in this movie, Nebraska besties, y'all should go see Legally Blonde The Musical when it comes to Lincoln at the end of the month.
Hurley…. Is…. Really good actually! And really unique! Weezer put in the hours to make this album stand out despite its short production window, and it paid off. Hurley is loud and fuzzy and proud of it. The guitars are weighty and the synths are huge. The lyrics are audacious and Rivers’ newly adopted singing style reflects that perfectly. He’s practically screaming on some of these cuts, and he’s surprisingly able to pull it off convincingly. Rivers sounds like a dude trying to impersonate a nerd, rather than the nerd he is. And the one time he ditches this style for a more somber tone, on the track Unspoken, it ends up being the best song on the album by far. All in all, Hurley is incredibly catchy. Ruling Me, Trainwrecks, Brave New World, and Hang On are all so memorable you’ll catch yourself humming them for the rest of the week. Even the least of these tracks makes a huge impact. Like, even if you can’t stand the drum machine on Smart Girls, its catchiness brings you in. And there really is no excuse for how trashy Time Flies sounds technically, but the melody in itself is so nice it almost comes off as a feature instead of a bug. The deluxe edition CD has some nice bonus tracks too. All My Friends are Insects is a fun little ditty, as is Represent. And how could I go on without mentioning the acoustic cut I Want to Be Something, which acts as a nice breather compared to the intensity of the rest of the record? Hurley Deluxe feels like a real deluxe- it has nice bonuses for those who want it. But if you go for the standard CD instead, you still get a complete and worthwhile experience. Even at their worst, Weezer knows how to make fun, catchy, and memorable tracks. At their best, you get gems like Hurley.
Credits-
The opening clip is sourced from the video "Fred and Weezer Go To The Moon" by FRED.
The audio of Rivers saying "You're a poopyhead" is sourced from the video "AVGN responds to the Nostalgia Critic!" by Cinemassacre.
The audio of Rivers screaming is the song "Big Enough" from the Kirin J. Callinan album Bravado (2017).
All videos not mentioned above and left without watermarks are from the official Weezer YouTube channel, from official Weezer media such as live DVDs, DVDs included with albums, or recorded by Icystorm 9.
All other sound effects are stock and are used with permission under a creative commons license (I hope).
The Titanic carries the first shipment of wok to the United States of Poland, under the command of Captain Yachty.
Anna invited me to a Titanic watch party because Kalie and I had never seen it.
A review of Titanic (the James Cameron one).
Movie looks really expensive and has really good visual clarity.
Putting naked people in the movie is a bit cringe, but the preacher on the ship read Revelation 21 (the best chapter in the whole Bible) which kinda made up for it.
7/10.
If the Titanic sunk today, what song do you think the band would play? "Down With the Ship"? "Break the Ice"? "Ocean Song"?
A review of Sky Ferreira's 2013 classic Night Time, My Time.
Night Time, My Time is such an immaculate project. The cover art led me to believe this album would be an emotional indie pop album, but it ended up being a surprisingly upbeat and catchy pop album that I enjoy quite a lot. Every song here sounds like it sparkles in the light. Every song is chock full of detail. The warm, fuzzy guitar tones on the most memorable songs mix with the catchy basslines to make up a complete package that’s truly unforgettable. That isn’t to say that Sky Ferreira’s vocals are anything to shake a stick at either. Her voice is really well fit to each track here with just the right tone and effects used to make each song all the more catchy and impactful. She knows her weaknesses and especially her strengths. Night Time, My Time makes me feel very happy, almost a sense of joy and peace. It’s a type of feeling that other music has never been able to replicate after all these years. On Night Time My Time, Sky Ferreira didn’t go in concerned with making a masterpiece that stands forever. She’s concerned with making a really fun, catchy, happy, and unique experience first, and because of that it can grow to be be such a timeless album. It stands undefeated in that sense. The amount of time between this album and Sky’s next album has been insane, but it makes total sense because I don’t know how she could ever top it. It’s just amazing. It’s a record that’s very special to me. It’s night time. It’s my time.
