Laurence Anyways

On Tuesday, May 29, 2012, I went to see the movie Laurence Anyways, the latest film by Xavier Dolan.

The movie is about Laurence Alias, who is a teacher of literature.  He is 35 and the year is 1989.  He has met a girl with whom he has been dating for two years.  Her name is Fréd Belair.  He admits to her that he has been feeling like a woman trapped in a man's body for years and he wants to live his life as a woman.

Essentially, the movie is about Laurence's struggles when the image change occurs and the challenges that go with transsexuality.

The topic was a hard one to deal with, but I thought that this film was quite pretentious.  I do not think that it is worth the time and money.  I don't understand why this guy is so big.

Men in Black 3

On Wednesday, May 23, 2012 I went to see the movie Men in Black 3, featuring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith.  I was lucky enough to have gone to the preview screening.

The premise of the movie is that Boris the Animal escapes from his prison on the moon.  He comes back with a vengeance.  He travels back in time to kill Agent K (Jones), so that he can succeed in his quest to wipe out Earth.

This sets of a chain reaction and a time line distortion that only Agent J (Smith) picks up.  So, he is put in charge of going back in time to prevent the assassination of Agent K.

What happens in the movie?  Does J succeed?  You'll have to watch the movie to find out.

The movie is not the best piece of cinematography out there, but there were a few good jokes and it was amusing.

Les Intouchables

On Tuesday, May 22, 2012, I went to see the movie Intouchables, featuring François Cluzet and Omar Sy.  The story features Philippe (played by Cluzet) who's a really rich paraplegic.  He is very demanding and goes through caregivers like changes of clothing.

In walks Driss (played by Sy).  He came to the interview not wanting the job, but because he wants a refusal so that he can get unemployment insurance.  Philippe takes a shining to him and essentially dares him into being his caregiver for two weeks, because he said that Driss wouldn't last two weeks.

This film explores the unlikely bond formed by two men, each having their own insecurities and problems and how they help each other get through the hardships.  It's funny, only with each other do they experience the best company.

Safe

On Saturday, May 19, 2012 I went to see the movie Safe, featuring Jason Statham.  The movie is about Luke Wright.  He is in a boxing match with someone.  We see the bell go and the next thing we know, he's put the person whom he's boxing with in the hospital in the coma.  We also know that he has lost people a lot of money, because he was supposed to throw the match.  He has angered some members of the Russian mob.

He calls his wife, Annie, on the cell phone, warning her to not go home if she is out.  However, when Luke gets home, he already sees that the Russians have gotten to her.  The Russians have told him that they will kill whomever he gets close to, essentially forcing him to live a very secluded life, as whomever he gets close to, they kill.

While all this is happening, we see another storyline happening with a really intelligent little girl, Mei, who is in the process of correcting her teacher in mathematics.  The principal has decided that he would send her to special school for gifted students, but she was then abducted.

As Luke Wright is about to jump off the subway platform, he bumps into Mei, who's looking distraught and trying to escape from the Russians.  That's where the story really begins.

What happens in the movie?  You'll have to watch to find out.  This is not the best piece of cinematography out there, but it is a very well done action flick.  Not too much blood, but lots of gun fights.

The Avengers

On Tuesday, May 15, 2012, I went to see the movie The Avengers featuring a whole range of stars:  Robert Downey Jr. (as Iron Man), Chris Evans (as Captain America), Scarlett Johanssen (as Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (as Hawkeye), Samuel L. Jackson (as Nick Fury), Mark Ruffalo (as The Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (as Thor).

The movie is about Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston, who made a deal with the Chitauri.  Loki will provide them with the Tesseract, a cube that will give limitless power if they provide an army with which Loki will attack Earth.

So, Nick Fury has to try to fend off these attacks with all the superheroes.

A really nice movie and really fun.

This thing has gotten out of hand

I just read on the news that the Minister of Education, Line Beauchamp, has resigned from politics.  She no longer believes that she is part of the solution.

For the longest time, I have been supportive of the striking students.  I understand what it is to go through university studies and end up with debt to pay off.  I get it.  I'm still paying that debt right now.  I understand that even with the proposed increase, it is still the lowest tuition in Canada.  I believe that there must be some middle ground between constant tuition freeze and leaving your studies with a loan that you must pay back which is in the amount of a down payment for a house.

However, this has gone off way too long and it's enough!

This resignation, which in my opinion is scapegoating, was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Last Thursday as well, striking students set off smoke bombs in the metro system during the height of the morning rush hour.  I was a bit annoyed, but I still supported the students.  However, after today, I am no longer in support of students.  (Also, there have been vigils outside of our palais de justice for the students who set off the smoke bombs.  Are you fucking joking?!!  They disrupted the whole metro system during rush hour, when people in support like me are trying to go to work so that we can get money and help pay collectively for a more affordable post-secondary education)

These students are way too greedy.  The government wanted to have a temporary settlement so that their sessions can be saved and then they would continue to negotiate.  What did these punkasses do?  They rejected the offer.  Now, they are demanding free schooling, like many places in Europe.

This is a classic case of entitlement.  The government gives an inch, these enfants gâtés want a yard.  No one is listening to each other.

In other parts of the world, the protests were because of democratic issues.  Here, they are having a demonstration because of school fees!!!  How dumb is that?!!  These students need a reality check.  Prices go up, it's part of life.

If the students' battle were not for just school fees, but the whole upset of the economic system:  (Top 1% occupies 99% of the wealth and the other 99% of the world only occupies 1% of the wealth).  I would support them.  However, it is not about that.  These bastards want free schooling for themselves.  I have been in support of them ever since the beginning.  I own a red square from two years ago when there was a similar movement.

However, based on their entitlement, I am now going to remove my red square.  In fact, I'm very tempted to put on a green square.

These students need to fucking wake up and smell the coffee...  And not the $5 kind that they get at Starbucks.  If they piss me off even more, I might not be so opposed to the idea of having their heads on pikes.  Fucking entitled pricks!!!

The Five-Year Engagement

On Tuesday, May 8, 2012, I went to see the movie The Five-Year Engagement, featuring Emily Blunt and Jason Segel.

The movie is about Tom Solomon, played by Segel, who proposes to his girlfriend, Violet Barnes, one year after they meet at a New Year's Eve party.  They live in San Francisco where Violet is studying to be a doctoral student in psychology and Tom is a successful cook.  They start planning the party, but then Violet gets a letter from the University of Michigan, offering her a post-doc opportunity.  So, Tom puts everything on hold and they move to Michigan so that Violet can do her post-doc.

However, because of this, their wedding plans get put on hold...  What happens at the end?  Do they postpone the wedding?  Do they finally get married?  You'll have to watch the movie to find out.

Pirates: Band of Misfits

On Tuesday, May 1, 2012 I went to see the movie Pirates:  Band of Misfits in 3D.

This movie is about The Pirate Captain, who has a really nice crew on his pirate ship.  He dreams of winning The Pirate of the Year award, but every year, for the past twenty some odd years or so, when he applied, he never got it.

The story revolves around the Pirate Captain becoming more interesting when he found out that his parrot, Polly, is actually not a parrot, but a dodo.

This movie features the voice acting work of Salma Heyak.

What happens in the movie?  You'll have to watch it and find out!