Shape, shift, and trick

Warning: Scott Pilgrim related song overanalysis

I think I just found out why I enjoy Brie Larson's version of Black Sheep, originally played by Metric, and I'm going to explain it to you because why else are you here for? Seriously, what are you doing here?

Anyway, the reasoning behind my preference towards the movie version instead of the original is mostly based on the singers. Now I absolutely have no problem whatsoever with Emily Haines. She is successful for a reason, and she's attractive as well.

But Brie Larson's portrayal as Envy Adams on stage was just spot on (the acting is a different story I'll get into some other time). Her singing, in comparison to Emily Haines', sounds and feels a bit more seductive and provocative, which perfectly embodies Envy Adams as a character. She's supposed to be the sexy superstar everybody admires and wants to be. She's a perfect ten on the scale of fives, and she knows it. On the other hand, Emily Haines has a smoother voice layered with probably the smallest amount of autotune. It sounds great, but it's not Envy.

The other thing I will applaud Brie Larson for is her performance on stage. She wasn't over-the-top crazy, but she had fun and was presentable. The only live performance I ever saw of Metric was when they performed Black Sheep in Comicon (I think) where Emily Haines was seemingly drunk, head-banging to a beat that didn't exist.

Once again, I'll say that this post is by no means a dig on Metric. From the other songs I've heard from them, I can confidently say that they're talented and I owe them my firstborn for creating a song as good as Black Sheep. I'll even admit that their version is probably superior music-wise. But, in terms of trying to emulate Envy and the Clash at Demonhead, that's when Brie Larson and the others have the advantage.

[Will probably tear this whole tangent off and articulate more on it in a new blog post]
Admittedly, this whole post is incredibly biased. I love the movie, and I had very many sexy encounters with the books. I obviously would gravitate towards the song that represents more of what I am interested in. It's also good to note that Envy is one of my favorite secondary characters in the comics (Infinite Sadness was my favorite one of the series). Her rise to fame was simultaneous to her "fall from grace" in Scott's perspective, leading to the breakup of their relationship and the band itself. Her introduction brought a kind of "reality" into the whole story. It wasn't the cookie cutter comedic hijinks that Bryan Lee O'Malley could've easily went with. Rather, he was bold enough to infuse this complicated storyline while being able to create some humor and action into the book, balancing all of them with perfect precision. It's not just boy meets girl while people laugh. It's much, much more than that.
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Holy shit I need a life.

Hello again!: The Sequel

I have about seven saved drafts in here that I can maybe post right now, but screw all of that.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is on TV right now, and holy shit it just cannot be overstated how much I love this movie.

DAMN. THIS MOVIE IS SO GREAT. I WANT TO PUNCH THE MOON.

We got a long ways to go

I have been figuratively swamped with work lately. It's hard to juggle track practice, school, alien hunting, and procrastination into one day, so I really haven't had time to touch a computer that isn't for typing a fucking eleven page trigonometry project for five fucking hours. But enough about that.

I want to talk about 50/50 and, Jesus Christ, what can I say? I'm sorry Drive, but you have been supplanted as my favorite movie of 2011. It's not a masterpiece or a classic, but it sure is a hell of a movie.

The premise is that Joseph Gordon-Levitt gets hit by cancer out of nowhere. The movie follows him trying to deal with the sudden illness along with his best friend Seth Rogen, his girlfriend, his cancer buddies, his smothering mother, his sick dad, and his therapist Anna Kendrick (who played Stacey Pilgrim in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World!).

I can't recommend this movie enough. They have successfully made the film funny without resorting to low brow cancer related jokes. It's genuinely hilarious, but that doesn't mean that it's lacking it the drama. The fifteen to twenty minutes were just absolutely heartbreaking, and that comes the part in where you won't be able to take a break from crying in the last scene since the next scene drops a bigger bombshell than the last.

People absolutely need to watch this. It's superbly done, well acted, and filmed greatly. Even the score was spectacular. Just a very good movie to watch. I'll give it four crappy paintings out of five.

Hello again!

Been busy for awhile. Track, school play, preparation for the AP test, getting sick, and a social life does not mix very well, especially in a span of a week and a half.

But, that's not very interesting. I'm just here to seek an artist who can use his wizardry to conjure me a magical wallpaper for this very blog. I don't care if it's sunshine and rainbows or a puppy drinking itself out of its misery. As long as it's good, I'll take it.

I repay in sexual favors. Good luck!