New Moon

I did not expect anything from "New Moon." I sort of walked in with a clean slate: without having done any prior research, or without having consulted Richard Corliss or Roger Ebert. That's why I am not at all surprised that I found New Moon to be a fun movie. I thought it was much better than the slow-paced first one- which yielded an entire scene of two people staring at each other while lying on grass.

One of the entertaining additions was the character "Jacob Black," who's hotness exceeds Edward's by a factor of a million. I wouldn't be disappointed if the directors decided to make Jacob and Bella a pair by the end of the series. 

Another addition is the awesome special effects... Jacob transforming into a werewolf is the coolest scene in the movie. I also like Victoria (the villain)'s lurking mysteriousness.  

Of course, the acting is eh, the drama is eh, the plot is eh. But the rest makes up for it! This is a movie after all, not a word by word reenactment of the bleeding wistfulness and desire in Stephanie Meyer's novel. 

So you should watch it! And see how you like it with no expectations. 

The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club is probably one of the most entertaining teen movies I've ever seen. The characters are well developed and the plot is simple. Basically, five totally different kids land up in detention together and slowly start getting along. You have the druggie/burnout, popular girl, the jock, the eccentric, and the nerd. If you ask me, my favorite character is the druggie because he's the one firing up all the conversations. 

He (Judd Nelson) asks the nerd (Anthony Michael Hall) why he thinks Ceramics would be an easy subject to take. 

Hall said that trigonometry's important because without it, there'd be no engineering.

Nelson said that Ceramics is more important because without it, there'd be no light. 

Nelson seems insightful, but at the same time we know that most of his jokes are wise-cracking and retaliating instead of meaningful. He has all this anger inside of him because of  his rough family situation- with a father on dope and a mother who's barely around. His aggression probably comes from his background- and his unresolved feelings. 

That's why it seems ironic that such a loud and obnoxious person like Nelson is the product of neglect from his family, from his peers, and even from the school principal,  who sees him as a screwed up case. This same sort of neglect also applies to the eccentric- who became an outcast because of parents who ignore her existence. Perhaps it also applies to the prom queen- who is given too much attention to get a chance to show her imperfections. And the jock- with too much attention from his bullying, perfectionist dad and friends- who constantly expect only the best or "coolest" from him. 

So we all have expectations, from other people, and mostly from ourselves. Perhaps we outta have our own mental breakfast club and just stop and think for a moment, about why we might feel sad or unfulfilled- and then try to resolve the situation. 

BTW: Don't get me wrong, this movie is NOT a complete drama- it's actually kind of a comedy. But it gets you thinking about some pretty serious stuff.