Top Movies 5-1

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5) Reservoir Dogs. Quentin Tarantino is my favorite director with this movie being among my favorite ever. A classic classic movie about a robbery gone bad with an insane scene that involves a police officers ear getting chopped off...you have to see it. Great cast and just a very entertaining movie all around. 

4) American History X. This is the movie that I knew Ed Norton is one of the best actors of our time. His character is a white supremacist is very powerful and the kid from Terminator 2 actually does a good job in his role as Norton's little brother. This movie has a lot of memorable and disturbing scenes and really is a eye opener. 

3) The Dark Knight. All you can really saw about this movie is wow. It is the fourth highest grossing movie world wide and the second highest in America. Besides saying wow, you can say Heath Ledger. Ledger puts on a classic memorable performance as The Joker and brings a new meaning to the modern day villain. It was a step up from Batman Begins which some people thought to be impossible, and it was the best comic book movie ever made.

2) A Clockwork Orange. Krubrick outdoes himself with in my opinion his best movie. An adaptation of Anthony Burgess novel of the same title, this is a very eerie and great movie which focus on Britain in a future tense. It shows corruption in the government and has a great story and ending. Classic Classic Classic.

1) Pulp Fiction. This is the definition of a great movie. It has everything you look for in a movie and probably has one of the best casts ever. Such a classic movie and has some of the most iconic scenes and performances ever. Willis, Travolta, Jackson, Rhames, Thruman are just to name a few. It won the academy award for best adapted screenplay and is my favorite movie of all time. 

Top Movies 10-6

I'm going to compose a list of my top 10 movies of all time. These movies are movies that are near and dear to my heart and they are some of the greatest films that have ever graced the screen. These are all my opinion and are in no way fact.

10) Seven. Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman are detectives trying to figure out a serial killer, Kevin Spacey, as he imitates the seven deadly sins in real life. Great drama/mystery movie. 

9) Cloverfield. Never have been so excited or amped up for a movie in my life. Great viral campaign and promotions. One of the best horror/monster movies ever made. J.J. Abrams is a visionary genius. 

8) Fight Club. Fincher again, makes a classic that has really become a cult classic over the years. Based on a book of the same title, Brad Pitt and Ed Norton shine on screen in a crazy story about a crazy split personality maniac whos dead set on destruction.

7) Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. The third part of the LOTR trilogy. The best movie all around with all the aspects of a classic movie. Great fight scenes, an exciting climax, and a happy ending. Won the academy award for best picture and is a classic already. 

6) The Shawshank Redemption. Tim Robbins gives one of the greatest performances ever in a convict who is guilty of a crime he didn't commit. Morgan Freeman is great as Robbins best friend and it is a very powerful movie that has an appropriate ending. 

808s and Heartbreak

Being a Kanye West fan, I was highly anticipating his new release 808's and Heartbreak. The CD does not disappoint, and Kanye takes a different and new route on his musical journey. All of his songs relate to relationships with significant others in life. The whole CD is done in a certain style that alters Kanye's voice, and there isn't much rapping apparent. All in all it is a new vision for Kanye and it works.

The CD is highlighted by tracks such as Love Lockdown, Heartless, and Amazing. Lockdown uses a very complicated African drum beat, and Kanye uses his powerful voice in a chilling chorus. Heartless has a great beat that really shows Kanye's producing ability and he talks about his girl problems. Amazing has a sad and dreary sound where Kanye shows off his lyrical ability. I was impressed with all aspects of the CD.

Although it may not be as game changing as Through The Wire, or as innovate as Late Registration, or as classic as Graduation, 808's and Heartbreak is from the heart and Kanye proves he is still making the best music out there today.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was very nice this year. I ate at my godmothers house in new jersey. we had turkey, sweet potatoes, carrots, corn, stuffing, and all that good stuff. the family gathered to watch football and share old family stories. i only ate thanksgiving with my mothers side of the family, because thats the tradition in my family. 

After a lot of eating and a lot of sleep, it dawned on me that it was now Christmas season. i turned on the radio and even heard some christmas songs being played and i laughed to myself. they really dont waste any time. im going to need to go shopping for my family and spend money that i dont have. christmas brings back good memories for me and i know that i will get to see my whole family and have a good time. 

i also saw in the news that somebody was trampled on black friday. thats not cool. remember that gifts are only material things and they are not the most important thing in life.

Worst car ride ever

After having a great thanksgiving break, i had to drive back up to school today. being that this is usually a routine drive for me by now, i didn't think much of it. for some reason today was just one of those days where everything could go wrong. for some reason there was a rediculous amount of traffic. and it rained. all day.

Needless to say, it took me a long time to get to school. try 11 and a half hours. on a trip that should in all honesty only take about 4 hours. i can remember times in my life where ive been in a car for that long, but never have i encountered traffic like i did today. sitting in traffic for about four straight hours on the same road is not fun let me tell you. it was more of the fact of just not knowing what was the cause of the traffic which was bothering. i dont remember passing one accident and i felt like most of the time the traffic was just because there was so many people on the road. 

O well, I guess its not so bad. i got to school alright and there was no accidents on the way. hopefully next time it wont take me half a day to get to school. 

Weird Feeling

After voting today, I had an odd sense of grown-upness and responsibility that I hadn't felt in a long time. It has reminded me that I am an adult and I can do some pretty important things now with my age.

Pretty soon I'll be 21, and with that age comes the whole nine yards. No more restrictions, no more holding back. But anyway, voting was definately cool. I feel like I had a voice and I got to give my thoughts on what's going on in the country. I won't tell you who I voted for, but lets just say I am hoping for a blue morning. 

On another note, does anyone else think that those voting booths are extremely confusing? When I walked in i had no idea what I was doing. Nobody has ever explained to me what to do when I got in there, and it was very over whelming. I had no idea candidates were running for more than one party, which was where most of my confusion came in. 

Go Obama.

LG vs Samsung

Another debating going on in my head is about cell phones. Specifically LG vs. Samsung cell phones. After having a Samsung for two years, and now having an LG, I have to give the edge to LG.

I currently own  the LG Voyager, and it is probably the best phone I have ever owned. I has a beautiful touch screen, and a larger keyboard when in flips open. The battery life is amazing, and all of the graphics are great. It is kinda the next generation enV, and it is an awesome phone. I've only had it for a couple of months, but I can already say that it is a better phone than Samsung.

Samsung is just ok. On the broad spectrum, that is exactly what they are. They make ok phones. I had the alias for about two years, and after the first couple months I was already sick of it. The way that Samsung set's up their phones is not ideal and their products often have weird and odd defects or imperfections that make it frustrating to the buyer. Like the Samsung Glyde for instance, I just don't understand it. After comparing the two companies, LG is definately the winner in my books. Just overall a better product and better services on the cell phone. I would recommend any phone from LG over Samsung. Phones like the voyager, Env2, venus, and dare would all make you feel cool and content with your cell phone.