2011 a year in a few words

so the year passed rather quickly i would say but that happens whether youre doing something important or not, figures i would start this today before i forgot about doing it whatsoever because i almost forgot doing this same thing in 2010.
this was a year of transition in part i finally graduated from psychology in my university it was a long and difficult road but it was worth it , like ive mentioned before i met a lot of different people while studying and only make one friend but good friends are hard to find thats true.
some tv shows i finally gave a chance among them doctor who and misfits two scifi british tv shows that are smart and different, for example misfits takes what could have make heroes work and expands on it delivering a fun exciting series.
apart from that my first experience traveling alone to a different country which was interesting and fun in a way, saw a lot of old movies among them casablanca, psycho , the wizard of oz, the time machine among others i did see some movies released this year ill post the list in about and hour or two.
it was also a great year for music in spite of a few disappointments, forgot to mentioned some new tv shows were released only one im seeing is suburgatory, it was a year of reflection too about life , friendships and other things.
in general it was a good year though theres always new things to learn and discover which i hope the new year will bring. have a happy new year everyone!

Jack and Jill (Movie Review)

there are movies whose sole purpose is to entertain no matter how dumb they may seem, others that can be considered b-movies films so bad theyre funny. and others that are complete and utter trash that leave you with a big wtf? on your face asking yourself why was this made? jack and jill is one of those movies whose main star is adam sandler playing twins which may seem weird.
sorry couldnt put up a picture but its ok, its better this way meaning the picture would bring nightmares to people heck even seeing the trailer could do that but i think im exagerating a little. like a lot of people have mentioned the only saving grace of this movie is al pacino if he wasnt in this movie there wouldnt be any reedeeming qualities whatsoever. 

technology and social media sites. the new addiction?

this post was inspired on and article i read today on the newspaper, we live in a world thats in constant movement and change where sometimes we dont pay much attention to some things that can be influential and important someday.

one of these things is how more and more each day we have become more dependent on technology, though it can help sometimes there are things only a person can do nonrelated to that but just as important i grew up in a medium that until the late 90s was largely devoid of technology in this case computers and cellphones.

who would have known that a few years later they have become part of our culture and our mode of interacting with others, i still remember when telegrams and handwritten letters were still used im guessing there are still some people who still do the second thing mentioned because its more personal a handwritten letter than and email thats true.

so why the title of the post well theres a new addiction that its now being actknowledged and that its addiction to technology, whether it be cellphones, social media sites, videogames mainly supposedly these were created to entertain people and for shortening distances between people. the thing is sometimes this could be more bad than good cases where teens spend half the day chatting on a social media site mainly facebook or are glued to their blackberry screen talking with their peers not paying attention to the world around them.

some people can become isolated and avoid any social interaction that doesnt have as a sort of medium the internet, its a bit scary when you hear cases were addiction to technology ends up in violence specially if its related to videogames but i never like to put everyone in the same category but that doesnt mean that it couldnt happen.

for anyone who reads this, whats your take on this. do you think social interaction is becoming less frequent because of the internet and when i mean that im talking about talking directly to a person instead of doing it through a computer.

the little things in the road.

so ive been thinking throughout our life we meet a lot of different people, sometimes do a lot of different activities among other things, there are small moments in life some remember more than others these happen because of the little things in the road something as simple as reading a good book or just laying in the grass among other moments that why exactly am i mentioning this the answer is simple ive been remembering them. 

i still remember when i climbed a lot of stairs in a small town called salento in a department of my country colombia and at the top there was a natural viewpoint, though i ended a bit tired it was worth it to see the scenery from up there one of the few moments  i remember that still make me smile and think from time to time.

there are people that can have a repetitive speech if its mentioned more than one time and its about the same subject over and over again, so a few words a relative told me recently made me reflect on something; do we plan our life since we are little some admit to doing this but not everyone does this i admit i didnt since there are many twists and turns along the way that admittedly one wouldnt know where the road will end.

i may continue this in another entry.

the short end of it

so after what seemed like and uneventful day, the night came with a small discussion about depending on others to do anything on life per se. so as some know there do exist people out there who become co-dependent on others to do everything in their lives im guessing that can happen in relationships too where a person is clingy and depends on the other person and if that person isnt there their whole world comes crashing down.

the question would be why exactly am i making this analogy the answer is simple a person i know who i will reserve the name is pretty much angry because he thinks im co-dependent of another person mainly in relation to transportation from one place to the other though this is true, ive gone to various places alone before mainly on bus which is my second mode of transportation but im guessing sooner or later it will become my first.

i do agree that life is about learning every step of the way and grow as a person as you learn new things, my guess is that its related to that in part but also to pretty much show yourself and the world that you can do things on your own because that way you can interact with people you havent before.

im changing topics for a moment and asking this question, what would you do if you were in a situation where you lived with a person who didnt want to seem to grow up and acted as a teenager at times, even going as far as just watching teen related shows living in that secluded world.

what would you do reader in a situation like that, how would you react?

movie reviews 2011 so far part 2

Paul

if you like scifi and the work of pegg and frost you might like this, but i have a feeling its not for everyone
paul is a like rude and crude sometimes, but ends up showing he cares about others too. funny, fast paced after a slow start but overall good scifi comedy.

SuckerPunch              
so this one is going to be a bit longer than usual, the trailer got a lot of people hyped to see this movie.
i wasnt able to see it in theaters so i saw it online, i was disappointed the plot is simple a greedy uncle wants the heritage of his niece and puts her in a mental asylum and shes scheduled for a lobotomy what unravels when we get there is a combination of alternate realities that dont make sense , some cool action scenes finding out that this movie doesnt have a strong story.

 

Hop

so this had its moments though there werent many to be honest, eb had some likeable traits but didnt fully convinced me. its ok mainly for kids.

Insidious

for everyone saying this is the best horror movie of the year, i dont think so but i agree that it is good specially at the beginning i didnt liked the second half of the movie mainly when they were in the astral project. apart from that it has some creepy moments and a dark atmosphere most of the movie.

Source Code

 so parallel realities is the major theme of this movie, i wont tell the twist because it would ruin the movie for a lot of people, what i can say is this the ending was ok i thought something completely different was going to happen based on how the story unfolded.

Rio

this was a fun movie, one of the most colourful movies of the year mainly because of all the exotic birds that are in the beginning of the film. i liked how the relationship between blu and belle blossomed as the film progressed. i liked the bulldog and the toucan they had some funny parts

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

 a movie based on and italian comic that doesnt take anything from the source materials, this has zombies, werewolves and vampires and in spite of that its not a good movie. though marcus dylans sidekick had his moments that were funny.

Thor

 the first of three marvel movies that premiered this year, the introduction of the god of thunder to a lot of people tying with the avengers movie like iron man and the incredible hulk had done before. solid acting , the stuff on earth was ok but everything in asgard was amazing hope in the sequel we can see more of that. and hemsworth did a good job portraying thor.

Kung Fu Panda 2

 one of the most fun animated movies of the year, i liked how they developed pos story and how he form a bond of friendship with some of the furious five they looked like a team of friends. and the introduction of the other masters was great.

X-Men First Class

i admit this movie surprised me after x mens wolverine i was about to give up on the franchise, but first class reinserted what made the first two movies fun but adding elements that the others didnt have. i liked magnetos backstory fassbender was great in the role, mcavoy as xavier was good too. i scratched my head when one of the characters died at the i think middle of the film darwin. because i read up on him and he doesnt die.

a small tale about friendship

ive been waiting to write this for a while and had never given the chance to do it, why exactly i dont know but its a theme ive wanted to talk about for a long time even before i even started this blog its friendship not only the word but what does it mean and how many true friends ive had in my life so far.

so pretty much the first friendships everyone has are in high school or before it, well i had a group of people i hanged out with i dont know if i would call them friends or not, i graduated with them before this happened i found out a bit late that they were only using me to go to a club that doesnt exist anymore that had pools, soccer field among other stuff.

they never were my friends no matter how much i would say the contrary to myself, so after this when i started college since i was a very shy person a person came up to me and offered to be my friend or so i thought, i hanged out with his group but didnt clicked with anyone and didnt thought they were my friends either.

after this i was in two more groups the last one was the one i clicked with, they were nice people and we did had some things in common, that group disbanded when i changed to another classroom though i ocasionally saw them from time to time.

so in a nutshell in my life i think ive only ever had one true friend with whom i still talk to when we both can, hopefully soon i can find more true friends with whom i can hang out with and talk and have fun.