oscar predictions

So here are my picks (predictions and favorites) in the main categories for tonight's Academy Awards. Everyone's excited already? You better be. 

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Who Will Win: The Social Network

Who I Want to Win: Black Swan

The One that Could Surprise: The King’s Speech

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Who Will Win: Colin Firth for The King’s Speech

Who I Want to Win: Colin Firth for the King’s Speech

The One that Could Surprise: James Franco for 127 Hours

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Who Will Win: Natalie Portman for Black Swan

Who I Want to Win: Natalie Portman for Black Swan

The One that Could Surprise: … Natalie Portman for Black Swan J

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Who Will Win: Christian Bale for The Fighter

Who I Want to Win: Christian Bale for The Fighter

The One that Could Surprise: Geoffrey Rush for The King’s Speech

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Who Will Win: Melissa Leo for The Fighter

Who I Want to Win: Melissa Leo for The Fighter

The One that Could Surprise: Helena Bonham Carter for The King’s Speech

Best Achievement in Directing

Who Will Win: David Fincher for The Social Network

Who I Want to Win: Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan

The One that Could Surprise: Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

Who Will Win: Inception, Christopher Nolan

Who I Want to Win: Inception, Christopher Nolan

The One that Could Surprise: The King’s Speech, David Seidler

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

Who Will Win: The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin

Who I Want to Win: The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin

The One that Could Surprise: Toy Story 3, Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Who Will Win: Toy Story 3

Who I Want to Win: **tie** How To Train Your Dragon & Toy Story 3

The One that Could Surprise: How To Train Your Dragon

of guilty pleasures... burlesque & love and other drugs

Burlesque is the not the kind of musical you admire and consider award-worthy, Burlesque is the kind of musical that you look for on a rainy night, to have some fun, sing/dance along and just sit back and enjoy. Another name for it? A guilty pleasure. The plot may be troubled, quite campy and mundane, but the songs are good enough to assure a great time. Besides, the cast is likeable, and let’s face it, we just can’t ever get enough Cher.

67 OUT OF 100

Love and Other Drugs differences itself from other romantic comedies simply for the fact that its story is not overdone, that it’s actually funny at several moments, that it has two incredible lead actors that always deliver more than expected and of course, the final touch, that it’s quite charming and moving. However, the movie is not clean of flaws, sometimes the pacing catches the audience by surprise and they no longer know whether to laugh or cry, not to mention the music can sometimes be a mood killer. Overall, Love and Other Drugs will easily classify into some people’s lists as an instant guilty pleasure, and even if it doesn’t, it's still worth watching at least once, specially for the great on screen chemistry between Gyllenhaal and Hathaway.

69 OUT OF 100

never let me go

I had my hopes pretty high for this one. It looked like a different movie, potentially sad and artistic. After finally seeing it I guess I can admit it was indeed sad and artistic, but it definitely didn’t fill my expectations. Never Let Me Go is quite the difficult movie to enjoy. The premise may be interesting, but the pacing never changes, the whole movie is in the same line, it’s slow and very calmed and do to that, it can become dull at several moments. The upsides are the performances from the cast and the artistic look to it, with great cinematography and music that stand on their own. However, overall, this is not the sci-fi drama most people would care to see and at the end it just falls flat as a forgettable and gloomy film that could have been more.

62 OUT OF 100

the end

you don't stand a chance fighting with me

because even if I lose
you lose with me

this isn't working
I could see it before but now it's clearer
we are long past expiration date
my patience is gone
and so am I

the fighter

I’m normally not the least attracted or entertained by movies involving boxing or any kind of fighting, but this was the exception to the rule. The Fighter is an amazingly written dramedy, it’s entertaining from beginning to end, following a story that will keep your attention on the screen all the time, simply for the fact that it is not about boxing, it’s about the characters, their lives. That’s what really made this film excellent to me, that it had a heart and it was different, unconventional. Not to mention the brilliant performances from the cast, specially Christian Bale, who just simply blew my mind away with what most be (so far) the best of his career.

91 OUT OF 100

let me in

A different vampire-themed film, more serious, realistic and intense. This horror drama presents a more original approach into the classic blood-sucking character, making it more raw and at the same time, more human. The direction, music and art are impeccable, featuring some really amazing shots and sequences that help the environment created by the film and that we definitely don’t see every day. Also, thanks to impressive performances from its two young leads and a great original score, "Let Me In" doesn’t allow you to look away at any time, capturing your whole attention, immersing you into the events happening before your eyes, understanding the characters, feeling very close to them, perhaps way too close, as at the end, the movie leaves you with a haunting feeling of paranoia and uncertainty, a mix of emotions and a finale truly hard to forget.

87 OUT OF 100

by lui mogenno

PS. I am now very interested in watching the original film, so, soon enough, I will check it out.

eye tracking

Check this out, it's really cool :)

An eye tracking program is used to follow what people look at when watching a movie, there's some pretty interesting results.

The movie used for the experiment was Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood, an amazing film, I might add.








Follow the link --->

http://persistenceofvision.blogspot.com/2011/02/eye-tracking.html

where the wild things are

Here's a little something I made out of clay.. maybe you can recognize from where it's from :D

by lui mogenno

never gonna leave my f*cking perfect mona lisa

Don't let yourself be cheated by the media! The real amazing new song releases are not GaGa's Born This Way or Britney's ... whatever song, it's...

The Ballad of Mona Lisa by Panic! At The Disco

F*cking Perfect by Pink

Never Gonna Leave This Bed by Maroon 5

There’s nothing wrong with just a taste of what you paid for.... 

top 9: let's get dirty

lui mogenno presents...

TOP 9

"Let's Get Dirty"

So I was listening to this song... and I started to wonder... man is this guy horny! And well yeah, everyone gets horny sometimes in their lives, it's normal... so why musicians wouldn't? But still... does that mean they should write songs about it? 

You be the judge. Here are 9 songs from the past couple of years that get right to the point expressing exactly (sometimes maybe way too explicitly) what they would like to DO.. and how they would like to DO it...

  

[9] Love In This Club - Usher

Hasn't it ever happened to you that you are on the dance floor and you see someone who you just gotta have RIGHT THERE, RIGHT NOW? You wanna take it to my place? A motel? I say NO dammit! I wanna have you right here in front of all these people! That's what Usher insists on doing.. at least he's even cute and sweet about it "I wanna make looooveee in this cluuuub" I'm thinking the rest of the people in that club would REALLY wish he didn't.

[8] Procedimientos Para Llegar a un Común Acuerdo - Panda

Mexican rock band Panda make their wishes very clear. The song's chorus translates to something like this: "if you want me, I promise you, I shall not talk of love". It's like the symphony of one night stands. "I have to warn you, I may not be here when morning comes.. you may think I only want you for one time, but actually, twice would be fine". Sing this to the next person you desire and if you don't get a slap in the face you might end up getting exactly what you want!

  

[7] For Your Entertainment - Adam Lambert

If I ever was to get involved with Adam, I have to admit I'd be a little scared of what he'd do to me... He'd probably "hurt me real good". One thing is certain, no one knows what they're getting into with him, and they'll anyway end up screaming his name... because "once he's in, he owns your heart". I'm not even sure I want to know exactly what he means with that. Jesus.

[6] In My Head - Jason Derulo

I used to be so inoccent singing this song out loud and thinking it was super romantic and cute... until someone came up to me and told me "have you even listened to the lyrics of that song?" When I did... wow. So pretty much what this guy is trying to do is get into some girl's pants by offering himself to be her "teacher" and confessing to her all his dirty wishes of seeing her "all over him, fullfilling his fantasies and screaming his name". Oh yeah, it's going down...

[5] If U Seek Amy - Britney Spears

How this ever got to be a single, and not get censored, I will never understand. I mean, we are not stupid, we can perfectly understand what Britney is trying to say here.. People come on, the lyrics make no sense, dig deeper! Before it's too late and you catch your young daughter singing "all of the boys and all of the girls are begging to if(F) you(U) seek (CK) Amy (ME)"

[4] Peacock - Katy Perry

This shouldn't even get an explanation. Katy Perry is desperate to see some dude's magical, colorful, jaw dropping, eye popping, body shocking "peacock cock cock". Can it get more explicit than that? The worst part is when she actually gets to see it and describes her experience as "OMG no exaggeration, boy all this time was worth the waiting, I just shed a tear". 

[3] Tonight - Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris

Who's to say Enrique Iglesias can't get down and dirty? The latin artist leaves behind his romantic pop ballads to cut more to the chase. He apparently got tired of telling girls he'll be their hero and give them his heart, this time around he's so confident of himself he just goes near to them and informs them how it's going down: "Excuse me, I don't mean to be rude, but tonight I'm f*cking you". Well yeah Enrique, you are indeed being pretty rude.

[2] Rude Boy - Rihanna

It's hard to pick just one song from Rihanna's repertory to fill a spot in here. "Rockstar 101", "Hard", "S&M" anyone? It's clear the sweet good girl has indeed GONE BAD. But nothing like "Rude Boy". Rihanna wonders if this guy can "get it up" and of course, if it's "big enough". I mean, you don't want to leave her unsatisfied of something like that do you? Tonight is gonna be fire and that poor guy is gonna take it like "boom boom boom". I'm afraid after this and "S&M" we know WAY too much about Rihanna's sex life.

[1] I Wanna F*ck You - Akon ft. Snoop Dogg

Does it get more explicit than this? Of course there was a super censored version of Akon's song, but everyone eventually came across the original one, and most of us wish we didn't. Because I mean, okay fine, you wanna f*uck her, you go ahead, but do you REALLY also have to mention your d*ck and her p*ssy to do so? We get the point you creepy pervert, ENOUGH. And what's Akon's explanation to all of this? Well... "P*ssy is p*ssy, and baby you are p*ssy for life". That doesn't even make any sense. No way he's getting any with THAT.

in sickness and in health

So I'm at home, pretty sick, can't really talk... or move for that matter, so I started on a movie marathon that included Finding Nemo and my two favorite musicals Sweeney Todd and Across the Universe.

Am I a total masochist for watching musicals when I can't even sing because it HURTS?

Answer is yes, I am.

In the fashion of masochism, I leave you with Rihanna's new video "S&M" from her latest electro/R&B album "Loud".  I'm gonna be honest, the song is pretty cool for getting dirty on the dance floor, but this video freaks the hell out of me... Rihanna likes it ROUGH, and she's not afraid to show it, even if we didn't ask >.<'

Anyone up for a banana split? :)

"'Cos I may be bad but I'm perfectly good at it..."