where: UA EMERY BAY STADIUM 10 in Emeryville, CA
when: Monday, September 20th, 2010
show: 8:00 p.m.
costs: $10.75 Ticket + $1.00 3.2 oz. Nestle Buncha Crunch ( Dollar Candy Monday with a movie watcher card ) + $4.75 small Zero Coke + $5.00 Carquinez Bridge Toll = $21.50
auditorium: 6
seat: 5th row, 12 column
synopsis: An high school girl, Olive ( Emma Stone ), tells a lie that gets way out of hand. And she decides to make the best out of a bad situation. But her plan soon unravels.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Two sides to a story; 2.) Dinner with friend's family; 3.) Musical weekend; 4.) "Super slut like me"; 5.) Team mascot; 6.) "Lies travel fast"; 7.) Childhood lie; 8.) "I'm adopted"; 9.) "Bam! you're a bimbo"; 10.) Scarlet Letter; 11.) Principal's office; 12.) The letter "T"; 13.) Detention time; 14.) Floozy facade; 15.) At the party; 16.) Dirty skank; 17.) "Give 'em hell"; 18.) "My name is an anagram"; 19.) Cafeteria; 20.) "Jesus told us to love everyone"; 21.) "I'm repugnant"; 22.) Gift cards/certificates & coupons; 23.) "I'm hoping to get an 'A'"; 24.) Butter knife; 25.) Guidance counselor's office; 26.) Friends; 27.) Chlamydia; 28.) "G_ddamn shi_t"; 29.) "I could have Chlamydia"; 30.) Protesters; 31.) Bookstore; 32.) Confessional booth; 33.) Pastor; 34.) "Family member of the week"; 35.) Humble and silent; 36.) Lobster Shack; 37.) "Pretend you're my first real kiss"; 38.) "My apologies to Mark Twain"; 39.) Florida; 40.) Bad news; 41.) "You're much smarter than I am"; 42.) School gym; 43.) "How sh_tty it feels to be an outcast"; 44.) Lawn mower; and 45.) Voice-over ( 'not technically a scene, but what the heck ) after the Ending Credits.
audience reaction: The audience enjoyed this movie.
recommendation: I liked this movie, too. And I would recommend it to teens and young adults.
spoiler alert! Whoever chose the title for this movie doesn't know the difference between Adultery and Fornication. Just so we are both on the same page, Adultery is having sexual intercourse with a person that you're not married to; Fornication is sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons, as it is popularly defined in modern times although it had a broader meaning many centuries ago. So, the main character in this movie, Olive, should have been sporting the letter "F" to fit the image of a fornicatress. And the christian ( lower case "c" on purpose ) protesters in this movie are too dumb to know what Exodus 20:14 really applies to. In the "Who would they believe?" argument, the answer is simple: The one who doesn't have Chlamydia and who is still a virgin, of course! How could one lose the argument when armed with these two facts? How in the world did the "safe-sex" advocate forget to practice "safe-sex", especially when considering her position and marital status ...? And what was that thing with the lawn mower for since he had a car?
fyi: THE SCARLET LETTER was required reading in my senior year in high school for my C.L.E.P. ( college-level English preparatory ) class.
If you hang around self-professed "christians", you will observe two things about them: They are extremely prejudiced and bigoted--and the "born-again" ones are the worse offenders! So, it should not come as a surprise to you that through-out Man's history, christianity is--by far and away--the bloodiest religion. Research its history and learn about the Blood of the Saints, the Martyrs, and the Innocents.
By definition, "born-again" means to be born of the Holy Spirit, i.e. in-dwelt by the Spirit of God. As such, anyone claiming to be "born-again" should be able to converse fluently in any and every language and dialect known to man and should, likewise, be able to perform miracles and even raise the dead back to life. Tell me, then, when was the last time that you saw a "born-again christian" "speaking in tongues" and performing miracles? I certainly ain't seen one yet! 'Don't let their looks and their words fool you--and read the Bible for yourself!
word of advice: Don't tell lies.
Don't judge others, or you will be judged the same way. ( New Testament of the Bible, Matthew 7: 1 & 2 )
tidbits: I live just a block away from Sutter-Solano Hospital. As I was driving down the street on my way to my postal mail box ( PMB ), at an intersection across from the hospital, a fat middle-aged black lady was doing a dance and swaying her booty at passing motorists! Ha, ha, ha. How funny is that? Maybe she was a "nut-case looney bin" escapee from the hospital and was just out celebrating her freedom.
I went to Oakland, CA, to hang-out at my friend's place. I put a flea collar on the stray cat. And we let it inside the house so that it could scope the area and find out were the mice are hiding. It climbed on my chest as I sat on the couch to read a Christian ministry newsletter and, boy, did it let out one stinky fart!
I cleaned the wheels of my white 1994 Geo Metro hatchback while I was at Hector's place in Oakland. And I decided to degrease the engine and to de-sulphate the battery posts. As I was doing these, I noticed that my windshield got chipped in the lower central area. I guess after 16 years of owning my Metro, it was bound to happen eventually.
Hector cooked lunch for everybody. He made some kind of chicken stew with rice in it. It was like a soupy version of Arroz Con Pollo. And I cooked dinner for everyone. I made oven-baked smoked-flavored Polish Kielbasa with vegetables ( i.e. steak fries, garlic, onion, celery and bell pepper ), flavored with margarine ( there wasn't a stick of butter in his fridge ) and Worcestershire sauce--that's it!
This dish of mine is something that you might come across at an American-style buffet, and it is quite good. You have to bake the potatoes ( steak fries ) in a nonstick-sprayed pan, first. Then, you throw in the celery. Then, you add the pre-cooked kielbasa along with the rest of the ingredients as you stir in the butter ( preferably ) or margarine and give the whole thing a few dashes of the Worcestershire sauce. And bake only until the kielbasa is heated through and the vegetables are just tender.
When I got on the 580 Freeway in Oakland, on my way to the theatre, an aquamarine-colored 1994 Geo Metro hatchback, in the middle lane, pulled-up alongside mine and made a "Beep, beep" greeting. Yup! us Geo Metro owners are highly sociable towards each other. And I already told you guys about the Geo Metro Fan Club in my post for last year's POST GRAD. Truth be told, my car is cuter than the other Metro because I'm heck of cuter than the other driver!
Lastly, I still cannot use any other color than Black to write my posts with. Hey, Blogspot.com, fix the problem already. Will you, please? Thank you.
attention: Sorry, I kind of "jumped the gun", so to speak, in announcing that the weblog awards is coming soon. Actually, nominations will begin on January 1st ( ? ) of next year for the 2010 entries. I will be sure to remind you come December to pick through all of my 2010 blog posts for any one in particular that you deem worthy of submission/consideration/inclusion in the nomination process. Thank you. ( It's obvious that I impatiently cannot contain my excitement! )
