"Can We Talk About...?" Pixar's 'Up'

Can I just take a moment to tell you how excited I am about Pixar's new release, Up? Thank you.

HOLY CROW I AM SO EXCITED!!1!

Currently, my desktop backgrounds are Up themed ones: the main desktop is Dug and the secondary is of Russel and Carl. My screensaver is the Meet Dug screensaver from the official Up website. Every time I see a TV spot for Up I get all giddy and start squealing. I get this happy swooping feeling whenever I read a review about it.

It's like I'm in love or something.

Isn't this something a crazy person would do if they were in love with someone? Put a picture of them as their desktop background, have a photo slideshow of him or her be the screensaver, get all happy and giddy whenever they see that person.

Oh my god.

This is totally why I don't have a boyfriend, isn't it?

It's because I'm already in love.

With a movie.

But seriously, I can't help it. I haven't seen it yet, but like all Pixar films, I am eagerly anticipating its release. What I'm not so pleased about is that I will be working when it opens on Friday. Of course, I am pleased that I am once again employed, so you know, I'll have to deal.

Anyway, I'll be writing my review of it after I see it on Friday. Because I finish at 9pm there's a show at 9:20pm and 9:50pm at my local theater I'll be seeing it after my shift. Now to coerce someone into seeing it with me...

xoxo

I am not a Trekkie, but...

...the new Star Trek movie was really freaking good. It was one of those movies that I had been anticipating for a really long time because of the trailer and I was not disappointed by its awesomeness. I kind of can't wait to go watch it again.

There were several reasons why I liked this movie, but I'm just going to mention the two that everyone seems to be talking about (with good reason) before moving on to why I, personally, loved this movie.

The awesome young crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise.

First, is the cast. J.J. Abrams picked a stellar cast that just meshed together so well. Chris Pine did a fantastic job playing the young badass Kirk and Zachary Quinto was a great Spock. I don't think I've seen greater facial control in an actor, ever.

Second, I was never bored. There was a fight scene right from the get go, and the pace never slowed up, so there was always something to think about in every single scene. I don't think my mind deviated from the story line at all because it couldn't. The amount of action never let it.
However, the real reason I loved this movie so much is not because of the cast or the writing. It was the effects. This movie reminded me why I want to be a special effects artist.

There's this one part, that can be seen in the trailer, where a planet consumes itself and it's probably the coolest effect in the whole movie. It's definitely the part where I'm pretty sure I stopped breathing as I took in visual effects marvel before me on the screen, then when it was done, the breathing started again with a whispered, "fucking cool".

See, told you it was really fucking cool.

Yesterday, I wasn't watching a movie. I was actually in space. On the USS Enterprise. Where there were laser gun fights, and black holes and a planet consumed itself before my very eyes. Forget the whole "suspension of disbelief" thing. Disbelief was crumpled into a ball, set on fire, then thrown out a window 40 stories up into the ocean where it sunk to the bottom where it will never be heard from ever again.

Live long and prosper, my friends.

Nicole, out.

creative wrapping

If I do say so myself, this is one of my cleverer ideas. A gift for one of my friends from the theater where I used to work, the wrapping paper is made of a left-over roll of ticket paper that I nicked a while ago and used a name tag as the gift tag.

Just a Thought...

The following occurred to me while watching "Return of the Jedi" just now.


I'm just sayin'.

WALL•E is TONIGHT!

M-O (short for "Microbe-Obliterator", seen on the left) is my favorite little robot (after WALL•E, of course) because he's so OCD with cleanliness that it's awesome.

You know what's sad? The fact that I couldn't fall asleep last night because I'm just that excited to watch WALL•E at midnight tonight. It's like I'm 5 years old again and it's Christmas eve. For me, the day that PIXAR movies premiere is pretty much like a religious holiday. Only it's not like I worship PIXAR daily or have a shrine in my room dedicated to the company (I don't. Really. The shrine in my room is for Harry Potter. Please THIS POST for more details). It's just that I look forward to their movies with as much enthusiasm as a 7 year-old looks forward to Santa coming on December 25th.

However, unlike Christmas where the presents are all surprises, I've been spoiled for my PIXAR holiday present for the last few months because I've read and watched anything and everything about WALL•E that I could get my grubby little hands on. Not that I really care or actually FEEL spoiled at all. If anything, everything I've read and watched has just served to make me more excited for this movie.

I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank all my friends for being so understanding of my WALL•E obsession and still loving me despite all my annoying PIXAR talk. You'll only have to bear it for a little while longer - at least until WALL•E leaves theaters and then again when it comes time for it to be released on DVD.

PS: Go buy your copy of the WALL•E soundtrack from iTunes right now. It's so awesome! I'm listening to it right now. I love the themes for WALL•E and M-O the best.