This post took me, like, forever to write, because I couldn't just check out the songs again really quick, you know, listen to the first 30 seconds of one song and the first 20 sec of the next one. No, they were so many beautiful songs, that I had to listen the whole tracks of almost all the 15 songs. And then one more time to decide, which I want to particularly present you guys. Because this episode has quite a couple of songs, that are very different from the "normal" Skins soundtrack.
But honestly, I am kind of over Blair. That sounds weird, but what I mean is: In the past, I always loved Chuck and Blair, together, I wanted them to have their happy end. But lately, I just think that Chuck should get over her. Because EVERYTHING was about her, all the time, just her, whether she chooses Chuck or Louis, Chuck or Dan. And now she doesn't even want Chuck anymore ("I love you, but I am not in love with you."). So, fine, Chuck, forget about her and all her drama, and be the awesome, sacastic, selfconfident Chuck everyone misses.
And Blair? She can have Dan now, if she wants to. I really don't mind, as long as I don't have to see them. Because- did I already mention?- they ANNOY me!
Anyway, seeing the couple everyone seems to love recently after overcoming all the obstacles like S, Chuck, Louis, a royal marriage contract,... with problems like that, is going to be so much fun! It is mean, but I want them to be unhappy.
OMG, why can't next episode be a Mini's, too? I am sooo desperate to know what is going to happen. Mini is pregnant! Is it weird that I am always that happen when someone on TV gets pregnant? In contrast to Jal (remember? season 2?), she will be keeping it, I think.
But how is she going to tell Alo? And how will "farmboy" react?
A little Malo baby, I am so excited. They, Mini, Alo and the baby girl (in my imagination, it is a girl, don't ask me why), should become a little crazy, but happy family! Eventhough I know, that Skins doesn't give us happy endings too often, but that is what I am hoping.
Doesn't really have anything to do with the whole Mini and Alo thing, but I am so glad Rich is back, I missed him.
Elvis is an unlicensed mortician in his family's funeral home, a once splendid American Gothic in rural Texas. His sense of family obligation and love for his eccentric, infirm father keep him from following his dreams.
Anabelle is a small-town beauty queen being groomed for the big time by her pushy, show-biz mother. All her decisions are made for her - she just has to make sure she fits the part.
Their two lives are worlds apart, but those worlds collide when Anabelle, in a moment of triumph, collapses and dies on a beauty pageant catwalk - and ends up on Elvis's embalming table. As he is about to go to work on a dark and stormy night, Elvis magically revives Anabelle with an impulsive, innocent kiss. (It actually is a bit different, less "magically", more about medicin, but yet very sweet...)
News of the miraculous recovery sparks a media frenzy, but despite her mother's efforts to capitalize on all the attention, Anabelle finds that she's changed. Worn down by her mother and the media hype, and haunted by visions of her uncanny awakening, Anabelle is drawn back to the funeral home.
There, with the reluctant help of Elvis and the enthusiastic support of his father Charlie, Anabelle finds refuge and also begins to find herself. She and Elvis gradually start to connect, but her past is closing in - along with her mother, the police, and the relentless news hounds.
That sends Elvis and Anabelle on a mad dash to the Texas coast, where they discover a sense of freedom that neither of them had ever known, and where they soon discover their true feelings for one another.
But the world is close behind, and soon the young lovers are torn apart by tragic events that leave each of them alone to question their lives, their choices, and their love. In the end both Elvis and Anabelle must face their own demons before they are able to realize that for every tragedy there's a miracle waiting to happen.
It is just a magical movie, that slowly follows Elvis and Anabelle's love story and how they find to themselves.
The story is moving, and the phenomenally written characters and good actors, that are taking part, make it as beautiful as it is. Gossip Girl's Blake Lively is, well, ok, though I love her role. But the best are actually the men, I like Max Minghella (Elvis), and the one I LOVE is Joe Mantegna. He is most known for Criminal Minds, which has most of the times very flat stories, but in "E&A", he acts without putting himself in the foreground, very calm, not piteously. And his character, Elvis's father Charlie, who has slowly been losing his lucidity, is so sweet and, as mentioned, perfectly written.
What is great, too, is the soundtrack. My two favourite songs (and the most popular ones) are "Via Con Me" from Paolo Conte and "First Day Of My Life" by Bright Eyes, which is played in a really beautiful scene.
(Not knowing the movie, you should probably not watch these videos, if you don't want to be spoilered. But still, if you know the context, the scenes are a lot more intense)
So, if you haven't seen the movie so far, you really have to or you are missing so much. And if you already know it, go and see it on more time. Or two more times. That is what I am going to do...
First of all: Happy
Valentine's Day to all of you. Hope you have someone special to spend it with,
or atleast to dream about. Or you can do it like and just think about all the
cute couples on TV. Really, who needs real love? :P
At this
Valentine's Specials, I am going to talk about all the couples that I love or
that I would really, really love, if they would finally happen.
Jane By Design:
Normally, I have my favourite couples on every show, or sometimes even more than one opportunity for a character. But never as many as at Jane By Design, where it is really hard make a decision.
Right now, Jane is mainly interested into Nick and I think they are a really cute couple. But - cute is all. Yes, he is really, really good looking, nice, athletic, interested into her, so it is not bad choice, but other boys (men!) would bring so much more interesting storylines to show.
Another relationship, that quite a lot viewers are dying to see, is Jane and Billie. I LOVE Billie, but I am not sure if I want him to fall in love with her, because I always enjoy watching that non romantic relationship they have. It is so hard to go back to being just friends, when you started to have those kind of feelings once.
At the beginning of the show, it pretty much looked like Jane and Jeremy would be having something soon, but lately, there wasn't anything like that. They are friends now, not friends like with Billie, but friends.
Wouldn't it be so much fun to watch Jane hiding their affair at the company, hiding her age and teenage life from Jeremy and hiding Jeremy from her brother and everyone at school?
So, I think what I want to see is: Nick for one or two more episodes, Jeremy for the rest of the season and Nick at the very end of the season.
First of all: Happy
Valentine's Day to all of you. Hope you have someone special to spend it with,
or atleast to dream about. Or you can do it like and just think about all the
cute couples on TV. Really, who needs real love? :P
At this Valentine's Specials, I am going to talk
about all the couples that I love or that I would really, really love, if they
would finally happen.
Skins:
My favourite couple is Mini and Alo. Because they are so different in many ways, but both really only looking for love. Last season, Mini was most of the time the person everyone hated, because she was honestly pretty bitchy to, uhm, everyone else. But I think she grew a lot since than. Do you remember when she was with Nick and extremely depending on him, so that she didn't even break up after getting to know he was doing her best friend. No one really understood her feelings, that is what I think. Mini totally deserves someone as kind, funny and honest as Alo. I hope that they don't screw it.
I love it how one episode can totally change your mind about a person or a relationship. I never thought about Nick and Franky before. Or I just forgot. But last episode really made me want them to be together. They are both not even close my favourite characters, but I can never resist a good love story, so maybe things are going to change...
First of all: Happy Valentine's Day to all of you. Hope you have someone special to spend it with, or atleast to dream about. Or you can do it like and just think about all the cute couples on TV. Really, who needs real love? :P
At this Valentine's Specials, I am going to talk about all the couples that I love or that I would really, really love, if they would finally happen.
Gossip Girl:
Blair and Chuck. "Of course I love you, Chuck, I have always loved you." Is there anything more to say? Damm all that Dair lovers (no offense, but Dan and Blair? Sorry, no.)
With Chair being my favourite at any times, is it weird to think Serena and Chuck should become a couple? Both of them have been through a lot lately, both of them now broken hearted. And they got really close lately. I think they deserve some happiness after all, and they could be very funny together. If we look back, they are really the only ones never having a thing going on the upper east side. It was Blair- Nate, Blair- Chuck, Blair- Dan, Serena-Dan, Serena-Nate, (if we leave out everything with Jenny or Vanessa...). So, why not Chuck and Serena? I would LOVE to see them together soon.
These are old photos, I know. You don't believe how hard it is to find the right pictures of a couple no one else likes. (Actually, I am not the only one, because on fanfiction.net, the biggest fanfiction site I know, there are 34 stories about them. http://www.fanfiction.net/book/Gossip_Girl/10/2/0/1/0/9211/9186/0/0/1/)
