Academy Awards Post-Recovery

Don't you ever feel like the Academy Awards are one big holiday day and we should get days off-work for it, presents, all the family together and just enjoy them? Like Christmas....maybe?. Am i the only one? I bet im not. Lets face it im currently feeling the blues post-award season, and even thought I enjoy them very much (specially the Oscars) I now feel something is missing. 

Aww Alfonso, estamos todos en este viaje...

This year's season was extremely fun since I planned  (actual planning) everything on advance in order to make the most out of the whole event ( from making sure i actually had the time to sit and watch, to actually making some drinks for it, but don't get me wrong it was nothing fancy, mostly beers and lime). So I had a lot of time in front of the tv to get excited (at one point I was already jumping in bed and screaming...my mom just left the room for a while). And I had reasons to: so happy for Mr. Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity was for me a delightful movie to see and not because he is from Mexico City or that (c'mon its not like my cutie country actually supports the arts) but because I love how he works his teams into making the kind of movie I love (yeah, I still think the 3rd Harry Potter is the best or most accurate to my mind).

But speacking of movie loves....I had no other than Gravity this year and not bacause American Hustle or 12 years a slave or even Nebraska and Blue Jasmine weren't good, the problem is, I cant tell, since I havnt seen them. (OMG yes ladies and gentleman i made a capital huge enourmous mistake and havent seen any of them). I'm so desesperated to see Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club and Lupita Nyong'o and Michael Fassbender in 12 years a slave, but damn, it appears not only awards gotta have to be plan into detail, but movies to me are becoming a prvilage little thing you can't just wait 365 days to have again. 

Like the Movies #2 : Dad's Special Edition

Its been so long since the last time i came by. I Know i shouldn't but life keeps spinning around my eyes and I just cant settle yet. Once again I Quit my previous job to try a different thing. This time I wont change it, or wont be able to at least.

Life of Pi Movie by Ang Lee

2012 vs. 2013: now FIGHT!

Well Christmas season come and go as easy as a feather. It happen so fast I feel i didn't got the time to enjoy it properly. I do miss Christmas Eve the old way, when you are little there's only hope and presents to think about, when you go old it also includes financial issues and sadness. But besides that i do enjoy having "slow days" you know, the kinda way Elsie displays on her blog "A Beautiful Mess" on this post. I had several of those and got a chance to enjoy the pleasures of having a place called "home".

You know the old saying "home is where the heart is..." well 2012 my heart made a major skip and turn 180° in different directions, so been able to still have a place i can go and hide during the winter is been a bleassing. During my "slow" days my mom and I got a chance to connect through old movies: "Gone with the Wind", "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "Pretty Woman" :D i loved them all! and we were spending hours a day just laying in bed with food and "chocolate abuelita" and cinnamon coffee <3.

1. Gone with the Wind (1939), 2. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961), 3. "Pretty Woman" (1990)

Movies to LIVE! #1

Well, since some of my ideas are pop-in out to see the light I decided to try a new segment! MOVIES. Cause let's face it we all love them, we all have our favorites, and there some to die for.

The first im going to start off is "The Great Gatsby". I know, i know, it hasn´t even come out yet (until Christmas day 2012) but dear god the Trailer is good enough for me!!! :D the images are nothing like i picture them reading the book (...also i havent finish it but im way too excited to let it go easily, i wanna have everything fresh for the movie) but everything in my mind was more tone-down. The director (Baz Lurhman) best known for "Moulin Rouge" has a very high standard for images and color and for my point of view a very barroquesque style. All the photo style of it is very rich and saturated and gives the feeling of a very fantastical world.

As you can tell already, I used a lot of VERY for describing it, but its the ultimate "maximalism" towards such a deep classic.

Reasons why i'd love to live in that film:

1. Leonardo DiCaprio (c'mon years have serve u good young sir!)
2. The dresses! those costumes are just gorgeous!
3. The arquitecture (which creates this ciber-punk post 20´s in a side world)
4. And (i wanna bet they werent actually like this during that Gatsby time) the parties! its both chic and glamourouse as drama and madness!

I just truly hope the movie doesnt let me down.