Pumped up Kicks

I'm not sure whenthe album "Torches" was released, but I just started listening to it over the past week. The popular single by Foster the People "Pumped up Kicks" was got me into the band. The song is very catchy, but when you listen to the lyrics you realize just how weird and strange this song really is. It is about a boy who was often beaten by his father, and how he got a gun and shot a bunch of kids at a mall in Michigan. It is freaky that the way this story is told is through the point of view of the boy.

The verse is "All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you'd better run, better run, outrun my gun. All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet."

This verse is very creepy, becase the boy is toying with those kids, because he's saying run away from the bullet, which is ironic because nobody can run faster than a bullet.

In my opinion, this is a great song, its great because of the catchy tune and lyrics. But also after reading about what its about makes it even more interesting. Such a serious topic in the point of view of the murderer is quite a taboo, because it makes you sympathize with this person that has done something terrible to many families.

I haven't searched up the topics of the other songs to see other things that interest this band. I can't wait for their next album, and hope they have other great singles to come.

Blair Shooting

Apparently there was a shooting at the Gloucester Center yesterday, and two people were killed. I found out about this on facebook last night, and many people were freaking out. Just after this one time, now people are saying they will never bus again, or go to that mall again... which obviously is an absurd over reaction. To my knowledge this is the first time that this has happened in the mall since I've lived in Ottawa. Although this does shock me, it doesn't scare me. Probably because I don't use the OC transpo as much as I used to. I'm not sure if it's confirmed, but the rumor going around is that it was about drugs (cocaine), so as long as you aren't involved with drugs, then you should be fine.

I find it crazy that everyone finds their news on facebook, twitter, etc. One person posts somethnig about it, and seconds later everyone on their friends list can learn that in a second. Although I did read the actual article posted on a legitimate news website, I got the link from facebook. In the past, for example 9/11, one thing that would always come up would be "where were you? (when it happened/when you found out)". Modern day society everyone learns their info sitting infront of their computer, although its convenient, and this kind of communication, in a way it is rather sad.

Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich?!

While researching for my film studies project, I had to watch scenes from 90s films. One scene I watched was from a movie called "Being John Malkovich", which I have already seen before. The specific scene I watched was the one of the craziest scenes I've ever seen in a movie in general.

The plot of this film is about a down on his luck puppeteer, who finds a secret room that is a portal to the mind of John Malkovich. After entering the portal you are able to see what John Malkovich sees for about 15 minutes, then you get spit out into a bush on the side of the highway. This is porbably one of the most unique film plots I have ever heard.

But back to the specific scene that I might be showing my class. The scene is when John Malkovich finds the portal, and enters it. Which brings an important question, what happens when a man enters his own mind?

When he enters the portal he appears in a dinner where everybody has the head of John Malkovich, and the only words spoken or read in this bazar world, are ther word Malkovich.

This scene is so funny, scary and weird all at the same time.

Just found this on reddit, I thought it wasn an interesting idea, take your favorite movie, then recast it...

Mine being Pulp Fiction, here we go...
Jules Winfield  - Anthony Hopkins
Vincent Vega  - Edward Norton
Pumpkin/Ringo  - Brad Pitt
Honey Bunny  - Kaitlin Olson
Lance  - Bob Odenkirk
Butch Coolidge  - Daniel Dae Kim
Marcellus Wallace  - Jack Nicholson
Mia Wallace  - Kate Winslet

Scariest thing = Children?

Just watchd children of the corn last night. It was the first time I had seen it and was pleasently surpirised. The main thing that caught me off guard was the acting, those kids were fantastic. And I also thought the to main adults were really good too, Linda Hamilton (pre Sarah Connor), and that dude.

It wasn't as scary as it could have been, but still had the odd well done scare. It was going just fine, a great C movie... until it pulled a Stephen King. See, the plot is about a bunch of kids that followed the word of a very religius boy. They killed all the adults in their town, and have become a crazy religious cult. It was all good, until the super natural stuff started to happen, and there really were evil creatures, instead of religious nutty kids.

Overall would give it a 6/10