You blink when you breathe And you breathe when you lie...

...You blink when you lie...


My apologies for not blogging. In AGES!

Long story short for my summer thus far: Staying up late. Sleeping in late. Taking photos. Hanging out with friends. Video gaming. Going to the movies. Reading, occasionally. Writing when I get a chance. Still cleaning my room (which is pretty much done, now). Guitar lessons. Young driver's lessons. Dance, when I find time.

My gentleman companion and I have watched every Pixar movie but Cars and Wall-e, together. And we'll need to see Up! when it comes out.

Those movies are ingenious. Visually appealing with stories that play to all audiences. Toy Story is beautiful. The first movie I saw in theatres. :) And even Toy Story 2 is a wonderful piece of work. The movies' plot lines just sucker one in and have such emotional bonds that you find yourself cheering along Marlin in Finding Nemo, or making comments like Edna in the Incredibles. Or still find yourself quoting Buzz Lightyear at age 17. Being able to watch a movie that has no dialogue for at least half of it, Wall-e, is a fabulous experience to be exposed to when everything around us is so busy and fast paced these days in society. The simplicity is compelling. The concept of Rataouille is amusing, and it's executed really well. The characterization in all of the films are impeccable and the voice actors always do a stunning job.

The balance between comedy, suspense and emotions in Monsters Inc. is one that I find hard to compare with others. Where as Cars is not my favourite of Pixar's work, the visual appeal of it is phenomenal. Bug's Life, as well, brings us into a world that we ourselves cannot visit. THAT is what makes Pixar's movies work. They create films based around things that we ourselves in 'life' cannot experience, BUT can believe. Toys coming to life when we aren't around, bugs and their daily operations, monsters that hide in our closests, fish that frolic through the ocean, people who seem like regular people but have super powers, rats that like to cook and live in kitchens, robots that help the Earth once we as a population have destroyed it, cars that can talk and communicate, and a man that travels to a far distant land with balloons tied to his house!

To a young child (and even for myself) these stories are all something to be considered plausible. Not "fairy tales", like the movies Disney used to make (now bringing it back with The Frog Princess, not sure how that will turn out), but stories that children(or older audiences) can relate to in some way.

Simply magnificent.

Until Next Time,

Lana