Little Goat is so cute, I want to get it in a headlock and bite its face.
I was going to see Men Who Stare At Goats because there are goats in it. Then I read a review that explained them stare at the goats in order to kill them. Well, and that the movie sucked. But still, that first part is a total deal-breaker.
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Alfred Hitchcock and 3 children catching snowflakes (1962) (via All Things Amazing)
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Alfred Hitchcock and 3 children catching snowflakes (1962) (via All Things Amazing)
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Andrew Bird (via smut-to-go)
My biggest fear in life is that I’ll grow up and let my gears slow down.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in—Leonard Cohen
I don’t know this song, but this bit is a little treasure. Thanks, G-Money.
The Books - Take Time
For the first time in the history of the world, a young girl climbed into a tree one day. She climbed down from the tree the next day, and God bless her.
to go to random tumblr pages and put a variation of my birthday for the page number, like 57 or 570, and think that all the things on that page are especially meant for me. :)
Aw, that’s cute.
*pinches your cheeks*
It would have been nice if they’d considered an Arab [slash Mediterranean] for the role. Have any in mind?
If they were desperate for star power they could have used Naveen Andrews. He’s Indian (but has played Middle Eastern characters), is talented and well-known. He’s also super sexy, but that’s technically beside the point.
The fact that I can’t think of anyone truly suitable is probably a meaningful point in itself. I’d expound upon that, but I’m way too busy worrying that I said something about Robert Redford that was anything but breathless adoration. Which is probably a meaningful point about me, but I digress.
I don’t like to get hysterical over things, but Jake Gyllenhaal is in Prince of Persia.
Not only is he in it, he is The Prince. Of Persia.
I’m not going to discuss his merits as an actor—it’s entirely beside the point. He’s white.
I like John August, so I want to see his movies do well, but I also want the people responsible for this casting to face some backlash, and not just from the whiny, half-literate blogosphere. Colorblind casting is fine, but I don’t think it’s appropriate to whitewash what could be a Middle Eastern hero.
I get that it’s hard to cast minorities for roles sometimes because people are eager to make a statement out of it, because you’re not sure if you should make a statement out of it. The whole thing’s a lot easier if you just stick to the whites. Then you can make movies and television shows, rather than black movies and black television shows.
But then, Hollywood, something like this falls into your lap. The perfect blockbuster opportunity to use a minority as a protagonist, a hero, a character.
And you opt for Jake Gyllenhaal.
Am I supposed to be impressed that he’s brunette? Am I supposed to squint until his fake tan becomes a little bit more pronounced?
Remember what happened when Francis Coppola fought the studios for years (for a movie he didn’t even want to make) in order to cast Italian Americans? Remember The Godfather? Do you think it would have worked if Robert Redford played Michael Corleone?
What a pansy you turned out to be, Hollywood.
