Movie quotes that make movies, movies

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Iris:
I've found almost everything ever written about love to be true. Shakespeare said "Journeys end in lovers meeting." What an extraordinary thought. Personally, I have not experienced anything remotely close to that, but I am more than willing to believe Shakespeare had.

I suppose I think about love more than anyone really should. I am constantly amazed by its sheer power to alter and define our lives. It was Shakespeare who also said "love is blind". Now that is something I know to be true.

For some quite inexplicably, love fades; for others love is simply lost. But then of course love can also be found, even if just for the night. And then, there's another kind of love: the cruelest kind. The one that almost kills its victims. Its called unrequited love. Of that I am an expert. Most love stories are about people who fall in love with each other. But what about the rest of us? What about our stories, those of us who fall in love alone? We are the victims of the one sided affair. We are the cursed of the loved ones. We are the unloved ones, the walking wounded. The handicapped without the advantage of a great parking space!

Yes, you are looking at one such individual. And I have willingly loved that man for over three miserable years! The absolute worst years of my life! The worst Christmas', the worst Birthday's, New Years Eve's brought in by tears and valium. These years that I have been in love have been the darkest days of my life. All because I've been cursed by being in love with a man who does not and will not love me back. Oh god, just the sight of him! Heart pounding! Throat thickening! Absolutely can't swallow! All the usual symptoms.

-From The Holiday.

(Try reading that with Hans Zimmer's score playing in the background. You won't survive it.)

"The life I know before I met you, I knw that. I could do that forever. Now look at me. What do I do with all this?

-From some movie. Can't remember where for the life of me.

Don Vito Corleone:
Now you come to me and you say, 'Don Corleone, give me justice.' But you don't ask with respect. You don't offer friendship. You don't even think to call me Godfather. Instead, you come into my house on the day my daughter is to be married, and you ask me to do murder -- for money.

Don Vito Corleone:
I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

-From The Godfather.

Mad Hatter:
We're all mad here.

-From Alice in Wonderland.

Marcellus Wallace:
You hear me talkin', hillbilly boy? I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'ma get medieval on your ass.

-From Pulp Fiction.

Jack Byrnes:
I have nipples, Greg. Could you milk me?

-From Meet the Parents.

Maximus:
My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the armies of the North, general of the Felix legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.

-From Gladiator.

Anna:
And one day, not long from now, my looks will go. They will discover I can't act, and I will become some sad middle-aged woman who looks a bit like someone who was famous for a while.

-From Notting Hill.

Dorothy:
You had me at 'hello'.

-From Jerry Maguire.

Forrest Gump:
My mama always said, 'Life is (was) like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get'

-From Forrest Gump.

Molly: I love you.
Sam: Ditto.

-From Ghost.

One swan is deceiving us all

Saturday, November 14, 2009

If I could make love to just 2 pairs of shoes, it'd be them.
Just looking at it is shoe porn.

Labels: KILL FOR THESE

Marketing in easier terms

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Here's another one with the same line of thought:

The buzz Word in today's business world is MARKETING. However, people often ask for a simple explanation of "Marketing." Well, here it is:

1. You're a woman and you see a handsome guy at a party. You go up to him and say, "I'm fantastic in bed."

That's Direct Marketing.

1. You're at a party with a bunch of friends and see a handsome guy. One of your friends goes up to him and, pointing at you, says, "She's fantastic in bed."

That's Advertising.

1. You see a handsome guy at a party. You go up to him and get his telephone number. The next day you call and say, "Hi, I'm fantastic in bed."

That's Telemarketing.

1. You see a guy at a party; you straighten your dress. You walk up to him and pour him a drink. You say, "May I?" and reach up to straighten his tie, brushing your breast lightly against his arm, and then say, "By the way, I'm fantastic in bed."

That's Public Relations.

1. You're at a party and see a handsome guy. He walks up to you and says, "I hear you're fantastic in bed."

That's Brand Recognition.

1. You're at a party and see a handsome guy. He fancies you, but you talk him into going home with your friend.

That's a Sales Rep.

1. Your friend can't satisfy him so he calls you.

That's Tech Support.

1. You're on your way to a party when you realize that there could be handsome men in all these houses you're passing, so you climb onto the roof of one situated towards the centre and shout at the top of your lungs, "I'm fantastic in bed!"

That's Junk Mail.

Labels: RANTS

Florence and the Machine - Kiss with a Fist

Sunday, November 01, 2009

An old track, but love it anyway. It's been my theme song for the month. Singer-songwriter Florence Welch manages to intertwine and illustrate violence with love resulting in this fantastical piece of music. Definitely one for the roadtrips.

Sounds like: The Gossip, The Kills

Labels: BEATS TO LISTEN, LOOKOUT4

The kind of things you find on Tumblr

Sunday, October 25, 2009

When placed in warm milk, raisins re-plump into grapes.

The metal backs of iPods are made from recycled zippers.

Every sixteen minutes, someone named Richard dies.

Dolphins kill more people annually than sharks and influenza combined.

Professionals call the top socket on an electrical outlet the “Martha,” and the bottom socket the “Jasmine.”

In the archives at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., there are two identical snowflakes preserved in a freezer.

Three out of every ten nickels has been in someone’s mouth.

If you hold one nostril closed for 72 hours, you will slowly lose the ability to see color. (Your sight will instantly return to normal when you release your nostril.)

Wave a magnet at the lower left corner of a vending machine to receive a free soda.

The glossy paper from the backs of stickers can be used to soothe sunburn.

Whispering instead of talking on cell phones saves significant battery power.

If you take the first letter of each word in the Monopoly board game instruction manual, they spell out an X-rated sentence.

The original name for the laptop computer was “Hinged Smart Slab.”

Winnie the Pooh started out as a non-fiction account of mental illness.

The Q in Q-tips stands for “quantum,” as the small bit of cotton on the tip contains more atoms than the entire human body.

Revolving doors were first invented as a way to keep horses out of department stores.

Peru and the moon weigh the same amount.

Human beings and anteaters are the only animals that can snap their fingers.

If you soak a baseball hat in coke, and then let it dry on someone’s head, over a 3-hour period the hat will shrink with skull-denting force, causing intense pain and irreparable damage.

Clouds cannot travel south southwest.

It makes me happy.

Hey.

Labels: RANTS

What would Anna say

Friday, October 23, 2009

The MET Gala is a great event, rounding up celebs in then name of fashion. This happened a couple of months ago, but after ransacking my hard disk, I did find a few notables (though the lack of Lagerfeld was quite upsetting). And I don't know if this is because of the credit crunch, but this year some of the guests were rather D-list.

But first, any event needs a rating system, no? So why not an Anna system to make it more fashionable? Featuring Anna's most popular phrases through the ages.

Anyway, here is my roundup of what the celebrities wore.

Liv Tyler looks like classic old-Hollywood here, which I do love. So much class, but too safe I feel. Deep sparkly blue seems to fit with her complexion so well. It's beautiful, not necessarily memorable. Notable. Two Anna's.

Gosh Jessica Beil. I believe the dress as-is is gorgeous, bright and loud, but her tan is really.. urgh- against it. She looks dull and lacklustre and very train-wreck-ish. One Anna.

Ashley Olsen is working this dress. Her sleek hair works really well with the simplicity of this dress. She looks absolutely elegant. Love the small-bag, too. Two and a half Anna's.

The usually chic Posh Spice in this Marc Jacobs piece failed to 'wow' me. I like that it's polka-dotted, but it's just looking cheap on her. Too much leg, too much drama going on at the back. I don't know, I just don't like it. Half an Anna.

My love for Diane Kruger multiplied by 5x after I saw this dress. It's a lovely lovely LOVELY mini lace dress. Such a vintage-looking piece. Short but not skanky-looking. Very very chic. Three Anna's.

Kate Bosworth in this stunning Stella McCartney vintage-looking piece. Very old-Hollywood. The hair, the red lips against this laced-back dress. Gorgeous, but not the best. Love how classy this looks. Two and a half Anna's.

Madonna's too old for this. She's starting to look like a joke. And it's sad. Half an Anna.

I really don't like this dress. It seems Blake has a pattern this year, don't it? The plunging, exposing dresses with lots of boob and leg. Give us something different Blake! Half an Anna.

At least we'll know the other Olsen sister did better this round. Mary-Kate channels metallic-laced wicked witch of the west. I don't like the layers, I don't like the colours. It's an odd shape, let's be honest. One Anna.

Gold Lamé is so past season, but I guess someone didn't get the memo. Nonetheless, not a disaster on her. One and a half Anna.

Cannot get over how lovely this cream pastel dress looks on Marion Cotillard. It's so classy, and with that hair, it's totally sweet-girly. Her whole ensemble is perfect and simple. Two and a half Anna.

Labels: CELEBRITY, SEASONAL RUN

I love old americana

Friday, October 16, 2009

TAVIK's Swimwear Summer 2010 is exactly all things classic Americana. We're talking hair bands, acid wash, Aquanet. And all inspired by the greats: Poison, Motley Crue, and Guns N’ Roses.

Everything's bright and electro-charged/faded denim/patriotic. Perfect for vintage concert tees and ripped jeans days.

Credits:
Photographer: Joseph Tran
Models: Monroe (Summer 2010)
Hair and Make up: Lauren Miller
Stylist/Designer: Nicole Hanriot

www.tavikswimwear.com

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Speaking of swimwear, here's the best of the lot.
Featuring my bitches and I.

More to come from our Friday Night Dips.

Labels: KILL FOR THESE, RANTS