The "K Stew" Thing

So I want to chime in on the "K Stew" arguments.

Point 1 : K Stew is about the most moronic nickname I've heard. Ever. Come on fans, if you don't want her being made fun of, give her a nickname that doesn't invited mocking.(I was thinking of making a pun about how she was "roasted" because of this nickname....but...hmmm...seems kinda corny, ya know?).
Point 2: I am not one of those girls who is like OMG!! HOW DARE SHE LIKE ROBERT PATTINSON!!!!! HE IS THE EPITOME OF HOT-NESS. I DON'T EVEN CARE WHO SHE IS, I THINK HER ACTING STINKS JUST BECAUSE OF THE SOLE FACT THAT SHE DARES TO DATE SOMEONE I NEVER HAVE AND NEVER WILL MEET.

Hmmm....a-ctrac-tive. Not

. not Just thought I would get that out there. Because (1) Go find a real boyfriend. Nothing wrong with having a celebrity obsession(like mine with Chris Hemsworth), but you can't go around hating anyone just because of who they're dating(other than Selena Gomez. I thought she was a slut before she started dating Justin Bieber though, so that doesn't TOTALLY count). (2) I don't think Robert Pattinson is even that hot or that good of an actor. I can remember mocking him for his brain-dead version of Edward Cullen after the midnight showing of the first Twilight movie.
Point 3: Look at the way Kristen Stewart acts in all of her movies. Maybe she doesn't have different personalities....but you have to focus to remember that. "Great Actresses" can be in dozens of different roles and it's like they are different people! I've seen Scarlett Johansson do it, Rachel Mcadams, Johnny Depp(who, yes, is an actor not an actress, but I feel like he's so amazing he deserves to be thrown in). Heck, I've even seen Miley Cyrus and one of the Olsen twins do it, and we all know how mind-boggling that is. And I know, some people are saying "Her acting could improve over time". But I saw Dakota Fanning act wonderfully at a much younger age. But we all thought that Hilary Duff''s acting would improve with age and look what happened there....
   I will concede that there are some actors/ actresses that are put in the same roles. Like Catherine Heigl ( I'm always an independent, witty, slightly klutzy person in my movies), and Angelina Jolie( sexy/action woman with a mysterious aura and the same freaking way of walking). The characters they play pretty much seem the same, with a few minor adjustments. Difference: They are actually good at the roles they act. They make the characters seem LIKABLE and fresh in every movie, whereas you feel like you're watching a mini-series on "K Stews" lack of facial expressions in any of her movies.

Point 4: I'm serious. She doesn't have many facial expressions. It amazes me. She either looks high or upset. And sometimes she kind of wiggles her eyebrows around and it's like a mix of both. Whenever she smiles, it's basically a half smile and it never gets to her eyes. So either she never gets into her characters, and feels joy when they do, or she just...doesn't feel joy period. Also, her habit of sighing loudly and looking to the side all nervously...that's not called acting. It's called forgetting what the heck you're character is supposed to feel in that moment, so you avoid eye contact.
Point 5: She does seem just a little stuck up. I know, she does have a reason to being as she somehow managed to become a millionaire. But she has to remember, it's only because the people who are still claiming she can act.
Point 6: Even if I DID like her acting, I think she was seriously miss-cast in "Snow White and the Huntsman". Just look at her, do you really think she's the fairest in the land? I'm not saying she isn't mildly pretty. But she definitely has a different look about her that isn't described as mainstream beauty.
      I am still planning on seeing 'Snow White and the Huntsman"(but mostly because Chris Hemsworth). I will probably see Kristen Stewart in other movies. But I will probably see Lindsay Lohan in other movies too, so it's not like I'm saying either will get any better.

Through Rushing Water

Through Rushing Waters- by Catherine Richmond

   This is the story of Sophia, a refined young woman with a painful and tremulous past from Russia. Her journey begins after being jilted by her "dream man". Without even knowing how it happened, she ends up as a missionary for the ponca Indians, something she never planned.
   Sophia, while being a real character, is hard to connect too.It's not that she's unlikeable really- she has some good qualities like being quick-witted and loyal-it's just very hard to not feel indifferent towards her character. Because despite being in her head, you feel like you don;t know her because her actions and habits totally don;t fit the way her character is seen by others. Honestly, it seems like she should be stuck up. it creates both confusion and relief when she ends up not being a snob.
   In the same way, it's hard to feel a connection with the character Will. You get the sense that he's meant to be good natured, but the author somehow doesn't capture it and he seems incomplete and his personality in pieces all over the pages, unable to form a complete picture of who he is. The relationship between Will and Sophia is also in pieces. Sometimes they seem immensely close, other times it's like they don't even like each other- or know each other as friends! It's all very confusing, and not in the good, love-struck way.
   The supporting characters are unique, but completely unlikeable and not described- physically or emotionally- very well. The book is dry, but strangely easy to get into. From the historical aspect it's very interesting- it's a time and people not written about much, and you see a very clear and heart-wrenching picture of what it was like for Native Americans on American reserves.
  

Poca and John

Can I just say that Pocahontas is just about the most unfulfilling Disney Princess movie ever?
First, Poca (I'm just going to give her that nickname from now on. Pocahontas is way too long to spell out ten times and now I've done it twice. Yay.) won't marry the wonder-boy of the Indians, Kocoum-who is pretty hot in my eyes- because he is too "serious".
 Um, first point: He was "so serious" as apposed to John Smith, who was like, what, a clown or something?? Second point: If he hadn't serious, A BEAR WOULD HAVE EATEN HIM.
   So then Poca and John Smith meet and fall in love( even though he had been about to shoot her. It was good luck for Poca that she wasn't an ugly Indian girl, or he would have just shot right through her. Nice message to kids btw). Then John Smith is just like "Oh, a talking tree. That's nice."
   I guess in every movie when there is a talking tree/ animal, people aren't quite as shocked as they should be(I mean, c'mon, I get scared when my phone vibrates and I'm not expecting it to). But John Smith looks at it for five seconds and just acts like he is meeting Poca's mom or something(which would also have been shocking since her mother is dead.... But I'm sure John would have handled it just fine!!).
    So now we are just going to skip ahead to when John and Poca kiss(on their 3rd or 4th meeting no less) and Kocoum freaks out. As children, we are taught to believe that this is wrong(and kissing someone you've known for 3 days is right...?)
   Um, HELLO! The white guy(who comes from the group of people he thinks is going to kill his whole village) just kissed the girl he's planning on marrying, the girl he's tried several times to protect(a good quality in a guy I think). Romeo never gets any grief for attacking Juliet's cousin that day after they were married, so why can't Kocoum get a little mad?
   And then, it all ends with John Smith being sent home because he, also, was shot. That's great. I guess the "happy ending" was the fact that the Indians and English didn't kill each other, but still! That was a lot of emotional turmoil you went through just to send the love interest home.
   And here's the real kicker: John Smith was never in love with Pocahontas.
   So BASICALLY all Disney did here was lie to children and make them more historically challenged than they already were.
   Yet, I still love this movie... I guess we can complain on and on about the stupid messages/ characters in Disney movies(especially the Princess movies)...but they just ARE. Plus John Smith is really hot, even if he and Pocahontas never fell in love in real life, and the art work is gorgeous.

This is such a cool picture- I love pretty much all the art work during the "Colors of the Wind" song

                                     I don't even remember this pic from the movie but it's beautiful!