Breaking Dawn Part 2

Finally saw this movie.  I didn't care if the Chronicle's little man was sleeping when the reviews came out, while another movie critic called it the best Twilight movie of all.  I had to see it for myself.  Besides, I never agreed with Mick La Salle's critiques anyway.  He's from another planet.

I must say, it wasn't the best Twilight movie ever.  There were only 2 scenes that moved me.  The clever ending with a twist which caught everyone by surprise, myself included.  It's not that we've never seen anything like this played before.  For those of you that haven't watched the movie yet, you may want to stop here.  This has been executed before in Dallas back in the 80s.  You remember that famous scene when Pam Ewing wakes up in the morning and finds her 'dead husband' Bobby Ewing in the shower as he greets her "Good Morning, beautiful"!  The whole season was Pam's dream!  How clever!  And Stephenie Meyers decides to copy that stunt but in a different fashion.  I mean, how else can you bring back the dead?  Yeah, that'll surely work for the young audiences who probably have no clue about Dallas!

The second scene that moved me and actually brought tears to my eyes was the introduction of all the characters from all of the Twilight movies, coupled with the background music of Christina Perri's "A Thousand Years".  How touching. 

 

You know this is the end of the saga and there will be no Twilight movie coming out next year.  Ms. Meyers, please write another book!  There's so much to write about!  How about Renesmee's life as a teenager, her relationship with Jacob.  Billy wondering why Bella never grows old as he gets older.  I'd like to see Bella suck the life out of a human in her quench for human blood.  Or Renesmee screwing up in school, giving proof that she's half mortal and half vampire.  She's just a teenager who hasn't been around for decades unlike her vampire family! 

I would have loved to witness Edward and Bella's vampire sex.  Bella confronts Edward that he was holding back during their honeymoon when he broke down their matrimonial bed.  But since all the hype already happened in Part 1, they had to tone it down big time in Part 2.  The whole house would have been shaking off the ground and the residents of Forks probably thought it was an earthquake. 

After watching Breaking Dawn Part 1, I did go on Wikipedia to find out what happens in Part 2.  It sounded boring, with the Volturi headed to Washington to kill Renesmee and Aro finally realizes that she does not pose a threat to the Volturi.  I thought, how could you make a movie out of that?  But, they did do a fantastic job, especially the scenes where they showed some of our favorite characters dying one by one.  No!  Not Carlisle!  Not Emmet!  Not the two wolves!  Who were they, anyway?  Jane (Dakota Fanning), yeah, she deserves to die, that evil bitch!  It was a long 10 minute battle and in the end, as it can only happen in the movies, does everyone come out alive and well.  How?  Go see for yourself! 

I'd like to buy all 4 dvds as the final chapter becomes available.  My favorite Twilight scenes of all time are:


#6      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EsNmAvXyVQ

#5      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDkKX50q9HU&feature=player_detailpage

#4      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsE-hrOX5z0

#3      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2ayEiB6qcg

#2      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCYpTtBg5PU&feature=player_detailpage

#1      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=527bawsDr6s&feature=player_detailpage

Edward and Bella, may your love flourish for a thousand years!

San Francisco Giants

So the Giants won the World Series.  It was more exciting during the playoffs and after the 2nd straight win against Detroit.  After that, we knew it would be a sweep.  I wish Detroit beat us twice to bring the final games home.  But what do you do?  We just have an awesome team.

School proclaimed Wednesday as a holiday this year.  It's about time.  Two years ago, they wouldn't even allow the students to take off early to watch the parade downtown.  My son was in college back then and drove home for 7 hours with his friends to watch the parade.  Since it was the Giants' first win in God knows when, no one was sure where the best spot would be to see the players.  They opted for Civic Center and ended up not seeing the players properly.  Should have hit Market Street early. 

I asked him if I should even bother going in to the city to watch the parade.  He said if I wanted a good spot, I should be on Market Street by 7-8 am.  Parade starts at 11 am.  I'm better off watching the whole thing on tv, don't you agree?  The last time I subjected myself to all the madness in San Francisco was during Fleet Week and made the mistake of boarding a Muni bus with shoulder to shoulder people on board.  Two days later, I developed a bad cough and cold with green phlegm.  Lovely!

Here's to the San Francisco Giants!  Here's to the awesome new players like Pagan, Pence, Crawford, Belt, Scutaro, Theriot and Blanco.  All the new guys were instrumental in winning the series.  Here's to the veterans like Zito, Cain, Vogelsong, Lincecum, Romo, Sandoval, Posey and Bumgarner.  You were all just as instrumental in this win.  It was definitely a team effort by all.  We are all so very proud of you and you all deserve it.

I love my Giants!  You make us proud!

Fantasizing about LVs again.

For several years, I've been visiting Louis Vuitton's website, picking my favorite bags and deciding what to get.  I even you tube them to get people's comments.  These are/were my choices:



Popincourt Haut.  I'm a lover of square bags but not a lover of oxidized leather.  Besides, this bag was discountinued.  Too bad.  It even had a zipper.


Brea MM Vernis.  Still on the top of my list. Do I really want to live with that shoulder strap getting in the way all the time?  It does look fab, though!




1st choice.
Neverfull MM.  Everybody and their uncle has this, both fake and authentic.  So why am I drawn to this?  I like how it's boxy and I especially love the strings at the sides.  You can toss everything and anything in there!  Yeah, right.  Me who hates carrying a bag that weighs more than 3 lbs.  That's the look that I prefer.  Cinched at the sides, creating a square look as usual.  But that beautiful leather will eventually oxidize.  Solution?  Get the Damier Ebene below.




Damier Ebene.  No oxidizing and the red interior looks hot. 





Cabas Rivington.  Looks like the Neverfull but the best part is you can zip it at the sides and voila, it looks square!  I know it'll be hard to find stuff in there since it's so deep.  Maybe not since it doesn't have a zipper.  They should make this in Damier Azur and Monogram Multicolore. 




Speedy 30 Multicolor.  Who wouldn't love this?  But you can only wear solid colors with this bag.  Why doesn't it come with a strap?  You can't be holding that bag on your arm forever! 




Hampstead MM.  I've been eyeing this lately.  Square and not very common out there.  Nice, isn't it?  Perfect around the shoulders too.  Forget it.  Just crossed this off my wish list.





Delightful GM.  Never really noticed this until a co-worker brought it to my attention, because of the hardware.  Very nice but it will be too massive for my frame.  GM stands for ginormous monster. 




2nd choice.

Wilshire MM.  Go figure.  It's boxy.


Again, maybe one of these days..............