So I directed something...

Hello guys! It's been a long time. In case you didn't know, I've been studying in a film school for the past two years and I want to be a director and I've been trying to focus on that. I've made a couple o things before but I didn't really like them enough to ever post about them. This is the first time I've made something I'm kind of proud of and that's why I'm here, shamelessly plugging myself. My co-director Piyush and our whole team worked really hard on it and I wanted to share it here. It's a cover music video/ short film on the song "Feeling Good" by Muse. I've posted it on a number of platforms but I think it is fitting for me to post it here too. This blog has been a big influence on my cinematic aesthetic, and I greatly value the opinions of fellow bloggers. Whatever you may think about the video, please let me know!

Thoughts

1) 100 FOLLOWERS! YESSSS!


Thank you everyone who follows this blog. I really never expected this to happen. So happy. All of you guys rock!

2) Sam Mendes will not direct Bond 24. A part of me wants to boo this decision after his brilliant work in Skyfall, and a part of me is glad because in case he didn't deliver, it might have marred that very work. I can't really think of a director right now, but I do hope the producers decide to walk down a similar path and find a director who can continue exploiting the more dramatic and deeper side of James Bond.

3) The Harry Potter stars have got it going on! Daniel Radcliffe, aka my favourite person in the world, is in talks to star as Igor in the sci-fi retelling of Frankenstein that has been penned down by Chronicle's Max Landis. I think this sounds like all kinds of bizarre awesomeness, what with the Frankenstein character reportedly being "pathologically dirty and dressed in old clowns clothing." I am really looking forward to it and DanRad's work in it. Also speaking of re-imaginings, Emma Watson might star as the eponymous heroine in the live action version of Cinderella with Cate Blanchett as the Evil Stepmother and Kenneth Branagh at the helm as director. I think she will be a lovely Cinderella.

4) Anchorman 2 is one of my most anticipated films of this year and after news of Kristen Wiig and James Marsden joining the comic cast, the ultimate hero-actor, Harrison Ford, too will be seen in the film. It is becoming damn near impossible to wait for this film. It is going to be gold.

5) Posters- Iron Man 3 has a ton of posters out. I do like the Pepper Potts poster and (I'm guessing) the final poster but I absolutely lurve the Tony Stark character poster. I would actually like to own it. It's badass.  Also speaking of excellent posters, the latest Spring Breakers poster is super girly and violent and I adore it. The new Hangover 3 poster trying to mimic the final Harry Potter posters is just hilarious. Coming to TV shows (WHICH ARE GOING TO FINALLY START IN MARCH! WOO HOO!), Doctor Who has a new poster out with the Doctor, Clara and a whole lot of upcoming villains whose images are hidden in the shards of glass. Also Game of Thrones has character posters out and they are awesome. Even fucking Joffrey gets one, though I am pretty sure it's for people to throw things at.

6) Links- Mette is turning 18 soon. She's far too cool for someone so young and is celebrating this fact on her blog with a series of The Upcoming Adult lists. They are fantastic. Speaking of, Ryan at The Matinee has written nearly 2000 posts! 1999 to be exact with the 2000th one coming out later today. I'll probably be 70 by the time I reach that many posts, so a huge congratulations and also a pat on the back to him. Also, do check out Anna's musings on the ultimate cinephile question- "Why movies? Why not books, music, art? What elevates film above all else?" Excellent read and something I really understand and agree with.

7) Trailers- Frances Ha, which looks hilarious and weird and something I would seriously enjoy. I have been waiting for it since TIFF last year. Spring Breakers that is looks like a truly strange, alluring, crazy film and I am actually looking forward to it. The latest Iron Man 3 trailer is the best one yet, and I am finally fully pumped for this film. I was scared that this film will take too serious a tone, but I can see the glimpses of humour and one-liners in it, so I am a happy bunny now. In TV land, the new Hannibal show looks pretty intense and I think it will be great. Finally, the Game of Thrones, Season 3 extended trailer has made me hungry for this show again. It looks epic and god I love Tyrion and the dragons!

8) Finally, I am going to leave you with David Bowie's latest music video, starring his androgynous alien soulmate, Tilda Swinton. As I read somewhere, and agree whole-heartedly, Bowie probably started making new music again so that Swinton could star in his videos.

She HAS to star as Bowie in his biopic, yes?

Bye!

Accio Moonrise Kingdom!!

In all this hype around the upcoming release of The Dark Knight Rises, and um, whatever, I had almost forgotten about one of my most hotly anticipated films of this year. But then, I came across this-

Oh good lord, this is freaking brilliant. I can't stop listening to it. Alexandre Desplat is a genius. Wes Anderson is a genius. I absolutely need to watch this film. Pronto.

Thank you very much for listening.

"Maybe that's what hell is, the entire rest of eternity spent in fucking Bruges."

            A few weeks back the trailer of upcoming film Coriolanus sparked, or rather re-sparked, my love for one of the coolest, most versatile, incredibly good-looking, and gargantuanally talented actors working today- Mr. Ralph Fiennes. The first film of his that I saw after this was In Bruges.

             I had only seen In Bruges once before, and that was when it first came on the telly about 3 years back. Having seen it again, I realise how much they had censored it- nothing censors quite like Indian HBO. Still, I had thoroughly enjoyed it, and found it very funny and violent and Irish. These were the only ideas that had remained with me since then. Seeing it now, the film felt like so much more, and it meant so much more to me than I could have imagined. But I'll get to that part later.


              In Bruges starts with Ray's (Colin Farrell) narration explaining how he had gotten a call to dump his gun and go to Bruges at once, and he was following orders. Ray is a young, slightly restless and well, tasteless man, who is accompanied by an older, calmer, relatively well-spoken man Ken (Brendan Gleeson) in his little exile in Bruges. Ken seems to really like this "fairytale" Belgian city; Ray, however, is another thing all together. He hates it there, thinks it is a shit-hole, and is really miserable all together. We later find out that both of them were marksmen for this man named Harry (Ralph Fiennes) and Ray's real misery came from his first hit-job, in which while successfully killing a priest, he accidently killed a little boy. He is ridden with guilt, and while he seems to find temporary solace in a beautiful, drug-dealing Belgian woman named Chloë (Clémence Poésy), Ray is out to "top" himself. We soon find out that Harry has similar plans for him, with the help of the sympathetic Ken.


                  I think I am getting slightly better with making vague summaries, though I have given out a major spoiler. Ah well, also know that there is a midget-actor called Jimmy, some very angry Canadians and alcoves involved.

               Acting-wise, the main three men are glorious. Since this started because of Fiennes, I'll talk about him first. Though Fiennes has made a name for himself playing villains, I think Harry was one of his most iconic villainous roles. During the first two-thirds of the film, we only hear him couple of times, and rest of the time he is spoken about by Ray and Ken. Still, he has already made quite an impression in our minds as an impatient, foul-mouthed crime boss with some idealistic principles. When we actually meet him, he proves to be exactly that. He is funny and dangerous at the same time, which is something few actors can do as well. One cannot hate Harry because we know that in all that anger, he still makes sense, and despite being a "cunt", is a bit of a softy. I think this was the most hilarious character that Fiennes has ever played, though the glare of his eyes is still as scary as ever. The climax for his character was one of the most ironic things I have even seen onscreen, and it was absolutely perfect. Moving on, Brendan Gleeson as Ken was adorable. If Harry was the more crueller side of a human being, Gleeson was the sympathetic one. He too was right in his own way, and believed in forgiving and forgetting. His final act in the film is nothing short of heroic and is shot so beautifully and poignantly, that it will remain with me forever...especially that last line. I think I have only seen Gleeson's work in Harry Potter apart from this, and he just seems like such a talent- sort of like a Paul Giamatti who can do the clever dramedy bits to perfection. Colin Farrell in this film never fails to amaze me. Honestly, I had always thought of him to be like Keanu Reeves- an actor who can make a career on being expressionless, with the right roles. Ray was a revelation. I think his character is so tragic, and still he manages to put so much humour in it. But his humour is of the pathetic human kind; the kind we only have at times of great distress and sadness when we keep trying to act normal. I love it when he is full-on Irish, and Ray was so drunkenly, rudely Irish. He was just fantastic, and rightly deserved that Golden Globe.


                  The film was the directorial debut of Martin McDonagh, who also wrote the film. I didn't know this before, and I think it has now become my favourite directorial debut ever, alongside Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides. The dialogues, the look, the acting, the idea, the concept of such darling dangerous men, the sort-of prophetic ending- brilliance! This film has some of the most hilarious lines ever...some which would be a dream to quote. I love the setting- Bruges really does seem some kind of unrealistic place, which is yet to be tarnished by humans, and that makes the film all the more effective because we have some great scenes of violence in such a place. These two equal themselves out completely. 


              Now the following are the things that stood out for me this time round. Firstly, the music. The score is composed by Carter Burwell. I must admit that it has been a relatively recent development when I started caring about film scores. The first film I remember, whose score had a profound effect on me, was The Hours. In Bruges's score was something like that for me this time. From the dreamy "Medieval Waters", to the crescendoing "Shootout", and the few folksy songs like "St. John, The Gambler" and "On Raglan Road"- they all heartbreaking and beautiful. I am officially obsessed with them now.

           The next thing is much more personal. I am, at this juncture of my life, sort of like Ray in Bruges. And I personally was in love with Bruges throughout the film, and it just gets to me that that is how everyone else sees my Bruges, and I can't. So you understand how In Bruges, in this random viewing, became one of those films that transcended the screen and become part of my life in a way that I will never be without it now. I will always remember it, not only for the humour and the cusswords, but for the heart and the poignancy and the ideas it presents us with.


          My final thought is that In Bruges is a lovely film which presents a very human side to all the "bad" people of the world. I love things like The Godfather etc., but I think I like the idea of a gangster shown in this film so much more. Ouch...that's gonna come bite me in the arse later. But who cares- you're all inanimate fuckin' objects! Bruges, the fairytale and the hell, is all that matters.

"You are literally like my musical soulmate."

        I have a list of films that I, without fail, watch once a month since the first time I saw them. These are Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, The Boat that Rocked and The Social Network. And well a Tarantino film, but they are on like a revolving basis. Apart from TSN and the QT flick, the others are not exactly great works of art. But they make me happy, and I think films that one rewatches a lot should do exactly that.

         Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist follows the adventures of one Nick and one Norah when they go to NYC one night to see the secret show of their favourite band Where's Fluffy. Nick has been heartbroken over his ex Tris for a month now, and his band The Jerk Offs/ Shit Sandwich/ Fistful of Assholes/ undecided, consisting of Dev and Thom, who are both redonkulously gay, want him to move on. His salvation comes in the form of Norah, a smart-mouthed girl whose dad is a big music producer, and who goes to the same school as Tris and is best friends with the very attractive, but generally very wasted Caroline. When Nick's band is performing at a club, Tris comes to show off her new conquest to the depressed Nick, while also taunting Norah about her messed-up lovelife. So Norah, who had previously noticed the cute Nick, goes up to him and asks him to be her boyfriend for five minutes to ward off the evil little Tris, and kisses him. Thus begins their infinite playlist, and night. Nick's friends see that there is an obvious attraction between him and Norah, and decide to take the drunken mess, aka Caroline off their hands while they go find Fluffy, and perhaps true love. Amidst all this a lot of things happen- Nick gets over Tris, Nick's Yugo is used as a bedroom by Seth Meyers (!!) and some equally drunk woman, Caroline gets lost and finds Jesus, Norah comes to terms with her relationship between her and her somewhat boyfriend Tal, and they do find Fluffy.

       That was a gist of what the film is about. I have seen it so many times, that writing out its plot is oddly impossible. The story is based on the novel by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn. I've read the book, and I was suprised to find that there are quite a lot of differences between it and the film. For example I would have never cast Michael Cera as Nick according to the character in the book. Sure he's sweet and chivalrous, but there's something very non-Cera about him. He is not exactly the Cera-brand cute... he's old school gentlemanly, and I dunno- Cera just doesn't come to mind.  And Norah is slightly painful; nothing like the super-gorgeous and quirky Kat Dennings. But I am glad that they did cast these two. They are one of my most favourite pairings ever- they are so sweet that they should make one's tooth ache, but the quarreling makes them all the more endearing.

       Cera is one of my top leading men in all honesty. I do love most of his films, even though he has made only a handful. He makes Nick so believeable- in his jealousy, in his desperation, in his honesty. He is funny, but not in a HA-HA kind of way, but much more subtle. Just a few lines here and there, and you know that he has a sense of humour, but not overly so. When he looks at Tris or Norah and whispers that he finds them beautiful, it's not a common compliment, but something quite sincere. Sure one may say that he does the same roles over and over again, but I think Nick stands out in all his quiet sincerity and earnestness. Dennings is just lovely as Norah. The screen brightens up whenever she smiles. Her make-up artist does a simple job on her- a bit of eyeliner and red lipstick, but it just looks so attractive. From her anger to her embarrassment to happiness, every feeling is so clear and well, charming. I can't help but smile at all her emotions, because we all feel like that at times, and if only some of us could look that good. God Tris and Caroline had nothing on her. 

       Speaking of, I also loved Caroline, who is played by Ari Graynor. She was hilarious in all her drunken-ness and did not shy away from barfing or belching or picking out a piece of chewing gum from inside the toilet (okay I skip that part everytime). Also Nick's friends- Thom played by Aaron Yoo, Dev played by Rafi Gavron and "beefy guy" Lethario played by Johnathan B. Wright, they were all very cute and funny in their own careless natures. I want friends like that- gay and funny and caring and at the same time, always after having a good time. The nemeses- Tris and Tal are played by Alexis Dziena and Jay Baruchel. Both are evil, conceited, and selfish. Again in the novel, the characters were different, in the sense that they were nicer and had more dimensions. But still I think that it is fun to have them as the bitchy bad guys, and then see them get served!

        One of my favourite things about the film is all the extras. There is obviously the afore-mentioned Seth Meyers. Along with him there is also Andy Sandberg, John Cho and Devendra Banhart and a whole lot of other people. They are just people from the streets screaming out random stuff, or pant-less alter boys, or creepy street-bums, or omniscient deli shoppers. I love them because that is how I imagine New York to be like- random, profane, mad and funny. 


        Nick and Norah has many of the things that I love to see in films. As already mentioned above- there are a lot of interesting characters. Another thing is the time-lapse. I love films that begin and end in a small period of time. This film gives me just that. Staying out all night, looking for a friend or an imaginary band or just the one, and that one night is all there is. In the book there is a very nice passage about this- 

"I shouldn’t want the song to end. I always think of each night as a song. Or each moment as a song. But now I’m seeing we don’t live in a single song. We move from song to song, from lyric to lyric, from chord to chord. There is no ending here. It’s an infinite playlist." 

This is what the film is for me...and it's perfect.

         Lastly, and very importantly, the actual songs in the film are incredible. This film has one of my most favourite soundtracks ever. I literally got into so many bands after listening to the soundtrack, it's ridiculous! The songs add to the feel of the one night...of the magical and weird New York...of finding things and people.

          I think this is the perfect time-pass film. It's funny, romantic, light, musical, and the leads are a treat for sore eyes. For truly this film would have been nothing without the adorable and enviable chemistry between Cera and Dennings. It's a particularly good watch on rainy afternoons (Yaay! Monsoon's here!). Do watch.

"WHERE IS MY MIND?" Desert Island CD Blogathon

    So apparently I was on a plane, piloted by Anomalous Material and it crashed (very Fight Club-ish), and I was stranded on an island with a permanently-charged cd player and ONE CD, with TWELVE tracks, all of which have to be from a movie soundtrack. Easy-peasy...I LURVE SOUNDTRACKS!!
      My song choices are slightly weird (even I astonished myself by not putting the song which is the heading in), and that's because I'm pathologically compelled to non-conform- they are different from most posts I have read. Also, since the other survivors have their awesome tracks, I could always switch in case I get bored (which I won't).

But first, Rob Gordon's Tips on How to Make a Great Compilation Tape/Cd in this Case:

"The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. Then you got to take it up a notch, but you don't wanna blow your wad, so then you got to cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules."

The Songs:

1) What Ever Happened, The Strokes- Marie Antoinette

If I had the option to bring one film's soundtrack only, this would be it. Inital shock of what has happened, mixed with a bit of relief... "I wanna be forgotten and I don't wanna be reminded."

2) Lust for Life- Iggy Pop- Trainspotting

Pretty apt I think. Just when the survivor instincts will kick in.

3) Piazza, New York Catcher, Belle and Sebastian- Juno

Gotta turn it down, don't we? Love the song, and the strange, nostalgic feel it brings along with it.

4) Overture/All That Jazz, Catherine Zeta-Jones- Chicago

Half of this film's magic is this song, atleast for me. If I have this, I have Chicago. And that's important.

5) Pale Blue Eyes, The Velvet Underground- Adventureland

I had to put this one in. As Jesse Eisenberg's character says it, it is a pit-of-despair type song. And it's brilliant. Fuck Yeah Lou Reed!

6) A Waltz For A Night, Julie Delpy- Before Sunset

Is this a soundtrack? IMDb says so, and hence I put it in. This is such a pretty song.

7) Black Sheep, Metric- Scott Pilgrim Vs The World

Killer. 'Nuff said.

8) Comptine d'un autre été, Yann Tiersen- Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain

It always calms me down, and makes me inexplicably happy at the same time.

9) All Along The Watchtower, The Jimi Hendrix Experience- Forrest Gump

I had to put Hendrix and Dylan. I would rather die than be stranded without them.

10) I Am The Walrus, Bono & Secret Machines- Across The Universe

Again, this list would have been incomplete without the Beatles. I love Bono's version of this song. Probably will start losing my mind around this time...very good song for when that happens. I think I would have changed my name to The Conch by now.

11) Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, Edith Piaf- La Vie En Rose

I guess I would be expecting death by now. No regrets! Might have eaten another person.

12) Don't Panic, Coldplay- Garden State

There, I got rescued... by a Jack (Dawson, Sparrow etc. Not Merridew) probably.

Hope you liked it.

"Cosmo, call me a cab." "OK, you're a cab."

Cosmo:

Though the world is so full of a number things,

I know we should all be as happy as

But are we?

No, definitely no, positively no.

Decidedly no. Mm mm.

Short people have long faces and

Long people have short faces.

Big people have little humor

And little people have no humor at all!

And in the words of that immortal buddy

Samuel J. Snodgrass, as he was about to be lead

To the guillotine:

Make 'em laugh

Make 'em laugh

Don't you know everyone wants to laugh?

(Ha ha!)

My dad said "Be an actor, my son

But be a comical one

They'll be standing in lines

For those old honky tonk monkeyshines"

Now you could study Shakespeare and be quite elite

And you can charm the critics and have nothin' to eat

Just slip on a banana peel

The world's at your feet

Make 'em laugh

Make 'em laugh

Make 'em laugh

Make 'em...

Make 'em laugh

Don't you know everyone wants to laugh?

My grandpa said go out and tell 'em a joke

But give it plenty of hoke

Make 'em roar

Make 'em scream

Take a fall

But a wall

Split a seam

You start off by pretending

You're a dancer with grace

You wiggle 'till they're

Giggling all over the place

And then you get a great big custard pie in the face

Make 'em laugh

Make 'em laugh

Make 'em laugh

Make 'em laugh

Make 'em laugh

Don't you know... all the...wants..?

My dad...

They'll be standing in lines

For those old honky tonk monkeyshines

Make 'em laugh

Make 'em laugh

Don't you know everyone wants to laugh?

Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha

Ah ha ha ha ha ha

Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha

Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Make 'em laugh, ah ah!

Make 'em laugh, ah ah!

Make 'em laugh, ah ah!

 

Make 'em laugh

Make 'em laugh

Make 'em laugh!

-Make 'Em Laugh, Donald O'Connor.

Film: Singin' in the Rain (1952)

      Easily one of my most favourite films, one of my favourite characters and one of my favourite songs ever. Unfortunately I couldn't find a picture of when Cosmo, played by the irreplacable Donald O'Connor, jumps of that wall (you know what I'm talking about).

       This song makes me so happy. It's exactly why I believe in films so much... as much sorrow and horrors and whatever else happens to us and around us, they have the power to always make us laugh and forget our grief and anguish for a while.

"I want my life to be like an 80s movie, preferably with one a really awesome musical number, for no apparent reason."- Olive Penderghast, Easy A

       Reason or no reason, we all love it when actors in films burst out into songs. It's sooo much fun. So this list is dedicated to those fantastic cinema moments.

Note: It's only one song in the films. This is not about musicals.

Marty McFly from Back To The Future is a legend, especially when he starts singing Chuck Berry's classic Johnny B Goode.

"I guess you guys aren't ready for that, yet. But your kids are gonna love it."

I Say A Little Prayer from My Best Friend's Wedding. Rupert Everett is so awesome!!

So technically this is lip syncing, but this scene in Bridget Jones's Diary is as epic as they come. True Renee Zelweger sang brilliantly as Roxie Hart, but All By Myself is a whole another level.

Moon River by Audrey Hepburn/ Holly Golightly. This song is so poignant, and it explains the loneliness that Holly felt, and how Paul saw her.

Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Heath Ledger/ Patrick Verona. If you are a girl, you have and dont deny it, dreamed of this happening to you.

Yes I could have put Knock On Wood- the song she actually sings in the film, but Pocket Full Of Sunshine and Olive Penderghast from now on go hand in hand. I need that damn card.

Oh Annette! God I love her, and her character Nick in The Kids Are All Right. If any actress deserves the Best Actress Oscar this year, except Natalie Portman, it's this screen goddess. Joni Mitchell would be happy.

Jingle Bell Rock from Mean Girls. Every girl knows this song. Period.

It Seems Like Old Times by Diane Keaton/Annie Hall. The character and the film are unforgettable. One of the reasoms we and Alvey Singer/ Woody Allen love Annie so much is because she is an absolute divine singer.

 Baby It's Cold Outside by Zooey Deschanel and Will Ferrel. I love this song and this movie and this situation. I love how their voices compliment each other, and how in the end he bangs into the lockers.

Don't Rain on My Parade by Annette Bening/ Caroline Burnham. This just shows how much I love this woman, and she deserves it completely.

It was only fair to put this after All By Myself. Chris O' Dowd brings sorrow and humour together in his superbly lip synced Stay With Me Baby by Lorraine Ellison.

 A Waltz for a Night by Julie Delpy/ Celine. Oh how I love this film and her and this song. Simply gorgeous.

Twist and Shout by Ferris Beuller. You know how mindblastingly uber famous this song and this scene is. I worship it.

Other musical numbers I wanted to put, but could not find videos of are- the french song Kirsten Dunst sings in Marie Antoinette, Here Comes Your Man and Sugar Daddy from (500) Days of Summer, Killing Me Softly with His Song from About A Boy, Can't Take My Eyes of You from Drop Dead Gorgeous and ofcourse Christmas is All Around from Love Actually.

Who Loves the Sun?

Who loves the rain

Who cares that it makes flowers

Who cares that it makes showers

Since you broke my heart
-Who Loves the Sun, The Velvet Underground





      It rained today, and yes I am a sap who cares about rain. That is because I live in a bloody desert, where it never rains. Some of my favourite rain scenes...

"My songs are just little letters to me." ~ BEST MUSIC VIDEOS

      So I know that this is mainly a film-appreciation blog, but I quite like songs too if you've noticed the playlist at the bottom. Now today I saw a music video and thought it was one of the most beautiful and brilliant things I've ever seen. I love good music videos. There have been many times when I hear a song and imagine how the video would look like...I bet many of us do that actually. I think there can be nothing better to compliment a good song than an equally good video.


      So these are some of my favourite music videos (or the ones I remember right now):


1) Gravity, Sara Bareilles- This was the video I saw today. The use of lights in the video is just incredible. It's like a dream. I can't think if such an effect can realistically be used in a film, but a musical or something, it would just do wonders. It's just transplendent.
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2) Dog Days Are Over, Florence + The Machine- I mean the cool, apparently wiccan video and not the awful Avatar-dancer video. I love people going mental in forests...really do. There's something awesome about pagan rituals and Florence Welsh is just gorgeous.
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3) Islands, The XX- I love them dancers. This is my personal favourite XX song due to the simplicity of its idea, but the whole backstory with the fantastic dancers makes it so much more.
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4)Bones, The Killers- Okay I accept I'm biased when it comes to Tim Burton, but this is an awesome video. It's so expected that he would put skeletons in a love story. The song is genius and I honestly prefer the From Here To Eternity kiss in the video to the real one.
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5) You're so Gay, Katy Perry- I love it. I love the fun, cynical Katy Perry. The whole Barbie-Ken twist is superb. Though I like most of her videos, just the amount of insulting and demeaning is plain inspiring.


6) All You Need Is Love, The Beatles- Flower Power! Words cannot describe how much I want to be sitting in the crowd. It's lovely.
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7) Thriller, Michael Jackson- I know people would find it a "cliché" but, as I always say, that a cliché is nothing but a hit formula. MJ has made amongst the best videos and Thriller is the epitome- the setting, the make-up, the zombies, the dance, It's a legend.
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8) Northern Downpour, Panic At The Disco- Many consider it their best song yet, including me. It's very sad that they disbanded right after this. They had so much potential that it kills me. It's a very cute and Panic-y video.


9) What Goes Around Comes Around, Justin Timberlake- Oh I loved it when JT brought sexy back. And this monumental return got completed by this video. It's super-hot. Scarlett Johannson is gorgeous and JT shows he can be as sassy and mean as Katy Perry. I like the debauched sort-of background, and the fact that it has a storyline.
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10) Happy Ending, Mika- I love each and every Mika video. But Happy Ending's just special. Its quite a sad song, I always imagined it in a cemetery. Then I saw the happy and childish video. It is so joyful, and charming.
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11) Here It Goes Again, OK Go- I seriously look forward to each of their videos like how I look forward to a Tarantino film. They are just grand. Also the whole tradmill dance became such a sensation. They're not even dancers. It's marvelous!!
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12) Knights Of Cydonia, Muse- This actually looks like a cross between a movie that would inspire Tarantino and probably someone like George Lucas. I love the insanity of a karate-obsessed "space cowboy".
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13) Vogue, Madonna- Like Thriller, this is plain legendary. Madonna is dazzling. I love the black and white. I love the dancing. I love love love the cultural references! And...the fact that DAVID FINCHER made it!!!
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14) 1234 I Love You, Plain White Ts- It's just the most adorable, puppy love video ever. It spreads joy and love. A sappy me would love to be in the video.
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15) A Beautiful Lie, 30 Seconds To Mars- They make extreme, mindblowing videos. But going to the Arctic and shooting this video was just the icing on the cake. The message, the song, Jared Leto's bluest-of-all-blues eyes. Takes your breath away, it really does.
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Bonus: A bonus awesome video would be Everybody by Backstreet Boys. This song was the total combined essence of the boyband era of the 90s. I bow down to it.
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      Other videos I really like are Boys Don't Cry by The Cure, all Mika and OK Go videos, Empire State of Mind by Jay Z and Alicia Keys, URA Fever by The Kills,  and Cousins by Vampire Weekend.


      Now amongst the videos I hate  are those which completely ruin the song. For instance Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol and Your Guardian Angel by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. The videos were meant to be as excellent as the song, but they absolutely disappoint. Also I hate many videos and songs together, like California Gurls by Katy Perry. Just want to ask her one thing, What was she thinking?


       However, without these slight glitches, all the videos are exquisite. Watch!!

WORRIED SHOES- OST WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

I took my lucky break and I broke it in two.
Put on my worried shoes, my worried shoes.
Took me so many miles, and they never wore out.
My worried shoes. My worried shoes.
My worried shoes.
I made a mistake that I never forgot.
Tied knots in the laces of my worried shoes.
Every step that I take is another mistake
I march further and further away in my worried shoes.
My worried shoes.
My shoes took me town crooked path.
Away from our welcome mats, my worried shoes.
I looked all around and saw the sun shining down.
Took off my worred shoes, my worries shoes.
My worried shoes.




Isn't the song just adorable? Also it makes perfect sense and has a deeper meaning that applies to most of us in life. It's almost just like the brilliant film it is from- Where The Wild Things Are. I am going to write about it soon. :)