*so excited* ^_^

alright guys. i'm rediculously excited. for many reasons... i'll tell you one or two ;)

so for my mom's birthday/Christmas (this merits TWO holidays, cuz it cost a pretty penny.. and it's just that awesome) i got her tickets to see Michael W. Smith's Christmas concert, accompanied by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the Meyerson. best composer, best Christmas music, best concert hall... can't really beat that, now can you? and our seats have a great view of the piano, which he plays on his best songs. i'm soooooooo excited, she's gonna love it!!! and if you tell her, i'll cut your tongue out >:(

in other news, i saw Twilight. went to the midnight release, in fact. coulda been soooooo much better. all of the actors did a good job except for kristen stewart and robert pattinson... the two leads. seriously. hers was the worst acting job i've seen thus far.. in my lifetime. well, in a movie anyway. no wonder stephanie meyers doesnt want to be associated with the film. the screenplay and script were mediocre at best. the videography was awful. Fandango's review said "you can't keep your eyes off of kristen stewart and robert pattinson"... what it doesnt say is that that's because half of the movie is close-ups. the other half is mostly circle pans and random nature shots. i know, you're thinking "what the gay? why would they do that" ...that's what i thought too.
however, despite almost total lack of character development in the script, the other actors did really well. Charlie swan gets the best-played character award. i think they did pretty well with jacob black too. and the CULLENS... ^_^... carlisle is beautiful. and jasper is rather exquisite too. ^_^
overall, here's my advice for the producers of Twilight: fire the videographer. blacklist the casting director. you're pretty much stuck with stewart and pattinson, so invest in some acting classes. and catherine hardwicke is an idiot of a director. unless you have a contract, boot her too. and a new makeup artist might be called for too. last but not least, read the books. and make the rest of your staff and cast read them too.

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