My review of The Cabin in the Woods

The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

Director:

 Drew Goddard

Writers:

Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard

Stars:

Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1259521/

So on Halloween I decided to watch a scary movie on Netflix while my Mom worked the door for the maybe dozen trick or treaters we got that evening. Sadly The Cabin in the Woods was not. Love Joss Whedon, he has given us some amazing movies and TV shows, but I suppose there's always that one project we regret. I've got a few of my own.

The movie begins off in a confusing manner with a couple of basic white collar office workers gathered around a water cooler discussing their lives outside of the office. After a brief intense discussion with a female co-worker about things having failed in Sweden, they jump to work on whatever the hell it is they do. Hold onto that thought.

Now to the world outside of the office, we meet the typical 5 college aged kids who are going to eventually die (if we're lucky, trust me) by the end of the movie. And of course, they're all stereotypical. The movie goes out of it's way to make this point. I can't really tell if the acting is good or bad because of how the characters are portrayed. I'm gonna go with the term "meh" on that. I guess Chris Hemsworth needed something to subsequent his funds between Thor and The Avengers, at least that's what I hope is the reason behind his doing the movie.

SO now on to the meat and potatoes of the movie. One of the character's cousins bought some cabin in the woods and has given them the keys, so hey, let's get away from everything to a remote place where obviously nothing could ever go wrong for the weekend where we can be as uninhabited as we want! Has great idea written all over it doesn't it? Off to the cabin we go then, with the typical stop at the practically abandoned gas station run by the crazy old man who speaks in cryptic undertones. After a fill up it's on to the cabin. Meanwhile we go back to the office and find our two white collared workers in a control room setting up things around the cabin for who knows what reason. Typical things abound at the cabin: swimming, truth or dare, drinking, yada yada yada. Then we find the secret room with all the mysterious relics in it. Turns out each relic is connected to some horror the two white collar workers will unleash, depending on which relic the kids choose to unknowingly unlock. Let the blood shed begin!

What follows is honestly even worse acting, lame lines, pathetic forced screaming and death. There is one death that felt like a bit of a cop out, though was oddly funny as well. At this point the movie becomes even more undone. Two of the college kids find a secret entrance to the office building where our white collar workers have been operating things under the cabin along with a host of horrors trapped under there as well. Without giving anything away, all I can say is chaos ensues from here on out and then Sigourney Weaver comes along to explain what if you were able to pay attention this far into the movie have figured out at 30 to 45 minutes ago. And then 10 minutes after that, cue end of the movie. Honestly was a different ending from what I was expecting, but compared to the rest of the movie, I suppose I could be grateful for how it ended. Though it feels honestly as if a coin was flipped of which way the writers wanted the movie to end.

Honestly The Cabin in the Woods is not the worst horror movie I've ever seen, but I've seen much better as well. There was one scene that did actually have me a little nervous, but the rest of it I went from "Ouch that looks very painful." to "really guys?". Final opinion on it: SO glad I did not spend theater money on it. I'd have been slightly put out.

2/5 stars on my own personal scale.

Back to Blogging!

My God it has been a while since I posted here! Over 2 years. Man life got busy and crazy. Things are still busy, but are slowly steadying out thank goodness. Not to mention looking back at my only 5 posts I wrote all that time ago, I have REALLY changed and grown yet again and I truly believe for the better. I am single again after an almost 3 year relationship with my ex boy friend. Miss him at times, but it's honestly been better for the both of us to not be dating anymore, though we are staying friends the best we can.

And as for the whole social awkwardness I stated a couple of years ago, it's still there, though not as horrible as it used to be. I have a ton of friends now and am going out regularly socializing and am also moving in with my new and hopefully forever Best Friend. The other two BFF's I have/had and I have grown apart. One dropped off the face of the planet and according to family has become a very angry person. Possibly it's for the best then, since I don't want to be around that kind of negativity in my life anymore and the other one seems to have just kind of gone about her own life and only messages on occasion.

I plan to try and blog a little more often, at least once maybe twice a week as my time allows. Between cleaning out my Mom's place, working full time at a new and better job, packing to move, and going to school online, plus hanging out chatting with the girls in my Sherlock groups on Facebook. I don't know what I'll post about here, but I do know I'm gonna try my hand at my own personal movie reviews. So see you around interwebs.

Ice Breakers

Boy it's been a while since I've posted on this, but life has become a bit busy for me as of recent, but I hope to try my hand at blogging on a slightly regular basises again. This blog is about me & being social. I'll start by saying, I ain't! I have been shy pretty much all my life. I remember being 4 years & trying to hide behind my Dad's pant leg when an actor at the Renaissance Festival was trying to talk to me with a puppet. In a recent conversation with my boy friend, I asked him what was wrong with me that all the girls I know are always getting hit on by guys and yet I seem to get mainly ignored. He said it's because I'm anti-social and that I tend to put a wall up to keep people away from me. It makes sense to me. A lot of it probably has to deal with being the bully magnet in elementary school. Between that and my natural shyness, I'm just not a very social butterfly. While everyone else was out partying on Friday and Saturday nights in high school, I was at home in my room playing video games. It didn't really matter to me, I was pretty happy. Now we get to the meaning of the title of this post. I have been big into twitter since May of 2009 and Facebook since Aug of 2009. I have over 300 followers on twitter and at last count 143 friends on Facebook. Why is this a big deal to me? In the world of social media it's much easier to meet and talk to people through a computer instead of being dropped into a social event where I'm likely to feel over whelmed and shut down, which means I won't talk to anyone. But I've made a lot of new friends through social media and hopefully when and if I ever meet them in real life, I will be much more open and willing to talk. Social media is a great way to break the ice and talk and get to know a person before actually meeting them and helps those of us who get a little socially anxious. And if you're wondering how a anti social person gets a boy friend, it's because a mutual friend of ours introduced us through text messaging and we texted for about a month before we met irl and it made the first meeting that much easier for me, because I already knew what he was like and what his interests were and what kind of things we could talk about.

Just a kid at heart

OK, as I've mentioned before and probably will several other times (since it is a pretty defining number) I'm going to be 30 in Nov. 30, it seemed so far away when I was 18 and now it's looming over me. As of right now I currently go to college part time, I work full time 5 nights a week, and I pay my own way for all my bills. I pay my Mom a small amount of rent money and the rest I make up in doing things around the house, ie: mow the yard, shovel the drive, change a lightblub, you get the idea. Finally I have to pay to keep my car in good running condition for my job and of course fill it with gas, which as we all know, ain't cheap these days. So yes, I like to think I come across as a pretty responsible adult who can take care of herself. However, as much as I am an adult, I am very much a big kid most of the time. I realized this today when I was relaxing and jamming to Rock Band 2. I had finished a song and had been dancing to it while playing and when the song stopped and the screen loaded and changed, I grabbed my can of soda to take a drink and that's when I noticed it. My wall scrolls, 3 Sailor Moons, a Final Fantasy VIII, and a Silent Hill 2 hang on my walls, with a Hello Kitty calendar. I have a huge doll and toy collection, some Sailor Moon, most video game related stuff, plus all my old and new game systems (I have too many to list here). A shelf overflowing with beanie babies, an impressive collection of Hello Kitty dolls, and of course my DVD collection, filled with a few grown up movies, such as The Wolfman for example. But for ever grown up movie, there seems to be 3 to 4 kid movies, lots of Disney animated features among them. And of course, my anime collection which is slowly, but steadily growing. Also, if you were to look at some of my t-shirts, I still dress like I'm in High School. But while some may find this disturbing, I'm actually quite happy with all of it. It's what I do, it's what I enjoy, and as long as I feel young at heart, age will never have real meaning for me. It'll just be another number, at least until I hit 40, Lol. Until tomorrow.

My Cell Phone & Me: A Love Story

I got my 1st cell phone when I was 19 for my birthday. Talk about a primitive model by today's standards, but I loved it. Of course this was back in 1999 and for the time, it was a pretty awesome phone. It wasn't until a year later when a friend slowly brought me into the world of text messaging, which I now am a pro at and have unlimited messaging. Also I think I am the only one of my friends to still have the same number 10 years later. Of course my phone was pretty basic back then. As the years have passed, I've upgraded several times of course, each phone becoming "smarter" than the last. Well to bring you all up to speed, my current phone I got in Mar of 2009 & love it SO much! Compared to what my phones in the past did, this one was the most advanced phone I'd ever had. It's also the 1st one I ever picked out on my own. Basically any phone before this my parents or my ex-husband picked & while they did what they were intended for, they were very limited. Now what sold me on this phone after talking with the sales girl was simply the fact that it's blue, my fave color. But since then, a love affair has grown between it and me as I can now take pictures (I have a ton of my cats, ha!) access myxertones (a site for free ring tones, videos and pictures), tweet to twitter, which I'm addicted to, and just recently, mocospace, an phone chat site. My next upgrade is in Dec in which I hope to have the funds for an iPhone, which means I'll basically have a handheld computer that makes phone calls, Lol. I'll miss this one, but am excited for what I'll be able to do with my newer phone. Until Tomorrow.

Work Sucks on a nightly bases

My job really pisses me off sometimes, OK, most of the time (and really who has the perfect job that doesn't annoy them?). Before I criticize though, I have to admit, it does have a few perks and freedoms that a lot of jobs don't. 1st, no set hours. As long as you finish throwing papers by 7 am, they don't care when you show. 2nd, no Boss breathing down your neck. Yea, there are Managers you have to answer to or call when you have a question, but really as long as your customers are happy, they pretty much leave you to yourself. 3rd, no dress code. I've seen people work in their pj's (I once delivered my papers wearing my slippers, ha! I'm such a rebel!). 4th, how difficult can a job be when all you do is drive all night, in your own car, jamming to music, & can bring anyone along with you that's willing to go and hang out? Now all that said, here's where I get annoyed. The papers seem to keep being printed later & later, which means we get them later & later, yet we're still supposed to be done by 7 am. How in the hell do you do a 4 hour route, plus bagging time, in less than 3 some nights? 2nd, the equipment sucks! The inserter breaks down if it goes to fast and when the inserts don't go in, they get counted as papers,& thus, we carriers end up short & have to either drive back to the office or buy papers at a gas station. Yes we get reimbursed if we present a receipt, but still, the point is we shouldn't have to worry about that. 3rd, the newspaper seems to be a dying breed, going the way of the video & cassette tape. Which is why I went back to college, I don't see there being need to deliver papers in about 5 years. 4th the company that owns us, owns a whole ton of small local papers, but has decided to run them off of one press. Yea, that thing is already barely holding together as it is, how long is it going to last running 35 different newspapers a day, 5 days a week? Honestly, I could go on forever, but I'm tired as all get out and need to get some sleep. Until tomorrow.

My 1st Blog

OK, I'm popping the cherry on my blog virginity. My name is Katie & sometimes I feel I view the world in a strange way (don't we all?). Currently I am typing this while cooking dinner. It's baking in the oven right at the moment. I am making a Weight Watchers recipe for a veggie & turkey pepperoni casserole. Yes, I am on a weight loss program and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I needed the help & so far it has worked as I have lost 150 lbs in 2 & 1/2 years.  I currently reside with my Mother & a room mate named Mike. I can not afford to live on my own right at the moment. I work at night delivering my local newspaper & then by day I'm a part time college student. I will be 30 in 25 days. I named my blog this, because while Mike says I'm normal (at least compared to him, he's a self declared "freak of nature) others have told me due to my many interests, I'm a geek. Whatever I am, I have found I am quite happy with who I have become in the last couple of years. There is a lot too me & I won't bore you by laying it all out in this blog. This is mainly an intro to what will hopefully become a daily thing. Since I sleep during the day & work & go to school, I have little contact with the outside world, so I have become a social media junkie. I am on facebook, twitter, just joined this & mocospace today & will be adding screw attack hopefully this weekend. Thx for reading, now if you'll excuse me, my casserole is done. Until tomorrow