My Opinions on "Minions", "Inside Out", and "Star Wars VII"

I went in, bought tickets, sat down, and prepared myself for the cutest and funnest looking movie I'd been hoping to see since the FIRST trailer hit the net! ... And then it started. And ended. And when it was done, I found myself staring at the credits, wondering how dare Universal waste so much of my time on so little content and story.

I'd heard a friend once say that every time he watched a Korean music video, he felt like he was losing brain cells or getting dumber. I knew what he meant because I felt the same way because of some music videos I've watched... but then, this movie strangely made me feel the same way. I was so disappointed beyond words, I couldn't enjoy my dinner and my drive home was also filled with confusion.

Here's why:

+  The Minions in the "Despicable Me" movies were cute and adorable but also because they had purpose in serving Gru, voiced by the awesome and wonderful Steve Carrell, but in this film, they searched for their purpose, which made it all the more annoying and tiresome. They had no real purpose and instead of cutting things down and giving the film more content as opposed to showing the world they lived in, until they met Scarlett Overkill. And then, they went beyond their limits and then back behind the line when they met Gru. So the entire movie could have been one of the Pixar shorts and yet, they made it a film that dragged on.

+  I had to remind myself that this is a kid's movie. And then, everything made sense. From the corny lines to the weird humor, and the overkilling of expectations and roles for each character in the story. As much as I love Jon Hamm's acting and personality, Herb Overkill was... a non-character. He could have been another enemy or someone a bit more useful in the story telling and yet... I was so disappointed that they wasted money on Jon Hamm when they could have found a weirder non-superstar actor to play the voice of this non-character.

+  There was no emotional investment in this story. Sure, we loved the Minions but no really because we couldn't really relate to them or understand them. They were toddlers who could speak and move about in society without much care. I didn't care for any of the super villains and the best part of the film was, probably, traveling to the Super Villain Con. The family was awesome and very fun. They were, probably, of the most entertaining in the film. Everything before them and after them were a bit downhill for me. And, that is, they were only interesting and fun because the rest of the film was... too much of nothing to be something.

I won't beat this dead horse any more. I hate that expression... Why would anyone want to kill a horse? Stupid and sad that idea is. So, let's never use that analogy or whatever ever again! Okay, so I won't go on with how sad I was to see how Sandra Bullock and Jon Hamm's voice talents were wasted... So I rate it 2 of 4 STARS!!

Instead, I will move on to my thoughts on "Inside Out"!!

"INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!! "INSIDE OUT"!!!

Despite loving this movie from beginning to end... there was a lot left to be desired. From the start, I looked forward to this movie because it featured the voice talents of Amy Poehler and Phyllis Smith (Phyllis from "The Office")!! I loved all the emotions, their development, and the idea that there are memories and explanations for everything in our heads! Keke! I just wonder what mine are thinking and what they're like. I wonder if they love me as much as Riley's emotions loved her!

+  Was it me or were all the emotions fuzzy the entire time? Was that on purpose? It just made me doubt my vision a bit. But I loved their glows and their purposes. All of it was a bit predictable, but the story was there, and the lesson learned very important and relevant in everyone's lives, at every age and every stage of life.

+  The love story in this film was true and heartfelt. The love between Riley and her parents, the emotions and Riley, and the emotions and the memories. Everything is connected through need and want and everything is rooted in love and the power of friendship. Recognizing the connections that give us purpose and the need to be needed, and that's what makes this film stand out from the other films in the genre.

+  BING BONG!!!!! (Need I say more?)

Overall, this film was touching, sweet, and I would watch it again as many times as possible because of how amazing and brilliant it is. Putting life's emotions and feelings in such a way, I definitely rate it 3 of 4 STARS!!

(Side Note:  I LOVE running my mouse over the characters on the IMDB page, you should try it!!)

"STAR WARS VII!!! "STAR WARS VII!!! "STAR WARS VII!!! "STAR WARS VII!!! "STAR WARS VII!!! "STAR WARS VII!!! "STAR WARS VII!!! "STAR WARS VII!!! "STAR WARS VII!!! "STAR WARS VII!!! "STAR WARS VII!!! "STAR WARS VII!!! "STAR WARS VII!!! "STAR WARS VII!!! "STAR WARS VII!!! "STAR WARS VII!!! "STAR WARS VII!!! "STAR WARS VII!!!

And I can't help but SQUEAL when I watch this!!!!! THEY'RE BACK!!!!! AAAAAHHHHHH!!!! Check out all the videos and a message from the man himself, J.J. Abrams!!! Can you feel the force awakening?!?! CHECK IT OUT HERE!!!!

What are you looking forward to this upcoming month or year?!?!?! Anything I should mention on the CoTangent Podcast?? ... Ed wants to give away gift cards... I say we should give away money, but it's like the same thing... What do you think?? Which one is better? #cot_agents or tweet me directly @tiffrz !!!

Running Free... Running!

One of the most impressive men I've seen Free Running like... doing the real thing... EVER!!

#SUPPORT AND #SHARE PLEASE!!

As for me... I entered the Talk! Talk! Korea 2015 contest and wasn't chosen as a finalist... I guess? Still, although my dream of going to Korea for the first time ever couldn't come true, you can still make the dreams of someone else come true!! So, please check these out by clicking HERE and vote!!

And if you want to see mine, here it is!!

I don't know how I was disqualified, but it happens, apparently... I guess I'm just not meant for the commercial/advertisement world, as i'm learning and coming to grips with today... Although it hurts, I still voted because I want to make someone else's wish come true... It just peeved me that some of the finalists have been to Korea! ... Give people like me (who have never been there) a chance!! Sigh...

When I was younger, I would write a hateful post venting all of my frustrations... Now that I'm older, I'm just coming to terms with myself and the reality I live in and... I'll be okay.

If you've gone to Korea before... tell me how it was!! Where I should go!! What I should do!! And one day, when I've saved up enough, I'll go and share the world with you guys... how's that?

And last but not least of all, always saving the best for last... QUEST CREW will return to complete on #ABDC8 !!!!

The word is officially out... Never imagined this would happen but we are competing once again on #ABDC8 along with all the champions from the past seasons... This is gonna be a roller coaster summer🌞🏄🏼 @QUESTCREW on 3! 1,2,3...

A photo posted by Hokuto Konishi (@hokutokonishi) on Jul 9, 2015 at 2:11pm PDT

By the way... If you didn't know... I first watched SickStep in 2006... THEY BLEW MY MIND!!! Around the same time I discovered #LydiaPaek ... Wow, so long ago... and then SickStep split and Quest Crew came to be... and they went on to BLOW AWAY the WORLD!!! ... and then several members got injured... but now... THEY'RE BACK!!!!! #QUESTCREW WOOT!!!

Too much for one post? I'll try to cut it down... but MAAAAAN!!! What an exciting time we have ahead of us, eh?? What a blast we'll have!!!

As always... I'm Tea Chai from coTangent!! Check out our podcast (http://cotangent.libsyn.com/) and #cot_agents on Twitter!! And here's a song that's been stuck in my head... hope it gets stuck in yours, too!!

Song:  Danger
Artist:  BTS
Dancers:  Dazzling from Taiwan

~ Have an AMAZING day!! ~ <3 p="" tiffrz="">

Recent Obsessions - Krewella

There are certain things that I love more than anything else and here is one of them!! Listen to them, LIKE them and, as always, pass it along, please! How exciting!! Look at me... blogging twice in a day!!







I hope this doesn't become too expected, though you can never be too sure!! Woohoo!!

Returning to Blogging

Somehow, this is the best way to settle my angrily beating heart! What do you think? Not a bad idea, right? Venting and seething and chilling... Well... look forward to reading all of me on here! I'm looking forward to it, too!!

I didn't go to Anime Expo 2015... I was a little sad because I didn't have anyone to go with and I am not that into it right now... It feels like a reckless dream but I am excited about KCon! I'm signed up for concert day #2! Looking forward to it, as always!!

Is anyone else going? Shall we meet up and take a selfie?? :p