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i was thinking of remaking “broadcast news” about myself, but the ending changed my mind

May 19, 2008 Crystal im cool, long

so 80s movies like “broadcast news” sure are different than all the johnny depp movies I’ve been watching lately.

the movie — for those who haven’t it seen since it came out in 1987 — is about a super smart broadcast news producer, a super cute (by 1987 standards) news anchor and a super funny (even by today’s standards) news reporter.

I liked the movie because I’m a reporter and it’s about reporting.

Also, it’s about how the news business sucks everyone is losing money informing the public.

which is pretty much the story of my life.

the problem is i got confused at family video and thought “broadcast news” was actually “network” (1976) — also about news.

and it was my understanding that “network” ended with a person freaking losing it on the air. so the whole time i was watching “broadcast news” i was psyching myself up for a big finish.

but instead “broadcast news” had a lame ending.

to be fair, i had pretty high expectations.

but still. the ending was d*mn lame. let’s just say it involved a flash forward and a soft lens.

the other part that was really annoying is that all the storylines had to be unnecessarily drawn out because nobody could communicate through cell phones or the internet.

and yes i KNOW those things weren’t really invented yet.

but whatever. it’s still annoying.

also the haircuts totally suck — so shoot me if i ever tell you i got any sort of hair cut involving the word “feathered.”

i was thinking of remaking “broadcast news” about myself, but the ending changed my mind

May 19, 2008 Crystal im cool, long

so 80s movies like “broadcast news” sure are different than all the johnny depp movies I’ve been watching lately.

I liked the movie because I’m a reporter and it’s about reporting.

Also, it’s about how the news business sucks everyone is losing money informing the public.

which is pretty much the story of my life.

the problem is i got confused at family video and thought “broadcast news” was actually “network” (1976) — also about news.

and it was my understanding that “network” ended with a person freaking losing it on the air. so the whole time i was watching “broadcast news” i was psyching myself up for a big finish.

but instead “broadcast news” had a lame ending.

to be fair, i had pretty high expectations.

but still. the ending was d*mn lame. let’s just say it involved a flash forward and a soft lens.

the other part that was really annoying is that all the storylines had to be unnecessarily drawn out because nobody could communicate through cell phones or the internet.

and yes i KNOW those things weren’t really invented yet.

but whatever. it’s still annoying.

also the haircuts totally suck — so shoot me if i ever tell you i got any sort of hair cut involving the word “feathered.”

i still heart johnny depp (like you didn’t already know that)

May 10, 2008 Crystal Johnny Depp, long

Well, in case you guys were getting worried that I was getting over my crush on johnny depp — im here to set the record straight. I still love him.

You might be thinking to yourself ‘self, she can’t actually be in LOVE with him. she hardly knows him!’

but I’m here to tell you that I have seen six of his movies over the past three weeks and I’m pretty certian that he and I are soul mates.

Well, no, he doesn’t know yet.

But.

soul mates have a way of finding each other. (duh)

and i have faith in that whole process, so I’ll probably get to marry him one day. (you can come to wedding, but I’m warning you now, it’s going to be all vegan food).

In case you TOO were thinking of watching a bunch of Johnny Depp movies (because he’s AWESOME) I thought I’d offer some of my thoughts on the ones I’ve recently seen (note: all thoughts basically are just about Johnny Depp and have little to do with the movies themselves.) I’m not going to link to all the titles, because that’s just annoying. If you want more information on any of the movies just search the freaking title here.

ED WOOD: Funny. and Johnny Depp is in 99.8 percent of the scenes so that’s way cool. He doesn’t look particularly hot in this one and he talks in an old-timey hollywood accent, and he wears women’s clothing in a few scenes, but i DO love him — so i watched the whole thing. Also, the movie actually is super funny, if you’re in that sort of thing.