Eat, Pray, Love

This book is fantastic, especially for me, someone who is beginning my own spiritual journey. I love the way Liz Gilbert explains her experiences and the insights she gained from other peoples words and deeds. I listened to this book on CD and it was read by Gilbert. If you get a chance to do this, I highly recommend it.  She has a gift for mimic, not completely recreating the voices of others, but reproducing the ascents and rhythm of their speech, letting us hear what she heard when they spoke.  I must have a copy of this book!  I know I will reread it many times.








Review by LibraryladyEat Pray Love Tour

"I'm never gonna see a Merman"

Of course we all know the typical horror movie and how it goes, there's usually a cabin in a wooden area(or other desolate place) Five young friends, lots of partying, lots of sex(a weekend of fun). Then murder and mayhem ensue and said friends are picked off by a “boogeyman” who is out maneuvered by one lone survivor(usually the female "virgin") who sets the scene for the upcoming sequel.(Buzzz! Wrong!)

It's not really fair to call Cabin in the Woods a horror movie, although it is disguised as one. Instead it's a new take on a genre that was starting to get rather stale(How many "Final Destinations" does it take to finally get to the end of a franchise?) This little gem of a film plays up and skewers every horror movie cliche imaginable. It forces us(the viewers) to identify why we love to watch bad things happen to everyday people on screen.

I have to admit there are scenes in this movie that made me laugh hysterically( cue the Merman) and others that made me cringe and cover my eyes(the blood and gore in the last minutes of the film)If you are a fan of Joss Whedon or H.P. Lovecraft then you will absolutely love this movie! Whedon does not disappoint! There is also a great cameo that I shan't reveal.(They appear close to the end of the movie)

I found it funny to see all the negative reviews of the film, many of which said the acting was horrible, the script was awful, the plot made no sense.(Yada yada yada) This is what the movie is making fun of. We, as viewers are so use to seeing the "hot kids get naked and then gruesomely murdered for no apparent reason" slasher rip-off then incessantly complain about how typical and boring it is and yet when filmmakers breathe new life into the same song and dance, we get annoyed when the “rules” get broken! It is clear that these reviewers did not get the irony or the whole point of the film. In my opinion the whole point of this film was to put a mirror in front of our faces and make us realize what we have become as viewers.

I don't want to give any of the plot away but I will say that the ending of this film offers no possibility for a sequel.(Or let's hope not) This may be one of those little films destined to become a cult classic.