American Idol Concert Tour Review

Well. Well. It's good that I gave myself a few days to calm down before blogging about the tour or it would have basically been a whole lot of unreadable jibberish that looked a little like this - "OMGhgkjk679ADAMLAMBERtgahhh679q9ue8w5789&%*"

Or something to that effect. (Affect? Effect...)

Anyways. The tour was GREAT. I may have even enjoyed it more than last year, because unfortunately David Cook was disappointing. However, no one this year was disappointing (that I cared about.) Adam was FANTASTIC - the energy in the room when he came out was electrifying (good word). Everyone was just so stoked to see him. Seeing him live was different than anyone else I've ever seen live because he was just so...good. Like, inhuman. ELECTRIFYING, if you will.

Allison, Matt, Kris and Scott were all also very good, and there was nobody bad. Megan was the most disappointing, just because she didn't really connect with the audience at all.

The group song was amazing, mainly because RENEE LOVES JOURNEY. That one song, to be more specific (Don't Stop Believin')

And then AFTERWARDS - oh boy. We got to see them and get SO CLOSE TO THEM IT WAS...electrifying. I touched Kris Allen's palm (not creepily, we high fived) and I squished my hand against Matt Giraud's chest (again, not creepily, I was shoved forward by some weirdo behind me - what kind of thirty year old male freaks out when they see Allison Iraheta? Pedophile. He totally pushed some little kids into the barricades. I feared for my life. Tangent.)

Then Adam Lambert stole my book. I was holding it out for him to sing because people held stuff out and then they got signed but I guess no one else was holding anything as weird as "The Sun Also Rises" because his rep misconstrued my gesture and thought I was giving it to him as a gift. She was like "Thanks, he'll love it" and then she took it. I didn't say anything, because I have to say, the thought of Adam Lambert reading my book - or more specifically Gab's book - makes me a little tingly.

So that was basically my American Idol experience, omitting the part where we got lost afterwards, wandered around downtown Vancouver for an hour and had to take a kabuki cab back to our hotel.

Renee Out

Gab's Number 6 Movie

Forrest Gump

This is essentially the only Tom Hanks movie that I like (sorry, Renee!), but it is honestly amazing. The story is beautifully told and I feel smart when I watch it because I recognize all of the historical events that I learned about in school. Tom Hanks is brilliant, it has beautiful music, the historical footage is blended perfectly, it makes me cry every time, what more can you really ask for in a movie? 

Peace, Gabfunkel. (this is even better since Simon & Garfunkel play in this movie!)

PS: The same writers also wrote the screenplay for 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.' I was, however, very disappointed in this one. It felt too much like a poor attempted repeat of Forrest Gump.

Renee's Number 7 Movie

Renee's Number 7 Movie: Rudy

There was no trailer, so I just put the end. Basically what happens all throughout the movie is that people crap on Rudy because he's little and sucks at football but he works so hard that they all grow to love him so they chant his name until he gets put on the field and then he MAKES A TACKLE!!! And then Renee cries, every time, without fail.



Great soundtrack.

Renee Out.

Renee's Number 8 Movie

Renee's Number 8 Movie: Stand By Me



Such a good movie. All of these are movies that I first saw when I was like 8. I guess they've all really stuck with me.


Renee Out.

Gab's Number 10 Film

Sorry for the delay. I only had 3 hours of television to watch today. See next post for my finale recaps.

Once

This movie is about the music. And the music is beautiful. I have been trying to make Renee see this movie for a long time, but I am so far defeated. But, she did learn to play the Oscar winning song, Falling Slowly, for me, which I appreciate. It's a truly beautiful song, as is the entire soundtrack. What I love about this film is that it's the not cliche plot that it could be. Also, it's slow at first, but so worth it in the end.

He reminds me of Damien Rice.

Peace, Gab