Weekend Movie - Morning Glory

It's so refreshing to finally see a really good movie. Don't get me wrong, the last few movies I saw were good, but they didn't make me want to change anything about my life after seeing them. Morning Glory made me want to go out in the world and make a difference. So amazing!

I had no expectations going into this movie. I love Rachel McAdams so I had a feeling this movie was going to be good, but that's about it. She tends to pick some good movies. Harrison Ford is well Harrison Ford so he didn't excite me too much. Diane Keaton is the same way to me. She's alright, but Rachel McAdams definitely made this movie. Her character is a morning show producer and just when she thinks she's going to get put into a higher position, she gets fired and needs to look for another job. She gets hired by the worst rated morning show and now has to make the ratings higher. Well, of course she succeeds and they all live happily ever after. I know that sounds simple, but she's of course faced with trials and tribulations along the way and Harrison Ford helps her out in the end and they create an amazing show. She becomes highly respected and the top rated shows want her as their producer. She turns them down to remain with her TV show family. Sigh. I would do the same if I were in her shoes.

I always have the privilege of sitting next to people who think they're in their living rooms. The girl next to me half way through the movie says to her friend, "OMG it's Regina George." That made me sooo sad. Yeah, Rachel McAdams was in Mean Girls, but she's been in so many other things since and the fact that those girls weren't seeing the movie for her made me sad too. They were teenagers so I guess I can give it to them.

Anyway, this movie made me want to quit my job and go run a news show or something. It just made me want to take something not so great and make it better. So, if you're in need of a pick me up than you have to see this movie.

This Girl Needs Rehab

I can’t believe it. I never ever thought something like this would happen in a million years. A celebrity has been sent to jail for drugs and alcohol. Lindsay Lohan has been sentenced to 3 months in jail for violating her probation. She missed her rehab classes and the judge wasn’t having it and finally sentenced her. She had to wear an alcohol monitor after the Cannes debacle and had to attend rehab and I guess she thought she was too good for rehab and never went. Of course, Lindsay broke down and cried at her sentencing and now has to keep her ankle monitor until July 20 when she will finally be taken into custody. I watched Larry King last night at the gym and he was talking to Lindsay's father who was crying and putting on a show about how his daughter needs rehab and she refuses to listen to him. Dr. Drew was there as well talking about how much help she needs and he would be willing to give it to her. It was all kind of gross to watch these people. Stop talking about it and do something for her.

I know my victory song for a celebrity going to jail makes me sound like a horrible person, but I feel I have 2 reasons for singing it. First, all celebrities seem to find a way around the system. If Lindsay Lohan was any random person, they would have been sentenced her immediately without any thought to what her day job was. Why should celebrities be treated any differently for committing bad deeds? Second I think Lindsay has a lot of potential to be something great and really needs some rehab. She was so good in the remake of The Parent Trap and even in Freaky Friday and Mean Girls and now look at her. I think she could have broken out of the teen movies and gone on to do what Rachel McAdams was able to do if it weren't for drugs and alcohol. I think she needs to get her shit together and get away from her parents and realize all the mistakes she’s making and get better. She has had such an awful upbringing and her parents keep using her for their own fame and I think the only way to make her better at this point would be to get her away and in a facility where she will get the help she needs. Asking her to get the help herself has obviously not worked so force seems to be the only way. I really hope she can turn it around.