tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post8758578970803745250..comments2024-03-27T23:07:31.392-04:00Comments on The Hayleylujah Chorus: Eat Pray Love: Whine, Jumpcut!, ElephantHayley Hooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16291471465474995679noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-37348784795054003232010-12-04T01:15:38.162-04:002010-12-04T01:15:38.162-04:00So this comment is maybe coming a little late, but...So this comment is maybe coming a little late, but the previous comment pointed out something that I really, really can't ignore, on principle...<br /><br />So you think that the movie was an accurate portrayal of a hippie?<br /><br />Here's the scoop on hippies:<br />a) Hippies lived in communes. Everyone lived together, sharing food and being one big happy family.<br />b) They preached peace and love and wanted more than everything to end the Vietnam war that was going on at the time the very first hippis were around.<br />c) In general, they are good people. They really are. Hippies were protesters; they wanted to be heard and they wanted a voice that what was happening in Vietnam was not okay. Many of them were beaten and taken off to jail for advocating for peace and love.<br />d) One fun fact that might make you look at hippies a little differently: a group of hippies travelled to Bangledesh in a bus after a big disaster, bringing people food and medicine.<br /><br />Girl, you are not a hippie. Neither is Julia Roberts. I don't blame you- misconception of what hippies are is rampant these days, especially where there aren't many hippies.<br /><br />Please don't take out your anger on the hippies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-43749919816129063852010-10-08T02:02:21.539-04:002010-10-08T02:02:21.539-04:00You seem to be very attached to labels.
Your fami...You seem to be very attached to labels.<br /><br />Your family calls you a hippie because you have friends over your parents' house.<br /><br />So that means you're a hippie...?<br /><br />Huh?<br /><br />Then you watch a movie based on a memoir and label this woman a hippie/feminist...because you watched the movie and have never read the book?<br /><br />So now you think, well I didn't like that (not very well made) portrayal of a "hippie", so now I feel I am conservative and kind of angry?<br /><br />Why do you think she is a hippie? Because she follows Buddhist teachings? Because she meditates?<br /><br />For the record. I read the book before I watched the movie and I didn't think the movie was very good either. They changed the story quite a bit. I didn't think it was the best book ever written either. But I don't think it is selfish of a person to want to make themselves happy.<br /><br />Also, I think it is amusing that you think she is self-centered. This movie was based on a memoir. That is a book that someone writes about themselves. <br /><br />I think it's ironic you calling her self-centered when you have a youtube channel, a blog, a twitter account, and probably idolize self-absorbed people on a daily basis. <br /><br />But then again, I don't really know you. So I probably am missing a whole lot.<br /><br />Maybe you should let go of the labels you hold onto so closely and open your mind to the realization that even if a person is the exact definition of your stereotype, which they probably aren't, they are most likely a lot more complex than you think.MJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-2153881184652944302010-10-01T23:21:41.639-04:002010-10-01T23:21:41.639-04:00I thought "perhaps I will come out of this mo...I thought "perhaps I will come out of this movie with a new take on life, and learn to Eat, Pray and Love appropriately." I laughed at the end because I wasted a lot of my life then. I agree with you completely, especially how the elephant made no sense whatsoever.Kaitlin228https://www.blogger.com/profile/03287590339824453628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-37546688612112581262010-08-25T18:08:46.854-04:002010-08-25T18:08:46.854-04:00I haven't read the book, nor seen the movie, b...I haven't read the book, nor seen the movie, but seeing the preview was enough for me to know I did not want to see it. For every reason you just explained, and for the fact I got all that from the trailer, I am not going to see it. Sorry, if anyone liked/likes it, I'm just genuinely uninterested.SayAnythinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031399314789157606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-78332922903395451922010-08-18T20:50:41.662-04:002010-08-18T20:50:41.662-04:00PS: If that's what being a hippie is, then I&...PS: If that's what being a hippie is, then I'm not one either, in spite of my friends' insistence to the contrary. (Forgive the contorted phrasing. It makes sense in my head.)Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07544084793345882515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-51587535541083731732010-08-18T20:49:00.039-04:002010-08-18T20:49:00.039-04:00I didn't get the Elizabethtown reference the f...I didn't get the Elizabethtown reference the first time around. In fact, I don't even know what Elizabethtown is, but I went back to that post to see if I could guess it, and I did! "We are intrepid. We carry on." In retrospect, it sounds like something from somewhere else. :^P<br /><br />High five = earned. Make-out = reluctantly turned down. You're not the only one with a Situation. teeheeNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07544084793345882515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-7142286696536366502010-08-16T23:19:40.625-04:002010-08-16T23:19:40.625-04:00I love to read your blog! You always make mundane ...I love to read your blog! You always make mundane things so interesting. This review was pretty funny and original. Perhaps you should do more "bad" film reviews, their quite entertaining :).Carlotta Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-67204295094409529102010-08-16T20:57:40.691-04:002010-08-16T20:57:40.691-04:00Well, I guess that movie is not on my must-see lis...Well, I guess that movie is not on my must-see list. Not that it was. Although James Franco is a babe. <br /><br />I just said babe. <br /><br />I really need to exercise. Random thought.<br />K,bye.Alex Dahlberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17661153817754923128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-61645826746452337882010-08-15T11:47:04.386-04:002010-08-15T11:47:04.386-04:00I read the book, and I felt exactly the same way. ...I read the book, and I felt exactly the same way. I only got about half-way through before I had to give up. All of my mother's friends have been /raving/ about the book and the movie, and they were all shocked to hear that I didn't like it.maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780926026980254179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-10556908602700606572010-08-14T23:41:21.425-04:002010-08-14T23:41:21.425-04:00I JUST got back from the movie.
Honestly they lef...I JUST got back from the movie. <br />Honestly they left a lot of the cultural explanation out for obvious movie reasons. I found the book to be a lot more in depth than the movie dared to be. I suggest wiping this memory from your mind and try the book on for size. Also...it might just be that she's in a place in her life that you can't identify with yet. try reading it anyway if you haven't.Caitlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01696088787813952854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-9397977115313532222010-08-14T22:49:08.241-04:002010-08-14T22:49:08.241-04:00You know, something tells me I'm not going to ...You know, something tells me I'm not going to see Eat Pray Love. My eyes have suffered enough lately. I'm trying to go easy on them before I have to go back to school. <br /><br />(And this objective was not helped by the fact that today I finally summoned the courage to watch a video of Vanessa Hudgens doing Light My Candle in the Hollywood Bowl version of Rent. I hate to sound so stereotypically Disney-prejudiced, but she was TERRIBLE. Her voice is like a diseased lumberjack trying to sing and chop down a tree at the same time and I will never understand why they cast her as Mimi. Asifvqdsuyfv...this parenthetical is becoming a lot longer than I intended it to be. Sorry. Bye.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-25668325014103697192010-08-14T20:38:47.616-04:002010-08-14T20:38:47.616-04:00I have read the book and found it to be the opposi...I have read the book and found it to be the opposite of what they protrayed in the movie (which often happens). Yes the book at times can be self-centered. Perhaps that is because it is about ONE person's life. Elizabeth Gilbert wrote about an experience in her life which helped her survive an agonizing divorce. She was fortunate enough to get a book advance to take this journey and write about it. So realistically many of us aren't able to take grand trips such as this one, and if writing about it, and enjoying the trip makes her self-centered then so be it, because I would be the same.<br /><br />I think that movies NEVER do books justice because you cannot hear a character/person's thoughts which many times illuminates situations to the reader.<br /><br />So to wrap this up, I think you should try and read the book, and really examine what she went through as told in her own words and not Hollywood's money-making machine.Elisquaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16692575346649160572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-78304082573351856912010-08-14T18:32:53.910-04:002010-08-14T18:32:53.910-04:00Please, please read the book. I adored it and I wo...Please, please read the book. I adored it and I would go and say it is my favourite book of all time. I have not seen the film yet, but I already know that Julia Roberts is completely wrong for the part... but to be honest I think it would be incredibly difficult for the book to translate well on to screen. Give the book a chance, I would be very interested in hearing what you think after that.<br /><br />Today, I saw: an incredibly tall (i mean 6 ft 10 EASILY) man wearing way too much fake tan and with way too much bleach in his hair.<br /><br />Today, I heard: from my friend that a bomb went off in a town near where I live! Grr.<br /><br />Today, I tasted: yummy chicken!<br /><br />Today, I smelled: lots of gorgeous mens cologne on all my male colleagues!!<br /><br />Today, I touched: lots and lots of fruit and veg.Clairenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-55364147928302426572010-08-14T18:24:42.317-04:002010-08-14T18:24:42.317-04:00Oh goodness Hayley. A few days I ago, I went to lo...Oh goodness Hayley. A few days I ago, I went to local festival and got free tickets to an advanced screening of Scott Pilgrim vs The World (which was amazing and hilarious but was a total Michael Cera movie if you know what I mean), and there was an advanced screening of Eat, Pray, Love too, in the theater next to ours. Needless to say, the line was out of theater and all the way down the cinema's sidewalk, while my nerd friends and I casually walked into SPvsTW. Did I mention it was amazing?<br /><br />Today, I saw: a picture of my best friend standing next to a giant Optimus Prime in NYC. I'm so proud of him. :')<br /><br />Today, I heard: that my brother made it to Georgia safely (from western NY)!<br /><br />Today, I tasted: Bill Grays french fries. Ulllgggrrgggghh. That's my impression of a Homer Simpson drool.<br /><br />Today, I smelled: My fish tank. I will never skip cleaning it. Ever.<br /><br />Today, I touched: My cat's soft fur. It's really soft.Nikinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-10402913048784391082010-08-14T13:05:12.580-04:002010-08-14T13:05:12.580-04:00Hey Hayley,
This is my first time commenting on y...Hey Hayley,<br /><br />This is my first time commenting on your blog, but I've been a creeper from the very beginning...like from that video on your personal channel where you're straightening your hair while talking like an HP fangirl (which has mysteriously disappeared =[ ).<br /><br /> ANYWAYS, this entry got me thinking...have you ever read Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead (it irks me that this can't be italicized)? It's basically my Bible. Highly recommended if you're up for a challenge!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-28811383421996656912010-08-14T12:40:48.058-04:002010-08-14T12:40:48.058-04:00That's basically why I hate memoirs. They'...That's basically why I hate memoirs. They're all either "look at me, my life sucked so much" or "look at me, I did such great stuff" or "look at me, I 'found myself' and don't care about anyone else".<br /><br />I refused to read that book, despite my mother's constant assertions that it's so "powerful".oomboo2https://www.blogger.com/profile/03027101050241199503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-39195569941879815502010-08-14T11:58:31.912-04:002010-08-14T11:58:31.912-04:00Should have seen Scott Pilgrim. That movie was AWE...Should have seen Scott Pilgrim. That movie was AWESOME. So cool. It was like watching a crossover movie/videogame/comic book. Plus it was really funny. And if you try to pull the whole "waaahhh, Michael Cera is the exact same in every movie!" (which is totally true), I will say that he plays the same character, but much MUCH more badass.Cat (:noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-2243074446215186302010-08-14T11:32:02.844-04:002010-08-14T11:32:02.844-04:00I haven't read the book or seen the movie but ...I haven't read the book or seen the movie but I saw the author on Oprah and I completely agree with you. Did you know the author of Eat Pray Love got a book deal before she went on this grand excursion. How genuine and life-altering of an experience can you have if you're being paid to have it? And I love (read: hate) how she acts like abandoning everything to go on a trip to find herself isn't the most selfish thing ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-81871411187624262422010-08-14T10:47:07.292-04:002010-08-14T10:47:07.292-04:00Ugh that was my problem with the book. It was jus...Ugh that was my problem with the book. It was just so self-centered. I didn't have an issue with the fact that she left her husband, but the whole book just felt like I was listening to the ranting of a fifteen year old. It was like the author never grew up and learned to deal with life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-86230853469600466252010-08-14T10:23:47.249-04:002010-08-14T10:23:47.249-04:00Normally I don't make comments on blogs; I jus...Normally I don't make comments on blogs; I just read them. But I have to ask if you've read the book or not, because the book is actually really good and Elizabeth Gilbert is a good writer.<br /><br />And you say it's kind of whiney, but I think you have to look at the story with more of an open mind. Maybe the movie didn't make some of the details clear, but she was just so depressed that she needed to pause and figure out who she really is. Personally, I've never struggled with depression so I can't completely relate but one of my friends has been depressed to that point and I was there for her a lot of the time so I can sympathize with Gilbert.<br /><br />I think you should read the book, if you haven't (again, I don't know if you have or not), because it's much more detailed and personal than the movie is. I feel like a book like Eat Pray Love is hard to make into a movie anyway. Though I do love Julia Roberts.<br /><br />I wish my argument was a little more eloquent, but oh well. Some other people have stated a lot of the things already that I'm trying to say.leahcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10160615615192870024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-38956017931430835302010-08-14T09:54:51.849-04:002010-08-14T09:54:51.849-04:00This post is almost as negative as a review of (Un...This post is almost as negative as a review of (Un)arranged Marriage I had to write for school a couple of years ago, which I got a lower grade on because I was too negative. Isn't that fantastic.<br /><br />I think the way you felt about Eat Pray Love is the way I feel about PS, I Love You. That was just... awful.<br /><br />Saw: a documentary about Karen Carpenter which made me cry. A lot.<br />Heard: a horrible cover of Mama Mia.<br />Smelled: new books.<br />Touched: fifteen pairs of socks. I bought them, it wasn't some weird fetish. <br />Tasted: a sammich with chicken and mango dressing. O.M.G. I think I might have become religious.Ida Rudahttp://bicyclerace.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-77764642533120295222010-08-14T08:06:53.527-04:002010-08-14T08:06:53.527-04:00Hi-5!
I'll take a rain check on the make-out ...Hi-5!<br /><br />I'll take a rain check on the make-out though. Ta :DPevensienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-16458832959497428142010-08-14T05:24:16.823-04:002010-08-14T05:24:16.823-04:00The title for this post made me laugh. A lot.
Also...The title for this post made me laugh. A lot.<br />Also, I just want to say, I WISH I HAD MORE TIME TO COMMENT ON YOUR BLOG! Because I really want to. Every post. But I hardly have time to READ them, and that makes me sad. But here I am. Commenting. Yay!<br /><br />Anyways.<br />Today, I saw: Inception. For the third time. Because it's pretty much my favorite movie in the world and I would probably kind of make out with it if it were embodied in a person. Which may be too much information, but still.<br /><br />Today, I heard: This Bitter Earth/On The Nature of Daylight by Dinah Washington/Max Richter about 20 times because it's beautiful and heartbreaking and gorgeous and I can't stop listening to it. As is evidenced by the fact I am still listening to it right now. Seriously. If you haven't heard it, youtube that shit, it's unendingly breathtaking.<br /><br />Today, I smelled: Starbucks. Mmm.<br /><br />Today, I touched: a poster that told me that a theater company near me is performing Hamlet this weekend. I was sort of creepily stroking it. But come on. HAMLET.<br /><br />Today, I tasted: a little too much sugar, which is why this comment is slightly more hyper than usual. :] Also eggs benedict. I love eggs benedict.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14526167707576132729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-31187769169848213862010-08-14T04:38:37.162-04:002010-08-14T04:38:37.162-04:00Today, I saw: the pages of Hunger Games turn! I co...Today, I saw: the pages of Hunger Games turn! I couldn't put it down!<br />Today, I heard: some of my friends arguing D:<br />Today, I smelled: delicious food cooking.<br />Today, I touched: my keyboard frantically as I tried to explain a situation over MSN.<br />Today, I tasted: the last Mars bar :(Jenninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2937874428494399399.post-60354280008356553072010-08-14T03:07:07.190-04:002010-08-14T03:07:07.190-04:00Eh, I think your review might lean more towards th...Eh, I think your review might lean more towards the you-are-a-feminist side? Seeing as many feminists see goals of gender-based equality dependent on equality with regards to race, class, etc. Also the feminist in me prefers female characters with substance.<br /><br />And now let's have some sensing! Today I...<br /><br /><b>saw</b>: an excellent movie -- <i>The Kids Are All Right</i> (omg see it see it see it)<br /><b>heard</b>: The Smiths on the radio, because sometimes the world loves me<br /><b>smelled</b>: overpriced coffee products<br /><b>touched</b>: a minivan steering wheel as I drove away with my brother's wallet in the door. Whoops...<br /><b>tasted</b>: cookie dough<br /><br />It was a pretty good day, even if I payed almost three bucks for what was essentially a cup full of ice.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17826256901503398321noreply@blogger.com