My Sister's Keeper

When I had first heard that one of my all time favourite books was being turned into a movie my first thought was "YES!!" then came the wondering of who was going to be casted as Sara, Anna, Kate, Jesse, Brian, Julia and Campbell... at first it was Dakota and Elle Fanning who were chosen to play the roles of Anna and Kate. Unfortunately they dropped out after Dakota didn't want to shave her head of the role. Next came Sofia Vassilieva and Abigail Breslin, along with Cameron Diaz, Jason Patric and Alec Baldwin. That would be the final cast.

At first I was a little iffy about Cameron Diaz, would she be able to pull of the emotionally distraught mother of three, with a daughter who has been batteling cancer almost her entire life? Well I'll tell you one thing, SHE PULLED IT OFF!

I went to see My Sister's Keeper on the day of it's release. I loved the book to death and I was very excited to see how they adapted it into a movie. I was nervous about the casting because I felt as though they were all wrong for the roles, except for Alec Baldwin who fit Campbell Alexander to a tee.

So the movie started, and of course I already had tears in my eyes, my eyes did not cease to produce tears for the entire duration of the movie. It was terribly sad, I don't think that there was a dry eye in the theater, people were sobbing and weeping. It was not a feel good movie at all! The acting was great, but there was something about it that it didn't seem as amazing as I was hoping. They didn't develop the characters nearly enough, in the book you felt for Anna because you felt as though her parents really had had her simply to be a donor for her sister. In the film they didn't show Anna's feelings at all, they didn't show her talks with her father Brian about her feelings, they didn't really show the feelings of any of the characters.

The part of the film that irked me the most was how they completely changed the ending!! How could Jodi Picoult allow them to completely change the entire theme of the book! Having Anna not die in the end completely disregards the theme of "you are brought to this earth for one reason...". I can't believe that they ruined her amazing story like that. The ending was predictable, and it lacked the shock and sadness the ending the book had. I was severly dissapointed. I sobbed while reading the book, I think that for me the book was sadder than the film.

In conclusion, the acting in the film was amazing, a great protrayal of the characters, but it was overshadowed by the terrible butchering of a beautifully sad and amazing story.

20 things you love in life!

1. My family
2. My friends
3. Film
4. Music
5. Laughing/Smiling
6. Fashion
7. Traveling
8. Photography
9. Writing
10. Talking
11. Reading
12. Food
13. Soccer
14. Sun
15. Shopping
16. Walking/Running
17. Nature
18. My phonee!
19. Love
20. Relaxing

... ever look at wedding dresses?

Am I just really weird, nah! I'm sure tons of girls do this. Do you ever look around online at wedding dresses and decide which ones you like? Well I like looking on Vera Wang because the gowns are sooo beautiful!


I've decided that I quite like the simple, feminine gowns. Aren't these beautiful!

I <3 "Heart"

I'm currently loving the song "Heart" by The Pretty Reckless. I love the lyrics and the song itself is really beautiful!



I especially love these lyrics, and this will be my ending quote.

"I'm falling all over myself, trying to be someone else. I wish you would dare to walk me home, so I wouldn't have to feel alone." - Taylor Momsen, The Pretty Reckless

Another day in June...

Ew. As for today's mood, perhaps this outfit; rather blah if I do say so myself.

Rainy Day by alacrity featuring Chooka boots

Oh the joys of June!

Oh the joys of June... I thought it was April showers bring May flowers?


There has been a constant rumble of thunder outside for about half an hour now... just waiting for the downpour!

A song for my mood?
"Leaving Town Alive" by Bethany Joy Galeotti. Quite a beautiful song, who knew Haley from One Tree Hill had a beautiful voice?

A fact from my study sessions! Did you know that Emily Murphy was the first woman judge appointed in Canada?

Yeep, that's it for now! My weekend was alright, quite packed looking back on it, a bit of fun with friends, a bit of studying, a bit of relaxing, a bit of soccer and some more studying on the side... Perhaps I should hit the pillow now, but before then a few movies I would like to rent, Becoming Jane and Dangerous Minds.

If only I had the time... math exam on Wednesday and history on Thursday, perhaps Thursday night I can take a couple hours to watch one of those movies, hmm we'll see!

Well on the note of studying, a quote which seems to fit the theme,

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it from you." - B.B King

Time to...

HIT THE BOOKS!




Yes unfortunately it's exam time of year again... oh joy!