Amanda Bynes (then and now)

Tonight as I was watching Teen Nick was on. I was watching "All That". Amanda Bynes was on the original episodes. She was so adorable. She has her own skit called "Ask Ashley". This got me thinking about Amanda's Career. After "All That" she has her own show, "The Amanda Show". I also loved this show. Every show she does is really funny. All the skits she has done she really funny. 

Then through Amanda's teen years she still did the "Amanda Show". She also did some movies.  She was in "She's The Man" which is still a great movie. It is almost as good as "Mean Girls". 

She was also in the remake of "Hairspray" Even more recently she was in "Easy A"  I love Amanda Bynes as an actress. She can take on any role and rock it. In between doing movies, as she got older she also did another show, "What I Like About You." 

Recently though Amanda has kind of lost her mind. I don't understand how celebrities get crazy like this. I understand how celebrities go through a lot of hate. I know that I don't know the whole situation. But Amanda Bynes hasn't been in the lime light recently. Until she started tweeting rude things at other celebrities. She tweeted at Rihanna basically saying that she deserved to get beat by Chris Brown. She also tweeted about how ugly Zac Efron is. I know that this is only a matter of personal opinion. Many people may disagree with her. Then we run into problem of is this bullying or freedom of speech.  Also during this time Amanda got a lot of DUI’s. Her friends and family tried to help her. Anyone who tried to help she just pushed them away. She only surrounded herself with partying and people who were okay with her decisions. She also wears wigs all the time. Another thing she did to cover up her mistakes, she tried to tell people that there was an imposter of her. She was saying that the girl just looked like her except with red hair, and Amanda has blonde hair. Needless to say nobody believed her.

I just miss Amanda as the cute little girl as Ashley. She is so good at what she does. I wonder why she stopped acting. Now I am going to continue watching Teen Nick and try to go to sleep. 

Monsters University *SPOILER ALERT*

“Monsters University” just came out this week on Blu-ray and DVD. I saw this movie in theaters this summer.  Let me just start out by saying “Monsters Inc.” and “Lilo and Stitch” were my favorite Disney movies growing up. I watched them all the time. I still haven’t seen a Disney and Pixar movie as good as those two since then. I seriously aspired to be Boo when I was little. Anyway, when I heard that “Monsters University” was coming out I was so excited. I couldn't wait to see it. The hype for it was big. Also everyone enjoyed the first one so they all thought that the prequel will also be good.

After seeing the movie I was sadly disappointed. I don't know if I expected too much of movie or if it just hyped up too much. It just wasn't as good as the original. It wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be either. The movie was predictable. What you couldn't predict you saw in the previews for the movie. I felt like Pixar and Disney could have made it an extra or a onetime episode and called it good. I don't think they needed a whole movie to describe how Mike and Sully became best friends in college. I feel like the prequel was good idea. Showing the back story to how Mike and Sully became best friends, but not for 104 minutes.

I will say that “Monsters U” had some good one liners in it. The movie also has some sentimental moments in it.  Not enough though to make it great.   I think Pixar and Disney's goal was to bring back the monsters was to appeal to kids now and to the kids that grew up with the movie. I bet the movie would be good to someone who had never seen the movie. Another thing that has come out of this movie is all of the merchandise that you can buy. I remember seeing Monster U school supplies and stuffed animals of all the characters. Now with it coming out on DVD they have even more toys you can buy. In one of the ads this morning I saw “Monster University” iPod 5 cases. 

Now I am not saying “Monsters University” was a bad movie because it wasn't, it was just kind of a letdown compared to the original. You aren't going to be impressed by it. If you haven't seen the original "Monsters inc."  You need to watch "Monster University" first. 

 

Nothing Has Been The Same

Drake's new album "Nothing Has Been The Same" has been out for a little over a month. His first single was "Started From The Bottom". Granite that song is catchy, but I can only listen to so much of it before I start to get annoyed. The song is so repetitive; the chorus goes on for about half the song. The whole song is basically "Started from the bottom now we here, Started from the bottom now my whole team here" It can get quite annoying. I like the story behind the song.

If you don't know Drake's real name is Aubrey Drake Graham. He just goes by his middle name. He originally started on a Canadian show called Degrassi he plays a guy named Jimmy Brooks. I watched Degrassi when Drake was on it before he became the rapper he is today. When Drake first came out as rapper I didn't realize it was him.

The next single that was released was "Hold On We're Going Home" This is one of my favorite songs on the album. The song is basically about a girl. He is so in love with this girl it’s the only thing he has eyes for. He just wants to be her! When he says "hold on we're going home" he is saying that when they are around each other they can be themselves. They don't have to put on a show for the cameras. It's basically letting you walls come down around that special someone. 

My personal favorite on the album is "All Me" This song is about how Drake is where he is now. He did it all on his own. He has had the same producer producing all of his songs. This just talks about how Drake got to where he is by himself. He did it with little help. Not only that but he has most number 1's compared to any other rapper. In the song he says something about why are you guys wasting your breath when I am already the best.

Overall Drake's new album is overall really good in my opinion. I feel like all of the songs on the album could be a hit. They are all really good. They each have their own story behind them. Drake has always been really good at that though. His songs are always honest and true. He is a good rapper but doesn't make words or stories up. He uses real life experiences.  I really like Drake he is great at what he does.