beware the ides of march.

i suppose that if i wanted to be really cute and clever about this, i’d have scheduled this post for march 15.

but sometimes, really important things (read: all things ryan-gosling-related) just can’t wait.  speaking of – did anyone else notice the alarming lack of ryan gosling at the oscars tonight?  i, for one, found it very offensive.

anyway, we all know that if i’m going to be talking about any movie in march, it will be the hunger games.  so without further ado, i present to you… the ides of march.

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during what i so originally declared “ryan gosling movie week” (otherwise known as the week following a surgery i had), i laid around all day long, watching – you guessed it – ryan gosling movies (one of which was documented here).



i know i ranted and raved about drive, but i think i might have liked ides of march better.  i’m not sure.  i watched it twice in a row, which is something i often do, mostly because i studied film a little bit in college and grew accustomed to watching movies over and over and over again (in order to get those 1,000 or 2,000 or however many movie-related words out of my head and onto the paper) as a result. 

{if you’re thinking that i mention this whole ‘studying film in college’ thing a lot, you’re correct.  in fact, you could probably base a drinking game on the frequency with which i weave that information into my blog posts.  what can i say? i loved my film classes.}

after watching this movie twice, i was (and still am) aching to discuss the ending with someone.  i have so many theories!  there’s theory #1 (supported by the works of william shakespeare) as well as theory #2 (which falls under the ‘laughing in the face of idealism’ umbrella) and i just want to discuss these theories with someone! 



but alas, there will be no discussions here.  because i don’t want to spoil the ending of what i think is a great movie.  so, instead, i’ll safely note that  ryan gosling and evan rachel wood have a lot of chemistry in this movie, and i think that surprised me a little bit.  i mean, it’s not ‘ryan gosling + emma stone in crazy stupid love chemistry’, but it’s close! 

{can we pause for a second and imagine something?  if that it-girl (emma) and this it-guy (ryan) were a real life couple?   just think of it – the 2012 world would explode!}

but i digress.  what was i talking about?  oh yeah, the ides of march.  i really liked it.  the end.
p.s. eva mendes is stupid.