This weekend, Lifetime premiered their rendition of the Jodi Arias' story. I believe they may have been going for a dramatic flair but towards the end and after the vivid portrayal of the murder, it almost became slightly comical. I have hunch they were making fun of Jodi with her absurd excuses and storytelling.
Surprisingly I was impressed with the casting. Tania Raymonde, who plays Jodi actually resembles the real Arias in many ways and nailed the "empty, emotionless looks" that we've come to know from Jodi watching her trial. Jesse Lee Soffer, who plays Travis also resembles the real Travis and came off fairly likable. He seemed to portray the energy one could imagine Travis had, based on what we have been told by his family members and friends.
The movie takes great liberties in changing various parts of the story. Most of the changes didn't seem to disturb the overall storyline -- Jodi is crazy and Travis was not so smart in how he dealt with her.
Perhaps if there was more time to work up better scenes and editing, this could make for a fairly good film. I cannot say this was horrible but it almost comes across as a film that was put together in a hurry.
I have been following this case from the time it hit main-stream media. Initially I was rather confused. The facts of the story were unclear yet, it was clear the media left no room for error. Zimmerman was a cold-blooded murderer who despised "coons." On that fateful night a young, BLACKCHILD walking with only candy and tea, was hunted down by a 350-pound, WHITE, ARMEDMAN who PROFILED Trayvon and shot him in cold blood; he had a deep-rooted desire to be a cop; he called 911 to report a black man in a HOODIE looking strange. He then got out of his car to chase Trayvon on foot. He refused to go back to his vehicle, even after the dispatcher commanded him to. He found Trayvon and shot him dead, one time in the chest. The police knew it was cold-blooded murder and they let him go that night. No arrest was made.They refused to arrest him because they too hated this young boy because he was black. They are all RACISTS!
Well, it seems the media is trying to do yet another spin on things. They would love for the country to believe that our president has self-control, just like Biden. *cough* Obviously they don't quite see things the same way as I do.
Michelle Obama showed her thin-skin when a heckler was bothering her over her husband not signing some crap about gay rights (aka "special rights"), equality.
I don't know what it is about the Obama's but they simply cannot handle criticism. Obama is president and his wife is a public figure. They are expected to keep it together and should be held to a much higher standard! That's their job. I cannot remember any president or first lady that acted in a similar fashion to these clowns. These two, along with Biden are nuts. They literally have NO self-control and for anyone to suggest she handled herself well is simply ludicrous.
Wednesday, the verdict day finally arrived. Those of us that have been following the trial have anxiously awaited the verdict. Many of us had either prayed and chatted on Facebook expressing our hope for a guilty verdict. For me, and I think many others, this was more than Jodi being found guilty. This was about our ultimate faith the American Justice System. After the acquittal Casey Anthony many Americans had lost all faith in juries. My goodness. What kind of a jury could be so idiotic to think that a woman who knows her daughter is dead, then goes out and parties for 30 days, gets a tattoo, doesn't report anything to the authorities, and carries on with her life like nothing happened while continuing to lie, lie, and lie some more did not kill her daughter? Unbelievable, inexcusable stupidity was expressed by that jury when they let her walk. That particular case sucked the life out of me. I remember being pregnant when I had heard that poor Caylee went missing and her mother didn't even care. No emotions of sadness. Casey merely became mad because she was in jail and HER life had been taken away, no concern over her daughter's life whatsoever.
I think most all of us by now have heard of, The Secret or The Law of Attraction. Overall, these type of books give readers advice on the value of positive thinking. You are encouraged to focus on the things you want in your life and visualize them as if they are already there. Some of these books encourage you to keep a journal or make a visual board, where you keep yourself focused on your goals. Gratitude is another emotion that is important for a person to have and this will help bring your desires into your life faster.
