Songs of the summer, part 1?

Every summer (according to the northern western hemisphere-right?) the whole world comes alive and these HUGE blockbusters come out and all these really catchy dance anthems just keep on comin'. This is my tribute to the three songs that I just CANNOT get out of my head. I literally am like dancing in my seat in my car whenever any one of these come on. And they are:

Blame It - Jamie Foxx feat T-Pain

Love, Sex, Magic - Ciara feat Justin Timberlake


I Know You Want Me - Pitbull

Now there are certain things that I understand are questionable about all these songs. Like in "Blame It" - what the hell are Ron Howard and Jake Gyllenhaal doing in that video? More importantly why does Ron Howard look so at home pimping in a club? Why is Ciara being so all up in Justin's business to the point that it's almost uncomfortable? And did the girls in Pitbull's video forget their pants?

But putting all that aside - one cannot deny that these songs have incredible beats and despite or maybe because of their respective "suggestive" tones, are THE songs of the summer right now.

And I'm in love with Chris Pine

...which is something I thought I would never say after watching the bomb he starred in with Lindsay Lohan, Just My Luck, but 30 minutes into Star Trek and I was so there.

But let me backtrack. This post isn't another rant about how I think someone is hot. No. It's about how totally kickass Star Trek is. The newly revamped Star Trek hit cinemas, I think, worldwide yesterday 8 May 2009. I watched it this afternoon at Pavilion KL.


Basically it's a classic. It's got a cocky antagonist, two main characters who hate each other/will eventually become best friends, lots of comical sidekicks, a bad guy who's all tattooed, a little bit of lovin' and a helluva lot of action.

The story is centered on James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto), their issues with each other, their issues with their parents and their issues with themselves. They've got a crew - Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Hikaru Sulu (John Cho), Pavel Chekov (Anton Yelchin), Scotty (Simon Pegg) and Bones (Karl Urban) - who are mostly just funny, except for Uhura who's kinda hot. The bad guy is Nero (Eric Bana) who's all pissed at future Spock for doing something and so he has to go ahead and kill a lot of people.

What I think makes this movie such a triumph is basically how updated it is. In this day and age, consumers are increasingly younger and as a result youth sells. This cast is young, sexy and very current. They take Star Trek, something I could not have cared less about a month ago, and make it relatable to someone like me.

Which brings me back to my newfound love for Chris Pine. This Star Trek is going to make him a superstar. Which is amazing considering how he was basically relegated to being the love interest in B-grade chick flicks prior to this movie. He is incredibly charismatic and really makes this role his own. I rooted for him so hard in the movie that I flinched every time someone hit him. Which, believe me, was a lot. It's nice to see that his talent won't be wasted and that we will probably get to see it in the sequels that cast is already excited about.