Girl with a Pearl Earring

I saw this movie yesterday and although it didn't stir any emotions in me, (and therefore, in my opinion, not a good movie) I became interested in the painting. At the end of the movie, just before the credits, they show the real painting by Johannes Vermeer. It is quite a beautiful painting filled with mystery. Who is this girl? What is she thinking? Why is she looking at the painter like that?

After doing a search as to whether the story in the 2003 movie starring Scarlet Johanssen was true or false, I discovered a whole website dedicated to the painting and the analysis and history of it.

http://girl-with-a-pearl-earring.20m.com/


It is an amazing website with so much information! Turns out the girl is unknown to this day and the movie was based on a book by the same name. What an amazing painting!

I also never knew how a camera obscura worked, but it was used by Vermeer while painting this girl. It is amazing that a camera obscura could imprint whatever objects around it onto a canvas so that a painter could more accurately finish his masterpiece. I suppose it is a lot like a printing press for paiting. It was the beginning of photography.

Awesome Site: Complex.com

Even this website is geared towards young males, I really love it. The design is really user friendly and it gets right to the point, with no excess baggage.

http://www.complex.com/

What brought me to this site was my search for the funniest movies ever made, and this website had the best list:

http://best.complex.com/lists/Top-50-Funny-Movies/wet-hot-american-summer

50. Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

49. Shaolin Soccer (2001)

48. Wayne's World (1992)

47. Very Bad Things (1998)

46. Grandma's Boy (2006)

45. Undercover Brother (2002)

44. Super Troopers (2001)

43. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

42. Dodgeball (2004)

41. The Wedding Singer (1998)

40. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

39. History Of The World Part I (1981)

38. A Christmas Story (1983)

37. PCU (1994)

36. Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)

35. Major League (1989)

34. Boomerang (1992)

33. Swingers (1996)

32. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

31. Death to Smoochy (2002)

30. Weird Science (1985)

29. Trading Places (1983)

28. Stripes (1981)

27. CB4 (1993)

26. Dazed and Confused (1993)

25. The Jerk (1979)

24. Heathers (1989)

23. Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

22. Kingpin (1996)

21. The Big Lebowski (1998)

20. Clerks (1994)

19. Harold and Kumar go to White Castle (2004)

18. Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

17. Election (1999)

16. Ghostbusters (1984)

15. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)

14. Animal House (1978)

13. Half Baked (1998)

12. Best in Show (2000)

11. I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)

10. Zoolander (2001)

9. The Naked Gun (1988)

8. Groundhog Day (1993)

7. Happy Gilmore (1996)

6. Office Space (1999)

5. Raising Arizona (1987)

4. Friday (1995)

3. There's Something About Mary (1998)

2. Coming to America (1988)

1. Anchorman (2004)