Saturday, November 11, 2006
Movies, Politics and a Shortage of Periods
This week was okay. Definitely a welcome break from last week.
In other news: I'm 20 now. Yay.
The Dems kicked Republican butt. As expected.
Tenacius D and the Pick of Destiny is a so-so movie. Stranger Than Fiction is much better, and my review can be read at my other blog.
Hellraiser is awesome. So is Scanners.
Here is also a link to a 1-hour long documentary about the buildup to the war in Iraq. I don't know how this guy got interviews with so many important people, but the result is incredible. It's extremely one-sided, but very convincing. When so many CIA personnel, Iraq ambassadors, UN officials, and people high up in the political food chain are saying that it was all lies from the start, there's got to at least be a little truth to it.
I was planning on posting something long and somewhat relevant, but now I can't for the life of me remember what it was. So I will instead leave you with an essay by Steve Martin, who is rapidly becoming one of my favorite writers. Genius.
Click for the funny and well-written.
Quote of Da Moment:
"I handed in a script last year and the studio didn't change one word. The word they didn't change was on page 87."
--Steve Martin
In other news: I'm 20 now. Yay.
The Dems kicked Republican butt. As expected.
Tenacius D and the Pick of Destiny is a so-so movie. Stranger Than Fiction is much better, and my review can be read at my other blog.
Hellraiser is awesome. So is Scanners.
Here is also a link to a 1-hour long documentary about the buildup to the war in Iraq. I don't know how this guy got interviews with so many important people, but the result is incredible. It's extremely one-sided, but very convincing. When so many CIA personnel, Iraq ambassadors, UN officials, and people high up in the political food chain are saying that it was all lies from the start, there's got to at least be a little truth to it.
I was planning on posting something long and somewhat relevant, but now I can't for the life of me remember what it was. So I will instead leave you with an essay by Steve Martin, who is rapidly becoming one of my favorite writers. Genius.
Click for the funny and well-written.
Quote of Da Moment:
"I handed in a script last year and the studio didn't change one word. The word they didn't change was on page 87."
--Steve Martin
# posted by Andrew Johnson : 11/11/2006 09:34:00 PM 
Thursday, November 02, 2006
I Have A New Blog
Ramblings of a Film-Addicted Mind.
This one is solely for movie-related topics. My goal is for it to be slightly more professional this one, and offer me a place to showcase my writing as well as voice my opinions on various movie-related topics. I plan on posting reviews, analyses, commentaries on any movie news that inspire strong feelings in me, and who knows what other stuff I'll come up with.
I have begun with three pieces of writing which have not yet been viewed by the public at large, which is a shame since I'm rather proud of them, particularly the latter two:
1) My review of Borat, which while it was published in the newspaper, for some reason didn't get put on the website.
2) My review/analysis of United 93 which I wrote for my Film class, looking at it from an ideological perspective. I got an A, so I must be doing something right.
3) My review of Slither which was never published. That's a shame, since I believe it might be one of my few pieces that is somewhat original - as far as I know, I'm the only one to walk away from it thinking there was a significant moral statement being made about the sanctity of marriage.
Anyways, there it is. Enjoy.
This one is solely for movie-related topics. My goal is for it to be slightly more professional this one, and offer me a place to showcase my writing as well as voice my opinions on various movie-related topics. I plan on posting reviews, analyses, commentaries on any movie news that inspire strong feelings in me, and who knows what other stuff I'll come up with.
I have begun with three pieces of writing which have not yet been viewed by the public at large, which is a shame since I'm rather proud of them, particularly the latter two:
1) My review of Borat, which while it was published in the newspaper, for some reason didn't get put on the website.
2) My review/analysis of United 93 which I wrote for my Film class, looking at it from an ideological perspective. I got an A, so I must be doing something right.
3) My review of Slither which was never published. That's a shame, since I believe it might be one of my few pieces that is somewhat original - as far as I know, I'm the only one to walk away from it thinking there was a significant moral statement being made about the sanctity of marriage.
Anyways, there it is. Enjoy.
# posted by Andrew Johnson : 11/02/2006 02:26:00 AM
