Through Gritted Teeth
So, some creative people like to listen to music while they work. Me, I like to have something playing on the TV while I work. Because I only have one channel (a half assed Fox station out of Evansville, IN), and it wasn't coming in last night at all, I watched movies last night. (Actually, given the utter foulness of Fox's every night but Sunday line up, this was no big deal) Had an eclectic mix to say the least.
"Frida" got a lot of lukewarm to bad reviews when it came out, and I have no idea why. The movie is a moving, intimate, and colorful portrait of Frida Kahlo, the legendary/revolutionary Mexican artist. Frida suffered a serious back injury when she was in college, and she spent pretty much the rest of her life in varying degrees of pain. Despite this, Frida's life and artwork were like a mad, haphazard explosion. She lived, she loved, she fought, and created with a fervor that most of us would ever be hard pressed to match. Hell, after watching the movie, I didn't feel that bad about the fact that I could only breath through one nostril (at best) all night. (In fact, because I couldn't breath well, and I kept coughing up chunks of crap is the main reason I'm writing this at 5am as opposed to 6am...)
"Bubba HoTep" is a bit on the different side. Bruce Cambell stars as an aged, forgotten Elvis dieing in a retirement home. The King (if he is, in fact, the King and not an Elvis impersonator that got confused...) springs into action when he discovers a redneck mummy is sucking the souls from the residents of the nursing home. Or at least, he would spring into action if his hip wasn't busted all to hell. To add to the fun factor, Ozzy Davis (does anyone remember the TV show "Evening Shade" or "The Stand" TV mini-series? Anyone?) plays an old black guy that's convinced he's JFK. Yeah, baby. Despite an abysmally low budget, this film is a big old bag of kick ass. It's funny, it's clever, and it's surprisingly moving. Plus, there's this one really good song on the soundtrack, which kinda makes up for the fact that they couldn't afford any real Elvis songs.
"Cowboy Bebop: The Movie" is just another adventure for our crew of bounty hunters. This time around, Spike, Jet, Fay, Ed, and their somewhat faithful dog Ein, have to round up a crazed terrorist who plans on releasing a nanotech virus that'll pretty much wipe out the population of Mars. As with all things Bebop, it's less about the story and more about the style with which the story is executed. As always, the fight scenes rock it hardcore style, and the soundtrack (hey, we're back on that subject) couldn't be more perfect.
Got three pages done last night. I'd say I was sufficiently motivated.
"Frida" got a lot of lukewarm to bad reviews when it came out, and I have no idea why. The movie is a moving, intimate, and colorful portrait of Frida Kahlo, the legendary/revolutionary Mexican artist. Frida suffered a serious back injury when she was in college, and she spent pretty much the rest of her life in varying degrees of pain. Despite this, Frida's life and artwork were like a mad, haphazard explosion. She lived, she loved, she fought, and created with a fervor that most of us would ever be hard pressed to match. Hell, after watching the movie, I didn't feel that bad about the fact that I could only breath through one nostril (at best) all night. (In fact, because I couldn't breath well, and I kept coughing up chunks of crap is the main reason I'm writing this at 5am as opposed to 6am...)
"Bubba HoTep" is a bit on the different side. Bruce Cambell stars as an aged, forgotten Elvis dieing in a retirement home. The King (if he is, in fact, the King and not an Elvis impersonator that got confused...) springs into action when he discovers a redneck mummy is sucking the souls from the residents of the nursing home. Or at least, he would spring into action if his hip wasn't busted all to hell. To add to the fun factor, Ozzy Davis (does anyone remember the TV show "Evening Shade" or "The Stand" TV mini-series? Anyone?) plays an old black guy that's convinced he's JFK. Yeah, baby. Despite an abysmally low budget, this film is a big old bag of kick ass. It's funny, it's clever, and it's surprisingly moving. Plus, there's this one really good song on the soundtrack, which kinda makes up for the fact that they couldn't afford any real Elvis songs.
"Cowboy Bebop: The Movie" is just another adventure for our crew of bounty hunters. This time around, Spike, Jet, Fay, Ed, and their somewhat faithful dog Ein, have to round up a crazed terrorist who plans on releasing a nanotech virus that'll pretty much wipe out the population of Mars. As with all things Bebop, it's less about the story and more about the style with which the story is executed. As always, the fight scenes rock it hardcore style, and the soundtrack (hey, we're back on that subject) couldn't be more perfect.
Got three pages done last night. I'd say I was sufficiently motivated.
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