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Hey there, all...
Well, I've sort of caught up on e-mail, and now I get to donate plasma, type out Attempt No. 4, and hopefully get started on contributing to those Choose Your Own Adventure stories...only if I don't get caught up in slacking off on the MUCKs. :) I really need more discipline.
I caught "The Wizard of Speed and Time" finally; Rozberk left it down so I could watch it. I wanted to see Metropolis, but I couldn't find it...it's probably buried somewhere under the plush dogs. <:) Anyway, "The Wizard of Speed and Time" is a B-movie, but a really good one. It's pretty obvious this guy has a great love for what he does, and has the ultimate faith in the creative spirit. It's hard to tell which parts are purely fiction (in terms of story; the special powers "The Wizard" has are pretty...wonderfully hokey), but you *know* this guy has had a hell of a time being screwed by the Hollywood system. It's a really sweet movie, one that holds up the ideal of creativity as an end of itself, not a means to fortune and fame. For this guy, the creation is everything, and it's a really beautiful thing to watch. Anyone who knows me knows that I cry like a little baby when I watch movies. In fact, how much I like a movie largely depends on how much it makes me cry. :) "Pleasantville" curled me up into a shivering fetal position for 30 minutes, and so did "A.I." (yes, even though the ending technically sucked, it was still very affecting). "Requiem For A Dream" is one of the few movies that gets just as powerful a reaction out of me as it did the first time I watched it. Why do I cry when movies make me feel good? I don't know, it's like a small awakening, and sometimes those things just...get to me on a deep, primal level. To see someone...pure, in whatever emotion: wonder, suffering, joy, optimism, hope, is to see a very rare, beautiful thing in the world. Movies, books, music gets muddled by corporate hands, people saying it should be this or that to attract the widest possible audience. When a creator's vision is so pure as to escape all that, and remain untouched...it gives me so much joy. I feel intoxicated, and I really, really like that feeling. It gives me hope as an aspiring artist. *sigh* Anyway...off to do things today. :)
Well, I've sort of caught up on e-mail, and now I get to donate plasma, type out Attempt No. 4, and hopefully get started on contributing to those Choose Your Own Adventure stories...only if I don't get caught up in slacking off on the MUCKs. :) I really need more discipline.
I caught "The Wizard of Speed and Time" finally; Rozberk left it down so I could watch it. I wanted to see Metropolis, but I couldn't find it...it's probably buried somewhere under the plush dogs. <:) Anyway, "The Wizard of Speed and Time" is a B-movie, but a really good one. It's pretty obvious this guy has a great love for what he does, and has the ultimate faith in the creative spirit. It's hard to tell which parts are purely fiction (in terms of story; the special powers "The Wizard" has are pretty...wonderfully hokey), but you *know* this guy has had a hell of a time being screwed by the Hollywood system. It's a really sweet movie, one that holds up the ideal of creativity as an end of itself, not a means to fortune and fame. For this guy, the creation is everything, and it's a really beautiful thing to watch. Anyone who knows me knows that I cry like a little baby when I watch movies. In fact, how much I like a movie largely depends on how much it makes me cry. :) "Pleasantville" curled me up into a shivering fetal position for 30 minutes, and so did "A.I." (yes, even though the ending technically sucked, it was still very affecting). "Requiem For A Dream" is one of the few movies that gets just as powerful a reaction out of me as it did the first time I watched it. Why do I cry when movies make me feel good? I don't know, it's like a small awakening, and sometimes those things just...get to me on a deep, primal level. To see someone...pure, in whatever emotion: wonder, suffering, joy, optimism, hope, is to see a very rare, beautiful thing in the world. Movies, books, music gets muddled by corporate hands, people saying it should be this or that to attract the widest possible audience. When a creator's vision is so pure as to escape all that, and remain untouched...it gives me so much joy. I feel intoxicated, and I really, really like that feeling. It gives me hope as an aspiring artist. *sigh* Anyway...off to do things today. :)
