Random Ramblings

Rambling at Random

Rendering…

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It always seems to take so long.

But hey — it allows me to multi-task. Sort of. Okay, I admit it. My blog has nothing to do with my job. But, I figured I’d kill two birds with one render.

I just read over at FirstShowing.net that Joss Whedon is in final negotiations with Marvel to direct the Avengers movie. I admittedly don’t know much of Whedon’s work, but Kalena enjoys what he does. I think our friend Cat once said that he has the Midas touch. At any rate, I’ve heard enough people rave about his work, so here’s hoping that he does a good job!

On another note, I’ve been thinking of coming up with a regular update schedule for my blog. That way, it’ll help keep me on track, and hopefully help me come up with better topics. Maybe I’ll even post a pic or two along the way. Of course, if something tickles my fancy, I’ll randomly update here and there between scheduled postings. I’ve been thinking of maybe a Monday / Thursday update. Is that something that would interest you? I think maybe only like 3 people read my blog (including myself, for editing purposes). Maybe I’ll organize it a little better and keep the regularly scheduled posts on a separate page.

Hehe. I don’ t know. I don’t get paid to do this, so the whole thing might just go out the window.

We’ll see.

Score!

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While wandering through Wal-Mart, I found that they were selling “Mirror’s Edge” for the Xbox 360 for only fifteen bucks!

That was a definite score! I’ve been wanting to get the game since it came out. However, I didn’t think it was sixty bucks good. I even passed it up when Best Buy had it for $29.99. But hey, fifteen bucks? Yes, please!

Also picked up Battlefield Bad Company 2, because it was on sale at Best Buy. It’s pretty good so far. I still think Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 feels a whole lot better, but I have to play the game more to really find out.

Other than that, movie night tomorrow. It’s Kalena’s pick. We’ve all been kind of harassing her (in fun) to pick TRON, but I believe she said some Muppet Movie was in order.

Thank goodness it’s not Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — the director’s cut, because I would just enforce an early bedtime for myself.

Random Filler…

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Here’s one of those posts that I consider random filler.

It’s pretty much a post for the sake of a post. You see, if I don’t do this sort of thing just to keep up, I’m pretty much just going to stop. It’s always been that way with personal projects.

I’ve really been wanting to get back into making short movies again. A friend of mine has been writing short scripts that we could possibly shoot.

I’m not going to say “Oh, I just don’t have time to do it.” That would be a lie. I do have the time, but I lack the motivation. Sure, I got the want to do it, but not the drive. I don’t know why. I love doing it!

It’s probably high time to kick myself in the butt and just do it. I mean, why not? I have a lot of friends who would be willing to help.

Anyone here willing to help out with some short movies over the next few months? I can’t pay, but I can probably buy you lunch!

Precious

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With all the Oscar buzz this year, I made it a point to queue up Precious from Netflix.

I’m glad I did. I thought it was a great movie. I won’t give anything away here, since I’m not too keen on spoilers. If you want to find out what it was about, you can check it out on IMDB.

The film managed to make me laugh, but also made me feel very uncomfortable at times. It drives its point home very effectively, and you can’t help but feel terrible for the title character. Of course, she’s not the sparkling, can’t-do-wrong type who just can’t get a break. And, I think that’s a good thing!

I was so amazed with Gabourey Sidibe’s portrayal of Precious. I think she definitely deserved her Oscar nomination. I would almost say she should have won, but I’m not here to create arguments. I also don’t want to deal with anyone hating on Sandra Bullock. She’s awesome.

Mo’Nique as Precious’ mom just blew me away. Wow. I hated her character, which, to me, says a lot about her performance. I think she definitely deserved her Academy Award.

I even liked Mariah Carey’s turn as Mrs. Weiss. I think she managed to hold her own against some stellar performances.

Overall, I would encourage you to check it out. If strong themes like verbal and physical abuse really bother you, you may want to reconsider — the film plays very heavily on those elements.

To my fellow movie-clubbers, I give this movie five stars. Discussion to follow…

Would it be the same?

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I just read that Columbia / Sony doesn’t want Ivan Reitman back to direct Ghostbusters 3. I don’t quite know what I think of that just yet. With me, remakes / reboots / reimaginings are a total mixed bag. I’m a Trek fan, and I loved the new Star Trek. I’m also a Superman fan, but I totally hated Superman Returns. I loved The Karate Kid, and I’m pretty excited to see The Karate Kid (2010), but I think it’s inappropriately titled.

Back to the main subject — the studio wants to bring in a younger director. Ok, fine. I just hope, that is this happens, he keeps the spirit of the original series. Well, mainly the first one. It seems that Ghostbusters II has a lot of haters (me not included).

We know that the original Ghostbusters are supposed to be passing the torch off to a younger set of Ghostbusters. I’m not exactly thrilled with that, but hey, years of working with highly nuclear equipment can’t be safe.

What do you think of this latest development?