Friday, December 09, 2005
what I did on my day off
it's surprising how little you get done when you have a day off. for the entire day I had planned on doing only 3 things:
- pick up a copy of beyond therapy for my acting class
- pick up a gift under $20 for secret santa
- go see an early showing of the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
I figured I'd get out to the theatre early so I can stop by the borders next door and get that play. I should be out by 1-ish, which would give me plenty of time to pick up my secret santa gift. I'd chill at home, give hayley some love, then off to acting class. bada bing bada boom.
well...
I managed to miss that 11 o'clock showing and talked myself into waiting for the next digital projection showtime which was 3 hours later. I farted around a bit, IMed with co-workers stuck at work and played with hayley. made some poor decisions on the two online games I'm playing (urban dead and the aforementioned project rockstar) that set me back a few days' worth of activity. got a wrap from the downstairs deli.
got to the theatre early so I stopped by the borders next door. BORDERS. in a small shopping complex. what was I thinking? they're not going to have my playscript! and of course they didn't. sigh.
the 2:15 showing of the movie somehow didn't start showing trailers until 2:30. 20 minutes' worth of trailers later (they were all either remakes, sequels, or just plain useless) the movie began.
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at this point I'd like to offer my opinions on the movie.
I'll start with the PROS:
- EXCELLENT creature effects and makeup (much respeck to weta)
- british accents
and the CONS:
- obvious religious overtones, undertones, allaroundtones
- unconvincing acting in manufactured snowy conditions (a new pet peeve)
- many scenes were so fucking dark I couldn't see what was going on
- digital creature hordes in wide shots were sketchy
- several scenes straight out helm's deep from the two towers
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anyway I left the theatre around 5. dark and wet and slushy outside now. my boot (and subsequently, my exposed socked toes) got wet and I had absolutely no desire to go to class (especially since I don't have the book or any work to present). or to pick up the gift as it's mobbed by after-work friday mob.
so I accomplished 1 out of 3 things today. I'll be taking every friday off for the rest of the month to burn up my vacation days (use 'em or lose 'em), and hopefully my next one will be more productive.
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- pick up a copy of beyond therapy for my acting class
- pick up a gift under $20 for secret santa
- go see an early showing of the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
I figured I'd get out to the theatre early so I can stop by the borders next door and get that play. I should be out by 1-ish, which would give me plenty of time to pick up my secret santa gift. I'd chill at home, give hayley some love, then off to acting class. bada bing bada boom.
well...
I managed to miss that 11 o'clock showing and talked myself into waiting for the next digital projection showtime which was 3 hours later. I farted around a bit, IMed with co-workers stuck at work and played with hayley. made some poor decisions on the two online games I'm playing (urban dead and the aforementioned project rockstar) that set me back a few days' worth of activity. got a wrap from the downstairs deli.
got to the theatre early so I stopped by the borders next door. BORDERS. in a small shopping complex. what was I thinking? they're not going to have my playscript! and of course they didn't. sigh.
the 2:15 showing of the movie somehow didn't start showing trailers until 2:30. 20 minutes' worth of trailers later (they were all either remakes, sequels, or just plain useless) the movie began.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
at this point I'd like to offer my opinions on the movie.
I'll start with the PROS:
- EXCELLENT creature effects and makeup (much respeck to weta)
- british accents
and the CONS:
- obvious religious overtones, undertones, allaroundtones
- unconvincing acting in manufactured snowy conditions (a new pet peeve)
- many scenes were so fucking dark I couldn't see what was going on
- digital creature hordes in wide shots were sketchy
- several scenes straight out helm's deep from the two towers
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
anyway I left the theatre around 5. dark and wet and slushy outside now. my boot (and subsequently, my exposed socked toes) got wet and I had absolutely no desire to go to class (especially since I don't have the book or any work to present). or to pick up the gift as it's mobbed by after-work friday mob.
so I accomplished 1 out of 3 things today. I'll be taking every friday off for the rest of the month to burn up my vacation days (use 'em or lose 'em), and hopefully my next one will be more productive.
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