Every now and then I feel like watching something in an uncommitted sort of way for about two or three, possible ten, minutes. So I flick on the iMac remote and switch over to watching movie trailers. Now that the final Harry Potter book is out, I'll even watch HP trailers. They put so much in trailers these days that you can almost watch the whole movie in two minutes. They're like potato chips. You can't watch just one.
They are lovely. Many of them in high definition which looks so good on my 24 inch high resolution monitor.
The mystery is that in the theater I hate previews. I think mostly because in the theater they choose them for me and I'm not there to watch previews. I'm there to watch a movie. I'm not interested in chips. I want a full course meal. In the theater they should pay me to watch previews. Especially the ones totally unrelated to the movie I came to see. Like the horror previews they show before a comedy. Who came up with that?
I guess that solves the mystery.
Showing posts with label theater. Show all posts
Showing posts with label theater. Show all posts
Friday, August 29, 2008
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Hello
I'm still here, in case you were wondering or even if you weren't. Having a bit of a mini-vacation at Mom's. Saw the musical "Man of La Mancha" last night. The creative director gave it a very interesting treatment. Fortunately he prepared us for it before the show. I thought at first, "Ugh! Modern dance." It was nothing like that. I actually enjoyed it. The way the story was told it was sort of dark. Mom didn't really care for that. It's a really excellent production. I recommend you see it if you can. Today is the last performance. Hie thee to the beach!
I also have made progress on the novel nearly every single day. Starting off as a mystical fantasy it has morphed into a romantic comedy. Well, the important thing is that I'm writing and having fun. The only way to learn how to write a novel is to write one. Just sit down and do it. I've read lots of books on writing and had more than one English class and survived a couple of writing intensive college-level Psychology classes. Novel writing is nothing like any of that. You just have to write. I remember Kurt Vonnegut saying something like that in the video portion of an online class I took. "Yeah, right." I thought. It can't be that simple. Well, it is. If you want to write, just do it.
The editing, clean up and making it ready to print. Well, that's another story.
I also have made progress on the novel nearly every single day. Starting off as a mystical fantasy it has morphed into a romantic comedy. Well, the important thing is that I'm writing and having fun. The only way to learn how to write a novel is to write one. Just sit down and do it. I've read lots of books on writing and had more than one English class and survived a couple of writing intensive college-level Psychology classes. Novel writing is nothing like any of that. You just have to write. I remember Kurt Vonnegut saying something like that in the video portion of an online class I took. "Yeah, right." I thought. It can't be that simple. Well, it is. If you want to write, just do it.
The editing, clean up and making it ready to print. Well, that's another story.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)