Saturday, March 27, 2004
rambling about movies
I went to the movies last night.
I saw Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which was, as I am sure you have heard by now, wonderful. Seriously wonderful. It made me cry more than once.
I am still divided as to whether I should be flattered or frightened by the fact that some people think that I remind them of Clementine. I would say that some people should watch just how loudly they laugh at certain scenes because I can be a vindictive little bitch. And they, of all people, know it.
Anyway, so I am in the theater and they show this public service announcement about not downloading movies off of the internet. It features this very nice stuntman. He seems like an honest, hardworking guy. He is talking about how much effort goes into making movies. The point, I think, is that he risks his freaking life to make movies, and if we download them off the internet - we are hurting the “little people” like our friend the stuntman. At one point he describes one of his stunts by saying “there was a virtual bomb in the car". There are lots of explosions and it looks very dangerous and the audience should be convinced right now that they will never, ever, download a movie illegally again because downloading is stealing from hardworking, life-risking guys - like Mr. Stuntman.
Then, the music swells and Mr. Stuntman lays it on the line. He delivers the zinger. He makes his case. We have been manipulated by the explosions, by Mr. Nice Stuntman working so hard - risking his life to bring us our car chase scenes. We have been moved by his sincerity, by the virtual bomb in the car. We are ready to sign a pledge right now that we will never, ever do anything to hurt our new friend Mr. Stuntman.
And he says: “whether you steal a candy bar from a store or download a movie off the internet, it is wrong”.
WHAT?????????
So, downloading movies is the equivalent of stealing a Snickers????
Heck, I stole Life Savers when I was four years old. I actually thought downloading movies was worse before I saw this announcement. What were they thinking? People, hire a freaking screenwriter. They need the money too.
More notes on trailers:
- I am revising my “I am afraid of the result” opinion of the new John Irving film to “yup, it is going to suck”.
- Oh my gosh! The kid from Scrubs made a movie? And it starts Natalie Portman? And it looks really cool? What the hell is that about?
- I have this thing for movies with the following plot: people get married (due to some outside circumstance) and then they fall in love. These movies are normally horrible and cheesy but I can not help myself. I must see them.
- I wonder how I would define the good moments in my life if it was not for movies?
How would I know how to recognize them? Because, as it is, I completely define everything by how much it is like a scene in a movie. I think that I even define people by how interesting they would be as characters in a movie.
Which may be why I have loved the people I have loved. I love fictional characters that I wish could be real people, and I love real people that I think would make great fictional characters.
I saw Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which was, as I am sure you have heard by now, wonderful. Seriously wonderful. It made me cry more than once.
I am still divided as to whether I should be flattered or frightened by the fact that some people think that I remind them of Clementine. I would say that some people should watch just how loudly they laugh at certain scenes because I can be a vindictive little bitch. And they, of all people, know it.
Anyway, so I am in the theater and they show this public service announcement about not downloading movies off of the internet. It features this very nice stuntman. He seems like an honest, hardworking guy. He is talking about how much effort goes into making movies. The point, I think, is that he risks his freaking life to make movies, and if we download them off the internet - we are hurting the “little people” like our friend the stuntman. At one point he describes one of his stunts by saying “there was a virtual bomb in the car". There are lots of explosions and it looks very dangerous and the audience should be convinced right now that they will never, ever, download a movie illegally again because downloading is stealing from hardworking, life-risking guys - like Mr. Stuntman.
Then, the music swells and Mr. Stuntman lays it on the line. He delivers the zinger. He makes his case. We have been manipulated by the explosions, by Mr. Nice Stuntman working so hard - risking his life to bring us our car chase scenes. We have been moved by his sincerity, by the virtual bomb in the car. We are ready to sign a pledge right now that we will never, ever do anything to hurt our new friend Mr. Stuntman.
And he says: “whether you steal a candy bar from a store or download a movie off the internet, it is wrong”.
WHAT?????????
So, downloading movies is the equivalent of stealing a Snickers????
Heck, I stole Life Savers when I was four years old. I actually thought downloading movies was worse before I saw this announcement. What were they thinking? People, hire a freaking screenwriter. They need the money too.
More notes on trailers:
- I am revising my “I am afraid of the result” opinion of the new John Irving film to “yup, it is going to suck”.
- Oh my gosh! The kid from Scrubs made a movie? And it starts Natalie Portman? And it looks really cool? What the hell is that about?
- I have this thing for movies with the following plot: people get married (due to some outside circumstance) and then they fall in love. These movies are normally horrible and cheesy but I can not help myself. I must see them.
- I wonder how I would define the good moments in my life if it was not for movies?
How would I know how to recognize them? Because, as it is, I completely define everything by how much it is like a scene in a movie. I think that I even define people by how interesting they would be as characters in a movie.
Which may be why I have loved the people I have loved. I love fictional characters that I wish could be real people, and I love real people that I think would make great fictional characters.
