Bad Romance at an intersection

This is pretty much the only cool thing I did over break, go record a video of a few people I know playing Lady Gaga's song Bad Romance in front of our high school at the intersection next to the UofM stadium.

BulletLeagueCraft

Currently about to play:
Bulletstorm
League of Legends

Current Predicted Projects:
Make some kind of let's play of minecraft potentially?

If I made a minecraft "let's play" I probably would try to add something original to it, because I don't see the real allure in just a plain old lets play.

At that, here's an awesome series by Robert Moran: http://www.urealms.com/content.php?259


Sorry I'm really tired right now and I don't feel like writing anything...

Today

Well, I did get some filming done and made a short but terrible little film. I learned a very important lesson, don't get desperate to get actors and just grab all your friends, get people who can actually act.

Anyways, I also recorded friends playing Bad Romance on the sidewalk next to a busy intersection.

Updates later with other stuff....

It's Kind of a Funny Story... (Movie Review)

Now, I don't know if I'll make it a habit of reviewing movies or not, but if a movie gives me a reason to say how bad or how good or it is, I might feel compelled to do so. Keep in mind I've never done a real film review before, so bare with me.

It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804497/

This film is putting a picture to the story of when you hear about teens who find themselves in a bout with depression. Most people blow off this idea, wondering why a teenager would ever have any reason to be stressed out to the point of wanting to kill themselves. Well, this movie somewhat satirically makes fun of that idea, but also puts into perspective why a kid might feel this way and gives a legitimate tale of the funny story of life and its problems.

As the film starts out, we meet our main character, Craig, played by Keir Gilchrist. He's a "depressed" teenager, in a dream where he's walking over the middle bypass of a bridge in New York City (pardon my lacking geography skills). Before he's about to jump, he's greeted with his family, including the hilarious Jim Gaffigan, standing on the side casually. The scene brings a great sense of humor, detracting from the seriousness of the situation and giving a funny side, while still giving a legitimately believable performance. This is something the film likes to do quite often, throwing you back and forth between serious moments and becoming light heartened. But the way the director does this is great, as he still shows the seriousness of the subject matter, but at the same time the title is applied throughout the scenes, reminding us how funny it all really is out of perspective.

Eventually our main character finds himself convincing his doctor to allow him to be admitted into the psychiatric ward of the hospital, where he's greeted with more than he expected. Thinking he's took a wrong turn going here after seeing the other patients, he tries to leave, but to no avail. We then proceed to meet the larger cast of characters, including Zach Galifianakis and Emma Roberts, both of which are amazing actors in this film. The movie continues to show us the ups and downs of his life staying at the hospital, and lets us know that we're not the only ones who go through phases of depression. Not only does the ending admit that this isn't a tale of a teenager going through this once and coming out better forever, it acknowledges the truth of depression and that this is only the start, but life goes on. The final montage at the end of the film is amazingly well done, especially with how well the music fits in.

Overall, I would give the film an 8 out of 10. It's certainly not one of the best films I've ever seen, but although not entirely original, it still gave off a vibe that it brought something new and unseen to the table. Either way, I'd recommend seeing it at least once by yourself. By the end, you'll want to go outside and hug someone close to you.

Doomsday

It's official.
I've forced myself into a corner I can't back out of.
I got a few people together who are eagerly awaiting my phone call tomorrow morning for a time and location.
For what?
For a film.
To finally, after all this time, make a film.
I'm making this way over-dramatic, it's totally gonna suck and get like 50 views on Youtube total. We'll see what happens.
Oh, and if it seems like I'm not procrastinating, I am. I just threw this all together today, and I don't even have a script or idea ready or any solid idea on an exact number of people in my cast/crew.
This will be interesting.

It's Kind of a Funny Story...

Speaking of the title of this post, I actually have yet to watch that movie but it's in my repertoire of movies to watch.
So back in July when I made that post I had just spent $400 on a brand new sony HD camcorder, something I thought would bind me into being productive. Unfortunately, I am beyond that point of laziness and even taking a plunge into my savings didn't make a dent in my schedule of procrastinating. In fact, I probably just played World of Warcraft all summer (Although I don't actually remember what I did)

Currently I have a stack of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World books next to me that I hope to read through (for a 2nd time) and maybe review. By the way, Edgar Wright is my hero and I would love to meet him. That is all.

More blog posts (supposedly) to come! And a lot of them completely unrelated to anything!