When things look a little clearer by the light of day
Saturday, June 19th, 2004 03:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
basildestinyIt's amazing what talking to my brother does! I was bordering on being depressed, but now I'm up awake and moving about. Good talk we had. Ha! We talked for an hour! Good deal. It's nice to talk to him. I'm reading a book he recommended. It's good so far. We talked about how stupid people are nowadays. And it wasn't from a superior place either since neither of us are able to read legal documents like its nothing. And the lack of role models.
Which reminds me that I never did give my review of Around the World in 80 Days. I do not understand how Phileus Fogg went from being an upright gentleman convicted of his beliefs and determined without a single doubt that he could make it around the world in 80 days to a coward of a man who thought it might be possible to travel around the world in 80 days but not quite sure so he'll just cower here in the bathtub. What kind of a role model is that? My brother thinks it may be the lack of dads in modern society. Anyway, before I got off on a tanget, movie review onward! I went to see this movie for the cameos. The original movie was the first movie to have cameos and use that term. Before that time, big name actors didn't want to appear in movies for little bit parts. So they came up with the term cameo! And actors signed on. The original movie was Shirley McLaine's third movie appearance ever if you're having a hard time remembering the original. I did thoroughly enjoy the cameos. Samo, the Wilsons, John Cleese, Kathy Bates, Macy Gray. Good stuff! But the movie loses its ... its something by having turned a coward of the main character and corrupted a second main character and completely changing the plot on the third main character. Passeportout, Chan's character, was originally an obedient servant if only for his wandering eye for women. And our French artist was really an Indian princess rescued from death! It was a poor adaptation. Even still, it was fun if not cheesy. I laughed at the sheer retardation of some of the jokes. And the fact that one of the production studios involved is called "Spanknyce" and this is the first credit which appears across the screen. Orville and Wilbur! Come back! Travel to England with Fogg. PLEASE! Oh well. It was worth a try.
Lack of dads today. Why is everyone metrosexual anyway? Or if they aren't metrosexual the only other way to show how masculine you are is to be a bum? You can look good and still be masculine and not metrosexual. But I suppose that can be blamed on the lack of a strong and upright father figure? I'm not opposed to believing that.
People sleep late when they're depressed because in essence, they want to die. The mind reacts--creates dreams to propagate hope."-Michael Hornburg Bongwater
"See? In order to get the pretty girls, you have to invent." "I did invent!"--Orville and WilburWilson Wright
~Bas/J Dawg
Which reminds me that I never did give my review of Around the World in 80 Days. I do not understand how Phileus Fogg went from being an upright gentleman convicted of his beliefs and determined without a single doubt that he could make it around the world in 80 days to a coward of a man who thought it might be possible to travel around the world in 80 days but not quite sure so he'll just cower here in the bathtub. What kind of a role model is that? My brother thinks it may be the lack of dads in modern society. Anyway, before I got off on a tanget, movie review onward! I went to see this movie for the cameos. The original movie was the first movie to have cameos and use that term. Before that time, big name actors didn't want to appear in movies for little bit parts. So they came up with the term cameo! And actors signed on. The original movie was Shirley McLaine's third movie appearance ever if you're having a hard time remembering the original. I did thoroughly enjoy the cameos. Samo, the Wilsons, John Cleese, Kathy Bates, Macy Gray. Good stuff! But the movie loses its ... its something by having turned a coward of the main character and corrupted a second main character and completely changing the plot on the third main character. Passeportout, Chan's character, was originally an obedient servant if only for his wandering eye for women. And our French artist was really an Indian princess rescued from death! It was a poor adaptation. Even still, it was fun if not cheesy. I laughed at the sheer retardation of some of the jokes. And the fact that one of the production studios involved is called "Spanknyce" and this is the first credit which appears across the screen. Orville and Wilbur! Come back! Travel to England with Fogg. PLEASE! Oh well. It was worth a try.
Lack of dads today. Why is everyone metrosexual anyway? Or if they aren't metrosexual the only other way to show how masculine you are is to be a bum? You can look good and still be masculine and not metrosexual. But I suppose that can be blamed on the lack of a strong and upright father figure? I'm not opposed to believing that.
People sleep late when they're depressed because in essence, they want to die. The mind reacts--creates dreams to propagate hope."-Michael Hornburg Bongwater
"See? In order to get the pretty girls, you have to invent." "I did invent!"--Orville and Wilbur
~Bas/J Dawg
