I took the girls to see The Last Airbender yesterday - a snap decision as we were originally going for The Sorcerer's Apprecntice but I don't think any of us could take yet another Nicholas Cage paint by nuumbers project. The initial reviews were bad - but then, the initial reviews of Lady in the Water, The Village and The Knowing have all been dreadful but I've really rated all of them.
Seems to be that the aforementioned critics have a really blunt axe to grind. Maybe they got fooled by Sixth Sense. Maybe they simply didn't get Unbreakable. Was Signs too much to bear? Like Hitchcock, Shyamalan is a genius storyteller. Fact. Critics appear to be waiting for his movies to come out only to slate them now for not having diabolical twists when the man is only trying to tell a great story. Tell me, what's not totally fantastic about The Village?
Anyway, nice job on translating an awkward sprawling animated series into something coherent. It's not too sfx heavy and I have to say, this is maybe the only 3D movie I've ever been to see where the 3D didn't annoy the hell out of me. If I have a gripe it's that my options to see a movie in good old 2D are becoming extremely limited these days. 3D as a general rule of thumb, sucks. Stop it now.
For more televisual treats, forget Granma's House that (the same?) critics are dribbling about. Instead, check out Pete Vs The World and VEXED which are both far superior.
Things accomplished in fiction:
I'm a hair's breadth away from finishing up The Ballad of the Goat Faced Boy. Is it good? Yeah - it slays. Really looking forward to seeing what Dennis makes of it. We're behind schedule but hey, I guess nobody is expecting it yet. As Morrisson once said, "How can you be late for your own show?" BROKEN continues to shape up despite both of us being incredibly busy. Check out the sketch.
Things accomplished in real life:
Lots of tattoo magazine related items - no surprise there. More than pleasantly surprised to find most professionals are wise to the fact that submitting images in a high resolution format greatly increases your chances of being worked with. You'd think that this was common knowledge these days but apparently not. Other industries: get your shit together.
Also going to book the car in for a service later today. Maybe, just maybe, I'll hand it over to some trained professionals to clean it inside and out as well. It is, quite frankly, a dirty beast of a thing right now.
