July!

Life

Summer, summer time! Time to kick back and unwind!

Some random updates from the top of my head. Script work continues. I’ve tightened up the beginning a bit and added about 3 pages. I’m right up to the killers introduction and in doing so I’ve realized that my original ending (everyone dies) just wouldn’t be satisfying. More than that, I think it would seem like there was no point to the whole story. My whole idea is to make something scary and realistic, avoid as many horror cliches as I can (and still keep it short). So even when I have the whole story done (I think I’ve come up some good work arounds to what I was going to have originally) I’m going to need to really fine tune it. I’ve got the locations down to about 3 places and the cast is small, although I do have a few bit parts that may go. Depends how it goes I guess.

I’m going to see Pirates 2 tomorrow I think, can’t wait to see it. A Scanner Darkley is also out but in limited release so odds are that one is going to have to wait for DVD. Clerks II hits this month too and Miami Vice….I want to see that for some reason.

Game wise, summer is it’s typical slow self. Big game for this month is Prey for PC and 360. Demo was pretty wild and the reviews I’ve seen have been positive. I started playing Burnout 4 again, still alot of fun. I’m currently 58% done according to the game so I still have a lot to do there.

Anyone who likes rock music has to check out the Wolfmother CD. It’s phenomenal. Easist way to describe it is The White Stripes and Led Zepplin. Really great, old school rock feel.

Big news this week, Jen is pregnant so that means I have another nephew or neice on the way. It’d be cool if it was a girl, nice to have one of each I think. That one isn’t due for another 8 months, so lots of exitement to come. Jen and Danny are visiting in August which is rapidly approaching. Summer months always go by so fast.

Alone

Life, Movies

My script is officially under way. The title right now is “Alone” and so far I’ve finished the first act. I use “finish” as a loose term. I’m shooting for 20 pages, a horror story that is quick and easy, and with as few horrow cliches as possible. I’m definatly going to redo things after I finish (I actually have some place holder dialog because I wasn’t sure what to put, but just wanted to keep moving) as I want to make this as tight and good as possible. It feels good to get it out of my head and out on the page.

I came up with an idea dealing with Lucid Dreaming, but it looks like a movie that is coming out in the next month or so has done what I wanted to do. Not exactly what I have in mind, but it’s close enough to be annoying.

Side note: will the asses responsible for leaving spam comments please stop, it’s really annoying.

Movies!

Movies

Have seen a few movies lately.

Starting with Grandmas Boy which was hilarious. Then Hoodwinked which was a really wild mix of Red Riding Hood and The Usual Suspects. Not up to Pixar animation quality, but the facial animation is top notch and there’s some great characters in it. Great for kids and grown ups alike.

Jackie Chan’s New Police Story was a dissappointing. It’s one of his best series and while the action scenes were terrific, there weren’t enough of them. It’s a simple movie (like most Chan films) that I’d put somewhere in the middle of his catalog. Not bad, I think I was just expecting more.

Last is the Ice Harvest starring John Cusack and Billy Bob Thorton. It’s a story set in the god forsaken winter landscape of Kansas where Cusack and Thorton steal 2 million from a mob boss in order to leave the hole they call home far behind them. It had a few funny parts but the movie left me cold for some reason. It’s a morbid tale really, I thought I”d like it a lot more than I did. At an hour and a half it was the perfect length though. Worth a rental on a rainy day.

Still haven’t seen X3, I hope to rectify that this week.

Sorry that I’ve been ignoring you

Everything, Movies

It’s been a combination of being busy with the mundane and not having anything really interesting to write about.

Looks like summer (read: not cold) weather has hit NJ. It’s a welcome change. With the change of weather I’m looking to make myself more creative. The plan is to make a movie with John, it’s been far too long since our last project and we need to get something going. I’m sick of being stagnant. Hopefully Xmen 3 will stir my creative juices. I just wish Brett Ratner didn’t direct it. I hate him.

My main goal is to write more, so this month should see many more updates.

Also: see Grandma’s Boy. It’s outragous.

No 360 for me.

Games

For some stupid reason, I just assumed that Best Buy would have xbox 360s in stock. Well they do, but it’s the retard pack, not the one I need. I have all my money set and now I can’t find a best buy with it in stock. Called all 4 best buys nearby and they don’t even know when they would come in, just by chance they come in. The one in Paramus said the last shipment they got was 2 weeks ago and it lasted till this weekend.

I completely dropped the ball on this one. I didn’t call ahead and when I finally got around to calling other stores, rockaway (50 miles away) had 2. Decided to wait until after dinner to avoid insane traffic and now they’re all gone. I’m so annoyed right now I could kill someone.