Silly animals and summer movies. Why have I been so excited by a handful of movies, lately? Because Summer defines itself as the stupid season for movies. All the serious movies get pulled back, arthouse releases for the most part consist of a few counterprogrammed things, and week after week it's just one movie that's been engineered to be a blockbuster after another. Think back to last summer and try to remember what you saw or was meant to be exciting, despite the ludicrous sums spent on those movies. Read this hilariously off key New Yorker review of Transformers to see how cineastes try and wrap their mind around what surfaces during the summer.
I'm happy this summer because I've seen some damn good stuff. Add to the list now a movie that deserves much more credit: Ratatouille. Any summer which brings me this and the aforementioned wonder that is the new Harry Potter movie is a miracle. Because they're both astoundingly exceptional. Ratatouille is not getting the audience you ask me it deserves - I think it may easily be one of Pixar's best if not one of the best animated films in years and years. It is simply just flawless and charming. Watch this 9 minute preview and I promise you this is just a small taste of how good the movie is. I think they did a pretty poor job selling the thing - the trailer left me unenthused. But I swear this thing is simply a classic. And how far has computer animation come? Enough that its depictions of seared scallops can actually induce one to go find some.
Animals and food reminds of something that few have believed me about. My family cat had a thing for eating corn on the cob. He'd put his paws on either end of the cob and munch away. Thank you youtube.
The fireflies in New York are everywhere now, as it gets to be this summer. There's something about odd wildlife in such urban environments, reminders that we can only attempt to impose upon life, as it will adapt to us, too. New York has hawk which prowls uptown living amongst the skyscrapers. I remember once catching a fleeting glimpse of a pack of Coyotes in Old Town San Diego at 2am in the fog. Surrealy beautiful. My frequent colalborator Tarin often sees the wolves as she leaves movie shoots at odd hours in L.A. and the way she puts it, it's a moment that'll stop you. Saturday walking through Washington Square Park the bushes were alive with the green traces of fireflies and I'm always surprised by how friendly those bugs are. What I hadn't seen before is that they'll glow in your hand if you give them a chance.
Going to The Decmberists in Central Park tonight... Bringing someone who's never been to a rock show before, very excited to make this their first, especially given what a live show this band puts on. In recent years Colin has induced his audience to pretend they are getting swallowed by a whale, split the audience down the middle and asked them to go to war with one another, called for dance offs, reenacted the Charge of the Light Brigade in the middle of the audience, and in my favorite bit of Rasputin like hypnotism, had the entire crowd sit down and then surge back up as a song kicks back in again.
I'm happy this summer because I've seen some damn good stuff. Add to the list now a movie that deserves much more credit: Ratatouille. Any summer which brings me this and the aforementioned wonder that is the new Harry Potter movie is a miracle. Because they're both astoundingly exceptional. Ratatouille is not getting the audience you ask me it deserves - I think it may easily be one of Pixar's best if not one of the best animated films in years and years. It is simply just flawless and charming. Watch this 9 minute preview and I promise you this is just a small taste of how good the movie is. I think they did a pretty poor job selling the thing - the trailer left me unenthused. But I swear this thing is simply a classic. And how far has computer animation come? Enough that its depictions of seared scallops can actually induce one to go find some.
Animals and food reminds of something that few have believed me about. My family cat had a thing for eating corn on the cob. He'd put his paws on either end of the cob and munch away. Thank you youtube.
The fireflies in New York are everywhere now, as it gets to be this summer. There's something about odd wildlife in such urban environments, reminders that we can only attempt to impose upon life, as it will adapt to us, too. New York has hawk which prowls uptown living amongst the skyscrapers. I remember once catching a fleeting glimpse of a pack of Coyotes in Old Town San Diego at 2am in the fog. Surrealy beautiful. My frequent colalborator Tarin often sees the wolves as she leaves movie shoots at odd hours in L.A. and the way she puts it, it's a moment that'll stop you. Saturday walking through Washington Square Park the bushes were alive with the green traces of fireflies and I'm always surprised by how friendly those bugs are. What I hadn't seen before is that they'll glow in your hand if you give them a chance.
Going to The Decmberists in Central Park tonight... Bringing someone who's never been to a rock show before, very excited to make this their first, especially given what a live show this band puts on. In recent years Colin has induced his audience to pretend they are getting swallowed by a whale, split the audience down the middle and asked them to go to war with one another, called for dance offs, reenacted the Charge of the Light Brigade in the middle of the audience, and in my favorite bit of Rasputin like hypnotism, had the entire crowd sit down and then surge back up as a song kicks back in again.
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My cat used to steal the corn on a cob from our table during dinner. It was a really small cat as well, so watching her nab large corn cobs, jump nimbly to the floor, and then book it for a hiding place was pretty hilarious.
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