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I don't update daily, sorry but I have a life and all that. I will update at least once a week. I'm a writer for SieEnt, a Video Game development company, a Community faculty member in Screenwriting at Metropolitan State University and have a full time job as an analyst at the U of MN. I have an MFA in Creative Writing/Screenwriting from Goddard College, and a bit of a snarky attitude, so hopefully you'll at least be entertained, if not informed. Thanks for stopping by.

Friday, October 29, 2010

nbt: Never Been Thawed

First scene is really ticking me off. What, is this for teen-age boys? Rooster radio KOCK? Yish, I don't think I'll even get through 30 minutes.

Production value blows. They didn't have a lot of money and it's obvious, now, it's probably intentional based on the whole 'mockumentary' thing, but it sucks.

This is a seriously low-rent attempt at a Christopher Guest type film about a quirky sub-culture. You know, he does it so well, why bother?

20 min. in, a modestly funny bit about a frozen food collector that works as a phone counselor at the William Jefferson Clinton Abstinence Center.

28 min. in, I am not amused.

31 min. in, the Vietcong style corporate team building prison camp is a great idea, but they talk about it, would be funnier if they showed it, would be funnier if that was the premise of the film.

Talking head documentaries are only really interesting if the subject is compelling. This idea is not and is throwing a bunch of garbage together to hide it.

Ugh, the "No Choice cafe" set-up next to a women's clinic. The have little fetus stirrers for the coffee.
OK, this is a conglomeration of skits barely tied together with the idea of the characters all collecting frozen food entrées.
I am done at 35 minutes. Not funny or interesting enough to hold my attention any longer.
Next.


Finally, a purpose for this blog

I've been hemming and hawing for months over what this blog should be about. I don't really want to be a cancer blogger, especially since that's over for the time being. I don't really want to share my inane daily thoughts, because they're, well, inane and why would anyone want to read that. Besides, I can tweet those out quick and be done. Most of them don't warrant the amount of time required for an actual blog.
Then...it came to me. I have over 382 films in my Netflix instant queue, and I should live-blog as I watch those films in the queue that I've never seen. That way, you all can see how a degree in screenwriting approaches a film, not to mention the bizarre insights that I can bring to the table. So that's it, I won't be blogging every day, but I will do at least one a week. And I won't include TV catchup episodes, unless someone out there thinks that's a great idea.
So, here it begins, hope you enjoy, feel free to comment but keep it civil. I don't mind if you disagree, but don't be a douche.