South of Chicago: October 2006

Indie Films and Theaters

Right now there are two movies in theaters that I want to see excruiciatingly badly: The Science of Sleep, and Little Miss Sunshine, and another one coming up (I think) called This Film Is Not Yet Rated.

The problem?

They're all "limited release" films. I ask you is it that hard for these theaters to not ONLY carry the stuff that's going to get them the most money? I mean, really, do we need three different screens playing Jackass 2? Is it alot to ask for theaters to show indie films? Because I can't get my parents to drive 46 minutes to the nearest theater that actually is playing both The Science of Sleep and Little Miss Sunshine. This is pissing me off, because this means I miss the opportunity to see these in theaters and instead have to wait the what, three months, for them to come to DVD. And with Sleep it certainly sounds like the kind of film I'm going to want to see on a big screen.

*sigh* I hate commercialism sometimes...

The Calm During the Storm

So I'm making a somewhat ... normal post... here it is, the normal post. The one.

Last night the power went out at my house because of a storm, and it was awesome! I love storms, and I think they're beautiful. They calm me down and make me feel all fuzzy inside. In fact, I was actually annoyed that the power came back on!

I mean, think of how many things I like with the name "storm" in it:

Actual storms.
Storm Large.
Storm the comic book character.
Stormy (a cat my babysitter had when I was little... and a rabbit my sister has)
Stormtroopers

OK... so much for this being a normal post.

Stupid Quotes from My Peers...

OK... enough is enough ... I have had it with these motherfucking idiots in a motherfucking school!

Seriously these are quotes from people at my school... and I am NOT kidding.

"Marilyn Monroe... wasn't that, like, a dude?"

"Classic rock has no bass in it."

"Old music sucks."

"Ew, you watch old movies? Why would you do that?"

"Jackass 2 is the greatest movie EVER!"

OK... the first one... does this look like a dude to you? (See picture at right). The second one... I won't even bother commenting on. The third and fourth ones, don't knock something til you've actually seen it. The last one, fine it's funny to some people, but DON'T tell me that in the 80+ years of cinema, it's the GREATEST EVER! It's just... not.

All this concluding in a mini-rant:

I have this to say to my peers... start living in the past. If you want to sound remotely intelligent, research your past. Broaden your fucking horizons... do something productive, out of the norm. Maybe you're doing it to be different, doing it because you think Jackass 2 is stupid, doing it because you don't like where modern music and cinema is headed, I don't care. Just do it. Because I'll tell ya, I have alot more respect for someone who does, rather than someone who just watches/listens to all the latest stuff. Heck... that's fine, listen to and watch all the latest music and films, I don't care. But don't sit here and knock the films I watch (which are inevitably better than yours...) or the music I listen to when you haven't tried them at all yourself. It makes you seem a.) stupid, b.) uneducated, and c.) judgemental.

So go back and look at your past, research your history. It's something that many, many people will respect you for, including myself. Someone once said something along the lines of "You can't know the present without knowing the past." and I find that's immensely true. So go watch Some Like It Hot or City Lights, then if you go back and watch Jackass 2 again and still find it funny, then, then I'll be happy. Because it means you took some fucking iniative at your life.

And yes, I know quite a few people who have done this, and I realize I'm being cynical here but let's face it... aren't cynics usually right? ;) Seriously though, I applaud anyone who actually has cracked open a CD from the 1970's or a movie from the 50's. God forbid we fucking appreciate what comes before us.