Yes, yes. This will be the last blag post before Trials. I'll come back when it's all over and tell you all about it. Hopefully, it will be positive. ...... Hopefully.
Anywho, let's start with BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. LOL it was good. I was a tad bit disappointed but all in all it was a good ending to the trilogy. I went to watch the midnight screening and there were a few cosplayers but not many. The beginning was, well for me, not the best. I kind-of cringed at it :O lol, as in, it was not good :\ But that's just me. And Bane's voice! Although it was cool and all, it was so hard to understand. He probably had a tonne of epic one-liners but I couldn't hear them. As in, when somebody says something, there's that dramatic turn that bane does to the other person, and then he speaks. It sounds like it's something cool, but you just don't know what it is. Ugh. Darn. But, in the end, pretty amazing, what with the twists and fanboy moments and Gordon-Levitt Jones. Or Joseph Levitt-G. Or Gordan-Levitt. ...... Is that how you spell Levitt? LOL Oh, and Anne Hathaway! Goshy goobers, she was cool! I loved how she'd go from the innocent act to the whole yeah, whatevs, I'm Bad tone in seconds when she was caught out. Oh my lord. But I felt as if her fight scenes could've been cooler. All the fight scenes could have. Oh, and the crowd was eh for this screening. Because it was the premiere, I expected the usual comicbook fanboy crowd and they were there. They just weren't loud. Which I guess was okay, but I'd rather the cheers. Like in Avengers, there were cheers and claps every time an Avenger did something amazing or said a really cool line, like the Hulk's "I'm always angry." So, although it was not as good as the Dark Knight, Rises gets a 7.8 out of 10 on my count.
Oh, and I've figured out some of Nolan's styles. One thing is that when he wants too show something that happened earlier, he gets a character to recount it, and as the character talks, he shows the scene of what they're recounting happening. And another thing he does with all his movies like Inception and The Prestige, is when he reveals a plot twist, he takes these scenes and changes them to show what really happened. As in, it's exactly the same thing, except the person is different or something. Like, say Batman talks about Catwoman stealing an All-Clear diamond, and so the screen shows Catwoman breaking into the diamond's safe. But, later in the movie, we find out that the Catwoman, is in fact Bane. And so, Nolan shows this same scene of Catwoman stealing the diamond, except this time, we see that the face is actually quite manly or something. LOL not the best example but oh well. And in case you're wondering, that didn't actually happen in the movie :L
And it's these director styles that I love! They're so cool. Joss Whedon tends to have a lot of fanboy moments and he likes to make you fall in love with a character and then kill them off. And there's Edgar Wright who has that fast-paced action thing. LOL that was a bad way of saying it. As in, like to show someone making milk tea or something, there'd be quick action shots of slamming a mug down, a steaming kettle and like sugar pouring into the mug, and there'd be that quick transition sound AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT. LOL But yeah. LOL just watch Hot Fuzz or Shaun of the Dead and you'll see what I mean. Great movies by the way - very funny. And Shaun of the Dead is by far my favourite zombie movie :) I wonder what my style will be. I wonder if I'll ever get the chance to have a style. Oh, also, I want to make tragedies. As awful and a bad idea as it sounds, I want to jerk tears. I really do. Okay, I probably won't make too many tragedies but I need a really sad movie that is in turn, also really good :L Oh my god, I want to mindscrew like Nolan does. But, other than being a writer-director-mindscrewer, I don't see myself being a Nolan sorta director. Because, well, he's really an action movie guy. I'd rather take the path of Amelie, 500 days of Summer or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. All amazing movies by the way. OH MY GOD, I WANT TO MAKE MOVIES :'( I want to write and write and write and WRITE! I want to be up there with the big guys. I want people to aspire to be like me. I want to inspire the waking artists, the budding directors and the newborn tear-jerkers. I want to be amazing, just like so many people I look up to. I wonder if I ever will be.
Anywho, moving on, SHOWCASE. LOL, so after dark knight was over, I headed home with my brov on the night bus from city to ffld and got home at four. I slept at five and woke up at seven to get ready for showcase. I was so nervous! We were still choppy and we really needed to get our lines and cues down. But, in the end, we prevailed and it went well. There were a few mistakes but luckily, they weren't too noticeable. Yay. And the other groups were really good too. LOL "I don't want to kill people and I don't want frizzy hair!" "We're almost at the sushi!" and "Shut up, pawn, nobody cares!". lol, all were hilarious and really cool. I enjoyed them. And the monologues, oh the monologues :') I wish I had done a monologue. But I probably would've been really cocky, written my own, and then there'd be a trainwreck :L EVERYBODY WAS LOVELY. lol, but after the group performance, I had that same-old stomach ache :( It was terrible. But oh well, it went away. Oh, and my script was performed. Well, the opening and Venusian's scene. Here it is, by the way, Venusian's scene:
Barman: Hey, V.
Venusian: [Startled] Barman! I didn’t see you
there.
Barman: Yeah, I
never really see me either. Where are you off to?
Venusian: Oh, I’m
just looking for the bathroom.
Barman: Well,
it’s actually in the other direction.
Venusian: Oh,
well thank you, sweet-cakes.
Barman: But you
probably don’t want to go that way.
Venusian: What do
you mean?
Barman: I mean,
isn’t that the direction of what you’re running away from?
Venusian: No, no,
I’m not running away from the bathroom.
Barman: But what
exactly is it that you’re leaving behind?
Venusian: I’m
running to the bathroom.
Barman: Is it
home? Those girls who overshadowed you?
Yourself?
Venusian: I’m
confused as to what we’re talking about…
Barman: Aren’t
you tired? You can’t run forever, V.
Venusian: And why
not? I think I’m allowed to do as I like. It’s freeing, this running, Mr B. I
could do it for a lifetime.
Barman: Can you,
V? I mean a lifetime is a long time.
Venusian: It’s
amazing, what it can do. Running so far you lose your troubles behind you,
running so far your heart begins to beat out of your chest, running so far you
can fall off the horizon. I could go
forever. I could leave this dimension, and enter a new universe, free of shame,
free of pressure, free of mind.
Barman: You’re
not doing it right – dealing with your problems.
Venusian: But
what if I don’t want to deal with them?
Barman: That’s
the only way you can lose them, V. They’ll always catch up to you. Only you can
relinquish them. Stop running. Your heart, your lungs, your brain – they’re
going to implode under all this pressure. Stop for just a minute, V, and
breathe. And vent. I mean, these could be your last moments. Might as well
liberate yourself. It’s not like I’ll have time to judge you anyways, this
building could come down any second now.
Venusian: There’s
really not much to talk about. I’m only running away from home. I mean, it was
terrible back there. Venus, the planet of love, luxury, and of course, beauty.
Have you seen the girls from there, B? They’ll break your heart with a glance.
Flawless, infinite, incredibly beautiful. I can never live up to them, Mr B. I
mean, they’re goddesses, and I’m just a girl underneath their clouds. Every
child is born perfect in Venus, you know. Maybe it’s the water, but for some
reason, I wasn’t. In a crowd of
Venusians, I’m just a stain. A stain on my own fucking race.
Barman: You know
prettiness isn’t all that. You’re beautiful exactly the way you are now. As corny
as it sounds, inner beauty is the new blue, V, and it’s much more valuable than
appearances.
Venusian: Not when you’ve lived like me, it isn’t. Do you ever look in
the mirror and hate what you see? I do. And not only that, I look at every
single part of me and despise. There’s so much revulsion in me, Barman. And
it’s all aimed at yours truly. I want to be pretty, Key-Lime. And I know what
you’re going to say. ‘But you are, V!’ Please, I am not pretty. Not yet at
least. I still need a wider thigh gap, protruding ribs and a stomach so
flat that it resembles a black hole. I need to get a different nose and I need
to speak with a different pair of lips. My hair will
never be the right length, the right shine or the right curl. I’ll always look
wrong. I’ll always be the Venusian who didn’t quite turn out right. And this
mirror, Barman. It’ll never leave me. Everywhere I look, every corner that my
gaze falls into – all I see, is me staring right back at me, disgusted. And… I
can’t live like that. I can’t look at myself. It makes me sick, who I am. And
that’s not normal is it? I don’t want to live like this anymore. I just want to
run away, but like you said, I can’t run forever but I’m trying so hard. I’m
just- I’m too tired, Barman. I don’t know what to do.
Barman:
V, look me in the eye.
The
lights dim down and a spotlight shines on both Barman and Venusian whilst
Barman stares into Venusian’s eyes and Venusian falls into some sort of a
trance.
Barman:
Currently, on this here universe, there are approximately three hundred and
sixty trillion people living in it. About seventeen per cent of these creatures
are Venusians, and only 0.01 per cent of these Venusians are decent, loving
people. You are one of these. And you are so much more than the rest. You’re
one of a kind, V, there’s no denying it. When you look into the mirror, look
into your eyes. Go past the amber iris that shines so brilliantly in the
sunlight, and into your soul. That’s the true beauty of Venus. And nobody has
it as lovely as you do. You rise higher than the others, Venusian, you just
don’t know it yet. You plague yourself with all this self-loathing and contempt
when really there’s nothing to dislike at all. You’re much more than what you
give yourself credit for. Put down that gun in your mind and release the
tension on your stomach. And don’t break the mirrors that follow you. Look
right at your reflection every time, and do what everybody else does. Admire.
Venusian:
[Still sort of in trance] I still
need to go to the bathroom.
Blackout.
It's not a comedy. I just thought I'd stress that :L I just have a feeling that people expected a really funny piece and I didn't do that and when I asked people how it was, all they could say was it was funny, and I was a bit devastated because nobody got the sad part or something and so my script was a complete failure. Well, not completely, but I don't know. It's not completely or even mostly a comedy :( But some people liked it so I'm happy. I'll keep writing it and I'll see where it goes. And the Fej hesitated answering when I asked him how he liked it. Lol, the bastard. Wow. I just realised. I'll probably never see him again. ... OH, AND THE ACTORS. I had year eleven drama students act it out and they were lovely. Henry was a great Barman. He had the quirks, the cheer and the tone down very nicely. And oh my god, Patricia. She was the host on Eday for the seniors. Her rendition of Venus top-notch. She did it very well and I commend her. If she doesn't do a monologue I'm going to be very upset. I was gonna say punch a wall but that's a bit extreme and it would hurt my knuckles. It probably wouldn't affect the wall but lol, i don't want bruised knuckles. Who wants bruised knuckles. LOL, anywho, thank you very much year eleven students, Patricia, Henry and Jonathon, and that student teacher :)
Anywho, after showcase, everything was a bore :L I had nothing to be excited for. And better yet, trials is in a week and here I am blagging. Hm.
And, oh god, I am not going to finish these past papers by tomorrow....
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