Movies that don't suck
I just wrote an entire blog post, published it, then erased it.....remembering I had to write instead about a stupid flick I watched (well, 45 minutes of, anyway) last night. I flipped to the Sundance Channel, thinking they'd have some quality entertainment to zone in on while I settled in for the evening, a storm rolling over our house. Instead, what I found was a movie with an obvious budget of $42, with a script that (I think) was made up on the spot instead of memorized and recited.
I am not a movie critic at all....I am not knowledgeable enough to call myself anything near that. But I do know when a movie sucks, and this one did.
The movie? "Security, Colorado." It followed the same plot line that oh-so-many independent films follow.....a wayward artist (author in this story) moves away to try to find contentement and inspiration for her work, but finds heartache and disappointment instead. Drama, drama. Ken actually said he couldn't sit in the room and watch the horrible camera cut shots or the half-hearted acting. But I was drawn to it the way a moth is drawn to a flame....I knew it wasn't good for me, but it just kept reigning me in and in until I couldn't pull myself away. Why is that!?
I then went on to put on "The Winds of War," a 6-DVD set (I only watched the first) that Dad let me borrow. The acting was better, and the storyline was actually based on historical events....so I felt like my mind was now adding facts to its file, not turning into mush.
Oh, well. I'm not giving up on the Sundance Channel quite yet. I just picked it at the wrong time, wrong day, I guess.
(Please forgive me if you are one of the writers or actors of "Security, Colorado." I didn't mean to offend you....although I'm sure that blogs are the #1 place to get offended nowadays. I am merely giving my humble reviews on a movie that took 45 minutes out of my life that I can never get back.)
I am not a movie critic at all....I am not knowledgeable enough to call myself anything near that. But I do know when a movie sucks, and this one did.
The movie? "Security, Colorado." It followed the same plot line that oh-so-many independent films follow.....a wayward artist (author in this story) moves away to try to find contentement and inspiration for her work, but finds heartache and disappointment instead. Drama, drama. Ken actually said he couldn't sit in the room and watch the horrible camera cut shots or the half-hearted acting. But I was drawn to it the way a moth is drawn to a flame....I knew it wasn't good for me, but it just kept reigning me in and in until I couldn't pull myself away. Why is that!?
I then went on to put on "The Winds of War," a 6-DVD set (I only watched the first) that Dad let me borrow. The acting was better, and the storyline was actually based on historical events....so I felt like my mind was now adding facts to its file, not turning into mush.
Oh, well. I'm not giving up on the Sundance Channel quite yet. I just picked it at the wrong time, wrong day, I guess.
(Please forgive me if you are one of the writers or actors of "Security, Colorado." I didn't mean to offend you....although I'm sure that blogs are the #1 place to get offended nowadays. I am merely giving my humble reviews on a movie that took 45 minutes out of my life that I can never get back.)
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