Got back from Boston last night around 2:15 in the AM. Too much driving, but the trip itself was worth it. The main plan was to go on SCUL’s Holloween ride on Saturday night, then stick around and watch a pour by the Iron Guild of MassArt. The ride on Saturday was rescheduled due to bad weather, and in the end both events were rolled into one, as the destination of the SCUL ride was changed to the pour site.
I took some photos, which I will upload shortly; an alternate source is Soulman's Flickr account. Unfortunately, my camera is absolute bollocks for shooting without a flash (i.e. no night photos), so I didn't get many pictures of the ride or pour. They were blurry at best.
EDIT: I made my own Flickr account. Check-a-check it out.
Ed, Beth, and I went to a 'face party' on Saturday. No masks allowed.
After looking at today's date, I'm reminded of where I was a year ago at this point, which invevitably leads to a comparision with my current situation. Wow. I've got it, like, eight million times better here.
Kill yourself first. If you had to go see Domino, that would be my advice.
Yesterday I went with some friends to a free screening, and I want my money
back. Arguably one of the worst movies I’ve seen in my life, and that’s saying
a lot. Right now, twenty-four hours after the fact, I’m still filled with such
a vitrolic rage that I must deconstruct this horrible movie online.
First, let’s review what a movie should have in order to be interesting, in
order of importance:
Well-written/acted characters
A good plot
Explosions/action
Nudity/sex and other forms of pandering
Let’s work through this list. First of all, the characters in Domino are
completely one-dimensional. The heroine, who bears the same moniker as the
movie, is a girl from an upper-class family, who wants to rebel against her
mother. Somehow, she decides she wants to be a bounty hunter, and attaches
herself to two hard-nosed thugs of that same profession. Why? We don’t know.
The two male characters are supposed to be tough as nails, but they’re just
stupid: apparently bounty hunting for the thrill of chasing a human. I have a
theory, though, that bail-jumpers are not very intelligent, and with some
rudimentary deduction skills, you could capture them in their sleep.
Next, we have the plot of the movie. Here’s the another problem the flick has:
bounty hunting is only glamourous in sci-fi. Here’s the second: only
one bail-jumper is caught by the group in the entire movie, and that’s only in
the pointlessly long “introductory” sequence. The rest of the flick is tied up
in this huge scam, where some folks rob an armored car and then offer to turn
in the “thieves” (patsies) and money in return for a finders’ fee. Of course,
things go wrong, and everyone ends up dying except Domino, who is somehow
released by the FBI at the end, even though she killed a ton of people and
took part in a huge scam. When I explain it, the story may appear to be
straightforward, but unfortunately the director had delusions of Tarantino:
scenes skip back and forth like a schoolgirl on speed. Also, the cinematography
is horrible and jerky. Not to mention that there are scenes that have no
bearing on the rest of the movie, like when the Jerry Springer show makes an
appearance for five minutes. Why? I guess because the writer thought Jerry
Springer is somehow still funny. Hint: no.
There are many, many other cringeworthy moments, where the writer thinks he’s
being clever. One example includes when the characters are involved in a
horrendous motor accident, leave the vehicle with no visible injuries, and
then have sex. Another is the “brilliant” twist where a man gets his arm shot
off due to faulty cellphone reception. You can almost see the creators of
this flick patting themselves on the back because it’s so edgy and whatnot.
