I have recently become a member of the Rottentomates.com, a site filled with movie ratings, critics, and reviews. Usually before I see a movie, I like to read the rating of the movie because I want my money to be spent on a movie worth watching. Rottentomatoes is the best site to visit for a good movie choice, in my opinion. After creating an account, they listed " Today's Hot List Entries" which were The Godfather, Taxi Drvier, The Godfather Part II, Goodfellas, and No Country for Old Men. Out of all these movies I would watch The Godfather, directed in 1972 by Francis Ford Coppolla and starring Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, and James Caan. This movie is claimed to be the best movie of all time and undoubtedly it is. This movie brought us into a whole new world of being part of an italian mafia family. Marlon Brando shined through his intimidating and respected character, Don Vito Corleone, the ultimate godfather and gave the most memorables lines of all " I'll make him an offer he can't refuse." Though being in the mafia, such power could strain one person, showed through the rest of the Godfather movies in Al Pacino's character, Micheal Corleone.
Of course the next movie to watch would be Godfather part II, but based on the order of what I think are the best of cinematography, I would watch Taxi Driver. Taxi Driver was directed by Martin Scrosese in 1976 starring Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster. The first thing I love about this movie is how Rober De Niro's character, Travis Bickle, drives through the rundown and grimey streets of New York and analyzes how people act around their environment. De Niro prevails in acting out a twisted guy with the need to do what he believes is right and Foster shows her first works as a real actress, acting as a young prostitute. I admite some parts of this movie is so unecessary but the Travis Bickle character can never be remade in cinematography history. Okay, now you can watch the rest of the Godfather Part II, which brings more of a young Robert De Niro as an young immigrant of Don Vito Corleone.
Goodfellas, another movie directed by Scrosese, starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta. One of my favorite actors, Robert De Niro, again shows another badass in this gangster film. The moive is narrated through Ray Liotta's character, Henry Hill. Henry Hill shows what it takes to become one of the trusted member of a gang. If you didn't follow the rules you were to get smacked. If Scrosese and Coppolla were to create a film together, it would be the most bloddy and realistic gangster moive, but for now it's just a dream.
The next film that you of course would be No Country for Old Men, directed by the Colen Brothers, and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin. This movie I'm not to crazy about, but I think I am only saying that because the ending pissed me off when I first watched it. Later on I found out the reason for the ending, and though I wish it was different, it made complete sense with movie. My favorite charcter was Javier Bardem's character Anton, a psycho killer for money. To me, his character is the modern day Frankenstein carrying around a powerful oxygen tank that was connected to some type of device that would shoot out enought oxygen to leave a whole through a key hole. His character was unstoppable, and that is why his charcter survives. Tommy Lee Jones played the old sherieff that basically gives in because there's "No Country for Old Men." To me a good movie but nothing compared to the others.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Dialogue
Opening the door to Main St. Café, a guy named Robbie walks in with enthusiasm, wearing a buttoned up shirt, and jeans. He looks for a spot to sit and waits for the arrival of his best friend. While Robbie smiles down at the flyer he brought, there was a shadow, hovering over Leonard’s shoulder. Robbie stares and says “Hey took you long enough.” Hovering over his shoulder was Robbie’s best friend, Leonard. Leonard was the complete opposite of Robbie, he looked grimy with a messy beard and crooked glasses, wearing a flannel shirt and ripped jeans.
“What do you want Rob?” Leonard says with no expression.
“Dude, don’t tell me you’re still sad about Ren?”
“Explain to me why I am here?”
“Read this.” Robbie hands over Leonard the flyer:
Are you pursuing to become a director? You want to be just like Steven Spielberg and James Cameron? Want to create a box office hit, well you’re in luck. Paramount Pictures, us, are in search for the next big movie and director(s). All you have to do is make an hour movie and a script to your movie. For all information see other side.
“No!” Leonard slams the flier and starts to leave then Robbie pulls him back down.
“Hey I haven’t even said anything, let alone asked anything from you.”
While sighing, Leonard stares directly at Robbie, “I already know what you are going to say. You are going to ask me to make a movie with you and then you think we are going to win and then we are going to move to Hollywood as happy and rich celebrities,” Leonard says sarcastically.
“Well then. Hey waitress,” snapping his fingers, “can you get my friend something that will loosen him up a little.”
“Rob, I have to go.”
“You have nowhere to go Leonard. You’ll just go back to your bed, laying there thinking about Ren. I wouldn’t be surprised if you started crying.”
Leonard sits back down, “I don’t cry. It just hurts Rob. It’s like she pulled out my heart and stomped on it and stuffed it back in my chest.”
“You only knew her for two weeks. That’s sad and she’s weird, she only likes nerds. Not that you’re a complete nerd, your just top of our business class and she only left you because Steve looks like Albert Einstein.”
“Fine but I’m still not doing the movie.”
“Okay, BUT you’re an amazing writer and I’m top of my film class.”
“Rob, I write for the Senior Center newspaper. Old people love my stuff, especially the old ladies because they love squeezing my chubby cheeks. I don’t write stories, and if I did I would write about a guy, who spent his life trying to make it big, and failed miserably.”
“Hey that would be a great idea!” Robbie shouts, shaking his head.
Leonard then continues on with disapproving ideas, while Robbie zones out, thinking about intriguing ideas that would captivate movie viewers. Robbie thought about classic movies made from Paramount and tried to envision a story that has never been done before. He realized that he couldn’t envision this without his best friend. Sure he wrote for the senior center but Robbie knew Leonard has been writing tons of stories in creative writing. All of his stories varied from drama to comedy but had a story that everyone would listen to. Robbie then had to think of how to get his best friend to take the chance.
“…Your ideas are ridiculous. Rob I got to go.” Again Leonard tries to leave.
“Well, I guess your right. Hey where are you going? I need to pay first. You want to lend me a couple bucks?”
“What the hell Rob, first you come with a stupid idea...”
“Hey excuse me miss.” Robbie calls over the pretty waitress. “Hello but my friend has a question for you.” Robbie elbows Leonard, “Please excuse the way he looks, he’s having a rough time.”
Leonard stares at the waitress, in ah of her looks.
“Leonard,” Robbie snaps his fingers, “Well my friend here, he’s trying to make a movie for Paramount Pictures and is in desperate need of a leading actress. Right Leonard.”
“Uhh yeah, yeah. I’m looking for that girl with something special and you’re perfect…for that role.”
Leonard smiles and after the waitress agrees, they walk off to their dorm to start writing.
“What do you want Rob?” Leonard says with no expression.
“Dude, don’t tell me you’re still sad about Ren?”
“Explain to me why I am here?”
“Read this.” Robbie hands over Leonard the flyer:
Are you pursuing to become a director? You want to be just like Steven Spielberg and James Cameron? Want to create a box office hit, well you’re in luck. Paramount Pictures, us, are in search for the next big movie and director(s). All you have to do is make an hour movie and a script to your movie. For all information see other side.
“No!” Leonard slams the flier and starts to leave then Robbie pulls him back down.
“Hey I haven’t even said anything, let alone asked anything from you.”
While sighing, Leonard stares directly at Robbie, “I already know what you are going to say. You are going to ask me to make a movie with you and then you think we are going to win and then we are going to move to Hollywood as happy and rich celebrities,” Leonard says sarcastically.
“Well then. Hey waitress,” snapping his fingers, “can you get my friend something that will loosen him up a little.”
“Rob, I have to go.”
“You have nowhere to go Leonard. You’ll just go back to your bed, laying there thinking about Ren. I wouldn’t be surprised if you started crying.”
Leonard sits back down, “I don’t cry. It just hurts Rob. It’s like she pulled out my heart and stomped on it and stuffed it back in my chest.”
“You only knew her for two weeks. That’s sad and she’s weird, she only likes nerds. Not that you’re a complete nerd, your just top of our business class and she only left you because Steve looks like Albert Einstein.”
“Fine but I’m still not doing the movie.”
“Okay, BUT you’re an amazing writer and I’m top of my film class.”
“Rob, I write for the Senior Center newspaper. Old people love my stuff, especially the old ladies because they love squeezing my chubby cheeks. I don’t write stories, and if I did I would write about a guy, who spent his life trying to make it big, and failed miserably.”
“Hey that would be a great idea!” Robbie shouts, shaking his head.
Leonard then continues on with disapproving ideas, while Robbie zones out, thinking about intriguing ideas that would captivate movie viewers. Robbie thought about classic movies made from Paramount and tried to envision a story that has never been done before. He realized that he couldn’t envision this without his best friend. Sure he wrote for the senior center but Robbie knew Leonard has been writing tons of stories in creative writing. All of his stories varied from drama to comedy but had a story that everyone would listen to. Robbie then had to think of how to get his best friend to take the chance.
“…Your ideas are ridiculous. Rob I got to go.” Again Leonard tries to leave.
“Well, I guess your right. Hey where are you going? I need to pay first. You want to lend me a couple bucks?”
“What the hell Rob, first you come with a stupid idea...”
“Hey excuse me miss.” Robbie calls over the pretty waitress. “Hello but my friend has a question for you.” Robbie elbows Leonard, “Please excuse the way he looks, he’s having a rough time.”
Leonard stares at the waitress, in ah of her looks.
“Leonard,” Robbie snaps his fingers, “Well my friend here, he’s trying to make a movie for Paramount Pictures and is in desperate need of a leading actress. Right Leonard.”
“Uhh yeah, yeah. I’m looking for that girl with something special and you’re perfect…for that role.”
Leonard smiles and after the waitress agrees, they walk off to their dorm to start writing.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Top 10 Disney Controversies
Time Magazine,http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1946727_1946724,00.html, wrote about the top 10 controversies in Disney movies. The top 10 controversies were, The Princess and the Frog, Aladdin, Song of the South, Alice in Wonderland, The Little Mermaid, Dumbo, Bambi, Lady and the Tramp, Pocahontas, and in tenth spot was in general all Disney movies with princesses who have problems. These movies that are all listed are all Disney classics except the latest release of The Princess and the Frog. Disney movies are all loved by every generation, being one of the top family movies, and giving good morals to young children. Though this may be true to an extent, Disney has stirred up controversies that hs been covered up by the magic of having money. The first controversy was The Princess and the Frog. Time magazine stated it as the first Disney movie with a African American heroine. Time magazine smashed the Disney movie with its first black heroine who ends up with a light skinned hero. I have never seen the movie, nor do I plan to because I hate the fact critics compared to the best Disney movie, Lion King. I would like to say though Lion King was a movie set in Africa and though the all the characters were all animals they were "African." The hero would be of course Simba, but I geuss animals don't count towards bringing different races into these movies. In the Aladdin movie, the opening song sang ""where they cut off your ear/ If they don't like your face," and concludes, "It's barbaric, but hey, it's home." Arab-Americans slammed the movie because it stereotyped Arab people. This is crazy for a g-rated movie to have such content. I never realized it and my parents didn't either. Animated movies and cartoon shows appeal to young children but have adult content. I understand why parents have tried to bring an end to kid's favorite cartoons. Though Aladdin gave such content, to an extent it does happen in most of Arab but Disney made it another perfect ending with the guy saving the weak and lonely princess.
The Dinsey verison of Alice and the Wonderland, took the characters and changed them to be happy characters. Honestly, theres nothing wrong with that. It's like Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, people change the characters around and make it appealing to certain people. If your going to make a remake of any type of classic, then it better be amazing. Disney did exactly that, they took the unknown Lewis Carol tale and turned it into a childhood favorite. Alice in Wonderland has been adaptated again with Tim Burton's 3D version, and more kids will know about the Disney story today then any other period. In the Little Mermaid, Time Magazine stated that it stired up controversy because it the postr of the castle resembled a penis. "But the movie's home-video cover deserved an adults-only rating, at least in the eyes of many scandalized parents. One of the tall, thin castle spires depicted in the cover's artwork (also used in posters and other promotional materials) bore an uncanny resemblance to the kind of protuberance that men generally cover up with bathing suits." At least at the fact that the main character, Ariel was swimming around in a bra. That controversey was complete nonsense. All of these controversies are true in some circumstances but they some are just ridiculous. Disney has lost its touch lately, but I geuss they have to back up their movies, and their not the only company that brings in soo many controversies into the film industry.
The Dinsey verison of Alice and the Wonderland, took the characters and changed them to be happy characters. Honestly, theres nothing wrong with that. It's like Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, people change the characters around and make it appealing to certain people. If your going to make a remake of any type of classic, then it better be amazing. Disney did exactly that, they took the unknown Lewis Carol tale and turned it into a childhood favorite. Alice in Wonderland has been adaptated again with Tim Burton's 3D version, and more kids will know about the Disney story today then any other period. In the Little Mermaid, Time Magazine stated that it stired up controversy because it the postr of the castle resembled a penis. "But the movie's home-video cover deserved an adults-only rating, at least in the eyes of many scandalized parents. One of the tall, thin castle spires depicted in the cover's artwork (also used in posters and other promotional materials) bore an uncanny resemblance to the kind of protuberance that men generally cover up with bathing suits." At least at the fact that the main character, Ariel was swimming around in a bra. That controversey was complete nonsense. All of these controversies are true in some circumstances but they some are just ridiculous. Disney has lost its touch lately, but I geuss they have to back up their movies, and their not the only company that brings in soo many controversies into the film industry.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Rugby Results
Last Sunday was the craziest day of this year, but definatley the most exciting and tiring. I woke up around 5:30 AM to get to the Woodstock field to go to Sacremento for the Red Robin Tournament, women's rugby tounament. It was my first ever rugby game and I was sort of juiced. My cold got worse so I didn't know how well I was going to play. Usuallly I get so caught up into playing that I don't pay attention to me physically. Our first game was against one of the hardest we will probably ever face. The Amazon team, which consist of mostly Tongan girls, who were two times bigger then us. We held our own in the scrum which I was proud of and I got in some good tackles, but their toughness and built bodies ran over our defense, including me. One of their own coaches complimented our scrum and so that made my first game even a greater experience. Our next game against Mother Lode, was completely different from our Amazon game. The Mother Lode was a team that have been playing together for a while and so they know what they are doing, compared to us who have never played together as a team. We got killed by them and one of there forwards was a beast. She scored over and over, I tackled her once. The saddest part was their beastley forward was scoring from the same route. By our third game, some of players were getting injured. From bloddy nose, concussions, sprained hands and more. We were all tired after our second game because of being unfit so some of us wanted to just go to sleep. Somehow we pulled it together to get our first score in the tournament against Humbolt. After our first score we continued on with scoring and we were all excited. Then after that we scored a couple more times. I was relieved that we were done.Before we finished, one of our players had to "shoot the boot." I'm geussing if you scored then you have to drink gatorade out of you own cleat with grass. It was a good day of rugby and we definatley need to practice more on fundamentals and getting fit. I am looking forward to our next game as a stronger team.
When I got home a whole different sport was going on. My entire family was cheering on the Saints, while I was trying to wash up and ice my bruises. I wanted to sleep but who could sleep when during the Superbowl. Sure tons of people can but, I love football. I think it's the most easiest sport to understand but I have been watching since I was 5 years old. I got home and the score was 10 - 3 Colts. I was shocked, but I love watching the comebacks. I believe those who can make a comeback have more of a heart than anything else. When Peyton threw the interception the game was over and done. Drew Brees was amazing in this game, and he won because he admitted that he doesn't watch the scoreboard but play. I think that motto wil be my own motto for this rugby season. This will be easy because rugby hasn't reach the publicity to have our own scoreboard, i think.
When I got home a whole different sport was going on. My entire family was cheering on the Saints, while I was trying to wash up and ice my bruises. I wanted to sleep but who could sleep when during the Superbowl. Sure tons of people can but, I love football. I think it's the most easiest sport to understand but I have been watching since I was 5 years old. I got home and the score was 10 - 3 Colts. I was shocked, but I love watching the comebacks. I believe those who can make a comeback have more of a heart than anything else. When Peyton threw the interception the game was over and done. Drew Brees was amazing in this game, and he won because he admitted that he doesn't watch the scoreboard but play. I think that motto wil be my own motto for this rugby season. This will be easy because rugby hasn't reach the publicity to have our own scoreboard, i think.
Friday, February 5, 2010
BUSY SUNDAY
This sunday is a huge day! First of all its Superbowl Sunday!! Everyone should be cheering for the Saints because they have never been in the Superbowl. The Colts should just throw in the towel, becuase they've won numerous times and everyone knows Peyton Manning is one of the all time best quarterbacks. The Saints deserve this win and all season would have had a perfect season but unfortunatley they lost one game. Just one game that a person lost sticks with them forever. This sunday is the biggest game in American sports and I'm going to miss the kickoff because of rugby. Rugby is an amazingly fun sport, thought I haven't practiced much, this sport fits me as an athlete. I sometimes wonder why I played basketball instead of rubgy. Well you learn from your mistakes so I'm making up for lost time by going two times harder in practice. I even get to start on the team as flanker. Flanker basically rushes up on the defense if they get the ball or they stay behind supporting the forwards. Forwards are like the recievers of football. The only downfall of this sport if that we have a tournament on Superbowl Sunday! I hate missing the kickoff, it builds the rush to watching the game. To take out my anger I am going to hit the first girl so hard that she will not realize what she is suppose to be doing. I'm not a cocky player but when I am angry I take it out on sports.
To add on to this anger of mine, I am coming down with this nasty cold. I can't sleep because my dry throat irritates me and a stuffy nose. I'm twice as tired then usual and I realized this week is a busy week. Suprisingly, once I start playing it doesn't bother me so much but I want to be completely healthy. Every year since I was a freshman I have gotten pneumonia and it always starts off with a cold while I am playing a sport. This year it will not happen! The worst thing is to play crapy and then go home with a fever. It is the worst feeling but I love to play! Sports just relax me and its just a natural ability of mine. I learn twice as much, but I can nail a certain shot or tackle in two weeks or less. Hopefully, I will come out with wins in both my tournament and football, and will be healthy before Sunday.
To add on to this anger of mine, I am coming down with this nasty cold. I can't sleep because my dry throat irritates me and a stuffy nose. I'm twice as tired then usual and I realized this week is a busy week. Suprisingly, once I start playing it doesn't bother me so much but I want to be completely healthy. Every year since I was a freshman I have gotten pneumonia and it always starts off with a cold while I am playing a sport. This year it will not happen! The worst thing is to play crapy and then go home with a fever. It is the worst feeling but I love to play! Sports just relax me and its just a natural ability of mine. I learn twice as much, but I can nail a certain shot or tackle in two weeks or less. Hopefully, I will come out with wins in both my tournament and football, and will be healthy before Sunday.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
The Homes of the Stars by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The dialogue that I chose was to write about was from The Homes of the Stars. In this short story, about a guy named Pat Hobby who takes these tourists, the Robinsons, through the Hollywood homes. The Robinsons believed he could take them to these A-list celebrities but they end up getting scammed by this struggling writer. This story is parallel to F. Scott Fitzgerald own life. The part of dialogue I focused upon was the when Mr. and Mrs. Robinson lecture about the stars they adore, to the part when Pat drives away from Ronald Colman. While driving to Colman's home, the Robinson's question Pat reason for giving tours while he a writer for movies. Fitzgerald shines in making up dialogue that shows how a man can think on his feet and make up every lie to look good. When Mr. Robinson asked why the writer's were in strike for, Pat responds by saying, " Oh, better living conditions,' he said finally, 'free pencils and paper. I don't know- it's all in the Wagner Act.' After a moment he added vaguely, ' Recognize Finland." The classic, make up a white lie and change the subject so the person you are lyinging to doesn't further interrogate you. His lies keeps the story going because the reader wants to read on how far this guy can go until he gets caught. Pat Hobby's character takes in these people that are in love with actor's lifestyles and scams them for some extra cash, because they would believe any L.A native.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
FINAL
8. How do you like having a blog? How has blogging changed the way you write, the way you think, or the way you think about writing?
One blog a week, easy 10 points, and has to be 300-400 words. That was my first thought on blogs. Do what is required and I get an easy A. This easy assignment became forgettable to me, to the point where I would skip two weeks of blogging. My grade went down because I forgot. I'm not a big fan of writing, because I have never had a teacher or someone to motivate me into this world of writing. I had to write about books that I didn't care for or a topic that I could care less about. After watching my grade go down, I realized that this assignment could be a way to write about a topic that I liked. My teacher could know alot more about me and other students, just from blogging weekley. We didn't have to follow a format on writing, but to purely write down what you are feeling. I don't know why this didn't hit me in the first place. Blogs are a way to write your thoughts and ideas. All my blog topics are something that I care for deeply but I couldn't convey my passion onto my blogs. Another ordeal that I had with blogs was the issue of having a semi-fear of writing. I have never felt comfortable with writing, because I never really liked what I wrote. It was either the boring overuse of simple words or having grammar issues. I believe that I am an insecure writer. Blogs are starting to change my insecurity about writing.
Throughout my whole school years, I felt lost in how to write. Each teacher had their own idea of how we were suppose to write and I geusss this made my insecurity with writing worse. I felt better on writing what teachers wanted to read instead of creating my own writing identity. Blogs helped me create this identity that I have been yearning for. I have learned to like blogging and how they work for this class. A whole new way to vent on those thoughts and knowing that you could be heard from a couple of friends to a possible thousands. I doubt I have people reading my blogs but blogging gives me that mentality. Everytime I blog, I feel that a million of people are going to read this, and so I write to be more interesting but all me. Though blogging is helping me with my writing identity, I still have trouble with writing down what I mean. Sometimes a person can't always say what they mean, this irritates me. Blogging is helping me with writing down what I mean, though it is a gradually growing goal, it's going forward. My insecurtiy is slowly falling down like any other insecurtiy that people have, and I'm glad I have a way to do it. I have grown to enjoy blogging and how it helps to show who I am as a writer.
10. Where do you get your ideas for blog post topics? What inspires you to write?
My ideas so far, have been a little more on personal topics. They are usually topics that are recent and close to me. Such as the The Only Girl blog about my experience as the only girl playing football my freshman year. That blog idea, really felt good to write about because I have never went into detail about my experience. In the beginning of the year I had a million ideas of what to write about. It varied from school, family, music, sports, and more general genres. Anyone can write about anything for there blogs, but why not write about something meaningful? I admit I was going along with the idea, but I have changed my topics on blogs. I have written about 13 blogs this semester and half of them are my own ideas. Some of them are from quickwrites, or required for English Class. The topics such as my two statemet of purposes were for school. I enjoy my second statement of purpose because it delt with the goals I wanted to achieve in my writing. Suprisingly, I wanted to blog about what I wanted to accomplish in my writing. Another blog post, Graffiti....Defacing??, was from a quickwrite and related to me. English class quickwrite gives hard topics that can be posted because everyone's interpertation varies.
Alot of my blogs are inspired by what was going on in that moment. My Bob Marley blog post was written because I was listening to him, while we were blogging in class. His music inspired me to write about him, becuase I have this long history with listening to him. One blog post that had the biggest inspiration was my Movie Fascination blog. I was watching the movie Julie & Julia, and Amy Adam's character, Julie Powell, was blogging about her journey in creating the beloved Julia Child's famous dishes.She wanted to create every single recipe in one of Julia Child's books in a year. While I was watching this inspirational movie, I wanted to blog about this movie. After I started the blog about this movie, I somehow shifted gears into writing about my love for movies. Movies have been this huge comfort of mine. It always help me to take my mine off of things. I have been inspired to write about things that mean the most to me.
2. Choose one of your posts. (Your favorite? Your least favorite? The one that surprises you the most when you reread it? Any one you want to pick.) Analyze it in detail, with quotes etc.
My favorite blog post was my Movie Fascination blog. Movies bring me this sensation of blocking all stressful thoughts. It brings sometype of relaxation and interest since I was a kid. Movies are a major comfort for me. When I wrote this blog I didn't realize how much I loved movies. My blog title didn't originate into my head until I wrote "I have grown into this huge fascination with movies." This quote of mine, sparked this blog into what I wrote it out to be. Making this blog is not only my favorite but the most suprising one. I felt it was like writing a rant about movies and everything that I wrote covered my reasons for loving movies. From writing a decent amount of blogs, my writing gradually breaks the fear of truely writing what you feel. I feel more confident in my writing, creating my writing my own identity. All from this one blog post of movies.
Another reason to calling this blog post my favorite is because it showed how much my father's influence in movies carried onto me, "My dad has seen many classics and I am trying to reach his level." He has been seeing movies longer then I have. My dad could demolish my list of movies. Almost every movie that is an oldie, he has already seen it. I have seen some kids not have anything in common with their fathers, causing this dead silence when they are alone. With my dad, we could talk nonstop because of movies. This close bond we have makes my relationship easier with my dad. This blog will definatley be memorable to me. Instead of becoming a movie critic, I think I am going to critique movies from my blog. When I wrote, "The future of the film bussiness will most likely get more fansy and realistic, and I am taking this personal journey with friends and family on seeing this unravel," I didn't comprehend what I just wrote. It is a given to watch a movie with someone, either friends and family, but as I get older I have this feeling I will be annotating every movie I watch.
One blog a week, easy 10 points, and has to be 300-400 words. That was my first thought on blogs. Do what is required and I get an easy A. This easy assignment became forgettable to me, to the point where I would skip two weeks of blogging. My grade went down because I forgot. I'm not a big fan of writing, because I have never had a teacher or someone to motivate me into this world of writing. I had to write about books that I didn't care for or a topic that I could care less about. After watching my grade go down, I realized that this assignment could be a way to write about a topic that I liked. My teacher could know alot more about me and other students, just from blogging weekley. We didn't have to follow a format on writing, but to purely write down what you are feeling. I don't know why this didn't hit me in the first place. Blogs are a way to write your thoughts and ideas. All my blog topics are something that I care for deeply but I couldn't convey my passion onto my blogs. Another ordeal that I had with blogs was the issue of having a semi-fear of writing. I have never felt comfortable with writing, because I never really liked what I wrote. It was either the boring overuse of simple words or having grammar issues. I believe that I am an insecure writer. Blogs are starting to change my insecurity about writing.
Throughout my whole school years, I felt lost in how to write. Each teacher had their own idea of how we were suppose to write and I geusss this made my insecurity with writing worse. I felt better on writing what teachers wanted to read instead of creating my own writing identity. Blogs helped me create this identity that I have been yearning for. I have learned to like blogging and how they work for this class. A whole new way to vent on those thoughts and knowing that you could be heard from a couple of friends to a possible thousands. I doubt I have people reading my blogs but blogging gives me that mentality. Everytime I blog, I feel that a million of people are going to read this, and so I write to be more interesting but all me. Though blogging is helping me with my writing identity, I still have trouble with writing down what I mean. Sometimes a person can't always say what they mean, this irritates me. Blogging is helping me with writing down what I mean, though it is a gradually growing goal, it's going forward. My insecurtiy is slowly falling down like any other insecurtiy that people have, and I'm glad I have a way to do it. I have grown to enjoy blogging and how it helps to show who I am as a writer.
10. Where do you get your ideas for blog post topics? What inspires you to write?
My ideas so far, have been a little more on personal topics. They are usually topics that are recent and close to me. Such as the The Only Girl blog about my experience as the only girl playing football my freshman year. That blog idea, really felt good to write about because I have never went into detail about my experience. In the beginning of the year I had a million ideas of what to write about. It varied from school, family, music, sports, and more general genres. Anyone can write about anything for there blogs, but why not write about something meaningful? I admit I was going along with the idea, but I have changed my topics on blogs. I have written about 13 blogs this semester and half of them are my own ideas. Some of them are from quickwrites, or required for English Class. The topics such as my two statemet of purposes were for school. I enjoy my second statement of purpose because it delt with the goals I wanted to achieve in my writing. Suprisingly, I wanted to blog about what I wanted to accomplish in my writing. Another blog post, Graffiti....Defacing??, was from a quickwrite and related to me. English class quickwrite gives hard topics that can be posted because everyone's interpertation varies.
Alot of my blogs are inspired by what was going on in that moment. My Bob Marley blog post was written because I was listening to him, while we were blogging in class. His music inspired me to write about him, becuase I have this long history with listening to him. One blog post that had the biggest inspiration was my Movie Fascination blog. I was watching the movie Julie & Julia, and Amy Adam's character, Julie Powell, was blogging about her journey in creating the beloved Julia Child's famous dishes.She wanted to create every single recipe in one of Julia Child's books in a year. While I was watching this inspirational movie, I wanted to blog about this movie. After I started the blog about this movie, I somehow shifted gears into writing about my love for movies. Movies have been this huge comfort of mine. It always help me to take my mine off of things. I have been inspired to write about things that mean the most to me.
2. Choose one of your posts. (Your favorite? Your least favorite? The one that surprises you the most when you reread it? Any one you want to pick.) Analyze it in detail, with quotes etc.
My favorite blog post was my Movie Fascination blog. Movies bring me this sensation of blocking all stressful thoughts. It brings sometype of relaxation and interest since I was a kid. Movies are a major comfort for me. When I wrote this blog I didn't realize how much I loved movies. My blog title didn't originate into my head until I wrote "I have grown into this huge fascination with movies." This quote of mine, sparked this blog into what I wrote it out to be. Making this blog is not only my favorite but the most suprising one. I felt it was like writing a rant about movies and everything that I wrote covered my reasons for loving movies. From writing a decent amount of blogs, my writing gradually breaks the fear of truely writing what you feel. I feel more confident in my writing, creating my writing my own identity. All from this one blog post of movies.
Another reason to calling this blog post my favorite is because it showed how much my father's influence in movies carried onto me, "My dad has seen many classics and I am trying to reach his level." He has been seeing movies longer then I have. My dad could demolish my list of movies. Almost every movie that is an oldie, he has already seen it. I have seen some kids not have anything in common with their fathers, causing this dead silence when they are alone. With my dad, we could talk nonstop because of movies. This close bond we have makes my relationship easier with my dad. This blog will definatley be memorable to me. Instead of becoming a movie critic, I think I am going to critique movies from my blog. When I wrote, "The future of the film bussiness will most likely get more fansy and realistic, and I am taking this personal journey with friends and family on seeing this unravel," I didn't comprehend what I just wrote. It is a given to watch a movie with someone, either friends and family, but as I get older I have this feeling I will be annotating every movie I watch.
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