I think I may be addicted once again.
Archive for April, 2008
The Dark Knight Trailer
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
…is upon us.
I’ve been following these viral sites like a madman…It will hopefully be released online soon. It is supposedly awesome.
Who Needs Another Social Network? – Bits – Technology – New York Times Blog
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Who Needs Another Social Network? – Bits – Technology – New York Times Blog
Hell yea…What a good way for them to tap into this social networking frenzy. I’d share my google results with friends if I found something cool. I just hope Google beats Yahoo! to it…For some reason I like them even though they seem to be taking over the world of internet.
Last full week…
Monday, April 21st, 2008
And so the week has started…I got up early today and I am half done with studying for Bio. Coming up on that last stretch before the end. Don’t really have too much to look forward to, I guess it will be good to relax. Hopefully I’ll be able to play bass way more. I just have to make sure I don’t start working too much again.
Iron Man
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Wings for Marie
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
So I was just feeling terrible. I played it at high volume and instantly felt better.
Video Project
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
So I had to make this for a video class…It’s not nearly perfect, but then again the only reason it is finished is because it is not perfect. All of my projects that I start on my own which don’t have a due date, I never end up finishing because I want them to be perfect. read more…
Harvey Dent News
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
This is awesome, not only do they take the time and effort to create all of these sites, but they spent time making these fake news events audio/video.
Check it out: http://media.ibelieveinharveydent.com/0413081500.mp3
Audio from their most recent news post.
There Will Be Blood
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
So I have been awaiting my chance to see this film for a long time. I love Paul Thomas Anderson’s work in both Boogie Nights and Magnolia. I didn’t really fully “get” Punch Drunk Love, but I do admit that it was very unique. My parents raved about the “strange” score in There Will Be Blood, which seemed to them to just be an incoherent collection of annoying/aggravating sounds. I later read that this score was composed by Jonny Greenwood and this made me really want to see it.
After watching it once, I did enjoy it, although I did not understand the intent of the film entirely. I feel like it is on a different level than Magnolia and Boogie Nights. It is certainly paced more like a mainstream blockbuster than any of his other films. I didn’t really care for the digitally enhanced shots of the train in the background and a few others which I think often degrade the emotion of the film. When everything is lit that perfectly, it just looks too unreal, and something is lost for me. I understand, of course, he couldn’t have done without CG for the shots of the oil rig exploding and stuff, but I thought that those particular shots fit into the movie much better anyway.
The music I thought fit very well. It was an appropriate mix of a sort of modern take on the sort of aggravating “The Shining”-esk sounds, and a full-blown cinema style symphonic score. I think that it is possible that my parents, having seen it in the theater, noticed the annoying sounds more, and were more affected or annoyed by them than anything else.
Overall I liked it, and I’m sure it will take a few viewings before it grows on me entirely like his other movies.
Sunday
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
And so once again it is Sunday. What to do…What to do… Maybe i’ll write about “There Will Be Blood”.