Applause after a movie

It doesn't happen often, at least when I go to movies that the audience applauds at the end.

I went to see The Croods over the Easter holiday and was blown away. It was a very witty and well developped story. I won't say much more but if you haven't seen it yet, you should. It is amazing and extremely entertaining, it is quite adult in its verbal humor. I knew almost nothing about it when I went in and I think it was better that way.

Enjoy !

p.s. I may write more about it after it has been out awhile. If I remember.

Smurfy

Dialogue sync in flash.

Larryboy

I had to redo this many times but it finally worked :) I am so happy :)  This was made using flash. I made it more complex for myself than necessary by accident, but now it works. Yeah!
                                                                                                              

Discovery Project

This is the current progress of my miniature. The cardboard frame shifted because it got wet when I paper mached it so I need to make some adjustments once it is dry before I make another layer.

This is now the current state of my model.

Really?

How much bad is a 'good guy' allowed to do?

I have been watching a lot of spy and police shows lately and it is starting to bother me how many laws they break in the process of doing good. How many cars are you allowed to steal and destroy before you get fired? Seriously. I guess I understand it more when it's a spy and they do what it takes. But, I just watched the new Die hard movie and McClane steals 2 vehicles before he knows what is happening. Hello... he's a cop on vacation and decides that it's ok to steal multiple vehicles in a different country. Spy's are supposed to be under the radar and using anything they can find, but still... does a licence to kill give you a right to destroy private property of un-involved citizens? Does the end justify the means? They almost never show the consequences after the world has been saved. Doesn't the person involved have to explain why they happened to steal and crash a plane that wasn't part of the plan? I know that sometimes in TV shows people have to answer to their choices but in general it is ignored. I hope that in real life the 'good guys' are more hesitant to steal from bystanders or do other general 'bad'.

Cloud Atlas

Wow. I just watched Cloud Atlas. It is an amazingly well told story. there are multiple time periods and story lines that all intertwine gently. I think I appreciate it more because of the script writing classes I have in school. The way that all the holes in the story are slowly filled in until at the end it all makes sense is amazing. The acting is really good too with the main group of actors playing multiple parts through the different time periods and each one being distinct. In that way the make up and set design also kept the times separate. The way the story slowly revealed itself was awesome. I feel like this is the way all stories should be told. it felt like a book the way that things were being discovered. I kept trying to guess how the times overlapped and I was wrong every time but, the way they did made sense. I think this is the best told story in a movie I have seen possibly ever.