time making its own
I’m not one to normally have a ‘long week’ but this week has literally seemed to take…days. Seriously, I remember last Sunday and it seems that it happened so long ago; my whole time frame has been messed up, not to mention this huge lack of sleep I’ve piled up over the last couple of weeks.
This Friday night and Saturday morning was a lock-in/all-niter that I was invited to at the Lynchburg Church of Christ. It was pretty good. One thing I want to comment about before I forget; that auditorium stage had some of the best sound projection I’ve ever heard in my life, it’s as if vocals and instruments are right in front of you. Amazing. But yeah, first they had food (high in calories, cholesterol, and sugar) then we went to AMF bowling. I relaxed during this time, but it was still a great time there. Then we went back to the church for more food, movies, and a ‘talent show.’
The first movie was A Walk To Remember. I had heard so many incredible comments about this movie that I was delighted to finally get to see it. Unfortunately, I didn’t agree with those people. From the get-go the plot was simply awful. The plot progression was so fast that it made a mockery of the real life situation that the movie/book was based on. The allusions they made to previous events (like the boy’s parent’s divorce and the past of the girl) were apparently supposed to be ‘givens’ for any viewer - big mistake. Also, very bad cinematography, lots of awkward shots and poor uses of focus. A 2.3 out of 10. So after I had completely tore this movie apart, I was wondering if my criticism of movies had been tarnished by overcritique, because I still remembered all of those good things people said about it. So I went to check it’s averaged rating from nationally recognized movie critics at movies.yahoo.com and it scored a D+. They all bashed it at the same areas I did, so now I feel confident about my critiquing abilities. Not to say I’m anti-chick-flicks but this one really sucked, really.
The other film was Extreme Days, the worst excuse for a movie ever. It’s simply just the combination of a road trip and extreme sports. There! you’ve just seen the entire film. Notice I didn’t say anything about it having a plot. 2.5 out of 10.
But overall the lock-in was just fine. I had a good time. Now its just time for sleep and rest, and then homework and essays.