Our Unhinged friend Andrea suggests writing a movie review. Now, normally, I'm all over requests. Especially when they come from someone like Andrea, whose journal is AOL's Top Pick for today. (Go her!) But this is a rather difficult request to fulfill. See reviewing movies is dangerously close to some writing I do in the Real World, and I try to keep the journal Far, Far Away from Real World writing. A concept which is, in itself, kinda funny, because one of the reasons I took up reviewing was to try a different kind of writing from what I do at my Day Job. To sum up -- three types of writing: Day Job, Real World Reviewing, and Journal. And never the three shall meet.
So, reluctantly, I have to turn down Andrea's invitation.
Then again. Perhaps I can try an unusual format for a movie review. That way, I'd be doing Experimental Journal-type writing, while still reviewing a film. Sounds like a challenge to me. For instance, let's see exactly how short I can make a review, and still make it work. I'll just paw through the list of movies I saw this summer and try to do shorter and shorter reviews with each successive film. k?
Movie: X2: X-Men United
Form: Iambic Pentameter
You'd think I'd just see Hugh on screen and stare
He just is not sexy with stupid hair.
Movie: Seabiscuit
Form: Haiku
Ooo! Watch the horse race!
The music swells joyously
Wonder if he'll win.
Movie: Matrix Reloaded
Form: Ten word movie review
Never thought I'd say this but: too many Hugo Weavings
Movie: T3: Rise of the Machines
Form: Five word movie review
Get to the war already!
Movie: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Form: Three word movie review
Intelligent comic oversimplified.
Movie: Spellbound.
Form: Two word movie review
Revealing documentary
Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Form: One word movie review
Arrrrr!
6 comments:
hahahaha..those are the best reviews ever! Good job! =)
Andrea's sardonic, tongue-in-cheek, two-word response:
Mold-breaker.
Y'know, I can't edit this right now without losing the formatting, but, upon reflection, I think I missed the boat with the last one. I think it should read: "Arrrr!"
I don't know what I'm doing back here. I really should be working. Or writing my own movie review.
Anyway, what IS it you do in Real Life that's so close to review writing? You've got me all curious now. Feel free to give me the generic definition.
Oh, I agree about the Arrrrrr!
Ah, didn't mean to be all mysterious about it. I'm a (part-time) theatre critic.
Subject: Oooo, a request
Form: Six-Sentence Review
Snorted. Hard. Coffee. Up. My. Nose.
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