11/25/09 New Moon Critique, Biz Stuff

*Dances in merrily and sits in chair*
Oh my goodness Mr. Blog! First the Fair Chair for Christmas in the Country on Bainbridge Island found a nice couple to take me in next week-end and I got so excited to meet them and go on a big adventure. But then I came home from the movie and Jeff at Allegra said there was a lamination delivery set-back and I might not have ANY games next week! I was ripping my hair out when Steve-O sent me an mail to Google Zazzle and put in,"Speed Kills" and there was my first tee-shirt! He had made me my own real edgy-looking online Zazzle Nixpix store!
He is so awesome. That cheered me considerably and inspired me to hunt down more
sales venues. I jumped out of bed just now and found TWO in Edmonds in May and June.
So I was checking on my homies that are down the hall at the Facebook Place.
It looks just like 3rd Place Books to me
and I rove around the tables visiting with everyone and watching them up on the stage
as they sing, read, display art, tell stories and do stand up comedy.
I'm too shy to get up on the stage yet
but I'm really good at cheering everyone on and clapping and whistling.
So I was sitting with Mimi and telling her about New Moon
and she said I should get up on the stage and tell everyone
but I was too shy so I told her I'd put my viewpoint in a blog.
You might want to lie down Mr. Blog 'cause it it pretty long.
*Watches Mr. Blog lie down on couch, clears throat and starts reading New Moon critique*
11/25/09 New Moon Critique

New Moon was more accurate to the book so I liked it better in that respect. The wolf CGI was awesome. How Kirsten could act out a nuanced nightmare to portray the reenactment of her dance studio torment was surprising to me. Jacob's unrequited love scene made me tear up a bit. Rosalie did a fine job of a five second tease for the upcoming two ... hinting at the angst of being robbed of the one thing she can never have as a vampire, a child. Surprisingly, my fav scene was not in the book but fabricated as Alice's vision of Bella frolicking through a forest with Edward shimmering in her future state. Unusual for a movie to outpace my imagination but it captured the innocence and carefreeness of youth in a way that completely captured my heart. Come to think of it the portrayal of Emily surpassed what I imagined too. The finesse of love that transcends the physical world. The scene accurately shows how hearts can bind internally while not physically touching which is how I've felt about Terry since we got married. RPatz was not as ubiquitous because of the plot line but the next two books are back to the Bella Edward story more. His scene in the classroom captured many of the qualities of Edward that women love: His ability to memorize and orate a difficult text from Shakespeare that has deep meaning to him. His contemporaries look on as he rattles off the text that they can barely read let alone understand well. Every woman in his classroom is riveted by his eloquence and comprehension of life's preciousness and eternal love.
UGH! That is awful Mr. Bog! I am SO going to rewrite that next week. Talk about poor writing! No topic sentence or five sentence paragraphs or five paragraph format. Shame on me.
I'm going to go see it again anyway next week because I want to write about all the Cullens and LaPush characters. I mean the way Ashley Green sits patiently while Jacob pleads with Bella was the stuff great acting is made of. Acting out patience. Her expression says, "I can go against my entire nature as a boisterous, impatient person and submit myself to humility in the face of this stinky dogs unrequited love."
It was hard to concentrate when my hopelessly romantic husband wanted to make out.