Movies and Me

It's recently come to my attention.... wait... did I write about this already? whatever. Ima write about it again. I do what I want. right... so anyways...
I've recently realized that I've become very picky, and somewhat "anal" about the special effects in movies. Mainly the quality level of computer graphic special effects. For instance, in the newest xmen movie: Wolverine, I had a issue with the green screen effects of Hugh Jackman and the exploding helicopter. The worst and most frustrating part was watching him play with his knew metal claws in the bathroom. The cheesy-ness of the claws and unrealisitc interaction between them was retarded and child like. Now don't misunderstand me. The movie was pretty awesome. The story was decent. I give it a solid B for a movie rating as superhero movies can go. Plus, as suprising to most of you, I really don't know that much about the X-Men. I know enough to get by, but I don't know backgrounds on most of the characters or who they are for that matter. But ya, I felt that the some of the cg in it was less than par and could have been SOOO much better.
I really didn't want to talk about X-Men, but instead, G.I. Joe. Growing up, I watched Transformers and other random cartoons, G.I. Joe wasn't really one of the major ones that I watched. I still watched it and knew of it, and some of the characters. So as for story goes, and the movie as a whole, I liked it. It was good, decent action scenes, I think seeing it on a big screen does it justice completely. But of course the green screen effects were quite horrible, and in particular some of the beginning cg stuff was really bad as well. There were some really good effects in the movie too of course; the hologram effects were pretty awesome. Watching the Eiffel Tower fall was also pretty fun. But there's just some other random effects that really went bad. Almost the whole G.I. Joe base was poorly done, so much green screen used. Even watching people get off of a jet was green screened. If it's a tight budget then I understand, but I'm almost positive that it wasn't. And after seeing other movies with examples of cg in them, it's tough to understand why these movies couldn't bring it up a notch. Deadlines prehaps? No clue.
I really blame my ridiculousness at critqueing such things at the fact that I've been drawn more and more into my artwork, and I worked in the industry for a little bit. Granted, I didn't study animation programs, I haven't done any animation, but I've gone to movies in the past with animators and I hear what they talk about afterwards and then see it for myself. I've played with the programs, I know it's complicated, but seeing what is capable of being done, even in a simple video game, I would imagine that they could easily do something even better in the movie industry. I'm just sayin'. Good movie, but some of the effects need more work.

Another blog for another time: The lack of creativity in Hollywood.

Something you already knew about me

I'm lazy. Well, not lazy like "fat guy watching tv" lazy... and not "sit around in my underwear playing video games all day lazy." I'm a genuine kind of lazy that actually tries to do something to benefit my mind and abilities each day. Right... I know that doesn't sound lazy at all. But the truth is, if it's TOO much work, I won't do it. I draw, photoshop flyers/pictures, animate and web design, and do random art searches to help me become more profeccient in my skills. But if it just seems like too much work I won't do it. Which of course, most people already knew about me. The reason I write this now, is cause I've actually been looking for a job. I mean, don't get me wrong, I've been looking, just being overly picky about the right job, if any for that matter. But now that I'll be moving I feel that I should be more responsible and actually have a real job. The problem is, as I look at some of these jobs on monster.com I realize that I just don't have the right skill sets for some of these jobs. Plus the ones that I might actually qualify for... their just way too much work. I mean, seriously... that's a lot of work. I don't want to be responsible for that much. I know it sounds horrible, I'm well aware of that. But I want to have fun in life, not sit behind a desk and crunch numbers and do things that are boring. Sure, ifI have to do that for a little bit I will, but I'm not gonna do it for long. Only long enough to get mine; pay off the small amount on my car, save up and travel the world, or find a better job that would be way better suited for me and my wants/needs.
Personally, I think there are only two jobs that are best for me. One is being the CEO of a company. If I own the company, I don't have to do anywork. I just have to show up. Like Bruce Wayne (such a nerd reference) I wouldn't have to do anything but show up to a few meetings, sign a couple papers and then I'm out the door to enjoy life. The only other job that is still a dream, is to be an actor. I've been on sets before and it's great! Walk up, say your line, be in character, show these feelings, easy. I love it. Of course, it's a slow process and not EVERYONE gets in, I will of course do it. But in the meantime I need a real job to counteract the other "fun-ness" that needs to happen.
I know I'm not entirely lazy, and I know for sure that I'm not lazy when I work... okay maybe sometimes... but not all the time. Work needs to get done, I get it done. Nuff said right? I'm just lazy trying to find the right job. One that isn't so demanding. I suppose I shouldn't be so picky though. Eh... I think I just convinced myself to apply for the tuff jobs anyways. Who knows, maybe it pays enough to buy a small company that I can be CEO of. Hahahaha.

“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams” -Arthur O'Shaughnessy