NaNo 2008 Day 18: Credit where it’s due November 18, 2008
Dave’s Movie Marathon was a total blast. He and his lovely wife Sarah were generous hosts and made everyone feel welcome. The only person I’d met before was Jorge so I was a little nervous going in, but I had nothing to worry about. You guys made me feel right at home, and it was great to finally meet you in person. The movies were varied and intertesting, and all of us on the nomination and selection committee [1] deserve a round of applause. Also, mad propz to Jorge for liveblogging the whole damn thing [3].
The highlights:
Death Race 2000 - I arrived after it had already started, and Dave got me caught up. It was a great ice breaker movie because I could turn to the person sitting next to me and say, “Did Sylvester Stallon really just insult her by calling her a ‘baked potato’?”, or exclaim in amusement with everyone else when David Carridine put on a mask to have sex [4].
Lifeboat - This is a movie I never would have chosen to watch on my own, but I’m glad I saw it.
Glengarry Glen Ross - Since I got back, I’ve been raving about it to anyone who makes the mistake of passing through my line of sight. It was a truly awesome movie with so many outstanding performances, although I’d have to say Jack Lemmon was my favourite. He could go from depressed to obsequious to furious to begging in the blink of an eye.
Hard Core Logo - I have lengthy theories about the dysfunctional relationships in this movie, but in the end, it’s a bittersweet movie about a rock band.
Audition - All I know of this movie is that at one point, the cries of horror from those still standing woke me up. I snickered and went back to sleep.
In the end, I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
(As for my NaNo story, sadly I’ve fallen rather behind. Sunday when I got home, I was too exhausted to write more than 500 words, and yesterday I didn’t get any done either. Maybe I’ll have to pull an all-nighter tonight.)
[1] Which was all of us, since we all nominated a slate of movies, and then ranked the nominees; the winners being the ones with the most votes [2].
[2] Or the ones Dave wanted to watch and snuck in.
[3] Seriously, go read his post! The funnest part of the whole thing were the photos and movies we made for each movie we watched - we weren’t just passive participants, we were ACTORS!
[4] And the dancing!