Movie Madness

How To Get Really Bored In 4 Days Or Less By Watching Movies

It's dead winter and the construction industry is at a standstill, so I'm working 1/2 days and going home to fill out job applications and watch movies. I've crunched over 10 or more in the past two days, and I can safely say, I'm bored. 

Why? Because I've hit the wall again. I've looked up all my favorite directors, actors, and genres, crammed in anything that I haven't watched in the last year or two, and discovered: nearly nada. 

The trouble started with "Interstellar", which bounced me to the moon, made me love movies again, fulfilled my faith in movie-making, sparked my fire - and simultaneously quenched it in sour milk. It was such a good movie that I was comparing it with many sci-fi epics that I adored: "2001", "Planet of The Apes", and "Alien".

I began my quest with Matthew McConaughey, the star of "Interstellar", because I'd always liked his style and of course because he's drop-dead gorgeous. I can't help but enjoy looking at him. Beyond that, though, he's a wonderful actor. I looked up his IMDB resume, found his list of acting credits in movies, and then watched them. I watched as many as were quickly available for free on the Internet. 

Seriously, I think I watched three a night. And then it got boring. Suddenly that Texan drawl became frustrating instead of soothing, his body language became repetitive, and I found myself yawning. I'll be sure to catalog a critique of each of them in a later blog. 

Skip to my science-fiction search. Have I seen every science-fiction movie out there that's worth a damn? Yup. well, if I didn't remember it, it was because it wasn't that good in the first place. I stumbled around for a while and gave in. The worst experience I had was watching "12 Monkeys", thinking that I hadn't understood it the last few times that I watched it. Nope. It was just...bad. 

I did stumble over a lovely French animation, and "Big Hero 6" provided much fun last night, but I'm back in the boredom hole again. 

Maybe you can help me through my boredom by suggesting a great science-fiction piece, or a Nolan movie, or a Luc Besson movie, or even an animation move that I may not have seen. try me. If I've seen it I'll critique it, and that'll be more blogs! Woohoo! Hit me.