So, I went to see the latest Batman movie last night - and loved it, adored it, thought it was really truly a great movie. It had a little bit of everything and didn’t disappoint at all. Pity I found sitting in those theatre chairs for two and a half hours so uncomfortable really.
I’d recommend it as a big screen must see. Some times you just need all that action and drama on the big screen to truly appreciate something, and while I will not doubt watch it again when it comes out on DVD, I’m super glad that I got to see it at the movies.
I’ve always been a fan of Bale, and while I find the way he speaks when he’s being Batman quite amusing, I don’t let that detract from the movie as a whole. He’s a good actor, and Heath Ledger was a really fantastic Joker - really made me want to know what the real story behind his scars is though! I’ll have to do some research and see if I can come up with anything.
The line that stands out the most, and interests me the most is one that seems to be quoted all over the place at the moment, referring to how some people just want to watch the world burn - there is no explanation for why, there is no point trying to figure out their motives, they just like destruction, they are agents of chaos.
Now, I have always had a healthy respect for Chaos, I’m well aware that we need balance, and that sometimes things need to go to one extreme before they can come back to being somewhere in the middle. That when everything is perfectly ordered there is often little growth and development which translates to the fact that chaos is an important part of the world we live in.
It’s one of those things you know? How can you know true happiness if you’ve never been sad, how can you learn to grow, develop and make the most of yourself if you’ve never experienced hardships?
So yes, interesting movie, with lots of layers and things to think about. I’ll definitely be watching it again.
And back to the writing thing!
As much as I didn’t want to write last night after the movie, as much as I just wanted to talk about it and then go to bed, I caught up.
I had managed to write some words during yesterday, I’d made up the words I hadn’t written from the day before and added some of Fridays count, but I was still about 900 shy of where I wanted to be.
I did it though, and it took me no time at all. I slipped right into it and just let it flow. Which means that today I am sitting at 26,387, and I still have to do my words for today. It won’t be long before I’m hitting that 30,000 mark! Definitely on track for now and am pushing my hopes for July up to 35,000 words rewritten.
In the original I have 18,156 getting me to the same point, so I am still adding some as I go, though padding out less than I had been at the start. There are some points which need a lot more work than others and so it’ll be interesting to get to ‘halfway’ in the old story and where I think halfway will be in the rewrite.
As Chibi mentioned to me the other day, the beginning is long, the middle is short, and the end is long - which is totally true. So much development is missing out of the middle, and while there are 1-2 weeks worth of happenings which will still get glossed over a bit, there is going to be a lot more in there than originally.
Other Matters:
Ivy stayed with my Mum last night when we went to the movies, and she’s still not home! lol I went around to pick her up this morning but she was dead keen on going to the musuem with Mum, and so off they went. She wanted me to come too, but I am really trying to encourage her relationships with other people at the moment and I know they’ll have a blast together. They are unveiling the T Rex today and hopefully they’ll get to see it! Very cool, we’ll be going a few times while it is here, i LOVE dinosaurs.
Also, my Dad is moving to Auckland as of next weekend - it’ll have been just three weeks since he left my step mum, and it sounds as though the woman he was having an affair with has left her husband and they will be moving in together.
She’s coming back down from Auckland with him on Friday when he brings back the truck he’s using to move stuff (moving Thursday). Her name is Sharon, and I am going to get to meet her.
It all seems a lil weird, I think it feels kind of surreal to me. I hope that it all turns out the way he would like it too, but it just feels too soon. I hadn’t realized how much I am going to miss him not living here until he said he was moving so soon. I didn’t even know her name until this morning and the fact that I’m going to meet her next week also seems a little bizarre. I really hope she is worth it all.
Okay, I’m a bit more interested in seeing the Batman movie now! That would be awesome if you could get 35k words done during July. It would definitely put you in the right mood to be able to finish during August.
I’m happy that you’re feeling better about your dad moving. I’m sure that he feels this woman will be worth it, and she’s probably really nice. If all else fails, just remember how well you’ll be able to write this in a story someday!
I went to see Batman on Friday night and loved it. I saw Mamma Mia! yesterday too and that was good fun.
Wow, you are powering through the rewrite! 35K by the end of the month will be great!! I’m still hoping to finish my read through today, though that will be 9 scenes in one day rather than over two.
It must be very weird having things with your Dad moving so quickly. I guess you just have to hope that that’s what will make him happy.