I made really good progress on novella revisions yesterday and I thought I had all the heavy stuff done, but something I thought wouldn’t take too much work may end up needing to be rewritten. 
If you detect a lack of enthusiasm in my voice, it’s because I’m not thrilled by the prospect. Not because of the work involved, that doesn’t bother me, it’s because I really like the scene the way it’s written. I mean, really, really, really like it. And it looks like human nature is going to make me have to change it. The trick is going to be keeping the dialogue and stuff that I like and still fix the thing.
After working all day, I watched Armageddon. I know, I’m probably the last person in America to see this movie. Does anyone need a summary of what happens? Probably not, but just in case a large asteroid is headed for Earth. If it strikes, all life will cease to exist. NASA needs to send a team to the monster to drill 800 feet down and drop a nuke and they end up sending a team of deep sea oil drillers to get the job done. These guys are misfits and screwups and clash with the military.
I thought the movie was good, very suspenseful, and at 2.5 hours, about a half an hour too long. Maybe if they’d cut out some of the training stuff or something. I’d have liked to have seen more of the romance between AJ and Grace, but then there’s a reason why I write what I do. I’m very interested in relationships.
It was interesting how the scriptwriters kept making things worse and worse and worse for these poor drillers once they were in space. I mean everything went wrong that could possibly go wrong. It did up the tension, but after a while, even while I was on the edge of my seat, part of me was thinking, oh, come on!
My favorite line in the whole movie was spoken by the Russian. It was something like: Components. American components. Russian components. All made in Taiwan.
There were also some huge problems with the logic in the movie. Some of the space stuff was wrong, at least I’m pretty sure it was wrong. I don’t think you can have explosive decompression in space. I decided to overlook all the nitpicky details, though, and just go along for the ride. It was a pretty fun one.
My overall rating 4 out of 5 stars.
Tags: Misc
You’re generous with Armaggedon.. I only gave it a two…….
But i have SERIOUS issues with Ben Affleck.
I watched it screaming “Don’t let your daughter marry that bum!”
myself, though, I liked the training — I especially liked their “demands” for doing the job. Also, the sub plot about the one guy with the son — that does bring a tear to my eye.
Candice,
I’m not a big Ben Affleck fan myself, but I was largely able to put the actor aside from the character–except now and then when he really bugged me.
Their demands for the job were funny and I did like that subplot with the son too. I was glad the man lived. The way the team was falling left and right, I didn’t know who was going to make it!
Patti
I am so late to see movies that last night I watched episode II of star wars on TV. I didn’t watch the end cause I like the 4400 and the dead zone better.
I also ordered EN over the weekend from Amazon.
Joyce,
I’ve only seen the three Star Wars movies with Harrison Ford, so I’m even farther behind than you are.
This is why I joined NetFlix so that I can try to see some films again.
Thank you! I hope you enjoy EN!
Patti