Kyle Kerr

More On Procrastination

09/16/07 | Books, Movies, My Writings, Procrastination | 0 Comments

This weekend, I saw two new movies… one new, and one a little older.  Plus, a little on a book I’m currently reading.

The Brave One

Okay, I don’t know where to begin on this movie.  We all know that Jodie Foster is a brilliant actress.  Terrance Howard is good as well.  This movie was freaking amazing.  Though very brutal at times (you see about a two minute long beating scene, as well as a number of murders on Jodie’s part), there is such raw emotion behind it all.  I don’t know if that is the work of the three writers behind the script (two of them are credited just for “story”, so I don’t know if they did any of the actual writing or not), or because Jodie and Terrance are in their element, but it is surely a sight to see.  AND, it has one of the most satisfying endings to a movie than I have seen in a good long time.  Our ENTIRE theater was in an uproar by the end, which only shows how quickly and deeply you get attached to these characters.  Definitely a must-see.

Miss Potter

I wanted to see this movie since I first saw the trailer (however long ago it came out).  Renée Zellweger hasn’t been one of my favorite actresses, but she has grown on me as of late (I recently saw the first Bridget Jones’s Diary movie, which was cute… and I have liked the ever classic Empire Records since it came out on video), and the movie looked like I might enjoy it.  Not to mention the recommendations I got from people telling me to see it (including the writer of Frida).  So, I caved and bought it.  I think I have to give it a 4 out of 5.  This movie was so engaging, and to touching, that I was totally prepared to love it.  And I did, but only up to a certain point.  The last half hour of the movie completely dragged.  For some reason, they (the filmmaker and writers) felt it was necessary to showcase her purchasing 4000 acres of land, working said land, and doing little, if any, writing or drawing/painting.  I know this movie is supposed to be about her life, but the main pulls were her books and her love; I didn’t need to know that she was responsible for conserving 4000 acres of apparently prime English real estate property (though highly noble on her part, it doesn’t make for very interesting movie watching!).  They should have cut that last 20-30 minutes and expanded the other sections instead.  Still worth the watch, though.

Excavation by James Rollins

I’m actually in the middle of this right now.  I decided to read this because, well, I bought it in Maui so he could sign it and I needed something to read on the 14 hour trip back to Boston.  Not that I got much reading done on the plane (I actually SLEPT, which is something I rarely do on planes… I like being on planes too much to sleep!), but I have made a slight effort to read it now that I am back.  It’s actually quite good so far, and he’s freaking me out by having albino tarantulas attacking a group of archaeologists.  Again, only halfway through, but it’s good so far.  I’ll let you know if I like the ending!

(Note to self: Come up with some sort of cool rating system.)

So, now it’s time to get back to writing.  It’s amazing that I have been back for two weeks already, and I’ve only worked on ONE chapter of my novel.  I need to finish the rewrite of said chapter later today, and then start moving on to the next ones.  My October 31st deadline for completion is approaching more rapidly than I could have ever expected, so I need to buckle down and WRITE!  I am very excited about all of the changes, though, and I can’t wait to be able to read through the whole manuscript at the end (and to hear what everyone thinks about it!).  GENIUS MODE!

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Until next…

Kyle W. Kerr