Oh hey guys!
Long time no blog. Well, it would be an understatement if I were to say this past semester in school has been crazy/stressful/busy beyond belief. Super rewarding but crazy busy. Of course finals are looming and I have a million projects I should be working on so now feels like the perfect time to update my blog!
Also, I have such a lack of motivation to watch some Pixar y'all. It's weird. I like their movies but when it comes to studying the art in their movies I have close to nothing to say. At least not until Ratatouille. And that doesn't come up for another four movies! You see, I have a philosophy about wading through entertainment garbage: You must first hook me with something that is out-of-this-world-oh-man-that's-SO-good! After which it can become progressively worse and worse because by that point I've already invested time and energy into it and I am LOYAL so I will see it through to the end. If you give me something that is meh, ok, boring, or straight up lame to start with but gets better as you go on chances are I won't hang around long enough to see it through to that point and I won't be able to muster up the interest it takes to get to that point forever after no matter how you try to convince me otherwise. This philosophy of mine is the reason I read the entire Wheel of Time series (twice) and I haven't been able to muster the interest it takes to read the Harry Potter series (well, one of several reasons why I haven't read that series anyway). And Harry Potter is half the size of Wheel of Time and I'd say at least 4 of the books in that series should never have been written. But you see, those books were in the middle of the series so.....
I digress. The point is that while Pixar makes great movies, it took them a bit of time to stretch their artistic wings past the novelty of "Look! We made this with a computer!" And actually start making something that is artistically tantalizing.
I can just feel the disagreements starting to brew in people's brains even as I type this.
That being said I have watched A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2. A Bug's Life is great only because it reminds me of a slew of family jokes from my growing up days. If not for the sentimentality I'd be super disinterested in this movie.
Toy Story 2 is one of those strange Twilight Zone sort of movies that is better than the original. It is also Pixar's third movie and first sequel. They set up their standard pretty quickly.
Until next time. Good night y'all!
