It's too hot!
98.4° is far too hot for slide-taking. But I got it done. That's one of the only crappy things about being an art student. Taking slides. Especially since NO ONE CARRIES SLIDE FILM ANYMORE! I went to Target and the Evil Empire™, and no slide film. So I stopped by CVS and found some. It had been there so long, it was dusty. And it expires this month. But I got it done, so after I get them processed (hah! Let me find a place that does that without traveling to the city), I can send them off to SCAD and (hopefully!) get Drawing II credit. I "borrowed" a few drawings from Drawing I since I did some good work in there as well, along with 2D Design.
Oh, and word to the wise. The Da Vinci Code (movie) SUUUUUUUCKS!
I know that allowances have to be made when you're turning a book into a movie. I mean, you're trying to fit a novel's worth of information into 2-2.5 hours. But Silence of the Lambs and Bridget Jones' Diary both managed to do so with out fucking up key points of the movie. Like, Aringarosa telling the Vatican Council about getting the "Holy Grail". He didn't in the book! The Vatican was dropping it's official support of the Opus Dei for some of their more stringent religious practices, and the money Aringarosa was receiving was money the Vatican owed the Opus Dei. He was going to use the money to pay of "the Teacher" for receipt of the "Holy Grail", and inwardly chastised the Vatican for dropping support of Opus Dei, for after receiving the "Holy Grail", they were going to be the most powerful sect of Catholics in the world.
Also...Silas doesn't die in front of Aringarosa! After he shoots him on accident, he's supposed to carry him to a hospital and then retreat and die in solitude in a park. Dammit. Also, Silas doesn't even look that albino. I mean, I know it's hard to do when you don't have an actual albino actor, but, seeing as how it's a large-budget Ron Howard picture, could you at least drop $40 for some red-colored contacts? It's not that hard! Low-budget horror films use them ALL THE TIME! Silas doesn't look albino...he looks SWEDISH! Just take him to Falafel Kungen and he'll forget all about the damn keystone!
And the end? Dude, Sauniere was totally Sophie's actual grandfather. He brother and her survived the car crash, and she was reunited with her brother at the end at Roslin, with just her grandmother, not a bunch of Priory members. Ugh. I mean, I guess I shouldn't complain so much because if the movie hadn't come out, I don't know how long it would have been before I read the book. I want to go get Angels and Demons and read that, too.
Also, got my window fixed! Although sometimes it crunches a little like the regulator and cable are...fucked up. But if it breaks again I can take it in a get my $193 back!
Oh, and word to the wise. The Da Vinci Code (movie) SUUUUUUUCKS!
I know that allowances have to be made when you're turning a book into a movie. I mean, you're trying to fit a novel's worth of information into 2-2.5 hours. But Silence of the Lambs and Bridget Jones' Diary both managed to do so with out fucking up key points of the movie. Like, Aringarosa telling the Vatican Council about getting the "Holy Grail". He didn't in the book! The Vatican was dropping it's official support of the Opus Dei for some of their more stringent religious practices, and the money Aringarosa was receiving was money the Vatican owed the Opus Dei. He was going to use the money to pay of "the Teacher" for receipt of the "Holy Grail", and inwardly chastised the Vatican for dropping support of Opus Dei, for after receiving the "Holy Grail", they were going to be the most powerful sect of Catholics in the world.
Also...Silas doesn't die in front of Aringarosa! After he shoots him on accident, he's supposed to carry him to a hospital and then retreat and die in solitude in a park. Dammit. Also, Silas doesn't even look that albino. I mean, I know it's hard to do when you don't have an actual albino actor, but, seeing as how it's a large-budget Ron Howard picture, could you at least drop $40 for some red-colored contacts? It's not that hard! Low-budget horror films use them ALL THE TIME! Silas doesn't look albino...he looks SWEDISH! Just take him to Falafel Kungen and he'll forget all about the damn keystone!
And the end? Dude, Sauniere was totally Sophie's actual grandfather. He brother and her survived the car crash, and she was reunited with her brother at the end at Roslin, with just her grandmother, not a bunch of Priory members. Ugh. I mean, I guess I shouldn't complain so much because if the movie hadn't come out, I don't know how long it would have been before I read the book. I want to go get Angels and Demons and read that, too.
Also, got my window fixed! Although sometimes it crunches a little like the regulator and cable are...fucked up. But if it breaks again I can take it in a get my $193 back!