Michael's Musings

March 2, 2011

Students at a local school were assigned to read 2 books, Titanic and My Life by Bill Clinton.

One student turned in the following book report with the proposition that they were nearly identical stories.

His cool teacher gave him an A+ for this report.

Titanic: Cost - $29.99
Clinton: Cost - $29.99

Titanic: Over 3 hours to read
Clinton : Over 3 hours to read

Titanic: The story of Jack and Rose, their forbidden love, and subsequent catastrophe.
Clinton: The story of Bill and Monica, their forbidden love, and subsequent catastrophe.

Titanic: Jack is a starving artist.
Clinton: Bill is a bullshit artist.

Titanic: In one scene, Jack enjoys a good cigar.
Clinton: Ditto for Bill.

Titanic: During the ordeal, Rose's dress gets ruined.
Clinton: Ditto for Monica.

Titanic: Jack teaches Rose to spit.
Clinton: Let's not go there.

Titanic: Rose gets to keep her jewelry.
Clinton: Monica' s forced to return her gifts.

Titanic: Rose remembers Jack for the rest of her life.
Clinton: Clinton  doesn't remember Jack.

Titanic: Rose goes down on a vessel full of seamen.
Clinton: Monica.. ooh, let's not go there, either.

Titanic: Jack surrenders to an icy death.
Clinton: Bill goes home to Hillary - basically the same thing

You have a creative day.

Michael

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March 1, 2011

I made 9 Oscar predictions, and I got all 9 right.

That's the first time I've ever got 100% correct.

How about that?

Applause.  Applause.  Applause.

The truth is that I have yet to see BLACK SWAN, THE FIGHTER or TRUE GRIT.

But, predicting correctly who will win the Oscar really has nothing to do with whether you see a particular movie or not.

Forget the critics awards and the Golden Globes.  They are not good barometers as to who will win the big one.

They key to Oscar handicapping: It's about listening to the industry "talk" and watching how the Hollywood Guilds distribute their awards.

BTW: I was delighted that David Seidler won the writing Oscar for THE KING'S SPEECH.  As, I believe, I told you before, we were at the University of Washington Drama Department together.

In fact, we were both in a television production of HAMLET.

This afternoon, I'm picking my son, David, up at the airport.  He and his g.f. are coming here for a 5 day visit.

So, you have a creative day and I'll be back tomorrow.

Michael

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February 28, 2011

Although this is my blog for Monday (28), I am writing this on Sunday (27) afternoon, several hours before the Academy Awards broadcast.

Here are my predictions as to who will win.  (Hopefully, I won't have to eat too many of these words in tomorrow's blog.

Best Picture: THE KING'S SPEECH
Best Actor: Colin Firth
Best Actress: Natalie Portman (I would prefer Annette Bening)
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale (I would prefer Geoffrey Rush)
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo
Best Director: Tom Hooper
Best Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin
Best Original Screenplay: David Seidler
Best Animated Film: TOY STORY 3

We shall see what we shall see.

In the meantime, I have new reviews for BURLESQUE and SHARKTOPUS  posted on the Best Bets on DVD site, accessible via the link in the Introduction section of this page.

Take a look, and have a creative day.

Michael

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