Movie Preview: King of California

So here's my first movie preview and its on the movie King of California starring Michael Douglas and he has a beard. I had never heard of this film so I looked it up and saw the movie poster which feature some girl, Michael Douglas, and a beard. I feel that this is a movie that should be seen and I base that on a mathematical equation: Michael Douglas + Beard = a movie worth seeing. Michael Douglas does better when he doesn't look like Michael Douglas. All his best films: Romancing the Stone, Falling Down, Wall Street, Wonder Boys, he has some kind of weird hair cut, or long hair, or a beard. To me that means that King of California will follow in those footsteps. I have no idea what the plot is but I think its about a man who has a beard and that beard takes him on some kind of voyage where he discovers that his beard is the secret to living a successful life and he should keep it forever. So go see King of California, its approved for my private bathroom.

Here We Go Again

I have been away for far too long, and I will try my hardest not to do that again, but I make no promises. The problem is I'm not good at prioritizing. Ever since I've been off of work I can't seem shit together. In reality I have plenty of time, but I feel like I'm always rushing to get shit done. I can't get my work done and I'm having a hard time fitting in any creative outlets. Well I hope all of that is going to change. I'm trying to change, but change is hard. I've made some decisions and I'll have to try to stick with them. There's some weird bug on the wall and I'm wondering if i should ignore it. I turned away and now its gone. I hope it doesn't end up in my coffee. Anyway, I really have no idea what the fuck I am talking about and I'm really just posting because I feel like I should. Maybe I'll post for real later. So, is a blog a creative outlet?

Diablo Cody, the chick who wrote Juno, writes this movie Juno and I thought it was pretty good. She was a blogger, and a stripper (though I wonder who was paying for a lap dance from her), and I guess she wrote a book. So she writes Juno and it gets made and she wins the fucking Academy Award. Her follow up was that movie Jennifer's Body that just came out, and I didn't see it. Why? Because it looked like a flaming pile of shit. They gave this chick the Academy Award! I think the success of Juno belongs to the director, Jason Reitman, and star, Ellen Page. I decided to do some research and see what has happened to other Academy Award winning writers.

1994 was a good year for writers. Eric Roth won the adapted screenplay award for Forrest Gump. He went on to write The Insider, Ali, Munich, and Benjamin Button, but he also wrote The Postman and Lucky You. The original screenplay award went to Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary for Pulp Fiction. Akiva Goldsman won for writing A Beautiful Mind, a movie I've never seen, and he has a very mixed resume. One film that he wrote that I love is Cinderella Man, but beyond that he wrote The Client, A Time to Kill, Batman Forever, Batman and Robin, Lost in Space, Practical Magic, I, Robot, I am Legend, The Da Vinci Code, and Angels & Demons. Is he a good writer? Well he does have way more credits than I could dream of. Also, has anyone seen Body of Lies because Academy Award winner William Monahan, won for The Departed, wrote it and I did want to see it. Is it any good? In the same year Michael Arndt won the Original Screenplay award for Little Miss Sunshine and his follow up movie is yet to come out, and its Toy Story 3.

I really should go over the follow up movies for all the people I just listed. Eric Roth won for Forrest Gump and his next film was The Postman. Quentin Tarantino won for Pulp Fiction and his next film, as a writer, was From Dusk Til Dawn. Roger Avary won for Pulp Fiction and his next film The Rules of Attraction. Akiva Goldsman won for A Beautiful Mind and his next film was I, Robot. I already discussed Monahan and Arndt. I have seen all of these films, except Body of Lies and Toy Story 3 obviously, and only liked one of them, though I, Robot had its moments. So I guess winning an Oscar isn't necessarily a good thing. It adds a lot of pressure. Also sometimes your best work will never get recognized. Paul Schrader wrote American Gigolo, Raging Bull, and Taxi Driver and he never even got a nomination.

Well that's my Oscar rant for today. I hope it made some sense. I'm not really sure what I am talking about anymore.

Dedication

In my life the biggest problem is dedication. Have I ever been dedicated to anything. In general I don't think I've ever really tried to get anything that was difficult because in order to acheive difficult things dedication to acheivment is needed. I never really try, I just wait and see if things will happen for me. I guess I've always felt that giving up is easier than failing and that is why I lack dedication. This is furhter demonstrated by that fact that I've never really believed in anything. I have nothing to believe in and I have nothing to stand up for. There are so many things I said I wanted to do and I didn't do any of them, and why didn't I. Dedication.

I blew it Already

Well that didn't take on. Sorry about no post yesterday, but it was a really shitty day. At least it ended well with pie and such. I'll try to get an extra long post in tomorrow. Sorry kids.

Something to Look for in The Private Bathroom

Hey Sports Fans, Happy Tuesday to you all. I'm sure everyone missed me and I'd like to apologize for not posting since Friday. I'll try to post everyday, but no promises. So here's an idea I had the other day for something to do in The Private Bathroom: movie reviews and previews. I want you to suggest a movie, old or new, and if I have seen it I will review it for you, but if I haven't seen it I will preview it. What that means is that based on the information I acquire about the film I will decide whether anyone should see it. The catch is that you have to be a follower of mine in order to suggest a movie. I figured this could be a good idea and we'll see how long it lasts. Anyway, that's all I got right now. Sorry for the boring post after leaving you hanging for so long. I promise that tomorrow I will leave something more interesting in The Private Bathroom.

One follower and counting

I would like to apologize to my one follower who has to click yes to the terms and agreements to view my blog. I wasn't sure about the adult content option and figured that using the word "fuck" would mean my blog had adult content. However, you can say the word "fuck" in PG-13 movies, and have been able to for awhile. I remember watching the movie Angus and at the end the title character makes a speech where he says if the cool kids don't accept him they can go fuck themselves or something like that. That use of fuck is acceptable. I guess you can say fuck you, but not I want to fuck you because that would be a sexual use of fuck and that is a huge no no in teenage movies in America. My question is why are people so worried about children using curse words when they have no problem with children misusing thousands of regular words. Even I fail to use words correctly from time to time (shocking I know). The point I am trying to make is that the vocabulary of the citizens of this country is shrinking and the beautiful words that are dying are being replaced with gobbily gook that is only acceptable if the person saying them is a stroke victim. The question is, do I lessen the value of speech by using words like fuck, shit, piss, and so on? I feel that I am not part of the problem, but I am not part of the solution. You will not find any rich vocabulary in this blog, and if you do I probably did it on accident.

I just learned you can't indent in a blog. I hit tab like three times and finally realized it was always going to take me to the label option and not indent my paragraph. Fucking blogs man. Anyway, I have one follower now and I am really shocked that I got that many followers in less that one day. I figured I'd be sitting on zero for a few weeks at least. I'll keep trying to make my blog more attractive, but it won't work because there is nothing attractive about The Private Bathroom.

Welcome to The Private Bathroom

Welcome to The Private Bathroom.

I've never blogged before so it will take awhile for me to get used to this. However, this is not some ego trip where I will just be writing about myself because those posts would be very short and uninteresting. They would probably go like this...

I woke up. Went to work. Posted a stupid blog. need more sleep.

Who wants to read that. Losers that's who, and I don't let losers in my private bathroom. So if you'd like to follow what's going on in my head then more power to you. Feel free to follow me in The Private Bathroom.