:: Venting Insanity ::

:: Sunday, February 16, 2003 ::

i always miss the beginning
I just watched the second half of The Music Man with Matthew Broderick (Ferris Bueler's Day Off, The Producers on Broadway, Inspector Gadget). Can I just say it's really hard to watch Ferris Bueler prancing around the TV and singing?? I love Matthew Broderick. I think he's kinda cute and he's fun to watch. He's got a great charisma on the screen. Not to mention that this actor who played everyone's favorite teen slacker is actually quite a good singer and dancer. I heard rave reviews when he was on Broadway in The Producers and How to Succeed in Business Without Even Really Trying.

The Music Man was no disappointment. While many critics said it was a lack lustre rendition of the musical play, I myself found it rather enjoyable. At least, what I managed to catch of it. ^^;; Anyway... It seems the critics felt it was "lack lustre" in comparison with the original motion picture release of the same show. {{shrugs}} I don't know... if you have a different cast, a different crew, and a different director, it's going to turn out to be a different movie. Each group should be judged on their own merit, not by how others did before them. Plus, this was a made for TV Disney special, not some huge theatrical release. Done the old fashioned way with a sound stage, a production lot, and no fancy special effects, this was a nice movie to sit back and enjoy without getting caught up in all those fancy effects flying around the screen to make people 'oooo' and 'aahh'.

Then again, I was never one to believe the critics.

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
And it has started! We've got snow with a slight easterly wind. You can see it in the way the flakes are coming down at an angle. I wonder how much we're going to get this time...

corrections
And, whoops! Aly caught me. She said I spelled her name wrong. It's "Aly", not "Ally". I apologize! {{bows}} Now I sound like a newspaper! LOL.

cliques
I've also been thinking of starting my own online clique, but I don't know who would join... ^_^;;; I know... It's kinda silly. I also don't know what to make a clique about. Maybe a candy clique? Hmm.... Harry Potter clique? Hmm.... You know, I hope no one reads this and steals my ideas. {{grumbles}}