Know what my self-assigned homework was yesterday? Watching Pirates of the Caribbean. Tomorrow I plan to read the screenplay. In between I brainstorm character backstories.
For my day job - I almost wrote "real job" but then I remembered that I now have two real jobs - I had to write a paper on critical pedagogy that was between 700-1200 words and in APA format, a task that is every bit as boring and time consuming as it sounds. For my other job, I had to watch a Disney adventure movie so I could take notes about the tone and pacing.
I also swiffered.
The writer's commentary is worth it for POTC:DMC, while I got bored with the directorial commentary.
ReplyDeleteThe first PIRATES is great. Solid structure, character intros, and just damn good fun.
ReplyDeletePlus, it really shows how we should make our bad-guys really bad AND complex.
And then get Geoffrey Rush to play them. :)