Cloverfield?

So, I happened to go see Cloverfield last weekend. It was alright, I guess. I liked the whole theme of the movie. It starts with just the tape rolling and ends with the video trap ending. No introduction, and no ending. Now I can see and pretty much everone else in the theater that we didnt like the over all film, but when I thought about it, there wasnt any other way to end the movie. For JJ Abrams to have ended it a different way would have made the ending and the theme of the movie not as effective. So I do appreaciate that, but then again I would have much rather just seen a normal production of the story than one from a first person point of view. if I wanted that would have just gone a played a first person shooter video game which is alot more interactive. theres is infact one other thing that I enjoyed about the film, that is the previews. I really want to go see The Dark Knight, Iron Man, and There Will Be Blood. first off The Dark Knight just looks awesome, the Joker will most likely steal the proformace, but im really excited about it. If will most likely be just as good if not better than the lastest, Batman Returns, film. I also am even more excited for the Iron Man movie. Not only because it just looks cool, but Robert Downy Jr. looks great as the lead role. He looks like he's really gonna be able to pull of this charater well. And last I want to see There Will Be Blood. This looks very interesting. I betting that it will be good thought.

Fear?

"Back in the day", as most generic old people would say, I had many fears. One most dominate was the fear of risk. I hated risk. I didn't want things to change, I didn't want to leave my comfort zone. You could've asked me if I wanted to learn to ride a bike, I would have told you I'd rather walk than fall on my face a couple hundred times. Of course I eventually learned how, and grew quite fond of it. But any-who, on to the poem...

My palms are hot with sweat,
My eyes dart back and forth,
My father next to me rolls into the school parking lot,
He looks at me,
"Noah it's gonna be fine, you have a lot of fun, trust me"
I sigh, say my goodbye and leap from the car,
Each leg feels like sand as i heft my way towards the door,
Inching it open, I step in
Another boy my age glances at me and grins
"hey my name is Robert",
Maybe it wont be as bad as I think

Definition of a Poem

Explosions!, but seriously, I would say poems are any sort of writing that isn't prose. Prose as in, books, stories, ect. Although poems can be books or stories. For example The Odessy or the Iliad. But to get down to brass tacks, Poems take a whole different form of writing, instead of paragraphs, there are stanzas. In most Prose Stories, it is routinely clear and understandable, where with poetry the poems can often be vague and left open to interpretation. Poems can most often take a more artistic form, not saying that normal writing can't be artistic, its just that, when you picture the typical poet, you see the lonely, nonsocial guy, that you never really wanna hang out with unless your bored or lonely. Anyway, off that tangent, poems are just a, in my perspective, a more complex and difficult form of writing expression. I mean, anyone can just tell a story. I mean "the boy ate the sandwich". but in the form of a poem, its something crazy like, "staring down at the piece of white crisp wonder bread, spread to the teeth with a clear red goo, my parents called jelly, and rippling with a tan brown paste I adored (the peanut butter), I sank my teeth into the confection of grains, strawberry paste and peanut butter spread, i savored every bite as I devowered the delicious treat". I mean, I don't know about most people, but I guess I'm just to lazy to say all of that. Don't get me wrong I love detail, a poem in most cases can depict an event much better than most proses.

Now that I've explained somewhat my beliefs on poems, Who all has seen the new movie "No Country for Old Men". Now so far this year, is has only been a few weeks, this is by far the best film I've seen. Now I believe it it will be one of my favorites for a long time. Now first of all im a big movie buff. I watch movies, I like movies, And I'm pretty positive I can judge and critique movies fairly well. So back to my review, No Country for Old Men, is amazing. I mean, if you watch it there is something huge missing that I didn't catch till at least halfway thought the film. There is no back round music. None, I mean as far as i can remember i can not think of a movie that doesn't have any background music or sound. I mean, the director's use silence so well in this movie. This also adds to the suspense. Now in a world full of generic gorery horror films, I glad to see the art of suspense used and used well, which can in most cases, far exceed the scare of blood and guts. Now some people I have talked to who have actually seen the movie, don"t understand the title. (this is no real ruin to the movie you've seen it or not, but) the Title refers to how in our modern world, even the sharpest of "old people" cannot keep up with the problems of today. In essence, there is "No Country for Old Men". Now if you haven't seen the film, this isn't just some story about old people. In fact its more about fate. which most people missed when watching it. There are many circumstances where random events happen. Now I've heard people say "well why did this person die",or "why was this going on", its because its all up to fate. Thats the main point of this movie.