A Switch-Up

After seeing The King's Speech take the Oscar for both Best Picture and Best Directing last night, it's made me reconsider my previous overlooking of it.  It seems to me that it might actually make for a much more interesting selection than Inception, which has really slipped under the radar and didn't get a single nod from the Academy last night.  King's Speech is still showing at Coolidge Corner Theater in Boston--perhaps a spontaneous trip out to see it tonight?  We'll see.  How does the Harry Potter, King's Speech, Black Swan combination sound?

A Relatively Productive Day

Success!  Five pages on Deathly Hallows have been completed!  The beginning focuses primarily on the challenges in creating a film adaptation, particularly one on a series that has already been a huge cultural phenomenon.  I began writing about what different reviewers have thought as well, but was only just getting into the meat of it when I reached my goal.  Hopefully, it shouldn't be difficult to wrap up the chapter in another five pages (goal: to be written next Saturday!) and then I will begin the next section on Inception (which possibly should go first to make sense chronologically?).  I'm also considering adding images in an appendix, especially if I'm lucky enough to finish the project early and can consider laying it out using InDesign or some other program.  Note to Self: Look up how to properly cite images.

In which I buckle down and make myself a goal

Five pages.  Today.  I'm going to write about Harry Potter and the difference between blogger and fan perspectives.  This portion of the paper will favor the fan's perspective - loving films simply because they are appealing and considering the question of whether or not that means the film deserves merit.  Probably will end up focusing quite a bit on bloggers in particular.