It's Been A Long Road

Well, 'tis been a long time since I have posted. I told you all I was reading Choke and The Road, and when I finished I'll let you know how they were, but I'll get to that in a minute. For me, my road to adulthood has just begun because only last Thursday did I, your humble poster, move on to college. It was a tough 6 and a half hour drive that began at some time after 4 am, and I was running on very little sleep, plus I was a little hungover. Yeah, fun day. My dad had me drive some of the way down, and I almost fell asleep a couple times.

But I made it, so that's all that matters, and I fucking love it. And, yes, fuck was totally necessary.

Now on to business. Choke was great. I'm not going to say anything about it because that'll ruin it. Just go out and see the movie if you don't want to read the book. Apparently Chuck Palahniuk loved the movie and felt it really captured the spirit of the book, so that has me sold.

Now, on to The Road. Uh, that was one of the most depressing books I have ever read. And you know what else? Nothing really happens! They walk around for three hundred pages! And avoid cannibals and other horrors that are even worse and I really don't want to mention. And the end sucks. It's not bad, it's just so... middle of the road. It should be sad, but it's somewhat hopeful, but most of all the world they live in is still shitty and won't ever change. Sounds kind of familiar, huh? The whole book is a metaphor for day to day life, and I get that, but it's going to be tough to make a good movie out of it. I'll still see it, but, there are things that will probably be sanitized, and characters that will be expanded upon unnecessarily, just so it's not all Viggo and the kid. And that's unfortunate.

And, today I'll leave you with the trailer for the movie Watchmen. Now, I'm sure all of you have seen this trailer, but I want to expand everyone's analytical side with this. Just so you know, I read the graphic novel, which was amazing and doesn't seem like it'll translate well, but we'll see. Plus, the guy who did 300 is doing this one, and I hated 300 (me and like three other people). So, I don't know if I'll see this one, but the trailer has me so intrigued even though I know already what happens. What I want you all to do is watch this trailer, but listen closely to the lyrics of the song (which is "The Beginning is the End is the Beginning" by the Smashing Pumpkins) and follow along with the scenes, and just how well it all goes together. I keep watching this trailer over and over, and it just pulls me in so well.