I got a comment the other day about quoting from "Bill and Ted's excellent adventure", the first of the two movies. It is a nice little movie...nothing special...and yet it's a sweet, gentle thing of a movie. But, aside from the fun of it and all it's silliness, there is a running gag in the movie, that these two 'valley dudes' are honored as prophets or law givers in a future time...through this device, the writer (or whoever gets to claim credit) comes up with a totally novel version of an old truth. "Be excellent to one another, and party on dudes!". Maybe I'm a dope. Maybe I'm a softy or a sentimentalist. Maybe I'm just stupid. Or maybe, at root, that is a complete philosophy. And, just maybe, someday, in the future, people will find this movie and discover that Bill and Ted really were an echo of the voice of God.
Or I could be completely nuts. Y'all pick.
And speakin' of movies....Felashe and I watched "E.T." last night with Queen Ogood, the high school freshman. She'd never seen it all the way through. You will be pleased to hear that it holds up pretty well. It's still a lovley movie. We also watched "Zodiac", which may sound familiar, but is an entirely new and different tale. It's the story of the folks who were intimately involved in the search for the "Zodiac killer", the real monster that stalked, mostly, Northern California in the late '60's and early '70's. It's not a movie that all of you will love. It is a movie that you can watch and not know a thing about the area or the killer or anything else.
The thing that sets this movie apart is on two points: First...it's the story of the real people and how it affected them over the years. Second..it's filmed in a 'documentary' manner. It's the matter of the second point that might put some folks off. With only two exceptions, everyone in this film acts with subdued emotions...almost as though Jack Webb directed this. You know, while you watch the film that you are watching actors...and yet, because they are so emotionally controled, it's easy to get caught up in the experience through their eyes. The exceptions to this are Jake Gyllenhaal (I had to google the spelling) and Robert Downey. Jake is the main character, the one who becomes obsessed with the search for the killer. He is a very good choice for the character. Robert Downey is wonderful. He steals every scene he is in. His character is the first to be seduced by the search for the killer, because he has been threatened by him. The character spirals out of control with drugs and alchohol. Downey is a great actor, but his off screen troubles are so mirrored in this performance that it's tough not to think he's just playing himself. It's too bad. He was a poor choice for the part as directed...I blame the director for the use he was put to and the latitude he was given. That is my only kick about the movie. Felashe and I loved it. This is not a slasher movie...nor a horror thing...there is a bit of blood, but if you're squeamish, don't worry...this will not gross you out.
Give it a shot and lemme know. I live near most of the locations in the film so it wasn't much of stretch for me. I moved here while he was still pretty big in the news so the story wasn't entirely new to me. The 'rest of the story' is what you get in this film. Checkitout.
By the way...it's offical.. Missa is a year older. Happy birthday, babe!
Take care all...it's that crazy weekend.
Upton Ogood
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