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Favorite Actresses; Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep, Kate Beckinsale, Kate Winslet, Gwyenth Paltrow, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Hilary Swank, Helen Hunt among several more.
I am or trying to become or wish to be an aspiring Screen Writer.
I am a Disabled Vet and have lots of time to devote to my "Life's Work" which is my love for writing. I also am a poet, and, there are several literary areas that I feel I can and will do well in.
I love Military aviation, Air Shows, R/C Aircraft, and, Military aircraft building from the WWII era to today's military aircraft.
I raise and love my 2 German Shepherds Jinny and Montezuma along with my Rottweiler Sonya and 2 cats Vader and Spanky.
I love the mountains, specifically the Mountains from the Rockies on West including and not limited to the Sierras. I also love picturesque Ocean areas mainly on the Pacific, but, the beauty wear land meets oceans in different awe striking areas. I also love the Great Lakes.
I have never traveled outside North America and was barely in Mexico and Canada. I am sure I would love the mountains in Canada and Alaska, but, have never been there and seen them only in pictures, movies, documentaries, etc.
I love acting although I haven't done such since college. I would love to get involved in my local community Theater troupe.
I go by Sylvan Wizard as I live in a very quiet and beautiful rural area yet, not so far from thriving small cities or large towns.
I love animals and am pro-preservation and protection of the Whales, Sharks, Dolphins, Elephants, Tigers, and any animal threatened or protected as well as ALL animals.
My favorite shows include The Deadliest Catch (although I may now boycott the show since the Hillstrand Bros. have been sued and are leaving along with other prominent Capts. (Hansons) & Boats and the passing of Phil Harris.
I also enjoy Ice Road Truckers, The First 48, Whale Wars, and I was glad to witness the torture and mass killing of Dolphins in The Cove series to enlighten myself to the horrible mass murder of these wonderful mammals. I hope the series brings about more political and activity by the world community to STOP such killings.
Anyway; that's pretty much it about me where it matters here.
Reviews
Man of the Year (2006)
Man of the Year doesn't equate to "Movie of the Year"
Although Robin Williams has convincingly played some off-beat characters in both the comedy and thriller genres, it is clear that his range does not mix well in this poor attempt to ensnare a prospective audience that expects to see a quirky and enjoyable farce, only to be served a agonizingly poor attempt to put serious drama on the heels of a comedic premise.
It is nothing less than like that of mixing the "grape with the grain". Everyone knows that drinking beer along with wine is a recipe for misery, and this is what this film did for me when the grape was comedy, and the grain was drama.
The few tid-bits offered on advertising trailers left me to believe I was in for a true Robin Williams laugh fest. I envisioned a more flamboyant and far-fetched story that would take the movie "Dave" and move it out of orbit an extra million miles. Instead, I was left with a queasy feeling waiting the entire movie to make a turn for the land of comedy. I begin to lose hope less than half way in, and the film just didn't deliver.
Barry Levin definitely set up the audience to see some good comedy, and let me and others down with anything but comedy. In fact, the comedy seemed ill placed once I learned that the movie had a very dark and dangerous side, and it made me feel uncomfortable to find anything funny when I saw what was happening to Laura Linney's character. I actually felt guilty to laugh as the main plot of the movie was anything but what I thought was a Robin Williams laugh-fest.
It was a sad attempt to make a parody of the elections of 2000 and 2004, and seemed to be making a political statement that was sobering when one would tend to believe that it was a film to poke fun at the political system and bring it to a level of pathetic hilarity.
Robin Williams did not fail to make his best efforts here, but, the film was definitely mis-written, and the story really smelled up my home theater. I'm glad I did not purchase this film, and I feel sorry for the true fans of comedy and Robin Williams that were coaxed into a night of fun and light and refreshing humor, and left with a deep bellow in one's depths.
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
A Dysfunctional Family finds Common Ground in Supporting a Girl and Her Dreams
A innocent little girl of a dysfunctional family seeks to pursue her dreams of winning "The Little Miss Sunshine" pageant amid the personal woes of a Grandfather with a drug problem whom was kicked out of a retirement home, an Uncle whom has come to stay in the wake of a suicide attempt over a failed gay relationship and loss of his job, a brother whom uses the teachings of a great philosopher to avoid his family and set his sites on an improbable Air Force career, and two parents whom are battling with their own problems which includes a Father whom is on the outer fringes of dreams of success, and a Mother whom acts as a referee for the rest of the family to help all get along and having no time for herself or goals of her own.
In an impromptu chance to compete in the pageant, Olive finds her rather fractured family come together to support her and her dream while being able to forget their own problems along the way as they make a mad dash from New Mexico to California. Her dream becomes their dream of sorts, and common ground is found as they rally around Olive to compete.
It's a movie that touches the heart, brings laughter, some pain, and reveals the human condition on many fronts while never losing the message of hope and how a little girl's own dream can unite a family when all the odds are against them.
Elf (2003)
An Uplifiting and Cheerful Display of Raw Uninformed Innocence
Will Ferrell does a great job here, and it's the perfect Christmas (Holiday) movie that can be enjoyed anytime of the year.
The contrast of almost unbalanced folly of Will's character with those that encompass him, lends a great degree of innocence and non-stop joy and plenty of laughter as he leaves the mundane world of the usual, boring, and often time intolerance of the world in his dust.
It's refreshing to see a story where others are encouraged to rise to the level of this main character instead of him being overwhelmed and dragged down by the majority of "Cotten Headed Ninny Muggins", a.k.a. the "touch me not, speak to me not" big city public psyche so familiar that many walk around with.
For those that represent the general public in the movie, as well as the audience, Ferrell's character dares us to believe again, even for a moment of the magic of Christmas and tears down decades of political correctness to connect us with the late 60s and 70s when so many annual Holiday shows brought us a seemingly sustained desire to entertain ourselves with the magic that waxes then wanes but for a few short weeks each year. Whether a work of animation or raw theater, this refreshing story brings vitality and rekindles childhood memories for the kid in all of us.