Makes me wanna play.

Game? Write? Clean house?

Bah… GAME ON!

After hearing about The Artist’s Way for years, I finally decided to try it out for myself. I’m not a self-help book, 12 step, or “put everything in God’s hands” type of girl, so the idea of The Artist’s Way never appealed to me.

I finally decided to try The Artist’s Way to see if I could get around the religious slant and find some tools that would help. I’ll be posting the “weekly check-ins” with my thoughts about the experience. Whether I feel like I’m getting anything out of it or not, I’ll be doing the entire 12 week course and posting a final review of the process at the end.

If anyone has questions about The Artist’s Way please let me know. I’ll answer what I can, but probably won’t be able to give a complete answer until the end of the 12 weeks.

While searching for one or two star movies on Netflix to watch and review, I ran across Terror Inside. With 1.9 stars and starring Corey Feldman, I knew I had to give it a watch.

From the beginning I could tell this was a low budget, independent fare. There are some great low budget, indie movies out there, so I expected a decent B horror movie. What I got was a bad script with sometimes terrible dialog. Without the acting chops of Corey Feldman and Tanya Memme, this movie would have been difficult to watch. I hadn’t heard of Tanya Memme before, but she wasn’t bad. I’m going to be keeping an eye out for her.

Synopsis:

Soil samples taken from a small town lake and sent to a university for study contain a virus that causes people to abuse themselves, often in bloody ways.

WTF Moments:

The scientist has a grant to find an ancient virus in a soil sample, but he doesn’t use gloves when handling the soil?

Get a virus that makes you want to hurt yourself and it turns you into a goth. Hmmm.

She cut off her what?! OW… ow… ow! I cringed. I’m cringing again now. Ow.

Redeeming Qualities:

The plot has a “been there done that” feel to it, but I don’t believe I’ve actually seen it done.

I was a huge Corey Feldman fan as a teen and it was good to see him in something a little more recent that isn’t a reality show or a part two that should have been done years and years ago.

Last Words:

I feel like this movie, being as dialog heavy as it is, should take a note from the “show don’t tell” advice from writers. Don’t tell me three times how you feel, show me once and it will resonate. Showing doesn’t have to involve fancy special effects, either.

I’ve toyed with the idea of reviewing movies in the past, but several people pointed out that I like everything and I’m not critical enough to review movies. I’d have to agree actually. I can usually find redeeming qualities or at least some entertainment value in almost any movie.

So, I’ve decided to put my ability (some would say flaw) to the test. I’m going to scrape the bottom of the barrel on Netflix and find the lowest rated movies, watch them, then try to find some redeeming quality or something that entertained me. I have a feeling this isn’t going to be as easy as it sounds… or maybe it will be. Maybe I am just that easily amused.

I don’t know how often I’ll do this; just whenever the mood strikes me I suppose. I might even throw in my thoughts about higher rated movies here and there as well just to annoy the hyper critical.

• @Mornaric Don't know why I didn't get sent that. Sorry. in reply to Mornaric #