It ain’t what you do…
Hello.
I am in LA, but, as usual, happily prepared to provide some Monday timewasting fodder for you.
On the plane over I watched several bits of movies that were so shit I had to switch them off, along with two that were pretty good.
The shit ones (Battle Los Angeles, something with the guy from The Hangover in a mental home, something with Ashton Kutcher) differed from the good ones (The Lincoln Lawyer, Win Win) in many ways, and yet, two of them contained EXACTLY the same scene.
In the beginning of Battle LA and Win Win our protagonist is shown going for a jog. A few moments later, he is overtaken by other joggers, causing him (in a BRILLIANT microcosm of their characters) to stop, realise that he is getting to old for this shit, and give up.
One is a mindless $100m blockbuster; the other a gentle little indie that looks like it cost about the same as Battle LA’s catering budget – and yet they used the same scene to make the same point.
Just goes to show that you can have the best idea in the world, but if the execution saves it/ruins it, none of that matters.
Anyway, I’m here until Tuesday night, and have quite a full schedule, but if you fancy breakfast tomorrow, let me know. x
I gave up jogging when I was overtaken by a bee.
Hat, you just made me laugh out loud.
Bees are quite fast, though.
was the bee jogging?
Not this one. He wasn’t at top speed. He was fully laden on the way back to the hive. Basically keeping the revs low and saving fuel. I could have sworn he was flicking v’s at me. Worker bee? Wanker bee more like.
Are you sure it wasn’t a wasp…a killer wasp?!
We’re stuck in wet old London with a shit new Weetabix ad on the telly. Boy it’s shit. Looooong, poorly acted and shit.
I quite like that Weetabix ad.
Who was it who said its 100% concept and 100% execution?
Still spot on.
Hey, Ben have you read John Hegarty’s book?
@ Hat maybe the bee was trying to pollinate you 🙂
on a similar note, theres this clothing brand which is positioned somewhere in the sold-out-turkey-of-the-year quadrant and makes a stunt appearance in the sold-out-cannes-grand-prix one from time to time.
http://youtu.be/f1lJxbX04lE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeeman_effect 🙂
I haven’t yet read Hegarty’s book, but I have seen it in a shop window.
I have a sneaking suspicion there are other books I should read before that one.