Dreaming in Movies

Do you ever wake up from a dream and think, "Whoa, that would totally make a great movie!"

I do that all the time. The problem is I usually start to forget the story within a few seconds and when I wake up I'm usually too tired to write anything down. I really should, though. I have my journal right next to my bed. I may not be writing films, but I could definitely add some of these scenes and characters to my stories.

This morning's dream included aliens taking over human bodies and infiltrating the religious right. I was the only one noticing that their human forms were being eaten away by alien features. I think this little dog was aware of it, but I woke up before I could see his reaction.

Hm, it sounds almost like a movie I saw in the 80s. It was called They Live. There was one guy who could see these creatures and he was on a mission to destroy them all. But they were everywhere, in all walks of life. I wonder if that's where the premise for Grimm came from.

Maybe my subconscious was remembering a radio show I heard a few weeks ago. My husband and I listen to a Coast to Coast AM, as well as The Art Bell Show, where they discuss alternative news and paranormal events.

A couple different people had called in to say they had weird experiences. One was a massage therapist and the other was a hair stylist. Each of them were with a client when they either saw their client morph or change into some weird alien being. One woman said it looked like a hologram coming out of the person. The other said their client looked as if the human form was a hologram losing its power, like the human features were a forcefield. Creepy, eh?

Many people believe that aliens are here on earth.

What do you believe?

School Clubs

Today my daughter's high school had a club fair. That's where any student who wants to start a club sets up a table and pitches their ideas. Originally, she had planned to create a movie discussion group, where students would get together and watch movies and discuss the plot and characters, maybe write reviews for fun. She changed her mind and backed out at the last minute, but my husband decided to create one of his own! Cool school, eh?

He's a music fanatic and always wanted to teach History of Pop Music, so he is inviting students to join him for an hour a week to sit around and listen to different styles of music and discover what influenced their favorite music of today.

He was unsure if people would even sign up, but at the end of the day he got twenty participants!

Since my daughter decided not to run a club this year, I have invited her to create a new blog with me. It will be a mother/daughter movie review site. We both love movies and we love discussing them, so I think it will be fun. I will post a link soon!

The biggest surprise is that my daughter ended up joining two other groups: Concert Club (a performance group for aspiring musicians) and California Scholarship Federation (a group that helps students earn college scholarships). I am so proud of my girl. I'm always reciting one of my favorite Jamie Lee Curtis lines (from the Freaky Friday remake) to her, "Make good choices!", and she's doing it. Yay!

Movie Review: SIRIUS

Another movie review??? What's up with that?

Sorry, I write what I feel like writing. Today, it's not about puppies.

A new world, connected by the information superhighway, no longer beholden to government misinformation? That is pretty much the main idea behind this film I thought was just going to be about alien encounters.

Sirius is really a thought-provoking commentary on government cover-ups and corporate greed. Whether you are into conspiracy theories or not, this was a fascinating documentary. I've always loved UFO and paranormal stories, but you don't need to be a believer to enjoy this film. It delves into the science of energy, technology, genetics, shadow government, and much more. It is long, though, so you do need to be a fan of documentaries.

Watch Idiocracy to see where we're all headed if we don't wise up. That's me talking, not the documentary.

Movie Review - Song of the Sea

We just watched a really sweet family film called Song of the Sea,

A young boy finds himself among the magical beings of Ireland when he discovers his little sister is a selkie.  In the beginning he resents her. Along the way he learns about love and selflessness.

This was a beautiful story and animation at its finest! Very stylized. It reminded me of Sita Sings the Blues (another very cool animated movie).

My husband had been to The Cartoon Art Museum a few weeks ago, when they were showing the art of the film. He came home and put this at the top of our Netflix list. I'm glad he did.

I'm not a big fan of animated movies, unless they're Disney or Pixar, but once in a while I'll see something that really grabs hold of me and won't let go. This was one of those times. I highly recommend it. Great for all ages.

Nudity in Movies

I say movies, but I also mean TV series that are uncensored, thanks to new internet stations. They are still movies to me, just told in episodes.

Tonight my daughter and I discovered a new series called Sense8, which is sort of like Heroes meets The Matrix. It's about a group of people who are psychically linked and can randomly feel each others feelings and hear each other's thoughts. They can even visit and possess each other. It's a mind-blowing series!

And I won't tell you how many episodes we just binge watched.

The point of this post is to mention nudity. There is a bit of nudity in this show, including full-frontal male nudity. None of it is gratuitous, in my opinion. For example, there was a scene where one of the psychic men was swimming naked, stepped out of the pool and was suddenly transported to his female psychic connection's wedding. She saw him and glanced down in shock (before fainting). We all knew what she saw, but the camera showed it. I burst out laughing because it was a hilarious scene, but my daughter just groaned and shouted, "REALLY!!!". She's only fourteen, so that could have something to do with it.

Personally, I am not bothered by nudity, but that's just me. I don't mind it in films, but at the same time I feel like a little mystery is just fine.

How do you feel about nudity in movies and television?