tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post3530862283078385828..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: Safe Movie WatchingLinda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-61315595157168913012009-07-09T10:19:05.754-04:002009-07-09T10:19:05.754-04:00OMG. You have just described what watching a movie...OMG. You have just described what watching a movie with my husband is like. I never really realized why he was such a pain until now. <br /><br />It actually makes me feel better about wanting him to just GO AWAY when I am watching some movies.Pieceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12848165705000588114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-69077867348641687152009-07-02T12:10:37.205-04:002009-07-02T12:10:37.205-04:00Ha! Sticky sweet balaclava. Now I have a craving f...Ha! Sticky sweet balaclava. Now I have a craving for Greek food. Mmmm.<br /><br />The last book that thoroughly sucked me in was Touchstone by Laurie R. King. Her other books do that, too. <br /><br />Kerrie, I wish I'd made it to the outside movie night at the Northern Colorado Writers studio -- were all the writers there commenting left and right?Cricket McRaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786996969148417569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-78875461943059500632009-07-02T10:28:27.032-04:002009-07-02T10:28:27.032-04:00I would enjoy watching movies with you. I too love...I would enjoy watching movies with you. I too love to predict, ponder and...I can't think of another "p" word. <br />However with reading, I am able to shut off the writing critic as long as I don't notice the writing. A good book can take me away and allow me time to just enjoy a good story.Kerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850852586149578236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-5061472275918538032009-07-01T20:12:07.139-04:002009-07-01T20:12:07.139-04:00Gin, in regard to changing hairstyles between scen...Gin, in regard to changing hairstyles between scenes, that's one more reason bald actors should get more parts.Keith Raffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926077627965529183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-56740441903882673412009-07-01T19:46:05.626-04:002009-07-01T19:46:05.626-04:00Ha! Your post made me laugh, Cricket! And I love b...Ha! Your post made me laugh, Cricket! And I love balaclava. Yum. <br /><br />So what are these books that totally immerse you and suspend your internal author (i.e., writing critic?Jessica Loureyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157662092822156124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-34104664209635811402009-07-01T17:23:16.145-04:002009-07-01T17:23:16.145-04:00Sue Ann, you're a woman after my own heart. In...Sue Ann, you're a woman after my own heart. Interactive sport indeed! Bring on the rants and raves.<br /><br />Yes, The Bucket List was quite good -- and I was really prepared to dislike it. Turned out to have some real twists and turns, and though I took issue with a couple things, I cried at the end, too.Cricket McRaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786996969148417569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-31428742130456997512009-07-01T16:42:14.830-04:002009-07-01T16:42:14.830-04:00Cricket, I've seen the Bucket List about 4 tim...Cricket, I've seen the Bucket List about 4 times, so you won't spoil it for me. And I cry every time you-know-who dies:)<br /><br />Fortunately, most of my movie/tv show watching is done alone at home, because I've been known to boo and groan over bad plotting, writing, acting, etc., as well as openly applaud the good stuff. I'm not above yelling comments at the TV, even though I know my neighbors can hear me if the patio door is open. I don't care. I consider watching anything an interactive sport. You should see me during political debates and Survivor espisodes. And I love nothing more than rewinding and reviewing scenes with sharp dialogue and deliverance (thank goodness for On Demand!).<br /><br />As for reading, sadly I don't read as much as I want to, but when I do, my own writing knowledge definitely interferes.Sue Ann Jaffarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984054116933714621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-70911525855993750612009-07-01T16:38:00.936-04:002009-07-01T16:38:00.936-04:00Ah, fellow sufferers. I'm glad I'm not alo...Ah, fellow sufferers. I'm glad I'm not alone in finding it difficult to read a book just for fun. Still I don't wish this occupational hazard on anyone else, either. <br /><br />And now I'm going to be thinking more about continuity when I watch movies. Like I didn't already have enough to distract me. Thanks a lot.Cricket McRaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786996969148417569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-70343286120104404842009-07-01T16:09:20.644-04:002009-07-01T16:09:20.644-04:00Alan, this is why my husband is not allowed access...Alan, this is why my husband is not allowed access to the remote when we watch DVDs. It's bad enough he talks over the dialogue, pointing out the changing skyline or whatever.<br /><br />The one thing I do notice in movies is when an actor's hair changes from one frame to the next. Someone from makeup has gone after her with a comb, you can just tell, and the waves and curls are all different. Superficial, yes, I know.G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-72268844856307354842009-07-01T15:59:53.299-04:002009-07-01T15:59:53.299-04:00I have a much tougher time now reading for pleasur...I have a much tougher time now reading for pleasure--sometimes I'll get distracted thinking about what I'd do if I wrote the book, rather than what the writer is actually doing.<br /><br />And Gin, my wife is married to a Mr. Continuity, too. I'm always stopping and rewinding, pointing out how someone's upturned collar got fixed by magic, from one shot to the next. (There was a good one in last week's Raising the Bar. You could see the DA in the back of the courtroom in one shot, then in the next shot, you saw the same DA entering the courtroom in close-up. Gotcha, TNT!)Alan Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695574442723430347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-21499619844031055142009-07-01T15:43:55.615-04:002009-07-01T15:43:55.615-04:00Oh, I really wish I could go back to the days when...Oh, I really wish I could go back to the days when I was completely absorbed in a book without thinking about all the backstage stuff! My analyses really put a damper on my fun.<br /><br />ElizabethElizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-56793035797385049782009-07-01T13:02:08.523-04:002009-07-01T13:02:08.523-04:00I'm not going to confess to this. Instead, I a...I'm not going to confess to this. Instead, I am going to "out" my husband, who should get a job in Hollywood as "Mr. Continuity." If the sun is at 27 degrees in one frame of a movie, and at 37 degrees in the next frame, he can tell the difference. The shadows have shifted, he will inform me. I have no reason to doubt this. Also, if the layout of a city has been altered to fit the needs of the narrative (hero enters metro system on one line but exits from another) he's all over that. I tell him he is meant to pay attention to the *story* but clearly these little details distract him from doing that.G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-17613924451157604462009-07-01T12:34:25.407-04:002009-07-01T12:34:25.407-04:00I;m with you, Cricket. There's always a part ...I;m with you, Cricket. There's always a part of me, the internal critic, who is watching the craft and not the plot.Keith Raffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926077627965529183noreply@blogger.com