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Artist Date.
Mar. 2nd, 2004 10:15 pmI took that "Artist's Date" as described in step 2 of "The Artist's Way". I went and saw a movie. I saw it in Poulsbo just after work, so I got to miss commuter traffic too.
One of the stipulations of an "Artist's Date" is that you go by yourself. You want to entertain your "inner artist", give him quality time. I went and saw Havana Nights. I thought it started at 4:30, but I guess I got it confused with the Silverdale Cinema. It started at 5:10. That means I got to sit in a quiet theater with no one else and not even anything on the screen. The only sound was the occasional rumble from the theater next door. You don't get more "By yourself" then that.
Actually it was kind of peaceful, sitting in a large auditorium, with the lights on. It's a very peaceful place, great for meditating if I wasn't playing Bejeweled. Then "The Twenty" started, commercials for television. My god, they're doing a "Unofficial dramatization of behind the scenes of Charlie's Angels." I scrambled for my PDA so that I could zone out with more Bejeweled. They even have someone portraying a slimy version of Michael Eisner. Please. [Which reminds me, the Disney shareholders are voting Yea or Nay on Eisner's continued Chairmanship tomorrow. Pundants say that he'll stay in place. I'll have to keep my ear to the radio.]
The Movie: Dirty Dancing : Havana Nights
. I've only seen bits and pieces of the original, but I suppose if I stitched all the pieces together I've seen the entire movie. I was the only one in the audience [wow! I guess you can be more alone.] This one was an okay flick, certainly not a blockbuster. It looks a little like the retelling of the original story, but it takes place just at the point of Castro's rise and Batista's departure. There is little violence, in fact no on screen death or even bloodshed [for me this is a good thing]. The revolution is in the background of the story.
An american girl finds herself in Cuba during her senior year. She's a bookish valedictorian type and knows French, not Spanish. She becomes fascinated by the organic, highly suggestive Cuban dance style and seeks out a local boy whom she's met in the upscale hotel she lives in. He works there as a waiter. Together they enter the New Years Dance contest, trying to meld her parents ballroom style with his Latin style. Her parents are former Ball Room Dance competitors. They hope to win the $5,000 so that the boy can take his family out of Batista's Cuba. All of this without her parents knowledge. It all climaxes at the New Years Eve contest with her parents in attendance.
It was an okay movie. If it weren't for the missed commute I would have said it was a waste of money. Patric Swazie had almost a cameo. They probably filmed his part in two or three days. The fact that I was the only audience member might tell you something. The music was good if you like Latin music. Getting the Soundtrack and skipping the movie might be a good move.
One of the stipulations of an "Artist's Date" is that you go by yourself. You want to entertain your "inner artist", give him quality time. I went and saw Havana Nights. I thought it started at 4:30, but I guess I got it confused with the Silverdale Cinema. It started at 5:10. That means I got to sit in a quiet theater with no one else and not even anything on the screen. The only sound was the occasional rumble from the theater next door. You don't get more "By yourself" then that.
Actually it was kind of peaceful, sitting in a large auditorium, with the lights on. It's a very peaceful place, great for meditating if I wasn't playing Bejeweled. Then "The Twenty" started, commercials for television. My god, they're doing a "Unofficial dramatization of behind the scenes of Charlie's Angels." I scrambled for my PDA so that I could zone out with more Bejeweled. They even have someone portraying a slimy version of Michael Eisner. Please. [Which reminds me, the Disney shareholders are voting Yea or Nay on Eisner's continued Chairmanship tomorrow. Pundants say that he'll stay in place. I'll have to keep my ear to the radio.]
The Movie: Dirty Dancing : Havana Nights
. I've only seen bits and pieces of the original, but I suppose if I stitched all the pieces together I've seen the entire movie. I was the only one in the audience [wow! I guess you can be more alone.] This one was an okay flick, certainly not a blockbuster. It looks a little like the retelling of the original story, but it takes place just at the point of Castro's rise and Batista's departure. There is little violence, in fact no on screen death or even bloodshed [for me this is a good thing]. The revolution is in the background of the story.
An american girl finds herself in Cuba during her senior year. She's a bookish valedictorian type and knows French, not Spanish. She becomes fascinated by the organic, highly suggestive Cuban dance style and seeks out a local boy whom she's met in the upscale hotel she lives in. He works there as a waiter. Together they enter the New Years Dance contest, trying to meld her parents ballroom style with his Latin style. Her parents are former Ball Room Dance competitors. They hope to win the $5,000 so that the boy can take his family out of Batista's Cuba. All of this without her parents knowledge. It all climaxes at the New Years Eve contest with her parents in attendance.
It was an okay movie. If it weren't for the missed commute I would have said it was a waste of money. Patric Swazie had almost a cameo. They probably filmed his part in two or three days. The fact that I was the only audience member might tell you something. The music was good if you like Latin music. Getting the Soundtrack and skipping the movie might be a good move.
