Confluences and Contradictions In My Life

Clearly Ezra Miller is problemati in real life. Their star has faded to the point that I doubt we will see much of them outside of court TV or tabloid pieces dredging up their problematic and potentially criminal behaviour. However, this is a movie that, in isolation, is not nearly as bad as people made it out to be. And if I am being honest, I feel really bad for the people who worked hard on this movie to make it what it was despite all the troubling actions outside of the production that Ezra Miller did that ruined any hope of making this movie nothing more than a precautionary take. Gripes and Groans Okay, the CGI is pretty aweful in seveeral scenes. Like,early 2000's video bad. The uncanny valley was in full effect with this movie and took me out of the story at times as a result. Also, the early action sequences with Super Girl in Russia were comical. There was noreal world physics applied and she looked more like elasti girl than super girl with the rubber movements and elon...

I am a fan of Guy Ritchie. More accurately, I am a fan o many of his moviesI am particularly appreciative of his crime comedy movies like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, and  RocknRolla. They are clever, a bit seedy and use exposition in a way that moves the story along without being overly preachy. I even enjoyed his Sherlock Holmes movies and feel like he brought new life to the detective and made him an action hero. This is no small accomplishment.  My only criticism of his movies is that he creates a distance or a space between his protagonist and the audience and that diminishes the stakes for the audience in the outcome. Sure, there is tension but as an audience member I am never clear on what outcome I want to happen.   This is true if every movie he has made but since Sherlock Holmes it feels like Ritchie stopped caring about characte development andn has created movies that are a series of set pieces that come together in what is supposed to be ...

I have always been a fan of Will Forte.He and Jason Sudeikis have this way of  being the audience in their shows and movie. I find it endearing. With Forte there is always a bit of darkness about it and he plays it so straight so it relies on you as the audience member to both suspend disbelief and also appreciate the irony of the situation at the same time.  Bodkin is a charming whodunnit that modernizes the genre using the newer occupation of podcaster as the vehicle to tell the story about a 20 year old mystery that some people would prefered would stay in the past. A trio of investigators left by Forte also includes Siobhan Cullen as Dove and Robyn Cara as Emma. The three descend upon the coastal village of Bodkin located in the Republic of Ireland. They all have different agendas, with Dove and Gilbert's being the most disparate. Dove wants to discover the truth while Gilbert wants to wallow in it. Emma is probably the most chaotic in terms of trying to serve the other tw...

 Lately I have been thinking about writing a book. I realize the vanity of the that thought  Like, what can I teach people that others smarter and more successful can't?  And who would read it anyways. My career has been mostly in one place dealing with less than vital topics that impact humanity in general and Albertans specifically. Should it be about my hobbies? Those are interesting but also niche. And I am not particularly skilled at anything specifically.  But honestly I would like to write a book about my pretty basic existence and how I get meaning out of life without trying to be important. How to not be full of yourself but also appreciate that your existence matters. I would also like to collect me thoughts on how I move initiatives through the labyrinth that is government bureaucracy for over 25 years. How to keep just enough ego in the work to make the effort while surrendering to the reality of shifting priorities. Maybe my 6 month strategy will be usef...