Back in the Saddle Again.

I went to the theater today... FINALLY. I have been out of the movie theater for almost two weeks. That's two weeks too long. It felt good to settle into the stadium seating, open up the burger I sneaked in, and lean back in a nearly empty theater. Listen to the excessively loud warning to turn off cell phones, and wonder if my phone is on vibrate-- do I need to dig it out of my bag? Will anyone hear it if it goes off?

Then I settled in for the new Transformer's movie. I had heard it called an art film by other bloggers and have to say that I understood the perspective. It is indulgent in the story line and a very "Hollywood" ending. With a sub-title like revenge of the fallen, I was foolishly expecting a revenge. This is a bit like the deception of log lines or trailers, you can taunt the viewer with any sort of expectation, but after they have paid to sit in the seat, all bets are off. It's too bad, I was expecting a real down swing for a doubly triumphant third movie, and instead they read like a Saturday Morning Cartoon... I guess they had proper inspiration to go that way... Perhaps, like Saturday Morning Cartoons the iterations will be endless, predictable and full of action. I mean sequels!

So I am nearing the end of the biography. I have actually run out of back story and am getting to screen story. This is good. it actually has produced an interesting "prequel" of sorts. I really feel like I have motivated and fleshed out characters so far. However, I need to write another biography. That of the son. While the father and son are close. I think I should write the story of their lives together from each perspective so that I can walk away with a clear sense of prespective and purpose.

What's interesting is that my hero son keeps getting overshadowed by the story of his father. I guess that this is because I'm writing the father's story first. I didn't want the father as the main character, and yet here he is, in the middle of the story's guts. I suspect, though that I had to write the father's story first - because it builds to the sons story. So once I finish with the father's story then I need to get the son's down and probably the girl friday's story as well.