What struck me as I watched the press conference was how often he talked about his family, teammates, and the people of Green Bay. At one point he said, "life has been really good." We've all seen the hard times Favre's been through. The struggle with addiction, the death of his father and brother-in-law, his wife's bought with cancer, yet today, he said life's been really good. I was struck that at this moment he could gloat about the massive amount of NFL records he holds. How many people say his name in the same sentence as Best Quarterback In History. How he is incredibly wealthy and has accumulated a lot of stuff. But all he could talk about was how his life's been so good and how much he has appreciated the people around him. It's interesting to see what's really important, even when you're on top of the world.
But seriously, watching this movie I thought, "this is the future of movies." The experience was so realistic from a visual and auditory standpoint that there were times I forgot I wasn't at the concert. It kind of spooked me out when they would do close ups of Bono, because I literally felt like I was standing next to him. I don't think we're too far away from experiencing all of our movies like this, being transported into the same situation that the characters on screen are in. It's so trippy.
If you like U2, if you don't like U2, if you don't even like music, you still need to go see this film. I remember when I was a kid and went to see Jurassic Park for the first time and I thought how incredibly real those Dinosaurs looked. Well that's how revolutionary this film was. I'll never see a movie the same. Good art? The Best.
The Oscar's came and went a couple of weeks ago and no one seemed to care. Mostly because there weren't any real incredible movies this year (although I haven't seen "No Country For Old Men"), but also probably because people are losing their homes and jobs and don't care to watch other people in million dollar dressed get little golden men.
So I'm wondering who is making really good art now? Everything's so commercialized, is there still room for good art in pop society. The one movie that intrigued me in this years "Best Picture" category was Michael Clayton. It looked like a thriller and I thought Clooney wouldn't have taken the job if it wasn't good. Well, I was wrong. I think this is the first time I've seen a movie where they give away the end at the beginning and make you suffer through the rest of it just hoping for a twist that never comes. I did like the way the entire movie felt kind of eerie, but it wasn't worth the 120 minutes.
So salvaging my hopeless search for good art was a new artists I came across called Brook Waggoner. Please visit her site. http://www.brookewaggonermusic.com/ I love her song "Hush If You Must." Killer melody and piano arrangement. She just played in Chicago and if it wasn't on a saturday night I would have been there.
