BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND SUCH

I wise man(well not really a man) once said, "Do or do not; there is no try."  And let me tell you that I 100% agree with this Jedi.  Even if he is a fictional character in a galaxy far far away.  I feel that he is speaking directly to me, and to so many people out there like me.  The time for trying is over.  There is only the doing.  So at this point in my life I am doing my best to be a writer.  And this is very much a part of this.  I promised myself that I would start writing something, anything down everyday.  Weather it's this blog which I have grown quite found of over the past 6 months or so, or it's working on an idea for a screenplay that I have just recently developed.  Or just writing in my journal the days events, or if I may be so bold working on my stand-up routine that people keep telling me I should do.  Either way it goes, as a writer my job is to write and I think that is what I am going to work on.

So with all that said now I will get to my entry for the day.  It's crazy because I write this blog and I post it here and on Facebook and the people that are going to read it for the most part live in a different time zone so even though it is just 11pm here I know that it is 1am there and by the time I am done writing this all that will read it will be well into there REM sleep.  Maybe I should work on writing this thing earlier in the day, or hell maybe I'll just wait until tomorrow morning to post this so that all of you Okies will get the chance to enjoy this with your morning coffee.  

It's been about a week and a half since I have seen it and I think there has been the proper amount of time for me to finally discuss my favorite movie that I have seen this year.  The movie that I am talking about is BEFORE MIDNIGHT!  Now for those of you that really love movies, that really enjoy the majestic nature of them and that love being wrapped up into the world of a story let me say that I encourage you all not only to see this movie, but to watch the first two movies in this wonderful trilogy.  BEFORE SUNRISE being the first movie and BEFORE SUNSET being the second.

Now what I am about to say I do not say lightly(and since what I say matters so much to all of you) this group of movies is my second favorite trilogy of all time.  And if you could believe it, it comes in a close, close second to the original Star Wars Trilogy.  Me being the truly romantic soul that I am can only say that this trilogy of movies is so utterly romantic and sweet and even heartbreaking at times that I would be hard press to find any movies about love quite as good as these three.

I really should talk about the third movie because that is what I really set out to do.  It seems to be the final chapter of a love story that started maybe 15 or 20 years ago.  And as you watch these two characters that you have seen on this journey for all these years sort of being settled in this life that they have made for each other it feels very true to each of the characters, but also very true to the feelings that people get when they have been in a relationship for such a long time.  

The struggles and joys that they have in this movie seem to be very much so the struggles that most couples have in real life, and if you have watched these characters they seem to be the struggles that these two characters would really have.  The people in this movie and behind this movie have done such a brilliant job creating these characters and this world that they exist in to the point that you feel what they feel on such a basic level that it pains you to see them struggle or fight.  But it also makes you smile because you remember or you know exactly what it's like to be in such a fight.

There is no other way to describe this movie except to say that upon watching it I almost feel like Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke have created a movie that is just for me. that tugs on all of my heart strings and makes me even more interested ever movie to see the journey that these two strangers have been on and will go on.  

The sad thing is that there just really aren't enough movies made  like this anymore, and by that I mean there aren't enough movies made like this for big audiences.  I mean sure the nuts and freaks that love movies probably know about these movies, but so many people out there would probably rather watch Dear John or The Vow (Sorry Channing Tatum) that to watch these movies and yes offense to both those movies because they just simply aren't as good.  

So I guess my plea to any of you who are still with me and still read this little blog to go out and watch these movies.  Maybe you need a good date movie to watch with your girlfriend or boyfriend, husband or wife.  Maybe you just want to feel that wondrous feeling you get when you see people falling in love.  Or maybe you're a freak like me and just love that feeling of being romantic.  Let me tell you these are the movies for you.  I will always fight for more people to see these movies and I will never stop force feeding them to anybody that will listen to me.  So thank you again for reading this, those of you that still do.



I wanted to give you all the trailers for each movie just to wet your whistle.  BEFORE SUNRISE

BEFORE SUNSET

And BEFORE MIDNIGHT