manhood

MANHOOD
what if you took two kid actors and then took two
adult actors and filmed a movie about a boy growing
up
except
you filmed them now then waited a few years
then
filmed more of the story showing them age
and
did this several times over 12 years
without doing all that makeup stuff they do
in hollywood
well
in this case it was in texas


the little 6 year was in elementary school
then in middle school
then in high school
then he graduated
then he went to college
but
it was the same actor who started the part when he was
just a kiddo

he changed overtime like what you can do on your
computer by taking a photo of yourself and letting
the computer age you over whatever years you want

thats what this movie called boyhood did
he aged naturally and you got to watch him do it
as well as his sister his parents their new spouses
their grandparents their friends
and
got to see their lives change
with all its ups and downs

why has someone not thought of this before
but richard linklater did
he of bernie fame and dazed and confused fame and
school of rock fame etc



my nephew who didnt fall in my rainwater tank worked on
the crew for some of the filming in the later scenes
yes he has credits on the end as being in the film crew
but
he was just an elementary student when all this started

heck the main character seemed like him a lot
maybe even the story somewhat

so my wife she calls this a
2 eyelids up recommendation for this movie
making fun of me for my knack of snoozing in the darkened
movie theater after a good meal and a glass of merlot
but
not this time
even during the 2 hrs 45 min it took for the movie

yes i cried some in the movie
but not necessarily what happened on the screen
but what it reminded me of things that have happened in
my life

when you see it be careful
as it may happen to you also
so dont laugh at me

maybe thats what mr linklater wanted to do when he
made this great movie

i see acadamy award nominations for this movie

well worth going to see
it makes you think
a lot

the organicgreen doctor

bernie

BERNIE

yes bernie did it
he couldnt take it anymore

the movie about bernie  (jack black) who was loved by all
the people in town
killed the old lady (shirley macclaine) whom everyone hated
the prosecutor (matthew macconaughey) moved the trial away from
carthage texas as he felt that the carthage jury would let bernie off

no its not a made up story
its a true story

bernie was filmed in austin bastrop and carthage texas
some in carthage did not want the movie made
didnt want the town made fun of
heres a link to series of articles on the east texas view of
the bernie story

here is the link to a texas monthly article on the bernie story
in a q&a with the writer skip hollandsworth

the big concern was that the story of a murder was made into
a dark comedy

well i watched the movie several weeks ago at a showing to
raise money for the devastating worse texas ever fire in
bastrop texas
several of the locations that were filmed in the bastrop area
burned during the fire as well as the director richard linklaters
property

the murder story made as a dark comedy made this a better movie
laughter helps us deal with dark things sometimes

jack black has done his best performance of acting ever in this movie
maybe an academy nomination

i interviewed someone who worked on the movie
(ok it was my rainwater tank nephew who didnt fall into my
tank going after that limestone rock in one of my tanks)

the scenes he enjoyed the most were making the musical scenes with
jack black
the ones in the church in the mortuary and in the plays
we only see a few minutes of them but he got to see jack black and
the other singers go on for several minutes and do multiple retakes
he was impressed

the non star actors he liked the best were the people of carthage
that were just being themselves

what was jack black like to work with
he was his favorite actor ever
he is just as nice on the set as off the set
he is like a normal person just a funny one

how did it feel to be in the movie
it was exciting
he was one of the dead teenagers in one of the scenes
jack black poked him in the stomach and made him laugh
his car was in the scene but it was cut in the final editing

one bad thing was this was an internship and he didnt get paid for
working on the movie
but it has lead to several jobs on movies tv shows and commercials

he did get paid for his scene as a dead teenager

there was nothing bad about making the movie except
some of the people were suspicious of the movie and were upset
that it was made into a dark comedy

(after seeing the movie the director did good using the dark comedy
method to make this movie)

the carthage people who have seen the movie for the most part have
liked it

so if you like jack black youll like this movie
i plan to see it again and plan on buying the dvd when it comes out

its first weekend its the most successful independent film of the last year
see this link

if you are from the south and especially from texas youll enjoy it
some of the lines you wont catch if you are not a southerner
but yes those yankees should like this movie also

worth the price of admission

the organicgreen doctor

medal of honor-true hero, bernie review, football

MEDAL OF HONOR-TRUE HERO
everyone needs to watch this video of the new
medal of honor recipient
he is a true american military hero
there is no fake stuff or bs stuff
its all real
this is from the local kxan news station in austin
he at one time lived here

click here
to see the video and read the story about
dakota meyer

even his name sounds like a hero

BERNIE REVIEW
we saw the movie bernie with jack black, matthew mcconaughey,
and grouchy old shirley macclaine
jack black was an undertaker who befriends a rich grouchy widow
shirley macclaine and matthew mcconaughey played a district attorney
its called a dark comedy
its is said to be one of jack blacks best works
after seeing it i agree that its one of his best acting jobs

its set in carthage texas
its written based on a true story and tried to stay as close to the
story as possible
richard linklater the director has had this in his brain for years and
teamed upped with texas monthly writer skip hollandsworth to write
the movie

if you are from the south you will probably understand this movie
much more than people from other parts of the country
although it was well received when shown in los angeles recently
enough to be picked up for release sometime early 2012

i laughed all the way through the movie and laughed all the way
home and am laughing some as i think about it while im writing
this

the movie was mainly filmed in bastrop texas
the site of the most recent fires that devasted the area
many of the locations and areas where scenes were filmed have
been totally destroyed
richard linklater the director of the movie lives some in bastrop
the  homes around his were destroyed and some of his property
was damaged also
he grew up in carthage and the longview area and loved bastrop
because of the pines that are just like east texas
he is quite saddened by the destruction

all proceeds from this screening were donated to the bastrop fire
relief
a lot of organizations and celebrities donated to the cause
a lot of firefighters from bastrop were there and received a large
round of applause

my nephew he of the rainwater tank fame was our hero in his scene
as the injured teenager lifted up my jack black
a star is born

would give this movie 2 thumbs up
enjoyed linklaters unique way of telling the story
know my white on white relative will love this movie
watch for it in 2012
plan to watch it at the alamo drafthouse here in austin when it
comes out next year
great place for this movie

FOOTBALL
those cowboys will try to steal your heart if you let them
dang cant they just beat the heck out of someone and get it
over with
sure glad they won that one
it would be cowboy romo trashing all week if they had lost
keep it going boys

horns a young team showed great promise for the future in
their win against ucla
think they have their
quarterback
running back
defense
tight end
wide receiver
they will all only get better as the season progresses
they will get tested though with their next three games
well see how ready all these young guys are

note this could be decision week for conference realignment
??big 12 vs pac ++ vs acc vs independent
should be interesting

hogs will find out how good they are this weekend when they
play alabama
should be one of the best games on this weekend

the organicgreen doctor

bernie benefit, adipose gas guzzling

BERNIE BENEFIT
bernie is a richard linklatter movie starring jack black, matthew
mcconaughey,shirley maclaine and my nephew he of the rain
water tank fame that did not fall in my rainwater tanks last fall
going after a rock i dropped accidently into one of my tanks
(on the right of this blog go to google search  then type
my nephew he
and click to read about this)

well maybe hes not starring in the movie but he was on the
film crew that filmed the movie and they snuck him in the
movie as an injured high school student
to us he is starring in the movie

last time he came here to film a movie he brought tons
of rain with him
hopefully he will do the same this time

richard linklater has property in bastrop that was
damaged by the fires here recently
his neighbors property burned up but his was only
partially damaged

much of the movie was filmed in the bastrop area

they had scheduled a crew and cast screening of the movie
before it was released but he decided to do the benefit
showing earlier to raise money for the bastrop fire victims
all proceeds and donations will go to them

jack black plays an undertaker who befriends shirley maclaine
a rich widow then .........
watch the movie to find out what happens
its pg13
look for my nephew
he is carried by jack black in an accident scene

donate or buy tickets at the paramounts theatre ticket
website here
click the admit one ticket on the right to buy a ticket or donate

ADIPOSE GAS GUZZLING
we all know about miles per gallon (mpg) when it comes to gas
milage on our cars

now theres a mpg bmi ratio-i made it up
(bmi is basal metabolic index a measure of how obese you are
no its not like mpg where the higher number is good
ideal is <25 obese is >30 morbid obese is >45)

i propose a normal ratio is 1.6
eg my car gets 40 mpg and my bmi is normal at 25
so my ratio of mpg to bmi is 1.6 is normal
lets see a morbid obese bubba in a dooley getting 15 mpg
ratio would be 3.75
maybe a tax credit could be given for a low ratio
sounds good to me

it seems as the bmi goes up the mpg goes down
the us consumes an extra billion gallons of gas each
year because of our high bmis ie were obese

dont hear the politicians talking about losing weight
to help get us off foreign oil
wouldnt that be a green way to do it
for each lb of weight we gain we as a nation
consume 39 million gallons of gas a year
(39,000,000 x $3.50 per gallon = $136,000,000)
or overall
(1,000,000,000 x $3.50=$3,500,000,000)

WOW

the organicgreen doctor just figured out how to
maybe get ourself off foreign oil in a green way

maybe relieve some pollution and global warming climate
change or whatever you call it
(something exists from this pollution from the cars maybe call it
smog-whatever its is its not good for us)

maybe balance the federal budget

maybe increase money back into the economy to stimulate the
economy with no new taxes or federal spending
(bet the tea party folks like this)

maybe reduce medical costs and increase longevity

maybe it is this simple
could we trim the deficit by trimming our selves
nah surely its not that easy

numbers dont lie though
fix your ratio

the organicgreen doctor