It’s Sunday, and I spent it with my friend (an agent at CAA), and her husband,
(a Film Editor) at the Sherman Oaks Galleria. I ate a giant belgian waffle
at the Cheescake Factory. Oh wait, in the menu it was listed as GIANT BELGIAN
WAFFLE. I’m glad they warned me. I ate the whole thing, drank a ton of coffee,
then we dorked around looking at furniture. Am I nesting? Why all the foreplay?
We were preparing for TROPIC THUNDER. The cool thing is we bought our tickets
online the day before and RESERVED OUR SEATS. I LOVE LA. The Greeter before
the film was very well-spoken. We had the most comfortable movie seats outside
The Grove.
The movie was so funny, from the fake opening credits onward. Do not
miss them. I don’t want to give too much away, but it is worth seeing in the
theatre, for it’s grandness, ridiculous stunts, over-the-top performances,
and of course, the collective response from the audience.
Robert Downey Jr
was excellent as an Australian (method) actor who undergoes plastic surgery
to look black in order to get a part in the movie that the movie is about. Hard
to ‘splain, but as a person-of-color I was not offended, because they really
let the character have it. Fun
stuff. Ben
Stiller, Jack Black, Nick Nolte, and many others turned out great performances.
So awesome.
Spent the evening watching episodes of the next thing I’m going to spec.
