Get Rich Quick or Start Trying Part 2: I Am a False Prophet
In the first installment of Get Rich Quick or Start Trying I mentioned an idea I had to start a Twitter account under the name Jesus. Surely Jesus would be able to attract more followers than Ashton Kutcher I thought. I started dreaming of the riches that would eventually follow, yes I am aware that Twitter success does not necessarily translate to economic success. Those dreams have since transformed into awful nightmares.
In these new dreams I have, I am Eli, aka Paul Dano, from the There Will Be Blood. I believe that I have the commercial property rights to the Jesus Twitter account and that I will be rewarded handsomely for these rights, either through advertisements or merchandising. When I go to collect what I believe I have rightfully earned, I am greeted by Daniel Plainview, aka Daniel Day Lewis. Yes I know it is not logical, but it is a dream so just go with it.
Plainview explains that he has already capitalized on my Jesus Twitter account and does not need to buy the account from me. After a long animated monologue he agrees to buy the account from me if I promise to go on Twitter and tell my followers that I am a false prophet. I find it a bit odd since I am pretty sure no one actually thinks I am a prophet, but he is willing to pay a hefty fee for this account so I figure what could it hurt.
Twitter: I AM A FALSE PROPHET!
“What are you nuts old man? You did not seriously just throw a bowling ball at me.”
Twitter: OMG This crazy old SOB is throwing bowling balls at me. Now he just picked up a pin. BRB.
Post Script: I have been telling my brother for some time that he needs to watch There Will Be Blood. He is almost always working so he does not have much free time. When he does have free time to watch movies he inevitably falls asleep within the first half hour to hour of the movie. I was present when he had finally given up on watching the full movie.
“This movie is really boring. I can never make it through the whole thing no matter how hard I try. I don’t see why people make such big deal about this movie.”
“You can’t even make it through a whole South Park episode and you are a fan of that show.”
“I don’t even think there is one scene worthy of watching.”
“What about the bowling alley scene.”
“I just started to watch that scene, but it looked boring. Alright I will watch it now.”
After watching it he said he thought the scene was decent, but did not justify having to sit through the other two and a half hours of the movie. I could not really disagree more. I think There Will Be Blood is every bit as good as Boogie Nights, also directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is obviously a vastly different film and if forced to pick one I would still probably choose Boogie Nights.
I will admit that Anderson made a mistake in not having Heather Graham reprise her role as roller girl in this film. Sure it may not have made any sense having her in the movie and many critics would have been outraged if he had written her into the movie, but I think in the end it would have grossed much more at the box office and really that is all that the studios care about. Well that is not entirely true they also care about dvd and Blu-Ray sales, which I’m sure would have received a significant bump with the inclusion of roller girl. Yes I am sure about that I saw Heather Graham on some talk show promoting her new movie the Hangover and she appears to still be in good enough shape to lace up her roller skates again. She is now thirty nine years old, but she looks like she has not aged much at all. I am still disappointed that she did not make the final cut for There Will Be Blood, but my fingers are crossed that she will be in Boogie Nights 2: Electric Boogaloo.
That reminds me I was just discussing with my brother how there are rumors that the makers of Scream are coming out with Scream 4. I told my brother they should call it Scream 4: Back 4 More Cash. Back For More Cash is the title of a book by Tony Kornheiser. My brother and I both agreed that we would watch Scream 4 even though we hated the third film. So really they will make serious money regardless of the film’s quality and the title would be appropriate considering they always mention in the Scream movies what each film in a horror trilogy is about. What made the Scream movies effective was that they were self-aware. The worked as both a horror movie and a satire of horror. This series was originally supposed to be a trilogy. Everyone knows the fourth film in any series is strictly about the cash. So they might as well admit it. Either way I will watch it and so will everyone else who watched the first three films.
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