On Face Book:
“It’s Doppelganger week; Change your profile picture to someone famous (actor, musician, athlete, etc.) that you have been told you look like. After you update your profile with your evil twin or switched at birth photo then cut/paste this to your status.”
I swiped a bit from a British surrealist-comedy-absurdist-fiction author, and he kept seeing himself played by a young, lean Hugh Grant. Yes, I think that’s wonderful if slightly wistful imagining. However, if I had to pick a typical leading character to play me in my bio-pic film? I think the connection should be obvious, as Mr. Pink.
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Ratings:
When I was working for a newspaper, print edition only, I picked up doing a huge number of movie reviews. Bad habit: I see a movie, read a book, something, and I want to rate that item.
For movies, especially, I had a $0 to $2 rating system.
$0 = wait for this to be in TV. Might be straight to video, and from there, borrow a copy or watch it on free cable TV. Not worth the price of admission.
$1 = see this at the dollar movies. Dollar movies vary, used to be midnight movies, but playing fast and loose with release dates sort of jimmied that idea. However, as a guideline, and I’ve lived close to many dollar movie palaces over the years, the dollar movie is a godsend. Where else can I occupy and entertain for a single dollar? Sometimes, if it’s a long show or there are lot of trailers? That’s good “bang for the buck.” Roughly 50 cents an hour.
$2 = highest accolades. Go sit through a matinee immediately. Worth a full matinee price which has just about doubled since I last used this rating system. However, though my practices might be dated, there’s still the concept that none of the movie out these days are worth a full, over-priced price.