So I have been trying to get around to watching Do The Right Thing (1989) and then writing my review on the film but I have been super busy. My focus this past two weeks has been cleaning my house because the mess had gotten out of control and writing my major assignment for my Writing Film Reviews course. We watched The Stunt Man (1980) in class and then we were to write a first draft of our review on the film. With merely the concepts we had discussed in class, such as visual storytelling and analyzing acting, I sat in front of my computer and waited for inspiration to hit.
The first draft was due at the beginning of the week and with the procrastinator that I am I left it to Tuesday night. I procrastinated because I disliked the movie and I wasn't sure how I was going to express this on a paper knowing my teacher really likes the film. How do I, the Amateur Spectator, explain to my teacher that I hate this movie.
I had some ideas on the film and different ways in which I could approach but I just had no idea where to start. As it turns out I was lacking a focus. This I learned in class yesterday. Our teacher went through a sort of guide of what a good film review should be. It was a means of giving us some sort of map we could approach our second draft with. I needed this because my review as it stands now is two pages of I don't what. Somewhere in there lies the skeleton of my review.
Now I wait for my teacher to email me back his responses and points about my first draft. I await with baited breath or I may just be holding my breath because I am too scared to find out what he thinks of my first draft. I think it's crap. I know it is just a first draft but it has style or flow, just thoughts about a film that I think I was suppose to like but didn't.
So what I am trying to say to you is that I have put off writing my Do The Right Thing Review because I have to finish this one review for class. I have seen Do The Right Thing before but it was a very long time ago so I need to watch it again to refresh my memory. As it turns out I will have another review to write for class on Meek's Cutoff (2010). I have a trip coming up so I am not sure which review I will do first. Obviously, the one for class will have to take precedent over the other but I will get to it in the next few weeks. I will post more about how my class reviews are going and if I can bare it I will even post them here. For now I think I am going sit down and watch something I don't have to think about.
