Mini Review of the film "Wild Things"

I think it will be interesting to see how the critics treat it. Overall I wasn't crazy about the film, and had only a vague memory of the book. The special effects/dialogue facial expressions of the creatures are amazingly well done. The voice actors are excellent. The colors are intentionally dark, drab and a bit cold. I didn't like the music at all. The "Shaky Cam" technique is employed throughout the film and gets annoying. They absolutely nailed some aspects of childhood. That being said, a lot of the kids in the theater seemed bored except during action sequences. Probably missed the theme altogether. I think it may have missed the mark in that it's neither a kid's film nor an adult's. But that's just my opinion. Parts of it were really great and very true. The main actor who played Max did a good job. I expect the critics may be really split on it and I don't think it will be a wild runaway hit either. A lot of big names put a lot into this film, and it is original amongst whatever genre that it may fit (?) and that's a rare thing.

Chance of rain

I took this photo on the way to New Mexico a while back. I love the look of these huge thunderhead clouds. Hopefully the tiny buildings underneath give a sense of scale.

New images from the down the road.

Got these just down the road in one of the bigger "washes" . We've only seen it as a dry creekbed, but clearly things are happening there.

Out Ridin' Fences

Fence Sunset by Paul Hood

You can click on the photo to see it in my gallery.

Sheryl Karas, Queen of the Desert

Just in case there was a possibility of finding Fall colors around here we've started looking. I don't know what kind of trees these are. The junipers are evergreen. That's Sheryl in the foreground, who has informed that no, this is not the same as visiting New England. The Queen has spoken. God save the Queen. We mean it, man.

Fall Shack

We're keeping an eye out for the Autumn colors which we might otherwise miss out in the desert among the Juniper trees and sage-grass. So, in town you need to be willing to stop and take the shot when you see it. Barely got this one as the sun was dropping rapidly. I probably should have gone back in to town this afternoon, as there are some huge old oak trees going through their cycle.

Americana

I don't know, I think that this one kind of speaks for itself.

Another shot from the road in New Mexico

Most of the time we were so busy traveling that I had to resort to shooting out the windows, or hanging the camera outside and shooting blind like I did in this shot.

Another photo from Taos, New Mexico, Kit Carson's House

Yes indeed, this is actually Kit Carson's old house-- part of it anyway. Obviously I found the cloud formation and the different appearance of the two doors pretty intriguing.

Hay Bales, Mean Trees, Landscapes

A friend of mine, Bob Jenkins, thinks of this as "mean trees" so that's what I'm titling it.

No sooner did I create the mean trees, but that i wanted to do a re-take with more muted color.

In real life, the hay bales scene was "nice" but the light wasn't all that great and the colors were a bit pale. It took a lot to turn it into an interesting photo. I've been avoiding showing my photos large online because theft of images is so prevalent. It's too bad. They all look better when you can really see them. You can click on these photos to se them a bit larger, but sorry, not really big enough to see the details well enough.

I thought that this cloud formation looked like a huge hand. Later on I spotted a strange face in the clouds. This was shot up at Greer, a tiny resort town above Springerville, AZ.

Another shot out the window landscape photo, this one on the way to Springerville, Arizona. Really beautiful country up there.

This one is called "Face Over Taos" and I thought I had already posted it, but maybe not.

Did I mention that I lost my hat at the "Pie-O-Neer" in Pie Town, New Mexico ? Nice place, great pie, really friendly and genuine people. I want to go back. Maybe that's why I left my hat.

Git this one a little while ago near where we currently live. I only recently put it through my post processing and I do like the results.

A puff ball from way back which Sheryl wanted me to take out of the moth balls for one of her projects.