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MOVIES WERE TOUGH FOR ME GROWING UP.  I WAS SO HYPER-ACTIVE THAT AN HOUR AND A HALF OR MORE WAS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO STAY IN ONE PLACE.  IT MAY HAVE PLAYED A PART IN MY MOM NEVER TAKING ME TO THE MOVIES.  MY FATHER DID TAKE ME EVERY YEAR TO THE CHEVY CHRISTMAS PARTY.  THEY SHOWED CARTOONS BEFORE THE FEATURE MOVIE BUT MY MEMORY OF ANY SPECIFIC FILM IS BLANK.  MOST LIKELY BECAUSE I SPENT MOST OF THE TIME RUNNING AROUND BEING CHASED BY MY DAD AND PLOPPED BACK IN MY SEAT.  WHAT DID HE THINK THEY GAVE US FOOD AND CANDY BEFORE GOING INTO THE THEATRE, NOT A GOOD COMBINATION.  THE CARTOONS WERE ALWAYS MY FAVORITE PART.


I JUST WATCHED THE WIZARD OF OZ AGAIN.  IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I DID NOT READ THE BOOK BEFORE SEEING THE MOVIE.  ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES SINCE THAT AFTER SEEING A MOVIE I WOULD CATCH THE SCROLLING CREDITS SAY BASED ON THE NOVEL/BOOK BY... AND I WOULD RUN TO THE BOOKSTORE OR LOCAL LIBRARY TO PICK UP THE BOOK. 


THE WIZARD OF OZ  ALOUD ME TO NOT JUST GET INTO THE CHARACTERS AND THE FILM BUT EXPLORE A WHOLE NEW GENRE OF MOVIES CALLED SCIENCE FICTION.  SCIENCE FICTION IS AN AWESOME GENRE BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES SUCH AS: FANTASY, HORROR AND OCCULT.  SOME MAY CHOSE ONE OVER THE OTHER BUT I LOVE THEM ALL.  OF COURSE THIS IS WHERE I MUST ADMIT I AM A VAMPIRE STORY LOVER.  IT DOES NOT MATTER IF THEY ARE GOOD OR BAD VAMPS AS LONG AS THE STORY IS GOOD AND KEEPS MY INTERESTS UP UNTIL THE END I WILL LOVE IT.  I MUST ADD HERE THAT I AM NOT A FAN OF THE TWILIGHT SERIES.  VAMPIRES DO NOT CRYSTALLIZE IN THE SUN, EVER.  IT IS ONLY JUST A YOUNG LOVE STORY OF WHICH FROM THE FIRST HALF HOUR OF THE FILM JUST BORES ME.  ADMITTEDLY, I WAS TEXTING THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE FILM BECAUSE IT JUST DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO HOLD MY ATTENTION.  A FRIEND I WENT WITH SUGGESTED THAT I TRY READING THE BOOK.  SO ON MY WAY HOME I STOPPED AT THE LOCAL LIBRARY (KENMORE BRANCH) TO PICK UP THE FIRST TWO BOOKS IN THE SERIES AND HEADED HOME.  AS I LOOKED AT THE BOOKS RIDING NEXT TO ME IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THE FEELING WAS THEY WERE THICK ENOUGH THAT MAYBE THERE JUST WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO GET EVERYTHING IN THE FILM FROM THE NOVEL.  SADLY, I COULD NOT GET PAST THE FIRST 3 CHAPTERS AND THEY SAT BY MY BED UNTIL THE DATE THEY WERE DUE TO BE RETURNED TO THE LIBRARY AND I HAVE NEVER LOOKED BACK SINCE.


I AM GETTING DEEPER INTO SOOKIE STACKHOUSE (SOUTHERN VAMPIRE) SERIES BY CHARLAINE HARRIS.  NOW THIS IS A TRUE VAMPIRE SERIES.  THE GOOD VAMPIRES ALWAYS CAUGHT BETWEEN BEING TRUE TO THEIR LOYALTIES YET HAVING TO PROTECT THE HUMANS THEY HAVE COME TO LOVE.  THE BAD VAMPIRES CONTINUE TO REEK HAVOC AND GIVE SPICE TO THE ACTION. 


MY FAVORITE VAMPIRE WRITER IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE JOSS WHEDON WHO CREATED "BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER."  I WAS INTRODUCE TO THE CHARACTERS OF  BY A FRIEND'S GRANDMOTHER LATE IN THE FIRST SEASON.  IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD EVERY SEEN A WRITER PUT FORTH SO MUCH DIALOG.  I LOVE NEVER ENDING DIALOG THE SAME WAY I LOVE SONGS WITH STACKED LYRICS.  WHEDON WAS NOT AFRAID TO GIVE THE VIEWER ENOUGH INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHARACTER THROUGH DIALOG.  WHEN HIS CHARACTERS STOP TALKING THAT IS WHEN YOU KNEW SOMETHING BIG WAS COMING. 


HERE ARE SOME MOVIES THAT I WOULD CONSIDER THE TOP OF MY LIST.  ANGEL HEART, FLATLINERS, URBAN COWBOY, REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, ON THE WATERFRONT, MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, BEST SELLER, VAMPIRES, PSYCHO BEACH PARTY, CANT HARDLY WAIT, PRIVATE BENJAMIN, THE LOST BOYS, FOUL PLAY, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, THE DUTCHESS AND THE DIRTWATER FOX, THE DOORS, DECEIVED, KING CREOLE, THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE, SILVER STREAK, THE RIGHT TO KILL, THE EXORCIST, ROCKY, FIRST BORN, THE DEEP, YOUNG LOVE FIRST LOVE, SWASHBUCKLER, THE HOBBIT, BAREFOOT IN THE PARK AND  ALL ALFRED HITCHCOCK FILMS.