Fabricant451

Reunited For The Summer

Ah yes, I was looking forward to Ellie. I'm was not disappointed in the least.

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Reunited For The Summer

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Location; Outdoors → The Great Indoors
Interacting With; Those Awake

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By all accounts the sunrise was something beautiful to behold, topped only by the finality and romance of a sunset; yet for all the stories and ideals attributed to the sunrise, Ellie saw nothing wonderful about them. A sunrise was just another 'thing' that happened; it meant nothing other than the fact that another day had begun while on the other side of the planet the day was ending. No romance. No beauty. Nothing. The magic of sunrises vanished after multiple weeks of waking up while most people were sound asleep, save those that were out slowly killing themselves physically and mentally by binge drinking their pains away.

Today's sunrise was no different. Ellie Duke had risen before the sun did and with it before the others in the house; she was still operating on 'call time' which had the side effect of having her up before the crack of dawn. She wasn't working on set right now but that didn't stop her body from acting like she was. Being awake so early did come with certain benefits, top among them being alone time to think. Thinking was something she had to do a lot of recently with a simple thought taking up most of her head.

'Why am I even here?'

Here, of course, meant the house that she and several others were currently residing in. It was no secret to anyone that the people inside the house were not exactly leaping for joy at the idea of being around Ellie, and Ellie wasn't making any effort to act like she was excited to be there. Honestly, it's as if the bunch of them act like they're better people because the only things people hear about them is who they're hooking up with. Ellie had a reputation and it seemed that reputation was in the heads of the supposed bunch of associates, even if her thoughts towards them were on the neutral side. What did she care about the musicians or the whatevers unless they got it in their small heads that they could hang on her court? Why then should they, in turn, care about what she did? Who was the one that was going to the ceremonies and having their name read in the nominee list? So let the housemates cry their opinions. No one here had any right to judge.

Ellie's time in the house thus far hadn't been a bunch of fun and games, but rather an exercise in swimming through an ocean of supposed professionals and their carry on baggage. She had her own, of course, but then she wasn't the one trying to lie behind smiles. It was these early morning moments that Ellie found most enjoyable. No one awake. No one around to start trouble or roll their eyes. Just her, the quiet, and the newspaper. How many of their kind flocked immediately to the entertainment section or the gossip publications despite both being nothing more than puff pieces? And yet Ellie was the one with the 'ego'. How'd that work?

Ellie only cared about the sports section and used this break before dawn to catch herself up on the games she had missed. Detroit had embarrassed her team, which hurt to read, but not as much as it hurt to know that she might be unable to actually attend a game to support them all summer. As she flipped through the sports section, she nibbled on what appeared to be waffles but were unlike any that she had tasted. In that they were subpar in comparison to her own recipe. After getting halfway through one, Ellie shook her head and discarded the rest.

By this time the sun had risen, or at least was rising, and the sounds of others stirring about was carrying through the silence. Ellie heard the familiar chime of the morning news and not long after that a falling thud. A sigh brought Ellie out of the deck chair and inside the dining room proper.

"What does summer have to do with waking up?" Ellie announced her presence with a question and pursed lips towards the pianist, "What, does the world of piano playing only start after noon?" Ellie crossed over towards the fridge to grab a gallon of milk and a glass from the cupboard. "You'd never last in a field that mattered."

Ellie downed half the glass of milk in one go, wasting no time in topping the beverage off before going in for a second helping. "Oh, those were your waffles?" Ellie's eyes turned to Zahra for the briefest of moments, "Those are gone. I couldn't stand to see substandard food staining this house." There was no hint of apology in her voice; in Ellie's eyes she had done Zahra a favor. Somehow she doubted others would see it that way, but then so few understood her methods anyway. Amateurs, the lot of them.

Reunited For The Summer

Post incoming tomorrow.

What Is The Worst Movie?

Let's just say every attempt America tried to make a live-action movie out of an animanga franchise

@tsukune

Let's be honest here, Japan doesn't do much better on that front. Have you SEEN the live action Attack on Titan? It makes the anime look good.

What Is The Worst Movie?

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I know you're a film major or something of the like(I forget which it was), but I have to disagree with you again. I mean, I'm not saying that MArk is the best actor of all time, far from it, but what you're saying is completely preposterous. Saying that he is a bad actor regardless of which director he is working under is a bit much, no? He's had plenty of great movies, be it comedy, drama, or whatever, where he shined. I believe he won quite the amount of awards for his work in Lone Survivor. Plus there are several other movies he's been in such as Four Brothers, The Fighter, and others where he proved to be a very capable actor. No, I'm not saying all of this because I'm a fan of his. I mean, yeah, I like his work, but this extends far beyond being a fan. This is simply the person who knows good acting talent when he sees it.

@Altered Tundra

He's been in good movies but with the exception of Boogie Nights the movies have never been good thanks to him. In The Departed he was outclassed by literally everyone, The Fighter had three people from the cast that wasn't him be up for acting awards - two of them went on to win, and Three Kings was carried largely by George Clooney and David O. Russell's directing, which didn't help out Mark much in I Heart Huckabees OR The Fighter.

Mark Wahlberg is not a good actor. The reason why he worked so well in Boogie Nights is because his whole 'wide eyed wonder oh wow' thing fit the character and the story and he's been doing it ever since. The few times he's stopped acting as if everything he's saying is incredulous and a question are the few times he's been recognized, like The Departed where he finally got to be the Boston bro he is. See also: Ted. The Mark Wahlberg from The Happening is indistinguishable from the one in Transformers or the one from Pain and Gain or the one from The Gambler. He's one of the most typecast actors working today because he has no range. Chances are good if it's a Mark Wahlberg picture that he's playing a cop or a criminal.

Also as far as I'm aware, the only award he won for Lone Survivor was a Critic's Choice for Actor in an Action Movie and his competition was Man of Steel, Iron Man 3, and World War Z. He was also nominated for a Teen's Choice Award but we all know about those damn teens.

You may disagree like I disagreed with your assessment about Mila, but this is my opinion about it.

And that's fine, just like how my opinion is that Mark Wahlberg is a bad actor. My thoughts on the guy don't invalidate yours.

And about M. Night, yes he is terrible. He's one of the worst directors out there. Legit everything after The Sixth Sense except Hell because that was surprisingly decent has been total shit - The Happening, After Earth, The Last Airbender, The Village - all were some of the worst films to ever be made. If you say otherwise, then idk what to tell you there.

You're forgetting Unbreakable, which is actually the best movie he's ever made, and The Visit which was shockingly acceptable all things considered. The Happening is a bad movie, as are most movies in the his filmography but saying that any of them are the worst films? That's a bit of a stretch. Discounting the indie things like The Room or a Neil Breen wonder, there's still a level of competency about film making in any given M. Night movie. Well, except for After Earth but that's what happens when you have Will Smith doing a vanity project with his kid and pass the script around various people to put their own touches on it. The worst thing M. Night ever did was cast himself in The Lady in the Water as the savior of mankind or whatever the hell that masturbatory role was.

There are far, far worse movies out there that make even The Happening look good. M. Night makes bad movies and always has, but they're watchably bad, give or take one's fan level of The Last Airbender and how hilariously angry it makes them. The same can't be said for like...Glitter or Santa With Muscles (starring Mila Kunis!). M. Night is like Michael Bay in that he's an easy target for people to be like "Oh man what a shit director" but both him and Bay don't deserve the vitriol they get. Both get shit on for ruining cartoons people love.

There are worse directors out there. I mean, Brett Ratner is out there right now probably up to no good.

What Is The Worst Movie?

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Um, no. She's a great actress, but the Waqchowskis just didn't know how to handle her. Legit, you can be the best actor in the world, but if you are paired with a bad director, you'll be shit. You need an example, look to The Happening. M. Night took a very capable actor like Mark Wahlberg, and made him quite possibly the most stone-faced actor, worse than Taylor Lautner.

@Altered Tundra

I mean, I get what you're saying but that's a real bad example because Mark Wahlberg is a bad actor regardless of director. One can count the number of good performances he's given on one hand. And the fault can't always be given to the director, that's an easy out. Daniel Day Lewis was real bad in Nine but Rob Marshall is an...okayish director. M. Night used to be a noted director before everyone realized he was a hack, but he's not terrible.

Then again, Al Pacino won an Oscar for Scent of a Woman so maybe there's merit to good actors giving shitbad performances

What Is The Worst Movie?

Oh and they made Mila Kunis as interesting as watching a bobblehead doll after its head stopped bobbling side-to-side.

@Altered Tundra

So that's a step up from how she normally is. Kudos to the Wachowskis.

Reunited For The Summer

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