Monday, October 11, 2021

Up Inside the Cyclone: September

 You know what usually happens this time of year is that August is busy, September is a little bit more chill, but then in October to the end of the year is fun chaos. Well. not this September. I was busy doing something or going somewhere from the very start of the month to the very end.... and I mean the very end.... 

The reason as to why my month was so insane was because of the Plot Twists presented to me by Nora. Nora is currently the award winner for the most time consuming plot twists for the whole year! I will be diving into that once we discuss this month's plot twist movie Once Upon A Time... in Hollywood.


Plot Twist.... this ended not being a plot twist movie.



1969 Hollywood was starting to undergo a lot of changes. What once it was best known for was not selling as well, and the moments of yesteryear were going dark as the "new and now" started to rise over the horizon. Some tried very hard to hold on to their prime. and kept pushing forward to stay ahead of the rising sun. Staying current is harder than getting started it seems. That is what Rick Dalton is trying to do. He is trying to stay in the mainstream but without being type casted into what typically happens to old "past their prime" movie stars. He is also trying to do so with his stunt double, and best friend, Cliff Booth. We follow their story has they try to hustle the movies while, also trying to get to know Rick's neighbor, Sharon Tate.


Now this is why I don't think that this movie is a plot twist movie...


In order for there to be a plot twist you know to think you know what is "supposed to happen". A plot twist would be a movie a movie booked as a romantic comedy, and starred Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson, right. You're watching and everything is going great. They are flirting, fighting, falling in love. It's funny, it's light hearted this in the last minute of the movie they are eaten by a shark and "surprise" they are the first victims of the shark in the movie Jaws. You are not supposed to see it coming. Something changes what you think you know. 

The reason Once is not a plot twist story to me was because I had never heard of the murder of Sharon Tate. I have never even heard of her. I have heard about Charles Manson but I had no clue about this murder or the people involved until this movie. Meaning that this movie was a attempted murder gone wrong by not going after the original targets. They went into Dalton's house and were met with Dalton and Cliff and died. 

You know when you light a match and when the flame goes out, because you don't allow it to burn the whole stick? You know that long drag of smoke that seems to go one forever, even though you would think that the wood would have lost it's heat? The smoke is silk like as it goes through the air and dances a little when it catches a draft. How pretty it is just staring at it? That is what this whole movie felt like to me. It's so pretty and mesmerizing to look at, but once the smoke cleared there was nothing there to keep you warm, or a light to help you to see. The whole movie I was wondering the heck Sharon Tate was and why we were spending so much time on her and her life but not doing much with her. She took us to a movie, a party, and book shopping and that was really about it. I had to do the research after the movie in order to understand why it was a plot twist and not just Quintin Tarantino wanted to play with guns at the end of the movie. 

I guess you can say the plot twist was that it's wasn't really a plot twist for me. 


Now, what was a plot twist to me was all of the stuff that Nora made me do this past month. She did start us off really early with her first one. 


It took me forever to read that book. I am not sure if she was waiting until I was done with the book to give me the next one. I finally got the second one on the last full weekend of the month.


I was put through a panic on the last one because of the timing of it. I explain the third video why it was so hecktic.


The best part about that last one was I told the group chat with Nora and Angela that I added them and Ang went to watch it. She laughed and thought it was hilarious that Nora made me wait so long to get the puzzle done. Come to find out Nora thought that I would just do the puzzle, no matte how long it took, and just keep going. She didn't realize I had to finish it in that whole month's time! Ang got a huge kick out of that one.


Hard to believe that we are in the last few months of 2021. I only have one more person who has a whole month to themselves. I know that they have been waiting a while to get to theirs and we will see what they come up with. However, we both have to get through this month before that happens! 

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