Catching Up--Slumdog

Finally caught Slumdog Millionaire Saturday night. I enjoyed it, and of course it's a good movie, but I think I fall into the camp of not really understanding what the hype is about. Do people just need a movie to latch onto this season, and Boyle won the lottery? Definitely not his best (but what's going to beat Trainspotting, honestly?), and you'll notice none of the actors have really been nominated for anything. They were good, but not Oscar-worthy. It was uplifting, but didn't resonate with me like Milk did, nor do any of the performances stack up to Penn and Brolin. Amy had a good point when she said that (there might be a spoiler or two here) there wasn't really any danger in the questioning, or present timeframe of the movie. Sure, they beat the crap out of him in the opening scene, but it didn't really seem to cost him anything and after that they just sit and listen to him. You don't see him convince the police of anything, nor do you really see them let him go. Nor how he actually made it on the show, but maybe we missed that. But the last song was pretty awesome.

Ugly Betty ended up being a 14-hour day. Haven't seen the check yet, but since it was non-SAG I'm not that excited. I met some cool people though; in particular one girl said she'd give my headshot/resume to her agent at Atlas, which I thought was pretty great. She's married with a kid, so I don't really think there's any ulterior motive there, and she totally volunteered to do that. Pretty cool. We'll see if it goes anywhere though. Guiding Light was as easy as it ever is. I was at the studio by 11, done by 5. There was a new stage manager; he was really nice. I got called to come back this Friday at 7:30 AM. Keep it coming, and let's make the next one an under-5 shall we? Daddy needs rent and a reel.

I'm getting a little panicked about money again. I find myself thinking that I should just get a job somewhere and quit waiting for something to happen, because I don't know what that thing would be. Plus I really wish I had money for new headshots and postcards, and that ain't happening at this rate.