Too Hard to Repeat

OK so I finally got around to watching the series finale for, "Big Love" It's a series I've watched every episode of and like "Six Feet Under" a great series by HBO.

But the problem I have with the end of a series nowadays is that they all pale in comparison to how "6 Feet Under" went out.

You spend so many hours, years with a series and the characters and you feel like you know so much about them and the show and when the last episode of the whole kit and caboodle comes around you want something dynamic and for me, there have been only a handful of really great goodbyes.

"MASH" had a really good ending, the episode itself was a little long, but the tear jerking at the end was perfect.

Although it wasn't a series finale, the year Julianna Marguiles left "ER" and George Clooney was there in the end... that was special.

But again the best closer for me ever is "6 Feet Under" Take a look at the clip and you be the judge. If you followed the show at all you connected with every single major character in the end and it was amazing. I won't lie I had tears in my eyes when I first saw it and I still tear up when I see it now.

So I say goodbye to "Big Love," I enjoyed you and appreciate all you did, but I won't remember the last episode or truth be told the last season as being all that special. You kind of stepped out of the picture via the back door instead of owning it and marching right out the front door!

Good Bad Movies

Just wrapped up watching the film, "Best Worst Movie" the documentary about the film, "Troll 2" Now I have to be honest, I don't know if I'll see the film, but based on the doc, it might be a fun watch.

Clearly the film is bad, but what I love at the core of the documentary is the passion of those who made the film. They believed in what they were doing and in the doc that comes through. They don't hide from the fact that "Troll 2" is a bad film... I believe they call it "the worst film ever made" but they all are connected to it and still have fond memories of it.

When I see all of these types of docs I wonder if one day someone will look at my films and say some of the things being said in these films. I guess if they look and see that we DID care about everything we shot and that it wasn't just a throw away then I guess that would be OK.

"Best Worst Movie" is a good film. The extra were really jammed packed and I loved that. And at the core of low budget filmmaking is of course the desire to make movies, not for money but for passion so in that sense, "Best Worst Movie" is a huge success.