water tower


i am
 pretty sure
 i posted this before
 maybe
 from a different angle

 its across
 from
 ditch plains
 on
 83rd street
 actually
 it sits atop a building on amsterdam avenue

 someone i read
jill
who blogs
  here 
was asking about music

 i replied
 i have eclectic taste
 in
 both
 music and movies

 for instance
 i loved
 towering inferno
 escape from new york
 and
 recently
 john carter of mars

 for a really
 not so well
 written
 movie
 it had a lot of 
names
 in fact
 during the first 30 minutes
 toonman and i played
 isnt that ....?

 as the credits rolled
 toonman said
 'well
 if i had been watching it alone
 i wouldnt have finished it'

 i said
 i liked it

 he said something like
 'oh
in that voice
 that means
 god you have questionable taste

 but you know what?
 i have always
 liked
 'b' movies 

i grew up
 going
 to the movies
 on saturday afternoon
 i watched
 the
 worst 
scariest
 movies 

so scary
 i would
 race up
 the stairs
 to our apartment
 convinced
 whatever
 movie creature
 i'd seen
 had
 escaped from the movie
 and
 was after me

 john carter
 wasnt scary
 it was fun
 so
 if you want escapist fun
 with
 a really good cast
 who
 you ask
 is in this?

 well lets see
 dominic west
willem dafoe
 bryan cranston
 ciaran hinds
 james purefoy
 thomas hayden church
 polly walker

get it from netflix

neither netfix or the producers of john carter have compensated me for this glowing review