Monday, January 05, 2009

Action!

Santa gave Wyatt a Flip camcorder for Christmas, and it's turned out to be one of the best gifts ever. The Flip is digital, simple, and straightforward, and it costs less than a Nintendo DS, which is what Wyatt was really lobbying for, but leaves certain parents feeling like they've just plugged their kid into The Matrix. Tempting, but hard to do w/a clear conscience.
Watching the boys make movies is endlessly entertaining to me on several levels. The recurring themes are SWAT, alien/monster attacks, mysterious disappearances, and government conspiracies. Lots of guns and some choreographed fight scenes.
As writer/director/actor, Wyatt has been given a natural focus for his inherent bossiness. At first, I thought Griffin would be the DeNiro to Wyatt's Scorsese, but I'm starting to see a little more Herzog-Kinski volatility between them.
The whole house is a giant set, and we've got lots of wardrobe, & even an animal wrangler (me).
Speaking of The Matrix...

A break in the action.

With a name like Harry and that navy blazer, I'm guessing he's producing this one.

F/X...

The Werewolf awaits his cue...

"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."

4 comments:

Sandy said...

OMG! That werewolf is fantastic!
This is exactly why I love having boys myself.

Anonymous said...

Wyatt really looks good in his role as producer and Keanu is not nearly as convincing as Coop!!It must be a riot at your house :)
Tx

shari Roberts said...

It's more fun than you can imagine at the Roberts house!!!

Coffee with Cathy said...

Looks like great fun. Thanks so much for sharing.