L.A. – Day 5 – June 9th, 2008

Today we went to a bar in Culver City in the morning to watch Italy vs. the Netherlands. Italy sucked, but it was funny listening to Roozbeh’s friend Paulo curse up a storm in Italian.

After that, we went to USC so I could go on the Cinema School tour. I think it was worthwhile just for some of the anecdotes, like the fact that Spielberg built a sound facility at USC because he lost a bet with Lucas over whether or not the first Indiana Jones would do well or not (Lucas would have built one at his alma mater if it hadn’t).

I really screwed up the back of my feet with the shoes I was wearing, so we went to the Grove to watch Prince Caspian. It could have been worse… but it could have been a whole lot better. They definitely focused too much on the battles to the detriment of the character development. And I really hate how all of those novels/movies beat the God into you… I know that was C.S. Lewis’ goal, but really. “Why didn’t I see Aslan?” “Maybe you didn’t want to see him.” “Why hasn’t Aslan come to help us?” “Maybe he wants us to help ourselves.” UGH.

The Grove Theater and the shops around it were beautiful, though.

After the movie we went to Canter’s Deli for dinner. Roozbeh certainly knows all the diners in town, since he’s so used to being on shoots at all hours =)

~ by barbsteele on June 9, 2008.