Today I clicked on over to the "What's the Story" post to see if anyone had posted movie summaries, embarrassed that I hadn't yet. And I saw Frank's last post: THIS POST HAS BEEN CLOSED TO FURTHER COMMENTS. It gave me a little laugh.
Ha ha ha.
Then I went ahead and clicked on Post a Comment, in whose window I found the following:
New comments have been disabled for this post by a blog administrator.
WHAT?!
(Now, my real co-admin will forgive me for making this point [before I forgive him for the betrayal], but I never granted Frank co-adminship. Which means that he could not have had the power to close a post to further creative commentary without the aid of the only other appointed administrator—who so recently was appointed such. It didn't take long to abuse the power did it, Captain?)
Frank, I'm appalled at this bratty act. I think that, frankly, it shows bad Brewsters Millionsmanship. Just because your post didn't get the response it deserves, did it really justify slamming the door in our procrastinating faces?
As it is, from me you'll have to settle for a subtitle: How Sweet it Was: One Man's Journey as Chocolate's Ex-Bitch.
And now that you've called the final "cut", the least you can do is post your own plot summary.
8 comments:
I'm with Mars on this one: what the heck?
The only positive in this is that it reminded me to put on my thinking cap and get working on a plot summary...but, gee, what the heck...a summary for what?
Mars: time to fire you co-admin.
As tempting as it is to sell your co-captain down the river, gulf, ocean or wherever he is at the moment, the truth of the matter is that anyone has the power to allow or block comments from their own posts.
But now that you mention it, it does smack a little of "I'm taking my ball and going home if you don't play the right way." Mind you, I don't really want to go home I just feed off the reaction of the other kids saying "No, please don't go we were only kidding." Then I say, "If you really want me to stay, tell me that you're my friend." That's when they look at each other and say "Yeah sure, you're our friend, Frank. Whatever you say." And then I say, 'Really, you're all really my friends?"
Really.
So, to make amends, I will agree to post a summary IF someone comes up with a title for me.
Thanks for the second chance.
(Wonderful work on the sub-title. That's the kind of stuff I was looking for a week ago! Estupendo)
Mar, I am shocked, shocked, that you would so quickly suspect me of treachery.
All in good fun, Cap.
Frank, real good save. Now where the hell is your plot summary?
I thought someone was gonna give me a title to work with...yes/no? (I refer you to my comment of December 14, 2007 9:44 AM)
"The Case of the Missing Gluten"
or
"Why I can't drink beer"
Ohhhhhh, sorry plez. I didn't get it.
But I do know from your original post that you already have one in the bank. Maybe throw it up while we wait, plez?
The title was, ironically, the real movie that Nora pointed out (so much for brief, Nora - I take back what I wrote).
'Pitch Black'
When his father's murder in debtors prison is covered up to look like a suicide, a young blacksmith's son, Benjamin Allgood (Heath Ledger) swears revenge against the usurious plantation owner, Major Samuel Highhorse (Alan Rickman) that killed his father and cheated him and his sister, Sarah (Emma Watson) out of their inheritance. After a foolish assault on Highhorse for a comment about Sarah, Allgood is severely beaten and left for dead. He is rescued by and befriends a slave, Prince (Morgan Freeman), whose healing abilities and simple wisdom restore Benjamin's body and soul. While with Prince, he again takes up the game of horseshoes, he and his father's favorite pasttime, practicing only in the total darkness of night to avoid notice. The stakes get high when Allgood challenges Highhorse publicly to a horseshoe match with everything on the line. As the match approaches, Allgood grows legally blind, a long-term effect of the beating. Is this the final nail in the hoof for the Allgood family? If he loses, Sarah becomes the next Mrs. Highhorse and Benjamin works off his father's debt for the rest of his life. Or will his lucky horseshoe and midnight training be enough to reclaim his honor, birthright and win freedom for his friends?
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