Weekly goals 18-8-25

 I only got a little bit of writing done over the weekend, but I expected that since I had a bunch of films to go to.  I have a couple of days off this week, after I finish my job on Wednesday, so I'm planning for one of those days to be a writing day.

So, what films did I see?

Pavements, a documentary about the band Pavement.  I was a big fan of this band in the '90s and I even still have a drumstick the drummer gave me at a party after a gig here in Wellington.  The doco was really innovative, setting up the premise that Pavement were this huge act back in the day and their 2022 reunion tour is the biggest thing ever.  And that alongside that, a jukebox musical using their songs is being performed, a Bohemian Rhapsody style bio-pic is being made and a museum exhibition of band-related ephemera is being launched.  Other than the tour, none of these things are strictly real - the filmmaker put up the exhibition himself and produced the musical, presumably for the documentary.

Plainclothes is a film I enjoyed very much.  About a young cop working on the vice squad trying to catch guys in public bathrooms exposing themselves.  He is becoming more and more certain he's gay, but can't reconcile those feelings with his work or bring himself to tell his family.  The film splits its time between a family New Year party and the clandestine relationship this young cop has with an older man.

Crocodile Tears is an Indonesian film that is not a horror, although it definitely shares some tropes with the Indonesian horror movies I've seen.  Set in a run-down crocodile park, this film has one of the most twisted mother-son relationships I've come across.  And the highest number of crocodiles I've come across in a single film!

And that was my weekend film viewing.  Six more to go...

My main goal this week is to get everything done at work I need to do before I finish on Wednesday.  And then to get all my life admin out of the way before starting my new job next week.  It all seems to have happened very quickly.

What are your goals this week?