Schedule and 9

First of all, my mom wanted me to post my schedule for y'all to see.

Classes enrolled in

Class	Title	Instructor	Units	Schedule	Room
FC100A01	BEGINNING TRADITIONAL ANIMATION (A-K	Nguyen, Mike	2.00	Th 7pm to 10pm	PALACE
FC101A01	BEGINNING CGI ANIMATION	Aquino, John	2.00	T 7pm to 10pm	A109
FC105A01	INTRO TO DIGITAL PRODUCTION	Metzger, Ethan	1.00	T 1pm to 4pm	A108
FC110A01	BEGINNING LIFE DRAWING (A-K)	Brown, Steven	2.00	Th 9am to 4pm	A221O
FC115A01	BASIC PERSPECTIVE (A-K)	Hansen, Dan	2.00	M 1pm to 4pm	PALACE
FC140-01	COLOR AND DESIGN I (A-K)	Hobaica, Leo	2.00	T 9am to 12 Noon	PALACE
FC155A02	BEGINNING STORY DEVELOPMENT	Lee, Chong	2.00	W 7pm to 10pm	A221G
FC377	HISTORY OF CHARACTER ANIMATION	Furniss, Maureen	3.00	W 9am to 12 Noon	BIJOU
		Total Units	16.00

I was going to take my Humanities class this semester, but the one I wanted was basically limited to upper classmen. Since have so many transfer credits, the academic adviser said not to sweat it. So, I have a pretty simple schedule. I also have work study in the Nurse's Station a couple hours on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

NOW.

I FINALLY got to see 9 last night. I was incredibly excited and kind of nervous at the same time because the what I had heard so far had been a mixed bag.


Simply put, I really liked it. It wasn't perfect, but it was still good. And I appreciate the good it will (hopefully) do for the animation industry.

Not so simply put, it was interesting to see the reaction's of the rest of my group. Brittany thinks that some of us may not have liked it as much because of how much a ticket cost, but we had two resounding "mehs" and two "liked its" and me.

I know a lot of people have problems with the ending. I didn't mind it and I, unlike others, don't think that it just ends with death. I think that the ending gives hope for new life. You need to see it to understand exactly what I'm talking about. I also have to say, I was pleasantly surprised that the movie still went in places I didn't expect, despite the fact that I have seen the original short numerous times, and that it wasn't just a straight rehash.

My biggest complaint was that there just wasn't enough. I would have liked the movie to be a bit longer so we could see more of certain characters, especially 6. I thought he was incredibly interesting but his character wasn't explored enough. Well, I have to admit none of the characters were really "explored", which I'm actually kind of ok with. I read something where someone said that there wasn't really anymore to the characters than what the movie showed us, because we see their entire lives from the beginning, there is no backstory that we are missing. It still would have been nice to see more of 6 though. Oh, and 3 and 4 are the most adorable things ever.

The biggest thing was though, I followed the advertising and marketing for 9 like a hawk. Which meant that I often visited 9exeriment.com which explained the entire prologue of the story. I think that I got more out of the movie because I knew more about what was going on.

In conclusion. Even if the movie isn't perfect, it's still the perfect way to open up new doors in the animation industry. Just go see the movie and get your own opinion.

WOW. That's a lot, anyone who read all of that, give yourself a pat on the back.