Ridiculous Opinions #216
Sometimes, I sit back and I think about how strange my life is. Sure, everyone feels like their lives are strange to a certain extent, but when I truly sit...
Ridiculous Opinions #215
Perfection. For a long time, I’ve been trying to formulate my thoughts to describe how there are no movie stars anymore. I’m not alone in this opinion, but...
Ridiculous Opinions #214
So every day, I write down an “idea of the day” in my journal. It’s a way to keep things fresh for me and to keep my creative juices flowing. The “idea”...
Ridiculous Opinions #213
The cat you see in the picture above is our cat, Rosetta. She is approximately fourteen-years old. Right now, it is mid-afternoon and she has just eaten. She...
Ridiculous Opinions #212
Hey! Do you all remember that I made a movie? I don’t talk about it much because…well…I don’t know. But I made a 90 minute film called The Bean. It has sat...
Ridiculous Opinions #211
The author, pondering existence. You like that subtitle there? I’m a poet. A good one. I coined that phrase. Those words have never been uttered in that...
Ridiculous Opinions #210
The author, attending the film. Look, people…I’ll be the first to admit that things are pretty good for me (knock on wood). I can’t complain much. Mostly, my...
Ridiculous Opinions #209
So, I was posting a Maurice comic on Threads and I saw a link to this article from The Atlantic, and I got mad. Why? With all that’s going on in the world,...
Ridiculous Opinions #208
Look, here’s the problem with Generation Z (or whatever the hell they’re called). I’m talking about any of you yahoos born AFTER 1995. We were in the car...
Ridiculous Opinions #207
I’m having a mental debate right now. I’ve had this debate for a few years, but it’s come to the forefront of my mind in the last couple of weeks. Basically,...
Ridiculous Opinions #206
Me, prior to boarding the Falcon for my mission. It was busy in Black Spire outpost the other morning, because we knew that we had work to do. You see, I was...
Ridiculous Opinions #205
This is my Threads feed. Who are these people? What are they doing here? WHO THE HELL TAKES THE TIME TO LIKE THESE THINGS? Like most perpetually online...
Ridiculous Opinions #204
De-aged on the left; real life on the right. Everyone who has been in my film classes knows that my favorite film is Raiders of the Lost Ark. I saw Raiders...
Ridiculous Opinions #203
So, we have been on the road since last week and have now arrived in Florida. We left Toronto on Monday and arrived in Blacksburg, Virginia on the same day;...
Ridiculous Opinions 202
My name is Randall P. Girdner and I play Fortnite. It’s tough for me to admit that, being a fifty-year old man. I mean, for real, I’m jumping on there and...
Ridiculous Opinions #201
Yesterday I wasn’t feeling too hot, so after school, I came home and laid on the bed, watching a documentary called The Director and the Jedi. The film is...
Ridiculous Opinions #200
The 2023 UAE Student Film Festival! Well, this is the 200th newsletter for Ridiculous Opinions. I’ve been doing this thing almost ten years now, off and on,...
Ridiculous Opinions #199
April 23rd, 2010 When I lived in Ghana, one of the teachers mentioned to me that there was a new course called IB Film that was getting started. Film as a...
Ridiculous Opinions #198
Me on Friday afternoon. I’ve been tired all week. On Tuesday, I came home and was looking through my phone, when I fell asleep at 6:00 PM. I woke up about...
Ridiculous Opinions #197
9th grade was my triumphant year as a person who "participated" in the game of school. It was also my last year of "participation", which is a story for...
