Dec 31, 2010

Mafia III - Today Is Not Now

A long time ago (when I was in college), in a  land far, far away (the great state of Wisconsin), my brothers and I filmed a movie on the fly and called it Mafia.  The idea came to us while David and I were taping a friend's wedding, and one of the groomsmen fainted.  The premise was that the mafia had tried to assassinate him, and the agents were going after the mafia.  In Houston, we filmed the second installment.  But if you have a second, you must have a third.  And so, while in Aledo, IL this summer, my brothers and I filmed the third and final in the Mafia Trilogy.

To give some clarity, Stephen, David and I each play one good character, and one bad character.  In retrospect, we should have dressed in particular colors throughout to indicate which character you were looking at, but the biggest key is the dirty, slicked back hair and bad accents.

After you've watched the movies, you'll be able to score yourself on the Mafia experience.  The higher the score, the more fully you experienced the movie.  Enjoy!

Part I



Part II



Score Sheet: (format blatantly stolen from the fantastic blog "Stuff Christians Like").

-You know which Alison is more embarrassed of after having watched the film this morning:  seeing herself in Mafia III, or seeing me in Mafia III.  +2 points
-You can successfully determine which punch actually landed on David's face. +3 points
-You are able to tell which building was edited in with CGI. +5 points
-You think you know which country Bruno's (David's evil character) accent is from. +4 points
-You said to yourself "David has an accent?" after reading the previous item.  -2 points (-4 for David)
-You are able to successfully follow the storyline.  +2 points
-Without asking anyone who was involved in the production.  +3 points
-On the first viewing. +10 points
-You asked for all the outtakes of Eva.  +1 point (and you get the honorary Grandmother Award).
-You asked for all the outtakes of the rest of us.  +2 points
-After reading the previous, you said, "They're all such professionals that there's no way there could be outtakes!" +3 points (+10 for the encouragement, -7 for lying).
-You think I'm a bad parent after watching this movie.  -1 point.
-You think that Eva is super cute.  +3 points
-You think I'm a good actor.  +8 points
-You can accurately determine where each scene is filmed.  +2 points for each correct scene.
-You can understand Jaque's (Stephen) mispronunciation of various words.  +3 points
-You finished watching both videos.  +7 points
-You watched the movie again.  +10 points (+12 for each subsequent viewing)
-You reposted these videos on your own blog/facebook.  +5 points
-You invite all your friends over for a viewing party.  +15 points

What's your score?  Are there any other scorecard items I should have used?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

There should be +20 points for saying Jacque is the best character in the whole movie!

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