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July 31, 2004
Buddies
By QBlog in
Ran into an old friend from High School at the "sneak preview" of M. Night Shyamalan's new movie, The Village. We chatted about "old times" and got caught up with the latest news about our classmates and then, the conversation drifted to Quixtar. Turns out, he had some very critical opinions of the business. In his mind, Quixtar is an "obvious scam" that anyone with a brain will discover as soon as they understand how the business functions.
What was interesting to me was that he formulated this opinion without ever visiting a single "negative" Web site or getting burned by some unscrupulous Amway leech. He arrived at his beliefs about Quixtar from observing one of our mutual friends who happens to be the son of an Amway (and presumably Quixtar) Emerald. I wonder how many people have avoided Amway (and Quixtar) after observing the behavior of friends and family who were involved with the business. Would be interesting to research.
By the way, The Village was a good movie and I kept seeing similarities to Quixtar throughout the film. It's not a movie for everyone and one problem is that it's really hard to give a proper review without revealing too much (kind of like Sixth Sense). You should check it out if you like M. Night Shyamalan.
Comments
Can you share his observation of the son?
I am curious too, what about the son bothered your friend?
I had to add to my post...Yes, it was a good Movie.
After I posted that and thought about it for a minute I was then taken back to your comment that it had similarities to Quixtar.
I understand this is your hobby and possibly lifes work..good for you, you found your place in life but dang dude you remind me of the Tootsie Roll ad that was on a few years back. Everywhere they looked they saw Tootsie rolls..every where you look you see Quixtar.
It was just a movie!
Live large
JBNET
It wasn't "just a movie" it was an M. Night Shyamalan movie. There's a difference. It's like saying a Hitchcock movie is "just a movie" or that a Hemingway novel is "just a novel."
Funny you mention Hitchcock, QBlog. I love Hitchcock movies, and even the ones that aren't classics are still great movies, because they are great theater. I think Shyamalan is becomming the Hitchcock of his time. Yes Sixth Sense is probably better then "The Village", but I still enjoyed watching it because it was great story telling, which is just as important as the story.
I'm curious as to what your buddy's observations were, as well. Sounds interesting!
I agree...good movie!
Posted by: JBNEt | July 31, 2004 11:15 PM