Archive for February, 2006

When I got up today I did some research on where I wanted to go shopping later in the afternoon. I knew there were a ton of places to get suits, but I didn’t want to go wandering around the mall without a direction so I popped online for the most popular places. Sarah got home from her Alter Guild’s breakfast and after we finished watching a movie we headed out.

Who’s in it

Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Bill Nighy

What was good

Beckinsale as a kick butt werewolf hunter. The first 30 minutes of the movie before everything gets so muddled in backstabbing and back story.

What sucked

I knew I don’t tend to like vampire movies too much, and this wasn’t all that gory like the Blade movies could be. But, although this movie had some new things I had never seen before in this genre, I just got tired of the overblown action scenes with people flying around when being punched, and the growling at each other as a Lykin or Vampire, and the fact that most of the movie revolved around a new breed made from the two species, really, I could care less.

Who should go see this

If you like vampires or if you want to see Beckinsale as a vampire who hardly bites anyone, but runs around in skin tight leather and is vulnerable and convincing in her strange role all at once.

Who’s in it

Mel Gibson, and a bunch of other wacky guys

What was good

I can’t think of much. I guess in a way how different the story is. There is nothing like it. It’s about a desolate wasteland destroyed by war in Australia where the few remaining people rule by motorbikes and cars, and they kill each other over fuel.

What sucked

I think this would have been something I would have appreciated more about 15 years ago. This is the second in a trilogy, and seems very dated, but I really don’t see the draw to how these films could have been so popular. Mel Gibson doesn’t barely do anything, he just drives over people. In this movie, I had a really hard time with the kid who only communicated by grunting and looked like Alf’s human baby.

Who should go see this

If you love Mel Gibson and have a commitment to see all of his work. But I wouldn’t recommend this movie to many people, I can’t think of similar movies I have seen to this, there is a whole genre, they are just slipping me right now. Bleak, desert setting, and off the wall plots, this is probably more a cult classic than anything.

I got our of work at a decent time today, so Chris and I bummed around for awhile. We had to go pick up Casey and drop him off somewhere, and then we went over to the used Mac store to try to find out what type of wireless card I would need to get it communicating with my other access point. Anything with a Broadcom chipset, a Motorolla or Buffalo brand more than likely.

For dinner we met the girls at CiCi’s Pizza which is always great food that you pay for later with a tummy ache or sleepy. It was more sleepy for me. When we got home we watched Four Kings and then I did some research, trying to find that Wireless Card. I did a little bit of reading in my book before I called it a night.

Yesterday night was productive in a weird way. When I got home Sarah and I were trying to take a bike ride, but wanted two working lights. So, I took apart and investigated the little light that I got when I bought the bike. I think it was just cheap and there was no hope, so I chucked it. But Sarah did figure out that we had batteries for the littler light that I got for my birthday, so now I do have two working bike lights, but it was too late to ride when we figured that out. Oh well.

I put a memory upgrade in Sarah’s computer for the time being, anything to help it run a little faster. I did some music downloading, and I did some reorganization \ recoding of the movies section on this site. Most won’t notice much of a difference.

Then I watched the Grammy’s and read my book for awhile, that was nice.

Sarah had a decent day, she did activities for the kids in the gym that corresponded with the Olympics, games and such and she had made ribbons for awards. I guess they got pretty out of hand, but the kids were funny to watch, something about extreme static electricity and balloons.

Another day flys by.

Yesterday was movie night, and that took up most of our time. Before the movie we dropped off the rentals from the library, I dropped some stuff off at Goodwill and we also got donuts. Long’s had no power, so we were lucky we could even get any.

Later on I made some calls, trying to reach friends, and then I watched the rest of a movie that I fell asleep to on Monday night.

Updated: H-J Movies, S Movies

Who’s in it

Billy Bob Thorton, John Cusak

What was good

John Cusak had some really funny lines, more so than usual in his quirky mannerisms. The first half of the movie, as the twists and turns were maybe not a surprise, but entertaining.

What sucked

The second half of the movie. It got really dark, and it kept twisting and turning too much, and a lot more violence. Cusak steals money from the mob, and then everyone is out to get everyone.

Who should go see this

People who like weird, twisted movies, which is a touch synonymous with John Cusak. This is a darker comedy even for Cusak who has been in Grosse Point Blank. I wouldn’t recommend this is any of my friends though, it just wasn’t an entertaining movie, and didn’t have a real touching story, instead spent most of the movie in strip clubs.

Monday wasn’t nearly as productive as I would have liked. I had a headache when I got home, so that really slowed down what I had planned.

I got two 17″ monitors from work that I hauled downstairs, using one of them right away. One of the monitors I had was really dark already. Then Sarah and I started to watch a movie, neither of us made it through. Sarah was tired from the Super Bowl party, had a headache during the day, and then her back was giving her issues later on.

We were on the phone for awhile, talking with Justin who sounds a ton better now, hopefully the worst is behind him, and to her Mom about the weekend. I got to read a little bit of my book and so did she before we went to bed together, which also was very cute and nice.