Sunday, February 26, 2006

I Despise the Theatre

So last night, Michael and I went to see Match Point. I totally recommend the movie. Usually, I would not go to a movie on a Saturday night at primetime due to the fools who make the movie theater into an intolerable space by using it as a platform to project their opinions of said movie. However, I was trying to avoid falling asleep before 10 pm. I will fall asleep with the greatest of ease at home on my couch; it is a narcoleptic death trap!

Anyway, the experience of going to a movie theater on a Saturday night sustained all my past fears. First, there are the talkers. We had a non-stop conversation going on across the aisle to our right. Why would you pay $10 to see a movie and then talk the whole time? Idiots! Then behind us there was a woman whose only reaction to the screen was "oh shit." The best part of seeing this particular movie in the theater was the laughter during the sexual scenes. These scenes were pretty sensual and not comic as far as I could tell (although, that isn't always the case in Woody Allen movies). So now I'm back to only seeing movies in the theater during the week when most people are at work or in school. Thank you Fools for ruining my movie!

Monday, February 13, 2006

Ethel Merman Goes Postal

So I went to the post office today to mail a large envelope. I had hoped to use the machine to do so, but it was being repaired. As I sauntered over to the "take-a-number" dispenser, this old pushy lady runs in front of me and grabs the next number shouting that she's in a hurry. Next, she burst into song stage-musical style for us patrons and the postal employees. We got two songs before her number came up. Now I know why postal employees go on those shooting rampages!

Saturday, February 04, 2006

Wimpy Underworld Vampires

So we watched Underworld at home last night. I figured it would be a fun rental since I like vampire movies. However, the group of vampires in this movie were candy asses. They practically had no vampire strengths along with none of the typical weaknesses, which make vampire movies fun. As they fight werewolves in the movie, the only way the vampires seem to be capable of defending themselves is by using guns and jumping down from tall buildings. There is only one old vampire that actually has superhuman strength. And the whole movie took place at night. How convenient for these weak vampires. I watched the short "making of" feature to find out why they were so lame and the director said he wanted to make an action movie and not the typical horror movie. Idiot! The vampires might as well have been humans on trampolines with big teeth. Give your vampires some backbone... it was embarrassing.