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Just Like Heaven
Posted on July 15, 2006 by Ching under Movies.
show me, show me, show me
how you do that trick
“the one that makes me scream” she said
“the one that makes me laugh” she said
and threw her arms around my neck
show me how you do it,
and i promise you, i promise that
i’ll run away with you
i’ll run away with you
I watched Just Like Heaven before bed last night. Brian just fell asleep. I watched it in its entirety, though. The movie wasn’t bad. After all, how can you go wrong with Reese Witherspoon? She is adorable.
Incidentally, the movie shares its title with one of my all-time favorite songs from The Cure. Brian and I actually played it at our wedding.
But I digress.. There were some cheesy parts that the film could’ve done without. It’s not one of my favorite Reese movies.. It was no Sweet Home Alabama, that’s for sure. It was just one of those mediocre romantic comedies. It still made me cry, though. But what movie doesn’t?
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It’s All About Luck
Posted on July 2, 2006 by Ching under Games, Life, Movies, Poker.
I haven’t had much lately. Last night I was so mad at myself (and another poker player — actually I think I was more mad at them). I lost $13 in one hand of poker. Can you believe it? I had pocket aces and the other player flushed on me. Such horrible luck!
Speaking of bad luck. The Dills lost their keys the other night. They didn’t find out until well after midnight when we were all leaving to go home. They went back inside the APL building to search. I told Brian to wait just in case. I had a feeling they might have left it at Felipe’s where we had dinner before second session. Anyway, they came back out with no keys. Good thing Brian and I waited.
Of course, Felipe’s had long closed for the evening. We were going to drive by there but Dill said that their the maintenance person said he was on his way. I figured it would take a while for him to arrive but Dill said he lived onsite so we drove directly to their apartment.
The maintenance person took a half an hour to get there. We couldn’t really complain though, because it’s late. He probably had to get dressed or something. Anyway, Dill and Becca finally got in to their place to retrieve their spare key. We then drove back to APL so they could get their car.
Yesterday they went to Felipe’s to claim their keys. Thankfully, the keys were still there. Bad luck, but it could have been worse. (more…)
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Favorite Football Movies
Posted on June 22, 2006 by Ching under Movies.
Since I haven’t blogged in a while I figured I would list my favorite football movies of all-time. Here they are in no particular order:
I really felt of Mike Winchell. I thought his situation was so sad. Besides that, Billy Bob is a pretty good actor. I like him. Other thoughts were posted on this blog entry that I posted shortly after watching the movie.
This movie speaks about the importance of diversity. It teaches a good lesson and actually succeeds at entertaining. These days movies are either entertaining or profound. They’re hardly ever both. That’s what I love about this movie.
What can you say about Jerry Maguire? Tom Cruise may be really kooky but he makes damn good movies.
This was actually pretty funny. It’s one of the few movies that Keanu Reeves was good in. Brian said that. Actually, I agree. I’m not much of a Keanu fan but I will watch this movie… which actually says a lot. This movie overcomes two major hurdles: I don’t much care for football or Keanu Reaves. For me to actually like it despite these is an amazing accomplishment.
This has got to be the funniest football movie ever. I never saw the original but I would wager this one’s better. Adam Sandler rocks.
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One Word: Babysitter
Posted on June 4, 2006 by Ching under Movies.
Brian and I just got back from watching MI3. The movie was really good — better than the first two in my opinion. The story line is just interesting enough to hold your attention. Unlike the second one which was way too simple and the first one which was way too complicated. The action scenes were pretty good and they didn’t get too crazy with the technology. Some of the tools they used, we’d actually seen before in the other movies so viewers pretty much know what to expect. Also, since you’d seen the technology before it was far more believable.
Anyway, there were plenty of memorable scenes. I won’t ruin the movie for you, but definitely watch out for Maggie Q and her red dress. It is amazing.
So the movie was good, but the experience as a whole? Not so good. I don’t understand why people insist on going to movies (that are not meant for children) with their children. Oh, and we seem to be magnets for these people too. It never fails that they choose to sit next to us, or in our same row.
Usually, it’s not too bad. Tonight was the worst though. This kid was wailing. It wasn’t so bad during the loud action scenes because the gun shots and explosions were loud enough to cover up the atrocious sounds, but there was actually a tender scene between Ethan and Julia (his bride-to-be) where the wailing was just so loud. There weren’t any movie sounds to cover it up. It was doubly annoying because the characters were speaking rather softly and you could barely hear them over the crying child.
We were seated at the very first row that’s not on the floor and people who were seated at the very back of the theater actually called out, “Take him outside.” There were two other people (not in our row, mind you) who chimed in. Yes, it was that bad. What does the mom do? Absolutely nothing. She just lets him keep on wailing. It was horrible.
I realize that the price of movies has gone up and I understand that some folks would rather punish other movie goers by making us sit through the noise of their miserable children rather than forking the dough on a babysitter but, geez, have some decency. When the child starts being restless and starts to make noise, people should have the common courtesy of taking him outside the theater. Better yet, if parents have really young children they should just stay home and wait for movies to come out on DVD. You know the kid isn’t going to understand MI3 and the minute that shooting and loud noises start, they’re going to start crying. Why put other people through that? We paid to be entertained, not annoyed.
The child continued to be restless. Several minutes later, the mom finally comes to her senses and takes him outside. Thank God for it because I was really tempted to throw my shoe at them. I was wearing foam flipflops so it wouldn’t have hurt. Alright, I am kidding.
When she came back the child continued to make noise, but he wasn’t crying as loudly as before. So it was almost bearable. The older child, however, decided to run around the middle area (the open space directly in front of our row) just laughing his butt off, totally amused with himself. I was in disbelief. I contemplated getting up and complaining, but then I didn’t want to miss anything. I wanted Brian to do it, but he didn’t want to miss anything either. He did tell me that he noticed there were at least three people who got up and left and he’s pretty sure they complained. The loathsome people didn’t get kicked out, though. We didn’t really want them to be kicked out, we just wanted them to be quiet. But sometimes, the only way that can be accomplished is by making them leave. =P
Anyway, I think movie theaters should implement a rule against allowing children younger than six into movies like MI3. They have children’s movies for children. People should take their kids to see those movies. Please don’t take them to grown up movies where you might run into Brian and I because we will want to strangle your children.
So Bill, if you are reading this, I think you owe Brian and I free passes to see MI3 again. Actually, I think you owe everyone of us who sat through the 9:50 pm showing in auditorium 10. Except for the wretched family of four who were sitting right next to us, of course.
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X-MEN: The Last Stand
Posted on May 28, 2006 by Ching under Movies.
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So we went to see X3 this afternoon. It was great! The movie was better than I expected and it’s the best one of the series. The makers of the movie never fail to surpass my expectations. Brian and I both thought X1 was awesome. X2 was even better. X3 is by far the best!
Of course, you have to watch both X1 and X2 before watching X3 so that the movie will make more sense. They do a good job of filling the viewers in some, though.
Brian is an expert when it comes to X-MEN trivia so knows all the different characters and what their background stories are. He could name all of the mutants they included in the movie. We both agreed that if they had a way to work Gambit in the story it would’ve been cooler.
Anyway, I won’t say any more. Let’s wait a couple weeks before we discuss the movie details. I wouldn’t want to spoil it for anyone. 😉
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