Archive for "Movies"
Uptown Girls
Posted on September 7, 2003 by Ching under Life, Movies.
Just got back from watching Uptown Girls. We were going to watch Le Divorce because my girl Kate Hudson is in it but the reviews weren’t favorable and Brian didn’t really want to see it. He really wanted to see The Medallion but I wanted see something more girly. I love Jackie Chan and everything but this one didn’t appeal to me as much as his other movies (perhaps because Owen Wilson is not in it, who knows). So we decided to compromise and watch Uptown Girls instead. It wasn’t too bad. It’s hardly believable but isn’t that what movies are all about? Make believe?
Anyhow, here are some pics from when Brian and I went to his second (in a series of four) dental appointments. Thank God all that is over and done with! Now we just have to start paying for it!
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Weekend Plans
Posted on June 29, 2003 by Ching under Life, Movies, Poker.
I just learned that you get Ultimate Points (redeemable towards Ultimate Prizes) just for playing on Ultimate Bet. Of course, you earn more points for playing in the real money tables but Brian and I can’t afford that so we just play in the play chip tables. You get bonus points for playing in tournaments and everything. I don’t care if it’s just one Ultimate Point per hour of play. I’m just happy that not only am I getting fun and entertainment value out of sitting my ass in front of the computer for hours on end, I also get to earn points towards prizes.
The only depressing thing is that, after making a few calculations, I’ve determined that in order to earn enough Ultimate Points for the prize that I’m working towards (the Tahiti cruise and Bora Bora stay worth $2,000,000 Ultimate Points) I’d have to play in the play chip tables fulltime for the rest of my natural life. Unless of course I start playing in the real money tables and start earning bonus points. Brian’s already put his foot down on that one!
We didn’t get much done today. We were supposed to clean house before going to the movies (we just went to see CA2: Full Throttle at the new Warren Theater downtown) but Brian and I ended up watching Junkyard Wars instead. After that Brian decided to play poke on UB (and he said that I can’t whine about it because I’m the one who got him hooked to begin with) and before either of us knew it, we barely had enough time to shower and meet Andy, Ashley, Misty and Sarah.
Before leaving, we said to ourselves that we would clean house when we returned from the movie but that didn’t happen either. UB struck again. Brian’s actually still playing as I’m typing this entry. Hey, at least he’s earning points (hopefully towards that trip I want but I think he will hold out for the Harley-Davidson Fat Boy motorcycle). It’s just a shame that we aren’t able to combine our points together so we can get the points we need faster.
By the way, the Kansas Powerball was up to $135 million after no one won the drawing on Wednesday so Brian and I decided to take a chance on it. We spent four bucks. He got to pick numbers for one and I got to pick numbers for one and we got two quickpicks. I ended up nailing the Powerball number on the one that I chose numbers for so I got $3 out of that one. Not too bad. I wish we could have won the jackpot but, at least we have three bucks towards more lottery tickets for a shot at $165 million (if no one wins again). No whammies! Â
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28 Days Later
Posted on June 20, 2003 by Ching under Movies.
After watching the six minute preview of 28 Days Later, I’m thinking to myself “This reminds me so much of Sony’s Residen’t Evil.” I still want to see the film because I’m a sucker for zombie movies. Some would say that after you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all but zombie movies scare the bejeezus out of me and so they’re so much fun to watch. I don’t care if every film production company out there releases their own regurgitation of the same story line, I’ll still watch it. I bet you the movie people are wishing that consumers are all like me. They probably already assume so. Let’s hope that they start making movies out of original concepts again (as you know this movie-watching season is wrought with so many sequels that good original films worth watching are hard to come by) for all you folks who are bored with all of the films being released in the movie industry. But then, how can you release something new and unique to the seen-it-all generation?
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The Italian Job
Posted on June 1, 2003 by Ching under Movies.
We just got done watching The Italian Job. Andy actually said that the title made it sound like a porno as we were going into the movie theater and I thought, “Hmm.. The Italian Blowjob..” I could see it. Kidding aside. There was actually a movie in 1969 by the same title and mostly the same characters but they’ve improved on it a lot. I haven’t seen the original but the movie we just got done seeing was pretty good. It caught my attention from the very beginning, specially with the awesome speedboat-chase scene. I was at the edge of my seat for the entire movie. I was also glad that there was no gratuitous sex scene. It was suspenseful yet wholesome. I mean, most movies these days feel like they have to interject sex in there just to sell the movie. It was refreshing to see that movie-makers out there are able to keep unnecessary sex scenes out of a movie. For that I give them props.
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Boredom
Posted on February 2, 2003 by Ching under Life, Movies.
This is what happens when Brian and I get bored.. Living with him is such a dream. I couldn’t imagine myself being with anyone else.
By the way, Brian found Confessions of a Dangerous Mind on Kazaa last night. We couldn’t figure out how to burn it to VCD without wasting CDRs with our mistakes so we just ended up watching it on his computer. At least his monitor is not as dinky as mine (which is 17 inches), but still 19 inches is pretty dinky compared to our regular tvs or the big screen in the BAT (big-ass tv) room (aka the family room). He ended up burning Formula 51 and it wouldn’t play in the bedroom — don’t even think of playing it in the family room! The Sony DVD player out there is a joke! It says on the outside that it plays Video CDs, but it can’t. Those liars! That was the whole reason why we got a Toshiba for the bedroom. The funny thing is that the Toshiba can’t play burned DVDs, but the Sony can. Isn’t that weird? But I digress, Brian also found The Recruit so we are watching that today. If we keep this up, we’ll save a ton of money. I mean, we’ll only have to go to the theater for the big action blockbusters (e.g. Daredevil). I really hope he finds a copy of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days because I really want to see that. If he doesn’t find it, I’ll have to drag his butt up to 13th Avenue Warren and watch it with me! Hopefully they’ll show it in the balcony so we can drink (the mango daiquiris are yummy) and eat while we enjoy the show.
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