So tonight I had a date with my mom and we went to the mall and then to the movies and to dinner after that. We saw "War of the Worlds" and I have to say it's the best movie I've seen in a long time. That Steven Spielberg, he knows how to make a damn movie! And I wasn't even irritated with Tom Cruise, for all his recent ranting and raving and preaching about how Scientology rules, and psychiatry drools. There was not a moment of disappointment in the entire movie, and since I don't want to spoil it for anyone, I will just say GO SEE IT. Then if you want to talk about it, let me know!
I realized in the theater that my mom is 'that guy' -- the one who talks through the whole movie. (I guess that's where I get it from Shaun!) Haha, but it didn't even matter because the most obnoxious man in the universe sat just a few seats down from us. He had a ginormous bucket of popcorn that he was just rocketing into his mouth, and he must have been doing a piss poor job of chewing it because after every bite he'd start hacking and coughing. Then he'd grunt and shuffle around in his chair and hack and wheeze some more. It was ridiculous. After the movie my mom said to me, "How could that man's wife allow him out in public?!" It was just sooooo loud! And for the entirety of the 2+ hour movie!! It was animalistic, barbaric -- impressive even, in a revolting sort of way. It just figures he had to sit 3 seats down from us in a gigantic movie theater.
We came home after dinner and I watched one of my all time favorite movies, "The English Patient." I cry every single time I watch that movie, and always at the same part. Which I won't name here because I don't want to ruin it for anyone who hasn't seen it, but it's incredible how much it affects me. I get goose bumps and then my eyes well up and before I know it I am crying. The tragic love stories in far off places get me every time. And I love Ralph Fiennes. Even when he played a creepy lunatic in "Red Dragon" he was still somehow sexy as hell. And don't even get me started on "The End of the Affair" -- another tearjerker! I wonder how Mr. Fiennes will do as Harry Potter's greatest enemy, Lord Voldemort (a.k.a. You-Know-Who), when the next movie comes out (in November I think?). I'm sure he will be properly evil....
Time for bed now!
Sunday, July 10, 2005
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4 comments:
talking in movies? it's all bad. Our movie hanging out is all over, sniff sniff....at least i won't miss any parts from talking
harold thinks war of the worlds was terrible i love speilberg but it was so lame
I didn't really talk all that much, did I? I certainly didn't make as much noise as that guy down the aisle--who knew anyone could eat popcorn soooo loud and obnoxiously? The fact that we enjoyed the movie anyway says it was good. The germs always get the aliens--remember "The Explorers" Maria? (I probably talked through that one too!!)
i'm a wuss. i hated it cause i was scared. i cried through most of it. make fun of me if you want, but it's the truth.
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