I have nothing positive to write about anyone or anything, so I'll just shut up until I find something.
I bought an acoustic guitar! I should know how to play it in about 10 years! 
I think you're crazy. Just like me.
I think you're crazy. Just like me.
Happy slaveowning white males sign a document because they're pissed at being treated badly by an empire day!
My day in a nutshell:
1.) Have to work on a Saturday
2.) Miss my Metra train and have to catch a cab to Belmont to catch the Brown line in to work.
3.) Go to lunch and realize that I've somehow lost my ATM card within the last 3 days. Since I only have 50 bucks in my wallet and the banks are closed until Monday, I can't go out tonight.
4.) Get off work at 6 and realize that the next train home is at 7:35 NOT 6:35.
5.) Catch the brown line to Fullerton, and switch trains there.
6.) Get home an hour and a half after I left work.
Yeah, I'd say I'm done in for the day.
1.) Have to work on a Saturday
2.) Miss my Metra train and have to catch a cab to Belmont to catch the Brown line in to work.
3.) Go to lunch and realize that I've somehow lost my ATM card within the last 3 days. Since I only have 50 bucks in my wallet and the banks are closed until Monday, I can't go out tonight.
4.) Get off work at 6 and realize that the next train home is at 7:35 NOT 6:35.
5.) Catch the brown line to Fullerton, and switch trains there.
6.) Get home an hour and a half after I left work.
Yeah, I'd say I'm done in for the day.
Just returned from a 10:30 showing of SUPERMAN RETURNS. Damn, that puppy is LOOOOOOONG. But then, SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE dragged on a bit, too.
I'll start with what doesn't work first: running time. The movie could've been 40 minutes shorter. I love Bryan Singer's movies, but he's gotta learn to snip here and there. Hell, they cut out the scenes with the guy taking care of Martha Kent.
Ok, Bryan. we get it: Kal-El = Christ. We don't need to be beaten over the head with it. And as much as I like John Ottman's score, it paled in comparison to John Williams' theme. Sorry, but there's just no contest. More of the old score and less of the angelic choirs and mournful strings. They just don't feel like "Superman." Not mythic enough.
Ok, that's out of the way, now on to what worked:
EVERY FREAKING THING ELSE. This movie brought Superman into the 21st century with a sonic boom, and I loved it. It's not BATMAN BEGINS, and it isn't supposed to be. This is a different world, and a different kind of hero. FINALLY, we get a movie about Superman that is just HUGE, EPIC, MYTHIC, and a worthy successor of both Superman 1 & 2.
I don't know what movie Roger Ebert was watching, but he gave Garfield 2 three stars. Clearly, he's not right in the head. This movie had humor, but not the cheesy 70s humor from the first one. It didn't feel forced.
And Kevin Spacey? Holeeeee shit. Finally we have a MENACING Lex Luthor, a guy who is just plain EVIL. And it works. He's human enough to evoke the Gene Hackman Luthor, but creepy and nasty enough to be someone new. And he sounds like the Lex from SMALLVILLE, or vice versa, so it really works.
Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane....eh. Any actress could've done this. Although I will say she has that porcelain china doll look Margot Kidder had. It's a study in contrasts. The big, bulky Superman and the tiny, delicate, all too-human Lois.
Was it perfect? Hell no. Was it a great popcorn flick? Definitely.
I would love to see a Batman/Superman film.
I'm going to bed now.
I'll start with what doesn't work first: running time. The movie could've been 40 minutes shorter. I love Bryan Singer's movies, but he's gotta learn to snip here and there. Hell, they cut out the scenes with the guy taking care of Martha Kent.
Ok, Bryan. we get it: Kal-El = Christ. We don't need to be beaten over the head with it. And as much as I like John Ottman's score, it paled in comparison to John Williams' theme. Sorry, but there's just no contest. More of the old score and less of the angelic choirs and mournful strings. They just don't feel like "Superman." Not mythic enough.
Ok, that's out of the way, now on to what worked:
EVERY FREAKING THING ELSE. This movie brought Superman into the 21st century with a sonic boom, and I loved it. It's not BATMAN BEGINS, and it isn't supposed to be. This is a different world, and a different kind of hero. FINALLY, we get a movie about Superman that is just HUGE, EPIC, MYTHIC, and a worthy successor of both Superman 1 & 2.
I don't know what movie Roger Ebert was watching, but he gave Garfield 2 three stars. Clearly, he's not right in the head. This movie had humor, but not the cheesy 70s humor from the first one. It didn't feel forced.
And Kevin Spacey? Holeeeee shit. Finally we have a MENACING Lex Luthor, a guy who is just plain EVIL. And it works. He's human enough to evoke the Gene Hackman Luthor, but creepy and nasty enough to be someone new. And he sounds like the Lex from SMALLVILLE, or vice versa, so it really works.
Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane....eh. Any actress could've done this. Although I will say she has that porcelain china doll look Margot Kidder had. It's a study in contrasts. The big, bulky Superman and the tiny, delicate, all too-human Lois.
Was it perfect? Hell no. Was it a great popcorn flick? Definitely.
I would love to see a Batman/Superman film.
I'm going to bed now.
What the fuck!!!????
Ok, I'm with everyone else. This new setup sucks. I can clearly see my friends listed, but when I go to edit the top 5, it tells me I have no friends.
Stupid fucking beta site.
If you were my friend before this, send me an invite or something. Shit.
Ok, I'm with everyone else. This new setup sucks. I can clearly see my friends listed, but when I go to edit the top 5, it tells me I have no friends.
Stupid fucking beta site.
If you were my friend before this, send me an invite or something. Shit.
