That’s Me

So yesterday I watched “The Wrestler”. The film is getting a lot of Oscar buzz and it’s based on pro wrestling which I have a love/hate relationship with.

If you love pro wrestling this is a must watch. If you are a movie fan it is also a must watch. The movie rang incredibly real and true to me. The acting was really really good. I was very impressed. The character of Randy “The Ram” really hit close to home for me. I see myself in the same light that his daughter sees him.

I was impressed overall with the way everything was done from the writing to the shooting to the edting. I certainly hope it gets some nominations from the Academy.

Yeah….I’m Jumping On

That’s right! I am jumping on the Tropic Thunder Bandwagon!

I guess I was just get of “ho-hum” about the movie, but when I got a chance to check it our for free I usually don’t pass that sort of thing up. The movie was hilarious from start to finish. And not only did I tolerate Tom Cruise in this movie I actually loved him. The movies is now on the “to buy list”.

Heroes on Monday was also quite good.

I will freely admit that I’m kind of uncertain where they are going for the first in their three year run. A lot of things came together, but a lot of things were kind of confusing. I am willing to tough it out though and see if they can make up for the confusion by tiying it all together.

House was very good……..

It was kind of a patient oriented show and a little less about the characters this time around, it’s been a while since I’ve seen a show like that. It was defintely good just not as good as the other episodes so far this season. The next episode looks to be on of the “crazy House” episodes where something on the wrong side of unbelieveable happens, those shows are usually really good though.

Oh yeah……….the new Star Trek trailer finally came out…………….AND IT IS EPIC!

Frosted Like A Cake

Things have been pretty quiet on the home front. Most of our time has been spent cleaning up the house the rest of the way and watching some movies.

We all wacthed Kung Fu Panda together.

We all liked it quite a bit. I can’t get enough of these new kids movies. They have really tapped in to something that keeps the kids entertained and us as well. A few weeks ago we actually got Kayla a Kung Fu Panda responsibility chart and it’s one of the best purchases we’ve ever made.

We downloaded the remake of Journey to the Center of the Earth.

I was not expecting much out of this and was rather pleasantly surprised. It’s nothing that I’d buy personally but it was fun enough for a once over. Kayla seemed to like it for a while but then lost interest. Jen and I toughed it out in full though and had a pretty good time watching it.

Friday night we went out to eat at Applebees with my parents. It was the first time I had ever been there oddly enough. Everything was pretty good I’d have to say.

Today Jen and I went to go see Zack and Miri Make a Porno, the latest magnum opus from Kevin Smith.

I don’t know where I would place this in the pantheon of Kevin Smith films, but I really enjoyed it. As big of a KS fan as I am I guess I’m not as big of one as I thought. I realized today that this was the first Smith film I’ve actually seen on the big screen. Well it was a good first time. I thought it was definitely the most vulgar of his films visually, not verbally, but it defintely had the nicest ending of them all short of Clerks II.