I think I’ve done some growing this past week. There comes a time when you have to admit that things you once thought looked good on you might have during a certain place and time, but now you must throw the items away and move on.
Clothing analogy, gotta love it. Since it *is* October I suppose I can use a more appropriate comparison. “The ghosts that would haunt you on the quiet, isolated nights- once you shone a light upon them, you found they were nothing but crumpled pieces of tissue that served its purpose but now should be tossed in the waste basket with the clothes that you talked about in the previous paragraph.
Moving on- I watched Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I watched after I was practically surrounded by people yesterday who heard me mention the film was in my mail. “Oh no- horrible, it’s horrible- there are aliens, it was a disappointment etc.”
I heard this by many people since the release and I’ll probably hear it by a few dozen more. Does anyone mind if I raise my hand and interrupt?
Have these people SEEN the previous 3 Indiana Jones flicks? ALL of them were flawed, corny, tacky but at the same time loveable. NONE of them really dealt with reality on this dimension or any other.
I sat and watched the movie with the biggest critic (when it comes to films I want to see- Jonathon) and saw that the big film critic was actually enjoying it- so much so that he allowed me to put off getting through the next level of Bruce Lee until after the movie was over with.
I enjoyed seeing the relationship between the kid and Indiana- there was the same looks/situations that he did with his father in the 3rd film that I appreciated. I liked that they tried to satiate the audience by bringing back the woman from the 1st film and her giddy behaviors. I liked the movie plain and simple. It was unrealistic, it was impossible (just like the first one) and I think they did a great job going with the same formula that the made the others both enjoyable AND a snooze fest. Come on people- you can’t possible think it was worse than the second one? The second was HORRIBLE! I think this one is a good extension of the 3rd, it was odd seeing them aged and having Shia play a character who was biologically about a decade younger than he should have been. That was the only flaw I saw with this flick (and I realized that everyone who boo’ed and hissed were too young to have seen the first in theater- if they were even born yet.
They’re probably the same folks who ragged on the original Star Wars trilogy.
Maybe this latest installment did suck- but watching it with Jonathon and feeling the same excitement I did by knowing what all the little looks meant how they thread the three together- It was pleasant and I didn’t hate it. There you have it folks- I did NOT hate the fourth installment of Indiana Jones. If you disagree with me, you can go suck it. Yeah you heard me.
After viewing the film I played another level of Bruce Lee and then put Jonathon to bed while I hopped online here and began my horror fest.
First up was Fingerprint. If you’re new to the horror genre and you’re under the age of 21- you might enjoy this gory little ghost story. If you’re like me and you’ve been watching horror films LONG before your parents would have ever given you permission- move along, you won’t like it. I’m in a campy cheesy kind of mood so I’m going to continue to view the dory horror films in celebration of Halloween, then I’ll watch a little SNL (just a little, it gets unwatchable after 20 minutes REGARDLESS of the era/decade) and then back to more gore fests.
I also have to mention that this weekend was without a doubt the most beautiful fall day I’ve experienced in a long time. If you live in the area and haven’t gotten your pumpkin- now’s the time to get out there and enjoy the warmth, autumn colors and awesome pumpkins- I’m not getting one this year. 20+ years of pumpkin carving- and I’m taking a break. That and my silly cats still haven’t shown me they can do well with holiday props. They’ve managed to already kill one of my fake spiders… but they’re being extra cute (mainly Stan Lee) so I propped the corpse up and looked the other way.
Oh- while I’m blogging, I’m taking my figurative hat off to my diverse son. We went out to Mexican with a few Indian friends (Hindu- from India) and Jonathon apparently from listening to a kid at school- knows Spanish- so Jonathon was trying to tell me what he wanted (with food and comfort) in Spanish.. the language I do not speak. I had to ask Chel to translate some things I didn’t get. And then he started to bring up some Indian things to my friends that I didn’t know he knew such as Bollywood and various customs. I love that boy. 
the National Guard sent him something in the mail today to get him to enlist- I told him about it and he got all excited… then I mentioned “You know they won’t let your mommy join you at boot camp” Jonathon looked MAD and demanded that I rip it up. Awww. He chooses mommy over country. Smart SMART boy.
-back to the horror fest, next up is: Rest Stop and then Botched. I was going to reverse the viewing but the last film I saw had Andrew Lawrence in a bit part and Rest Stop has Joey Lawrence. I have to keep the siblings together. Cross that out- I’ll be viewing Otis first and then rest stop and then botched.
