I am 31 today. I had a REALLY rough time turning 30, but 31 isn’t so bad.
I got a great flower bouquet from my parents-in-law and my brother and sister in law (and it was cute my month old nephew was on the card as well!) My hubby got me tickets to see Alicia Keys at the Sprint Center. AWESOME!
Tomorrow our class is going to have a BBQ and some birthday cake (yippee!)
I share my birthday with some famous folks: Dr. Seuss was born on March 2, 1904; Desi Arnaz was born on March 2, 1917; Karen Carpenter was born on March 2, 1950; Jon Bon Jovi was born on March 2, 1962; Bryce Dallas Howard was born on March 2, 1981.
What famous folks share your birthday?
My husband and I saw spider man 3 last night. I enjoyed it. The best part, however, was the trailer for “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.” Thus far, it is definitely my favorite book and the movie looks great. I have enjoyed all the movies, but the books definitely have a lot. I know people that only watch the Harry Potter movies and haven’t read the books (you shall remain unnamed so I don’t embarrass you) but the books are so good! Doesn’t make sense. I guess I’m a hypocrite because I haven’t read the Spider Man comics, but, oh well.
Also, the LAST Harry potter book is out this summer! I think I’m going to explode with all the fun stuff that is going on!
I am also super pumped about Pirates of the Caribbean. I think that is going to be a good film as well.
Back to work!
On Thursday night we celebrated Hubby’s new job. We went to see The Black Dahlia.
I decided that it was the WORST movie EVER.
Why was it so bad? Jerky writing, gratuitous, nasty sex (not even good sex, it was just bad….), couldn’t follow the storyline nor understand what the actors were saying, it tried to be ambitious but failed. There were so many loose threads and threads that wound around side stories I lost track, it gave me a headache. It was based on a book, so Hubby thinks they tried to pack in too much from the book without making it concise. I needed a shower after I saw that movie, made me feel dirty it was so badly done.
It’s so frustrating! “R” rated movies seem like “NC-17″ to me. I am sorry, maybe I’m a prude (no, I am a prude), but I really don’t want those images burned into my head, especially if they’re badly done. I am all about artistic freedom, but jeez, it really burns me when people throw in sex in a movie just cause, where it really has no bearing on the plot, and it’s just for shock value. I really need to read up on a movie before I see it, because, man, that was a waste of my time.
This is what Scott Huver says from Hollywood.com : The result is more of a parody–indeed, an unflattering caricature–than a modern commentary on a classic noir style. Add in his ceaseless, camera-swooping swipes from Hitchcock and his ongoing fixation with meaningless gore–ham-fisted homages and hemorraging hemoglobin, to ape Ellroy’s alliterative gossip-rag riffs–that distract from the intensity of the source material, and all that remains is a bloody shame.
Yea, it’s bad. I wouldn’t have even given it half of a star. So, save yourself, see something else. Anything else.
I am currently listening to India Arie, NPR Story of the day, Jem. Check ‘em out!
