The day after beer and wing night brought back what I really wanted to do during the holidays – ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. My parents had trekked down to Toronto for a few days and with my boyfriend duties of visiting Hearst out of the way, I realized that this was ‘me-time’. That’s right, Palmer Day(s) were here!
I had decided to start out by scavenging the scraps of Christmas dinner like the raven that I am. My mood settled in on a scrumptious hot turkey sandwich. With the assistance of Maureen, I identified the greatest sauce that the sandwich would need and then heated it up and applied it to the tasty treat. Satisfied, I then decided to head to the video store to rent a bunch of movies to last me two days. I then settled on their ‘Buy 2, Get 2 Free’ deal even though each movie was $20. In the end, I still got 4 movies for $40 plus the thought of returning a few to Blockbuster in the future when they have their minimum $8 back deal. I ended up picking up Walk the Line, Superman Returns, V For Vendetta, and Munich.
As I settled in for the rest of the day on the couch, I adjusted the heat perfectly, got a drink and nibbled on some turkey before popping in the first flick.
Superman Returns: Alright, let’s start it off with a bang! I can honestly say that I never grew up with Superman like other kids did. I have only seen the four movies in the past year and Eric introduced me to Smallville in the past year. All in all, I am a Superman fan now and was anxiously waiting to see what the new movie had to offer, ESPECIALLY since it was helmed by Bryan Singer of X-Men fame. Superman Returns takes place after Superman II (by the way, check out the Richard Donner cut of the film…SOOO much better than the original.) and brings Superman back into a world which may not need him. Two thumbs up for this flick, I enjoyed the new cast taking on the old characters and the film is very much in the spirit of the original Supes.
Walk The Line: Johnny Cash biopic concerning his love for June Carter and his struggle with addiction to some narcotic. All in all, for drug related biopics, I enjoyed Ray better than this. I may even return this one to Blockbuster. It wasn’t a bad film, but I didn’t feel connected to the character of Cash and his struggle with love and narcotics. Meh. Would I recommend seeing this film however? Sure. It’s a decent flick.
Pirates of the Caribean 2: Now, I don’t know if it’s the fact that I watched this in three different portions (one of which was after beer and wings night so I may have dozed through a few parts) but I didn’t enjoy this one nearly as much as the first film. Especially the ending…buh. You know, if you’re going to try and pull of a connected sequel like Empire/Return or Matrix Reloaded/Revolutions, you gotta have a killer revelation at the end of the second film followed by some enormous cliffhanger. Sure, the cliffhanger was decent, but there was no revelation. It left me with a taste of ‘Stay tuned next time to find out what happens to Captain Jack Sparrow and his band of merry men.” I also felt that this film felt more like the Secret of Monkey Island for the sheer “Well, I need this item to get to this item, I need to perform this task, to win back the heart of this lass.” All in all…maybe I should watch this movie again in one shot.
Munich: Whoa! Munich blew me away with its sheer awesomeness. It was around 10 at night after three movies and I figured I wouldn’t stay awake for 3 hours more but it captivated me and I didn’t look away once. Munich deals with an Israeli secret task force who hunts down the killers involved in the Munich 1972 Olympics were some…Palestinians (? I’m pretty sure they were…can’t recall now…) killed all the Israeli Olympians. So the Israeli government secretly funds this task force to eliminate all those involved. This is based on a true story so I would be interested in getting the book based on it. Pretty intriguing and I was surprisededly interested considering that I’m not one for world issues and whatnot, but I think that is slowly changing in me. I realize that I should be aware of my surroundings. Anyhow, back to the film, WATCH IT!
Throughout the two days spent watching movies, I may have consumed three other hot turkey sandwiches. This was the life…where I didn’t have to think about preparing a meal. I am fortunate that I am not one of those people who hate to eat the same thing all the time.