May be too intense for some viewers.

Well, to be honest I was not even excited about going to see The Dark Knight Rises because the trailers made it all just look like a retread of S.W.A.T. or some brainless, heartless shoot-em-up with armored cars. I was SO WRONG. It was quite engaging, even affecting, in spite of some jumbly bits that made it obvious Nolan had really wanted to tell another story but alas, poor Heath.

Darn you Michael Caine for making me teary-eyed at a comic book movie! He totally stole every scene he was in, and that's in a movie with MORGAN FREEMAN in it! Although come to think of it I don't remember them being in any scenes together...

If you can get over the fact that they seemed to have cast Deckard Cain from Diablo to be Bane's voice, the film is really quite good and takes some unexpected turns and has fun nods to the previous films.

Does anyone else hate this movie? Not only is it sugar-frosted evil -- the giant corporate asshole gets the girl *and* her cherished livelihood? -- but its loaded with product placement for just such a giant asshole corporation (AOL, and more if you take the Fox Books in the movie as a proxy for Borders / B&N).

I felt cheated when I saw this, and with good reason. Tom Hanks' character doesn't deserve the sympathy that the movie tries to slather him with. Even though Meg Ryan's character somehow manages to love the guy that crushed her emotionally and fiscally, he never repents nor makes amends for the grievous wrong he inflicted on her. I guess she is so traumatized from the whole ordeal that any port in a storm looks good. If he really loved her the very first thing he should have done after finding out her true identity is get down on his knees and beg for her forgiveness. The second thing is whatever she wished by way of making amends (like making the kids section of every Fox Books into "the Shop Around The Corner" for instance).

But no, he justs comes in and somehow makes it all ok by being nice after being a total dickhead and she just sucks it up like a good little submissive girl. Running that store was just too much work anyway.

Prettying the movie up with all the "New York In Autumn Glow" stuff doesn't pay off the movie's emotional debt.

Foul. Foul, I say.

I could easily list off the cuff about 12 people I know including myself, that have moved, are moving, or will move within the last month or so.  I don't remember ever been so aware of it before, does it seem like more people are moving all of a sudden or is it just me?

"In a future where energy is made from fecal matter, the government rewards defecation with "juicybars". Small-time hustlers try to get rich while fending off the mutated Diaper Gang."

Um. Can't wait to see it?

I feel like there is so much I could be posting if only I wasn't so busy living it or juggling things around so that I *can* live it.

Working at the school at least 3 days a week, the doctor office 2 days and the spa and my private practice when they come up.

Hung out with joeydiablo and his sweetie Jim in their new digs

Surprise visit from jefferzephyr this weekend made for a fun night at Woof's with mad_piper , mdmcquaig, JP and his pals from MS.

Piper, Rob (formerly monarchprime) and I did lunch at HQ, then browsed Borders, went to see the Simpsons movie today (it was ok - a few LOL moments but really no better or worse than the show).

While it was nice to have a movie outing with Piper, Rob and the rest of the bear bunch - Jeezus, I was so bored I actually wandered around in the lobby for 20 minutes just to avoid having to endure more self-referential camp and agonizing love triangle bullshit.  Oh, and TOO MANY SUBPLOTS.

And someone needs to tell Stan Lee he needs to stay the hell out of his movies.  Stan, just because Spiderman is cool does not mean that *you* are.  You break the momentum and throw everyone right out of the story every time you show up.  And you have a face for radio.

Anyone up for a movie nite tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at the Manse?  7:30 ish?

I have a fun lil gem to screen (thanks to babyirishcub) -  its humor / horror (in the vein of Evil Dead). 
The basic premise: Hot Aussie NInja Redneck Gunslinger Bear versus Alien Zombies from Outer Space!  What more could you want?!

X-what? Spider-who? Fuck yeah!