Pirates and other items
Stacie and I went to see the Pirates movie last night... Now obviously for those movie snobs--you know who you are--this isn't a Palm movie and frankly it could have been on mute and I would have still gone to see it but it wasn't too bad. It is the middle of a trilogy so there is the middle-ish things to expect--i.e. set-up for the finale. Lots of plot development and not a whole lot of action. For those who still may see it and are maybe expecting something super fast paced like the first one--it isn't. More than once Stacie and I looked at each other and mouthed "It's not over yet?" Not because it was bad but because it seemed endless. Oh and in case anyone else is going to see it I will say the one thing I wish someone had told me--I knew there was a scene AFTER the credits (there was for the first movie as well) so we sat through seemingly endless credits, debatable the longest ones ever made, only to get the "extra" scene--and not to ruin it for you *spoiler alert* THE LAMEST THING IN THE WORLD, nothing Stacie and I had been thinking, nothing to set up for the next movie, nothing that anybody cares about, STUPID STUPID STUPID! I left the theater with my mouth agape cursing Mariko (who had already seen the movie) for not telling me how stupid the scene was and not to bother staying for it.Okay, tirade over.
The National league choked again in the All-Star game. HA! 0-9. Yowsa. Especially since they had the lead all the way until the 9th inning. They were down to 2 outs two strikes and they just couldn't seal the deal... Sad really.
Speaking of baseball, I'm on a baseball extravaganza these days. I saw Barry Zito pitch against the Diamondbacks in Oakland two weeks ago. Went to the Giants v Dodgers game last week and saw Bonds get booed like crazy and go o-3, and this weekend I'm going to the braves at the Padres. By the end of this season I will finally have been to all the stadiums in California. I've gotten some pretty great (free) tickets. A girls dream come true!
Okay, so I think I will try to post a bit more often so they aren't quite as long next time. Hey, I'm taking 6 classes this summer, time is limited--and then there is baseball!!
Posted by Jess | Thursday, July 13, 2006
That "extra" should have been included on the dvd extras and that's it. They really should have gone with something like what you suggested with Johnny Depp.
I still need to find out if that Costner/Kutcher movie is in any way Nicholas Sparks-related.
Or there should have been a disclaimer saying that it really is lame so unless you too are lame staying through the obscenely long credits really isn't necessary. Just a thought.
Yes that is of utmost importance as well...
There is a Sparks book called The Guardian but it is not at all about the same thing. So it is safe to say this movie isn't based on it. It seemed too easy though. Maybe James Patterson? Who is another sappy love-story/inspirational story writer who follows the same kind of recipe? Either way the IMDB site and the official site are equally nauseating...I hope I save you the trouble of actually looking at them. : )
I went the bn.com route and I think what confused me was a delirious combination of : the movie looking like the usual Sparks-inspired crap, there being an actual Sparks book called the Guardian (thanks!) and that he has another book with a lighthouse on the cover. Yikes. I spent way too much time on this.
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