Today is Festivus--and tradition dictates that we shall begin with "the airing of grievances"....and also to detail how you've let me down. Well, actually since my site went over 1000 hits yesterday, I mention anyone letting me down....but if I wanted to air grievances I might mention that the Vikings better not let me down this year the way they did last season. UGH. Huge game tomorrow vs. the Packers and its all on the men in purple and gold. Win, and their in. With Terrell Owens being down for the count--the NFC playoffs just got a little more wide open.
If the Vikes can get in, they've got just as much a chance as anyone else.
So last night we were out eating and doing a little bit of shopping. We're driving home and I hear the little pisspot right behind me singing along with the radio. The thing that was so interesting was that the song was "Love is a Battlefield" by Pat Benatar. Total early 80's pop rock, and here's my daughter knowing the words.
I was very impressed and told her that there might be hope for her musical taste afterall.
So we get home, and I decide it might be a good night for a movie. The other evening at dinner Kellie informed me that she wanted to see a movie that is coming out soon called "The Darkness" or something like that. Basically her first horror movie. Now, I totally realize what a horrible idea this would be, because Kellie is afraid of a spiders web, much less the actual spider. So I make her a deal. I told her that I was going to show her a movie preview, and if she liked the way it looked, we would sit and watch the movie and if she made it through the film, I would let her go see "The Darkness". So she sits down and I pop in my DVD for "The Exorcist".
Two minutes later, she's decided that she's not in such a rush to see "The Darkness" afterall. I tell ya, I'm a regular Ward Cleaver. The point was made.....and then afterwards, we all set down and watched "Blade". Which is about....vampires.
Its all about the effective parenting folks.
Continuing our DVD reviews....here's a couple more:
1) Blade--so we sat and watched this one last night. The kids liked it because of the action scenes. Wesley Snipes is Blade, half man-half vampire. He is known by the vampires as "the daywalker", because he's the only one of their kind who has the ability to walk in the direct sunlight. He hunts the vampires at night, and is joined in his struggle by his parental figure Whistler (a mumbling Kris Kristopherson) and a young doctor who is bitten by accident (as fate would have it...she's a doctor who specializes in treating blood diseases---what are the odds?). There's some great fight scenes, a terrific swordfight between Snipes and leader-of-the-vampires Stephen Dorff (who seems to be having a terrific time playing the bad guy), and of course the usual scenes with blood and lots of it. The whole story is based on a Marvel comic book, and it has that comic book feel to it--and I'm not saying that as a negative just for the record--this isn't a great "film"....but its a fun "movie". I also liked Donal Logue as Dorff's head lackey, who keeps losing body parts. Very funny stuff which lightens the mood when its called for. ****
2) Bullitt--there is only one "King of Cool", and his name was Steve McQueen.
Steverino reached his apex in this very good, very gritty police drama, playing a cop who "doesn't play by the rules". Sure that's pretty routine stuff now, but back in 1968 when this movie was released, it was fairly cutting edge. A terrific supporting cast includes Jacqueline Bissett, Robert Vaughn & the always underrated Simon Oakland. And no matter what anyone tells you--this movie is the one that has the car chase that all others are compared too. You've seen the ones in French Connection, The 7-Ups, Ronin & the Road Warrior--but the one in this film that careens through the streets of San Francisco with McQueen and his badass Mustang chasing a couple of hitmen from out of town is the stuff of legends. This film is a mustsee for any "guy". There will be a quiz at the end of your life, and some of the questions may involve the car chase in this movie. Terrific! ****1/2
Later,
Jeff
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