24 May
So yesterday was movie day for me!
I had rehearsal in the afternoon, and I wanted to see Gods and Monsters over to the $3 theatre (now, shockingly, the $3.50 theatre!) but it was sold out, so I thought maybe I'd see something with a pass.
The passes only work after the movie has been open for two weeks, so once it's been open a week I figure why not just wait another week, which meant that Midsummer was right out.
So I thought, eh, why not see The Mummy, I had nothing better to do. And I was shocked, shocked I tell you, by the fact that I flat out loved it!
I mean, turn your brain off, or thoughts like "But didn't Seti I predate the ten plagues by centuries?" and, "If he has four guys to choose eyes from, why would he want the blind guy's?" and, "You don't get quicksand in the desert!" will distract you from the fun.
It's a big dumb silly adventure movie, like Raiders of the Lost Ark, except for the fact that Raiders is a classic and The Mummy certainly isn't up to its level. I'd say that it's plenty better than The Temple of Doom, though!
I realized while I was watching it that I had never seen a Brendan Fraser movie before. Well, all I can say is yum! He's this bear of a man, which is always a treat in films since actors usually tend to be smaller. I'd love to see him and Liam Neeson in a film together--you'd need wide-screen just to fit them standing next to each other, their shoulders are so broad.
And I really liked the girl, who was adorable without being weak, and the hunky Arab guy with the tats on his face, and Imhotep was swell. I was less enamoured with John Hannah, whose timing is so wrapped up in his Scottish accent that trying to be English just flattens him out.
After it was over, I thought I'd head downtown and try to see Gods and Monsters again, but it wasn't for hours so I decided, on a whim, to see The Matrix again.
Gee it's fun to see when you know what's coming! And to watch the lead baddie all the while thinking "It's the guy from Priscilla, Queen of the Desert!" Which explains the interesting way that he speaks, what with trying not to sound Australian and all.
On the way home, I was sitting on the bus and this young couple got on and they didn't have any change and they were asking if anyone had any, and the girl suddenly burst out "He just asked me to marry him!" and showed us all this big honkin' ring on her finger.
I said "No wonder you haven't got any quarters!" and changed two dollars for them.
They were so happy, they were glowing. They looked like firecrackers, sparks were coming out of the ends of their fingers. They were talking to me and these two old ladies sitting nearby, and she was saying how she was so sure that he was going to ask, and then he didn't, because he had a special way that he was going to propose and it fell through, and she was crying 'cause she was so disappointed, and then he gave her the ring.
I was so happy for them, it was such a great thing to see them at that very second of their lives when everything was so perfect and new, and then I thought that I just really wanted to jump inside her, like in The Matrix, just so I could know what that moment was like.
Today's horoscope:
Computerized records could be a factor in financial matters today. Repairs are also a possible focus, as are medicine, tools or friends.
One year ago today:
Phew! I'm the luckiest scatter-brained asshole I know!
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