has left me with a bit of cabin fever. if you don't go out...you're staying in. if you do go out...you're staying in.
last night, we went to the cheapies to see this movie:
it was better than i thought it would be. originally, i had boycotted seeing the movie because of meester cruise's outrageous scient-o-bogusy statements. the movie cost $150 million to make and still hasn't recouped that figure at the box office - $132 million as of this week.
anyway, we all know his big mouth hurt the movie's earnings. mebbe even by 25%...who knows.
why, then, did we spend $1.50 each to see it? well, we were out and about around 6:30 and decided to go to our beloved Tiffany Plaza on a whim, since we had no idea what was showing...much less a schedule.
when we got there (at 6:50) we saw that this was showing at 7:00 but decided against it since it just opened there on friday; a bit of boycott was still brewing within. besides, all the other holdouts might be giving in by now. so we got tix to the 7:30 RV instead.
seeing as it was probably another 15-20 minutes before they started seating for the movie, we hung out against the opposite wall of the doors w/ our popcorn. after a couple minutes, i looked up and noticed that M:I:3 was at the adjacent theater (read: the BIG theater ;).
ah...fuck the boycott. we wandered in and found a less than 1/3 full theater and scored seats RIGHT in the middle.
now, the movie's plot development was a little thin due to the crazy action scenes. but hey, sometimes ya gotta let go and get sucked in by the special effects and rampant noise, which btw, was excellent! i couldn't believe the sound system in the theater; the big one at Tiffany has phenomenal acoustics for a cheapie ;)
more rain...might mean more cheapies heh
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Plot, plot, plot. It's these action movies that are keeping good stories from being purchased...that and the American public's demand for remakes and sequels.
I saw last night that there's going to be a Miami Vice movie??? Almost made me want to stop writing...but then I remembered the alternative...
I was such a MV fan in the 80's-- I never missed an episode, and watched them all the time on cable as reruns. I probably won't see the movie--I'm sure Crockett and Tubbs will be way more serious and less appealing with all the guns, bombs, blodd, etc. And I'm way disappointed that Colin Farrell will be Sonny--I'm not a big fan of CF.
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