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Hanging out and a couple movie reviews.
Dec. 17th, 2008 09:05 pmBasically, I encountered Wyll at Eudo and we decided to hang out. As I told him, there's something nice about having a week in which I let my friends treat my schedule as finger food. After a bit of wandering, I asked when he'd seen a movie last: "Oh, NEVER."
So... good ol' downtown Berzerkeley, lots of options. After a brief survey of them, I was interested in Milk and he was interested in Twilight. Yes, Twilight, because as Wyll will proudly admit he is an exceptionally girly man. I figured it would be good for a laugh, at least, and a stranger selling discount tickets clinched it. He was a very interesting stranger too, and we had a long discussion involving the convenience of alcohol when watching a comedy, fountain pens and weather in various parts of the country.
About Twilight - Even Wyll was disappointed with it. He thought it went too slow. I spent most of the movie making jokes about high-school-aged girls and Angel Jr. There were 8 people total in the audience with average age 17 or so, two of whom were girls of about 12 who screamed and giggled and kept spilling their candy out of excitement, so I felt no remorse about whispering the whole time. All the same, I was pleased to discover that Bella was not JUST a fainting flower. But mostly, fabulously amused at the whole silly skin like diamonds thing and every other OHMIGAWD ROMAAAANTIC.
I also felt no remorse about catching another movie, since the place was near empty and we HAD bought snacks which we hadn't quite finished.
The Day The Earth Stood Still - I was stressing "Jennifer Connelly and Keanu Reeves. This could be awesome, or this could suck." Then Wyll succinctly put it: "Anything will be better than the last movie." Very true! I told him what I knew of the original plot and we prepared to have fun at least. Verdict: good for a remake! For once, Keanu Reeves's stilted acting style comes in handy (actually improving the impression that he's an alien) and it was pretty fun. Problems plotwise.... but they're partially made up for with John Cleese's appearance. Good for simple enjoyment! And hey, Jennifer Connelly is hot and you get to see Keanu Reeves disintegrated.
So... good ol' downtown Berzerkeley, lots of options. After a brief survey of them, I was interested in Milk and he was interested in Twilight. Yes, Twilight, because as Wyll will proudly admit he is an exceptionally girly man. I figured it would be good for a laugh, at least, and a stranger selling discount tickets clinched it. He was a very interesting stranger too, and we had a long discussion involving the convenience of alcohol when watching a comedy, fountain pens and weather in various parts of the country.
About Twilight - Even Wyll was disappointed with it. He thought it went too slow. I spent most of the movie making jokes about high-school-aged girls and Angel Jr. There were 8 people total in the audience with average age 17 or so, two of whom were girls of about 12 who screamed and giggled and kept spilling their candy out of excitement, so I felt no remorse about whispering the whole time. All the same, I was pleased to discover that Bella was not JUST a fainting flower. But mostly, fabulously amused at the whole silly skin like diamonds thing and every other OHMIGAWD ROMAAAANTIC.
I also felt no remorse about catching another movie, since the place was near empty and we HAD bought snacks which we hadn't quite finished.
The Day The Earth Stood Still - I was stressing "Jennifer Connelly and Keanu Reeves. This could be awesome, or this could suck." Then Wyll succinctly put it: "Anything will be better than the last movie." Very true! I told him what I knew of the original plot and we prepared to have fun at least. Verdict: good for a remake! For once, Keanu Reeves's stilted acting style comes in handy (actually improving the impression that he's an alien) and it was pretty fun. Problems plotwise.... but they're partially made up for with John Cleese's appearance. Good for simple enjoyment! And hey, Jennifer Connelly is hot and you get to see Keanu Reeves disintegrated.
